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When we’re not bringing you the latest news on the world of technology and gadgets we are giving it to other people.

TechVi is a daily US technology show talking to the experts that matter on the hot topic of the day hosted by Randall Bennett. Today we were on with Cnet’s Tom Merrit talking Twitter downtime and the buzz word du jour – DDoS.

Was it a conspiracy theory? What did you do while you could tell people what you were eating? Do you care?

On a lighter note, do you want to see more of these? Hit the comments to tell us yay or nay.

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VIDEO: Twitter goes down we talk with TechVi originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:05:32 +0100

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HTC Mega and Whitestone make an appearance

Another week another HTC handset leak, this time courtesy of wmexperts who claim to have the skinny on two yet announced windows phone, the HTC Mega and US carrier Verizon’s version of the diamond 2.

The new HTC Mega model, complete with supposed picture, will come with a Qualcomm 7225@ 528 MHz chip, 256MB ROM/256MB RAM, 2.8-inch QVGA (240×320), GSM/GPRS Edge/HSDPA, and 3-megapixel fixed-focus camera, as well as GPS.

As usual no word on release, pricing or anything else for that matter, however the site does suggest that it will probably be aimed at the low-end of the market when it eventually does arrive.

As for the Verizon Diamond 2, the handset, which is expected to launch in September will offer a twist on the Touch Diamond 2, very much like the operator has done with the Snap model that it tweaked to release as the Ozone.

Pictures show the Whitestone as it is being referred to as having a faux diamond encrusted frame and a slightly different button layout under a touchscreen.

We will keep you posted.

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New HTC handsets leaked originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:07:51 +0100

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Applications are for boring people aren’t they?

Android users are a bunch of boring workaholics if results from a new survey are anything to go by.

According to app store analytics company Distimo following some basic surveying the top apps available for both Android and iPhone. Android users are workers, iPhone users are gamers.

In what could be described as a rudimentary test, the company studied the top 15 applications purchased for the iPhone and found nine of them were games. In comparison not one game made it into the top 15 titles available for the Android platform.

This pattern continued when comparing the most popular free applications for the two operating systems

A third of the iPhone’s most popular downloads where games while games didn’t even feature in the Android free chart.

Apple’s adverts for the iPod touch focus on games celebrating the device as the “funnest” iPod yet, however the company’s iPhone adverts focus on productivity and utility applications.

Android has yet to do any specific advertising with the operators currently stocking Android handsets unsure where to place the handset.

Do you play games on your HTC handset? If so what?

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Games are most iPhone apps, study finds originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:52:45 +0100

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Hot enough for teacher?

Next up in the series of Guitar Hero games is Guitar Hero 5, but shortly after that, Guitar Hero: Van Halen will be showing up. Aiming for release in early 2010, it’ll have 25 Van Halen tracks, as well as a few others from bands like Queen, Weezer, blink-182, Foo Fighters, The Offspring and Queens of the Stone Age.

Activision has released a trailer for the game, featuring all the jump-splits and rock moves you could ever want. Looks like more Guitar Hero to us, but we were never massive Van Halen fans. Were you? If so, what’s the track you’d love to play most in GH:VH? Let us know in the comments.

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• News – Xbox Avatars for Guitar Hero 5
• Link – Guitar Hero Van Halen
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Guitar Hero: Van Halen trailer released originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:19:52 +0100

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Get the official low-down

Orange has let “Connor” out of his box again to showcase its new “proposition for the youth audience”, Monkey. As some of you may know, the Monkey tariff is a way for UK yoofs to dial in to set number of Universal Music artist’s song via pre-set, 4Music-generated playlists. Hit play on the video now to get the director-level corporate low-down, or skip to 2:11 in for a brief hands-on of the service live, complete with a suitable yoof-full sounding automated voice system.

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• News – Orange launches "Monkey" package with "free music"

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VIDEO: Orange explains Monkey originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:57:58 +0100

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