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Lifelike Geminoid-F robot mannequin waits for a friend in a Tokyo Department Store

February 3rd, 2012 9:30am 1 comment

Lifelike Geminoid-F robot mannequin waits for a friend in a Tokyo Department Store

We’ve been fascinated by the way Japanese scientists have been developing the Geminoid robots, and one of the ‘female’ versions has gone on display in Japan as an interactive mannequin.

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O2 gets grovelling and issues an explanation for their privacy PR disaster

January 25th, 2012 3:55pm 1 comment

O2 issues apology and explanation after privacy PR disaster

Earlier today, Twitter lit up with comments from outraged customers who had learnt that the network was handing out their mobile telephone number to any website they visited.

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Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10″ 1.5GHz dual-core CPU goes for the ASUS Transformer market

January 9th, 2012 10:45am No comments

Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10 inch 1.5GHz dual-core CPU goes for the ASUS Transformer market

If you like the look of the ASUS Transformer Prime then you’re going to lurve the new Lenovo IdeaTab S2 tablet-plus-keyboard combo, which teams up a wafer thin 10 inch tablet with an optional full QWERTY keyboard base.

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BT Tower in London loses its horns and dishes, ends up with new stripped-down look

January 6th, 2012 12:09pm No comments

What have they done to the BT Tower in London?

London’s iconic BT Tower in the centre of London is now strutting a new, stripped down look after its owners were given permission to remove the distinctive microwave horns and dishes from the upper part of the structure.

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Our top posts of 2011: Lumix LX5, Powershot S95, Nikon D3100 and Galaxy S2

December 31st, 2011 11:30am 2 comments

Canon Powershot S95 vs Lumix LX5 - which is the compact=

With the year almost up, we thought we’d have a rummage through our stats to see which posts proved the most popular in 2011, and were a little surprised to find our photography articles proving the most read.

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Google stamps the foot of death on Google Wave, coffin booked for April 2012

November 25th, 2011 11:19am No comments

Google says goodbye to Google Wave, all turned off by April 2012

Google has sent out an email biding farewell to its “I coulda been a challenger” Google Wave service, which was deigned to let users “communicate and collaborate in real time.”

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World’s largest 3D street art revealed in London

November 21st, 2011 12:54pm 1 comment

World's largest 3D street art revealed in London

We’ve all seen those clever 3D paintings sketched out by street artists, but this incredible creation on London’s Canary Wharf quayside can claim to be the biggest – and quite possibly the best.

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Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

November 13th, 2011 4:32pm No comments

Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

I’ve been totally blown away by this astonishing time lapse video taken from the International Space Station.

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Google Street View invites users to take a walk in the park

November 2nd, 2011 9:45am No comments

Google Street View invites users to take a walk in the park

The Google Street View team has been busy, with the pedals on the Street View trike powering the cameras across the 22 different countries to snap some of the world’s most beautiful parks.

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Samsung Galaxy S II LTE handset and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE tablet announced

August 29th, 2011 11:30am No comments

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE handset and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE tablet announced

We love our Samsung Galaxy S2 handsets – in fact we think they’re the best phones you can buy right now, bar none – but Samsung has decided to up the goodness even more with the new Galaxy S II LTE.

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UK vinyl sales surge 55%, as indie fans go wild for the black stuff

August 15th, 2011 4:46pm 1 comment

UK vinyl sales surge by 55%, as indie fans drive the revival

They can jump, bend, warp, buckle and even snap when a drunk arse crashes on top of them, but still vinyl remains the format that will not die.

With sales driven by indie kids who perhaps want to make a more meaningful connection with their favourite songs than a collection of bits and bytes from iTunes, vinyl sales in the UK have jumped 55 per cent rise from January to June this year (compared to sales during  the same period in 2010).

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Google adds GMail Preview Pane – and we feel the love

August 5th, 2011 9:45am 1 comment

Now here’s something we’ve been wanting in GMail for yonks: a preview pane.

Google has just added this handy feature which lets you instantly preview emails in your inbox.

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Japanese boffins show off decision making robot. Humans look worried

August 2nd, 2011 9:45am No comments

Japanese boffins show off decision making robot. Humans look worried

Japanese researchers are developing a robot that can think, learn and act by itself using advanced artificial intelligence which lets it ‘think like humans’ when taking on new tasks.

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Wham bam thank you ma’am: Samsung shifts 5 million Galaxy S2 handsets in 85 days

July 27th, 2011 3:20pm No comments

Wham bam thank you ma'am: Samsung shifts 5 million Galaxy S2 handsets in 85 days

We can’t say we’re surprised because it’s a ruddy great phone: Samsung has announced today that it has sold more than 5 million units of Galaxy S2 smartphone.

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Scary silicon robot mouth looks like a sex toy, sounds like a rampant walrus

July 14th, 2011 12:39pm No comments

Scary silicon robot mouth looks like a sex toy, sounds like a rampant walrus

Here at Wirefresh we’ve got a lot of time for weird, scary and just plain odd robotic creations, so when we heard about a bizarre robot silicon mouth, we had to share it with you.

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