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Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
Stories of the month - March 2008

By Nick Heath

Published: Thursday 27 March 2008

This month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling with Android.

Not manhandling tin men but exploring Google's new operating system for mobiles with our definitive Cheat Sheet guide to the nuts and bolts of its revolutionary mobile interface.

Leaving technology of the future for a moment, silicon.com took a trip down memory lane to witness computing's pivotal role in WWII espionage with an exclusive peek at Bletchley Park's Colossus codebreaking machine.

Stories of the month - March 2008

Click on the links below to read the stories everyone is talking about...

Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine

India losing status as offshore king?

Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Protestors clueless on wireless health risks

iPhone on the Edge 'disappoints' Apple co-founder

Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet

Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Back to the present day and India is looking in danger of losing its crown as king of the offshoring destinations.

Meanwhile the CEO of LinkedIn told silicon.com in an exclusive interview there is much more to social networking than throwing sheep and "poking" people. In addition, RIM exec Charmaine Eggberry gave her low down on the workplace - and how to switch off.

There were more wise words from silicon.com's style guru Tessa Hood, with her indispensable guide to the do's and don'ts of office wear.

But even your sharpest suit might not be enough to save you the from the seasonal job cull said the Naked CIO.

If you do find yourself stuck on the couch, however, there's no need to suffer daytime telly thanks to our handy BBC iPlayer Cheat Sheet.

And if moving pictures reduce your internet connection to a quivering wreck, then your prayers could be answered thanks to this round-up of the weirdest ways to get your broadband fix.

Even the spectre of a mobile phone mast outside your bedroom window is nothing to fear according to silicon.com's columnist Peter Cochrane, who sparked a fierce debate about the supposed health risks of these masts.

Staying with mobile, the ubiquitous iPhone is finally ready for business but it emerged that the iconic device was somewhat of a disappointment to its founder.

As ever, security scares abounded with revelations that cash machines could be easily hacked and a warning from a gambling website about an "unstoppable botnet".