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Month: October 2009

Microsoft / mobiles

T-Mobile loses users’ Sidekick data: stormy clouds ahead

Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 - by mike s

After a catastrophic server failure, T-Mobile and Danger, the Microsoft-owned subsidiary that makes the Sidekick, have announced that they were unable to recover the stored Sidekick data –  meaning that …

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps

Photoshop.com for the iPhone: awesome!

Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Adobe have announced a snappy Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos either taken on the handset or stored in their online library on Photoshop.com. The free …

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stuff / web

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF?

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award has taken a lot of people by surprise – including El Presidento himself, apparently – and Twitter users (or should that be the Twitterosphere?) …

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stuff / web

Football! Mitchell & Webb Sky Sports parody

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

We’re sure you’ve all seen it a hundred times before, but what the heck: it’s Friday and we ruddy well love this clip:

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gaming

Max Payne 3 teaser trailer tossed onto YouTube

Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

For those of you who like your gaming to be accompanied by the endless onslaught of bullets, explosions and general gun-related high japes, be prepared to be teased by the …

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gadgets / reviews

One For All Kameleon 8 cheapo universal remote control review

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

After growing tired of endless beer-fuelled, late night rummages around the house for a mountain of easily-lost remote controls, we thought we’d check out an all-in-one controller. Wooed by its …

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software / Windows

Fences desktop icon organiser for Windows. It’s great.

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It’s Friday, you’ve probably got a hangover like us, and your PC desktop is a blurry mass of endless icons and shortcuts confusing your Stella-addled mind. You might be able …

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computing

Netbooks: punters are still feeling the mini-love

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

Netbooks continue to be the hottest potatoes in town, with sales continuing their upward trajectory at the expense of traditional laptops sales. According to a new report from DisplaySearch, revenues for Netbooks …

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stuff / transport

Corvette Python: world’s fastest amphibious car

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

Amphibious cars always seem like a great idea on paper but never really cut it in the real world, invariably coming over as an uncomfortable neither fish nor fowl botch-job. …

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photography

Eye-Fi Wi-Fi memory cards click into the UK

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by Lee J.

Eye-Fi’s range of wireless SD memory cards will finally be washing up on UK shores. Scheduled to shuffle on to shop shelves on 19 October, the Eye-Fi cards cunningly let you …

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mobiles / Windows Mobile

HTC HD2 is ready to rumble: video promo

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It may have beastly Windows Mobile 6.5 grinding away deep within its bowels, but there’s an awful lot to love about HTC’s sensational new HTC HD2 handset. Boasting a high …

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business / web

So, farewell GeoCities…

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher

Yahoo has issued the date of the death sentence for the long-lived GeoCities’ empire: October 26. From that date GeoCities websites will no longer appear on the web, all content …

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stuff

Piano stairs get lazy commuters walking

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

Problem: how do you get people to stop using the short escalator up from the subway and walk up the stairs instead? Here’s the brilliant solution:

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mobiles

US: 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

The latest CTIA wireless industry survey has just been released, and it reveals the continuing runaway growth of text messaging in America. According to the survey, over 740 billion text …

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business / computing / hardware / web

IPExpo 2009 cloud computing event – Earls Court

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by oicur0t

Wirefresh braved the rain and headed out to West London today to take a look at the delights of IP Expo 2009. Traditionally a meeting point for business high flyers …

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