How the News of the World hacked people’s voicemail (and how to stop it happening to you)

Posted July 12, 2011 by Mike Evans

If you’ve been wondering how the News of the World hacked into people’s voicemail, and how you can prevent it from happening to you, then you’re in luck – I’m about to reveal all!
Better still, although you’re unlikely to…

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10 of the best smartphones for 2009 – and one winner

Posted December 16, 2009 by Mike Evans

We’ve put together a list of 10 of the best smartphones of 2009, and chosen one winner, to help you make your choice this Christmas just that little bit easier.
And if you’re not convinced by our recommendations, check out…

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Buyers Guide: How to find the best camera phone this Christmas

Posted November 30, 2009 by Mike Evans

Looking for a good camera phone for Christmas? It’s a nightmare isn’t it! There are hundreds of them, all with different features and very different photo taking abilities.
Imagine if you could cut through all the hype, all the marketing…

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How to install the HTC Hero interface on the G1

Posted July 19, 2009 by Mike Evans

The…

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How to keep a girl quiet with a mobile phone

Posted December 20, 2007 by Mike Evans

Ok, so this must rank as one of the more unconventional of my periodic how to articles, but I’ve inadvertently found another use for my increasingly indispensable Nokia E90 – keeping a girl occupied on long journeys :)
I’ve just…

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Links and tips on how to unlock your phone

Posted May 10, 2006 by Mike Evans

Many mobile network operators lock a mobile phone to their network, ensuring you can’t just up and leave them whenever you feel like it. They do this by locking your phone’s SIM to the phone itself, so no other SIM will work in it. But what if you do want to switch networks? What if you want to leave your old contract and go to a shiny new (and cheaper!) operator, or just switch SIMs to use a local operator’s network when you travel abroad?

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HowTo: configure your mobile phone for email

Posted September 21, 2005 by Mike Evans

Ever since BlackBerry turned a nation of phone users into email-addicts, most mobile phones these days enable you to access your email.
However, to set your phone up for email access requires a few steps that aren’t immediately obvious. Fortunately,…

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HowTo take decent photos on a camera phone

Posted September 11, 2005 by Mike Evans

Virtually all new mobile phones now have a camera within them of some description, from the basic VGA 0.3 megapixel variety, through the current generation of 2 megapixellers, to the top-of-the-line, only-in-Japan 7 megapixel behemoths. Despite a recent survey by…

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HowTo: Install Java J2ME midlets on your mobile phone

Posted September 2, 2005 by Mike Evans

Ah Java – a once massively hyped future-of-the-web-technology, now a ubiquitous, its-everywhere-but-you-never-see-it kind of thing. Everything these days seems to be ‘Java-enabled’ – in fact, if you have a device that seems to have at least some computational ability, you…

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