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A feast of Google stats in one almighty info-graphic

February 27th, 2010 10:16pm Pete Railton No comments

A feast of Google stats in one almighty graphic

The folks at Pingdom have treated us to one mahoosive graphic throwing up a ton facts’n'figures related to the search engine giant.

Want to know Google’s marketshare? Global website ranking? Daily visitor total?

Or maybe have a stab at how many pages they’ve indexed?

Click on for all the facts and more and be the toast of the next pub quiz!

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Palm webOS 1.4 hits the UK, Flash and video support added

February 27th, 2010 12:36pm mike s No comments

Palm webOS 1.4 hits the UK, Flash and video support added

Finally, Brit Palm Pre users can enjoy having their phone as up to date as their American cousins, with the v1.4 webOS update being rolled out across Europe and the US.

The update adds adds video capture to the Pre handset with the ability for  users to edit and upload them directly to YouTube, Facebook, or share them via an e-mail or an MMS message.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii UK-bound (video)

February 26th, 2010 4:30pm Pete Railton 1 comment

Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii UK-bound (video)

Nintendo Wii users will soon be able to immerse themselves in even more Super Mario action, with the latest in the Wii Galaxy Series bagging a UK release date.

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Shuttle Barebone XS35 – 33mm of Mini-PC goodness

February 26th, 2010 4:03pm Lee J. 1 comment

Shuttle Barebone XS35 - 33mm of Mini-PC goodnessShuttle’s new HD-compatible Shuttle Barebone XS35 Mini-PC looks like it might fit rather nicely into your oh-so-stylish lounge, measuring a mere 3.3 cm wide and kept nice’n’ quiet, thanks to passive cooling.

HD-compatible when hooked up to a monitor or TV, the Barebone XS35 manages to squeeze in some half decent specs into its bijou dimensions.

Onboard there’s an Intel Atom D510 1.6GHz processor and NM10 Express chipset, backed by a Nvidia GT218 graphics card.

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Palm Pre: why Palm’s innovative handset failed in the UK

February 26th, 2010 12:52pm mike s 8 comments

Palm Pre: why it failed in the UK

The news from across the Atlantic is looking grim for Palm, with sales well down on initial estimates, and a profit warning issued – and if things are bad there, it’s hard to imagine how much worse they must be in the UK.

Put bluntly, you’re more likely to see a juggling polar bear unicycling down the High Street than see a Palm Pre being used in the UK.

So what happened? Why did such a great phone not get the attention it deserved in the UK?

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Design your own London skyline in a skyscraper frenzy

February 25th, 2010 1:04pm Pete Railton 1 comment

Design your own London skyline in a skyscraper frenzy

It’s more or less completely pointless, but if you’d like to rearrange the London skyline into a futuristic vista stuffed full of colossal skyscrapers, then architectural illustrators Hayes Davidson have got just the thing for you.

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App Stores compared: who has the most freebies? Who pays the most?

February 25th, 2010 12:10pm Lee J. No comments

Mobile App Stores compared: who has the most freebies? Who pays the most?App store analytics firm Distimo has been rummaging through every major app store in town, producing an interesting set of comparison figures.

Want to know which store has the highest percentage of freebies? Read on…

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Google GMail Labs gets the Simon Cowell treatment

February 25th, 2010 10:49am mike s No comments

Google GMail Labs gets the Simon Cowell treatment

Google has had a tidy up in its GMail Labs inventory, promoting some experimental features to full products while telling others they’re simply not good enough.

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iPhone 4G: the real inside story of Apple’s next-gen smartphone

February 25th, 2010 9:30am Lee J. 20 comments

Apple iPhone 4G: the real inside story

There’s no shortage of  bloggers and tech websites knocking out endless news reports claiming to know something about what the next gen Apple iPhone is going to look like.

There’s been rumours, claimed leaks, shady insider statements and fuzzy photos supposedly snapped at a top secret factory somewhere or another. But we know the inside story…

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TFL’s new interactive bus map for Londoners

February 24th, 2010 5:52pm mike s 2 comments

TFL's new interactive bus map for Londoners

Transport for London have released their all-new interactive bus map, and we’re feeling the love.

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Vodafone thanks o2 for telling the UK that they’re the best

February 24th, 2010 12:40pm mike s No comments

Vodafone thanks o2 for telling the UK that they're the bestUK network o2 managed to shoot themselves in the foot with disarming accuracy after a speed study they commissioned revealed Vodafone to be the fastest operator in the UK for accessing the web.

The survey was commissioned by O2 and independently verified by BABT (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications), and involved measuring five UK operators in a 60 day period across 150 UK locations.

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Sigma SD15 14MP dSLR: tech details and pics drip out

February 24th, 2010 12:06pm Lee J. 2 comments

Sigma SD15 14MP dSLR: tech details and pics drip out

Currently being teased on its own page is the new Sigma SD15 dSLR, a delightful looking piece of kit that has yet to see the light of day, despite being announced way back in 2006.

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NASA serves up two stunning pictures of Earth for your desktop

February 24th, 2010 11:45am mike s 1 comment

NASA serves up two stunning pictures of Earth for your desktop

NASA has just posted up two astonishing high res images of the Earth from space which are simply begging to downloaded and used as your desktop wallpaper.

Said to be the most accurate, highest resolution true colour images of planet Earth yet, click on the images below to soak up the full – and truly awesome – 2048 x 2048 pixels glory.

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iPhone adult app censorship: Apple’s unconvincing explanation [updated]

February 23rd, 2010 7:45pm mike s 2 comments

iPhone adult app censorship: Apple's unconvincing explanation

As we reported on Sunday, developers have been venting at Apple after the company suddenly removed thousands of adult themed apps from the App Store.

Developers were particularly annoyed at what looks like some serious double standards, with Apple allowing some apps from more well known companies to remain – like  a saucy Playboy app which promises “sexy preview clips” and hours of titillation.

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Lenovo ThinkPad twin-screen W701ds workstation: a gadget gourmet’s treat

February 23rd, 2010 4:45pm mike s No comments

Lenovo ThinkPad twin-screen W701ds workstation: a gadget gourmet's treat

Coming with enough bells, whistles and unexpected add-ons to grant it a space on the Glastonbury bill is Lenovo’s new ThinkPad W701 series of workstation laptops.

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