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| ![[photo]](/documents/PNNews_Images/snoozy-girl-130.jpg) Mobile phones make alarm clocks obsolete
Budget hotel chain Travelodge quizzed 3,000 respondents on waking-up habits and 71 per cent of UK adults claimed that alarm clocks are now obsolete. The faithful bedside companion has been cast off in favour of the mobile phone. 14 May 2008 | BT targets broadband users with BlackBerry aspirations BT has launched its own smartphone solution for consumers, designed to act as an extension of their broadband service. The handset is in direct competition with established players in the market, such as BlackBerry. 9 May 2008 Israel hosts Watchkeeper test flight The Watchkeeper unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle due to come into service with UK armed forces in 2010 has completed its first successful test flight in northern Israel. 6 May 2008
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