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Google Reader Play makes browsing RSS feeds easy-peasy

March 11th, 2010 10:56am Pete Railton No comments

Google Reader Play makes it easy for users to gorge on RSS feeds

We’re mighty big fans of Google Reader at Wirefresh – it’s been our de facto RSS reader for years – but it can take a little while to find out and sort your feeds.

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Dell Mini 5 ‘Streak’ Android tablet serves up colours galore

March 10th, 2010 10:43am mike s 1 comment

Dell Mini 5/ Dell Streak tablet - details surfaceWe’ve been teased by a video clip of Dell boss Michael Dell strutting around with a pre-production Dell Mini 5 tablet, but with the release date looming, the company are prepping their promotional material for what seems set to be called the ‘Dell Streak’.

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Samsung silently shows off its SUPER AMOLED touchscreen

March 10th, 2010 10:07am Pete Railton No comments

Samsung shows off its SUPER AMOLED touchscreen

Samsung have knocked out a video detailing the advantages of their Super AMOLED screen.

The boffins at Samsung seem to have sorted the situation with AMOLED screens being hard to read in sunlight, with their new displays promising a brighter, better, more bodacious screen with improved viewing angles.
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Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot continues to thrill

March 9th, 2010 12:58pm Lee J. No comments

Honda ASIMO humanoid robot continues to thrill

We’ve been fascinated by Honda’s incredible ASIMO humanoid robot project, and find its tantalising glimpse of the future irresistible. We want one!

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Adobe shows off the wonder of Flash on HP’s soon-come Slate PC

March 9th, 2010 9:30am mike s No comments

Adobe shows off Flash on the HP Slate Device PC

Keen to show those beastly Flash-hating rotters at Apple just how useful the technology is for tablets and netbooks, Adobe has knocked out a promo videos showing off its capabilities.

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LG X300 slips out an ultra-thin premium mobile PC

March 8th, 2010 10:54am Pete Railton No comments

LG X300 slips out an ultra-thin premium mobile PC

LG Electronics (LG) have announced the launch of their ultra-thin premium mobile PC, the LG X300 and it’s a rather sleek and stylish looking number.

Their new “flagship mobile computing device,” the LG X300 weighs a mere 970g and is wafer thin at just 17.5mm thick .

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First iPad TV commercial airs at the 2010 Oscars – video

March 8th, 2010 10:39am Lee J. No comments

First iPad TV commercial airs at the 2010 Oscars

We guess we’ll be seeing a lot more of this as Apple unleash their enormous advertising budget to persuade us about the joys of their latest product, the iPad.

Their first iPad TV commercial debuted during a break in the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and serves up a 30 second demo showing the tablet device doing its thing.

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A seven minute video of an Apple fanboy wearing a Scottevest jacket

March 6th, 2010 2:16pm Lee J. 1 comment

A seven minute video of an Apple fanboy wearing a Scottevest jacket

Hey, how do you fancy watching a video of a bloke wearing a techie jacket over-populated with pockets doing a slow striptease in the snow?

Curious to see how many Apple products you can wear about your person in the the winter chill of the “Canadian wilderness”?

Then be thankful for Rene Ritchie, who has decided to film himself standing in his garden showing off the contents of his SCOTTEVEST Quantum Jacket, Fleece 5.0 Jacket and Ultimate Hoodie combo.

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Will the iPad Support Tethering? Steve Jobs has the answer

March 6th, 2010 1:33pm mike s 2 comments

Will the iPad Support Tethering? Steve Jobs has the answerAnyone who spends time on the move knows how handy it is to be able to tether your netbook/laptop/tablet-based computing device to your phone to enjoy some internet connectivity on a bigger screen.

The iPad – a delightfully mobile device if we ever saw one – looks to be just the sort of thing that would be perfect for hooking up to your iPhone.

After all, they’re made by the same people, so all the inter-connectivity and seamless interoperability has got to be just a click away, no?

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Apple iPad official launch date announced, pre-orders start next week

March 5th, 2010 3:01pm Lee J. No comments

Apple iPad official launch date announced, pre-orders start next week

Apple has announced that the iPad will be launching in the US on Saturday April 3rd, and mustard keen punters and high-fiving fanboys will be able to start slapping down the cash for the Jesus tablet from next week.

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Arcam irDock high-end audiophile dock for iPod/iPhone

March 5th, 2010 2:26pm mike s No comments

Arcam irDock high-end audiophile dock for iPod/iPhoneThere’s all sorts of snazzy docks available for iPod/iPhones, but music-mad users looking to squeeze the last drops of sonic goodness out of their MP3 collections should perhaps take a peek at Arcam’s irDock.

Replacing their earlierĀ rDock, Arcam’s shiny new high-end audiophile dock sports a die-cast aluminium anti-vibration enclosure with a damped rubber base offering RF shielding, and comes with a bundled remote for full loafing-on-the-sofa control.

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Restore your scratchy iPhone into a gleaming thing of beauty

March 5th, 2010 11:10am mike s No comments

Restore your scratchy iPhone into a gleaming thing of beauty

If – like us – you can’t be arsed with poncey protective cases, rubbery skins, plastic covers, Invisi-Shields, OtterBoxes or nobby leather wallets to safeguard your iPhone, it may be looking a little worse for wear right now.

After all, months of making an iPhone rough it in your pockets with your keys, cash, Allen keys, small torches andĀ other assembled bits of mobile man-junk can soon leave Apple’s finest looking a little battle-scarred, so thank ‘eavens for a certain Shenaniganz08.

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Windows 7 hits 90 million sales to become the fastest selling OS ever

March 4th, 2010 11:19am Lee J. 2 comments

Windows 7 hits 90 million sales to become the fastest selling OS ever

To the accompaniment of whoops, slapping sweaty palms held aloft and champagne corks bouncing off unsuspecting exec bonces, Microsoft has revealed that its latest operating system, Windows 7, has sailed past the 90 million sales mark.

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Google reaches for the stars to make things more personal

March 4th, 2010 9:30am mike s No comments

Google reaches for the stars to make things more personalGoogle has announced a new feature in search which it believes will make it easier for users to mark and rediscover their favourite web content.

The new feature lets punters mark any search result or map with a star – and this will then appear in a special list at the top of any future relevant search results.

The feature is currently being rolled out for all users over the forthcoming days, so expect to see it soon (it wasn’t appearing for us in the UK yet).

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Buzie Google Buzz iPhone app hits town

March 3rd, 2010 7:05pm Tony Fletcher No comments

Buzie Google Buzz iPhone app hits townAlthough Google Buzz runs fairly dandy from within the iPhone’s browser, the first dedicated app for the innovative social networking tool has been sent out into the wild.

Called Buzie, the app lets users check out Buzz conversations in their local area without logging into the service.

Once signed in, they can then start conversations, or join in with their followers, or just indulge in a good ol’ bout of stalking.

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