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A True Calling

German entrepreneur Alexander Straub says that his service Truphone, which uses Wi-Fi to slash mobile phone bills, has the telecom giants running scared. Barry Mansfield reports
 

Beam Me Up

Telepresencing – the future of business meetings?
 

Bill Gates: The Revolution Has Just Begun

Affordable, simple technology will extend social and economic opportunities around the globe, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
 

Business In The Fast Lane

Easynet founder David Rowe wants to use broadband to bring the barriers to international business crashing down. Barry Mansfield reports
 

Cornering The Market

Small, high-tech models may dominate the mobile phone market, but there is still a place for big and bold, as Priscilla Awde finds out
 

Drawing Attention

Barry Mansfield checks out Wacom’s new Bamboo graphics tablet
 

Express Delivery

Barry Mansfield checks out Novatel’s latest ExpressCard
 

Go Gadgets Go!

Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show previewed some of the latest and niftiest new gadgets – Frank Vizard was there
 

Introducing The Type-Lighter

Barry Mansfield tries a pocket-sized virtual keyboard that actually works
 

Licence To Kill?

By making the Symbian smartphone operating system freely available, Nokia may actually be cutting off the opposition. Priscilla Awde reports
 

Open Borders

Barry Mansfield tests TomTom's continent-spanning new satnav.
 

Sound & Visionary

Bang & Olufsen CEO Torben Ballegaard Sørensen says he is on course to turn a niche brand into a €1bn company
 

The Future Starts Here

In 2007 technology will change the way we live and work, with a host of new gadgets presenting both blessings and challenges, says TONY GLOVER
 

The Phone Age

We’d be lost without the internet, satnavs and on-the-go entertainment. How handy then, reports Priscilla Awde, that we can now combine them all
 

Thinking Outside The Inbox

Momail: Accessible mobile email for everyone
 

Viewpoint: Green Engines Rev Up

ALF FRANKLIN of Sybase UK explains how the right software can provide low-energy data storage
 

Viewpoint: Technology

Commentary from Impax Asset Management and Cisco
 

Wi-Fi Hotshot

Free Wi-Fi for every reader – if Martin Varsavsky has his way
 

 

Re-Visitng Startups: Rapha

The first of a series, we re-visit start-ups featured in earlier editions of CNBC European Business to see how they are tackling the downturn in 2008

In The Spirit

Celebrate summer with a fine blended Scottish whisky, an award-winning rum, and a budget-breaking single malt.

Worlds Apart

With development continuing apace, Qatar appears immune to the global credit crunch. Richard Lofthouse finds out why

Tapping A Market: The Rush To Invest In Water

The world is waking up to water shortages and private sector solutions, Richard Lofthouse and Barry Mansfield report. Additional research by Flemmich Webb and Robert Pomfret

The New Screen Test

Despite a bumper summer spearheaded by a record-breaking Batman installment, the film industry might not be as recession-proof as once thought. Colin Brown reports