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Nikon Coolpix P310 compact offers enthusiast features and f1.8 lens for under £300

February 1st, 2012 10:53am No comments

Nikon Coolpix P310 compact offers enthusiast features and f1.8 lens for under £300

Aimed at photographers who like to get down and dirty with manual settings and creative controls, the Nikon Coolpix P310 packs in enthusiast features at a competitive price.

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Panasonic LUMIX ZS20 point and shooter packs in GPS and 20x optical zoom

January 31st, 2012 2:40pm No comments

Panasonic LUMIX ZS20 point and shooter packs in GPS and 20x optical zoom

Panasonic has rolled out a shiny new  pocket-sized digital camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20, which is being trumpeted  as the “slimmest digital camera with a 20X zoom lens”.

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How big is that thing in your pocket? Nifty website lets you compare phone sizes

January 27th, 2012 10:21am No comments

How big is the thing in your pocket? Nifty website lets you compare phone sizes

If you’re not sure if that latest phone is going slip discretely into your pocket or leave you with an unwanted trouser bulge, this handy new site lets you compare relative proportions of different smartphones.

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ASUS ET2700 All-in-One PC packs a beefy 27 inch multi-touch display

January 26th, 2012 12:50pm No comments

ASUS ET2700 All-in-One PC packs a 27 inch touchscreen

Packing a curious shaped sub-woofer and a big 27″ screen, the Asus ET2700 All-in-One PC is looking to woo its way into the living rooms and bedroom of the denizens of Blightyland.

The 1080p-supporting full HD (1920 x 1080) 27-inch display comes with 10-finger multi-touch, while inside beats a Core i5-2400S processor.

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How does SOPA work? Infographic explains how websites will be blocked

January 17th, 2012 9:00am 1 comment

How does SOPA work? Infographic explains how websites will be blocked

Campaigning US site Stop American Censorship has created an infographic explaining how two proposed bills in the US -  PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House – are being pushed through against the wishes of the ‘vast majority of Americans.’

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Minecraft updates to v1.1, game now attracts over 20 million registered users

January 16th, 2012 12:50pm No comments

Minecraft updates to v1.1, game now attracts over 20 million registered users

The hugely popular world-building game Minecraft has just received an upgrade to version 1.1 has, with developer Markus Persson (AKA Notch) announcing on Twitter that registered users have just passed the 20 million mark.

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Blurb adds integrated bookmaking into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

January 13th, 2012 3:26pm No comments

Blurb adds integrated bookmaking into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Self-publishing website Blurb has announced a second collaboration with Adobe, letting photographers bang out snappy looking books from within the public beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.

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Amazon’s ‘Send to Kindle’ plug-in makes transferring documents from your PC a breeze

January 13th, 2012 11:58am No comments

Amazon's 'Send to Kindle' plug-in makes transferring documents from your PC a breeze

Now here’s a really handy new tool for the Amazon Kindle eReader – a sweet little plug-in that lets users easily transfer PC files and documents to their devices.

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Fujifilm announces X-Pro 1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. We lust heartily

January 9th, 2012 9:16pm No comments

Fujifilm X-Pro 1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera gets full press release. We lust heartily

The stunning new Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera – and its accompanying trio of X system lenses – have just been officially announced, and the Wirefresh office is currently afloat in raging torrents of want-saliva and desire-dribble. And that’s not a sight you’d like to see.

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Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook is world’s thinnest laptop at just 15mm thick [photos]

January 9th, 2012 12:25pm No comments

Acer Aspire S5 is world's thinnest laptop at just 15mm thick

Slenderer than a shaved slither of something very slim indeed is Acer’s stunning new Aspire S5, the world’s slimmest ultrabook.

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Android TV on a stick: HDMI Dongle adds Android 4.0 to any TV

January 9th, 2012 9:45am No comments

Android TV on a stick: HDMI Dongle adds Android 4.0 to any TV

Confidently-named US tech firm Always Innovating have announced their HDMI Dongle, a USB stick-sized gizmo that can swiftly transform your boring old dumb TV into a swishy Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered device capable of running GoogleTV.

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Samsung unveils uber-stylish S27A970 27-inch 9 Series monitor. And it’s going to cost

January 5th, 2012 12:33pm No comments

Samsung unveils uber-stylish S27A970 27-inch 9 Series monitor

The jury is still out on its unusual looks, but no one could accuse Samsung of creating a “me too” device, with its new S27A970 27-inch Series 9 monitor making a striking statement on the desktop.

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Samsung’s sumptuous DA-E750 speaker dock packs vacuum tube, Galaxy S and iOS support

January 4th, 2012 9:45am No comments

Samsung’s sumptuous DA-E750 speaker dock packs vacuum tube, Galaxy S and iOS support

Owners of Samsung Galaxy S devices and iOS smartphones have got a sonic treat in store, courtesy of Samsung’s sumptuous new DA-E750 speaker dock.

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Rack mounted Tranquil MMC-12 PC claims to be ‘the ultimate in HiFi style media centres’

January 3rd, 2012 11:05am 1 comment

Rack mounted Tranquil MMC-12 PC claims to be 'the ultimate in HiFi style media centres'

UK company Tranquil have released a novel, super-slim Windows 7 media centre PC designed to slip into a home hi-fi stack.

Measuring just 1.5in thick and minimally styled in a stylish matt black finish, the unit looks more like an audiophile CD player than a PC, with the  front panel containing nothing more than an on/off button and a CD/DVD writer slot.

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Google launches YouTube Slam for ‘hot or not’ video face-offs, office productivity set to plummet

December 28th, 2011 5:40pm No comments

Keen to help you find more entertaining distractions, Google has launched YouTube Slam, serving up the hottest, oddest and (ahem) ‘funnest’ video clips.

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