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IMDb Android app for movies & TV trailers, info and reviews

June 30th, 2010 5:21pm No comments

IMDb Android app for movies & TV trailers, info and reviewsThe Internet Movie Database (IMDb) was an app most awesome on the iPhone, so it’s great to see that Android users can now get a slice of the action, with the Android app offering even more features.

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NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

June 30th, 2010 11:00am No comments

NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

NASA has released a trailer for their new 3-D game set on the Moon called,  “Moonbase Alpha”.

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Android-powered Cisco Cius tablet offers HD video-conferencing

June 30th, 2010 10:00am No comments

Android-powered Cisco Cius tablet offers HD video-conferencing

Apple may not be keen on the idea of tablets with built in video cameras, but Cisco reckon businesses are going to be mad for it, and have unveiled a 7-inch tablet designed for real-time conferencing and collaboration.

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Palm drops submission fees to kickstart app development

June 30th, 2010 9:30am No comments

Palm drops submission fees to kickstart app developmentNo matter how you spin it, Palm’s app catalogue is a weedy offering compared to the overflowing stocks of apps available in bulging iPhone and Android stores.

In a move to kickstart app development – and perhaps send out an encouraging sign to current users – Palm has announced that it is scrapping the $50 fee that used to be required to get apps listed in their official App Catalog.

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Swann ThumbCam mini-cam for super-sneaky movies

June 29th, 2010 9:30pm No comments

Swann ThumbCam mini-cam for super-sneaky movies

Billed as a “a tiny camera with huge possibilities,” Swann’s diminutive ThumbCam video camera is a mere whisp of a thing, measuring just 2.2” x 0.8” x 0.8” and ideal for all your nefarious recording needs.

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Pro shoots and edits awesome movie on iPhone 4

June 29th, 2010 10:59am No comments

Pro shoots and edits awesome movie on iPhone 4

We figured it would only be a matter of time before someone got to work with the iPhone 4′s vastly improved video recorder and editing facilities to knock out a showcase video, and sure enough one has arrived on the web.

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Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ update rolls out to Nexus One users, Desire in Q3

June 29th, 2010 10:22am No comments

Android 2.2 'Froyo' update rolls out to Nexus One usersNexus One users should soon start feeling the Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) love, with over-the-air software updates starting from today.

The update adds some nifty features, most notably the ability to make your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser.

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Kindle app now available on Android

June 29th, 2010 9:15am No comments

Kindle app now available on Android

Amazon has reached out to Android and given it a little literary cuddle, releasing a free app that gives access to over 600,000 Kindle books on Android phones.

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Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the US, IE still rules

June 28th, 2010 5:46pm No comments

Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the USLike Billy Whizz on a bag of Columbian marching powder, Google’s internet browser Chrome has zipped past Apple’s Safari for the first time in the US to grab third place in the browser market.

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Samsung N230 netbook offers 13+ hours battery, bubble wafting powers

June 28th, 2010 12:01pm 1 comment

Samsung N230 netbook offers 13+ hours battery, plus bubble waving powers

Charging at you at a rate of knots is Samsung’s new N230 ultra-slim netbook offering an astonishing 13.8 hours battery life.

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Microsoft chest-beats to the world: we’re still ruddy mahoosive

June 28th, 2010 11:09am No comments

Microsoft chest-beats the world: we're still ruddy mahoosive

The web may be endlessly buzzing with stories about the iThis, the iThat, Google, Facebook and Twitter, but the team at Microsoft have just coughed loudly and kicked over a big sheet of stats to remind us all who the boss is around these parts.

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Google gunning for Facebook with ‘Google Me’ competitor?

June 28th, 2010 9:15am No comments

Google gunning for Facebook with Google Me?

We generally aren’t too keen on posting up web rumours that seem to have very little information to back them up, but this one comes from a much better source than most.

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Historypin mashes up archive photos with Google Street View

June 26th, 2010 11:51am No comments

Historypin mashes up archive photos with Google Street View

An interesting new site called HistoryPin lets users ‘pin’ old images on to Google’s Street View to provide an instant ‘then and now’ view.

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Apple iPhone 4 ‘grip of death’ affects UK o2 user too (video)

June 25th, 2010 9:25pm No comments

The iPhone 4 'grip of death' affects UK o2 user too (video)

We’re hearing more and more reports about people using the new iPhone 4 suffering dramatic drops in reception strength when the phone is held in the “wrong” way.

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No back-ups mean Brits lose millions of photos

June 25th, 2010 5:15pm No comments

No back-ups mean Brits lose millions of photosAccording to new research, a third of Brits have lost precious digital photos forever due to computer failures.

The research was commissioned by an online backup service called Mozy who were, unsurprisingly, rather keen to warn consumers about the perils of not fully backing up their content.

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