Ben Woods

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With a psychology degree under his belt, Ben set off on a four-year sojourn as a professional online poker player, but as the draw of the gambling life began to wane his attentions turned to more wholesome employment.With several years' experience covering everything in the world of telecoms and mobility, Ben's your man if it involves a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other piece of tech small enough to carry around with you. He's also keenly interested in broadband issues, and has spent more time than strictly necessary testing out a multitude of software packages.Hot tips (no tittering at the back) can be passed along to me at ben.woods@zdnet.com or you can follow me on Twitter @BenWoodsZD, if you can bear intermittent cake and cat tweets.

Opera for Android loses beta tag, adds new text flow option

Opera's new Android web browser is out of beta and available to download, bringing few changes to the app since it was unveiled earlier this year.

published 14 hours ago by Ben Woods

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Asus prepares to lift the covers off Zenbook Infinity ultrabook

Asus will unveil a new Zenbook Infinity ultrabook next month in Taiwan - with glass outer lid.

published 1 day ago by Ben Woods

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Intel releases 'Beacon Mountain' dev tools for Android Jelly Bean

Intel is hoping to gain more support for devices that use its Atom mobile chip by releasing a set of tools that the company says makes it easier to develop apps for Android devices that use ARM, as well as Intel, chip designs.

published 1 day ago by Ben Woods

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