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Month: November 2009

Android / audio / iPhone / mobiles / Palm / software

MediaMonkey 3.2 now supports music sync for Palm Pre, iPhone, Android

Saturday, Nov 21, 2009Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 - by mike s

If you’re bored stiffer than Mary Whitehouse’s super-starchy ironing board with all this on/off ‘Palm Pre syncing with iTunes’ malarkey, there’s an easier way to shunt tunes on off your …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / mobile apps / Windows

Seesmic launch mobile Twitter apps for Android and BlackBerry with excitable video

Saturday, Nov 21, 2009Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 - by mike s

An excitable bloke can be seen raving about the Seesmic Twitter mobile client which has just been released for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. The interface seems straightforward enough, with …

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web

Brizzly ‘social media reader’ for your Facebook and Twitter needs

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

If you like to have all your Facebook and Twitter activity streams all shuffled together in one nice easy-to-use package, then say hello to Brizzly, a new ‘social media reader’ …

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audio

Linn exits CD market for digital streaming; vinyl still rules

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Hi-Fi buffs will still recall the shudder of joy that occurred the first time their ears made contact with the sound of a record played on the Linn Sondek LP12 …

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computing / Google

Google Chrome netbook OS unveiled: videos explain WTF

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Google has unveiled more details of its Linux-based, open-source operating system, Chrome OS, a super fast, browser-based operating system for netbooks. Promising near-instant boot times of around 7 seconds, all …

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Apple / computing

Unannounced, unconfirmed and perhaps non-existent Apple tablet delayed

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by mike s

We really can’t be arsed with endlessly regurgitating vague frothing fanboy rumours about a possible Apple OMG! Tablet arriving this month,  this year, next year,  via a space/time wormhole whenever, …

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photography

UK photographers: stop Government plans to strip you of your copyright

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Newly proposed government legislation designed to deal with ‘orphan files’ will leave non-commercial websites free to use  a photographer’s images without permission, payment or even credit, The Digital Economy Bill …

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software / Windows

Office 2010 Professional Beta is free to download

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

If you’re sitting on a fast web connection and are busting a gut to start playing with some of the funky tools coming in Office 2010, then Microsoft is inviting …

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computing / Windows

Lenovo Thinkpad X100e laptop – details dribble out in Deutschland

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by mike s

We have to admit we’re rather keen on Thinkpad laptops – heck, if they’re good enough for the Space Station, they’re good enough for us – so we’re rather looking …

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photography / reviews

Nikon D300S reviews flood in. Lustful feelings follow

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We’ve been rattling off photos on our Nikon D300 for the past year now and it’s a lovely camera – but does the new D300S add up to a worthwhile …

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Microsoft / stuff / web

NASA invite you to Be A Martian

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 - by Lee J.

Nasa have launched a new website called “Be A Martian” which invites users to play games while helping the space agency to sort through hundreds of thousands of images of …

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business / Microsoft / web

Swindon rocks to ‘Signal’: free, city-wide wi-fi

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Majestic Swindon – birthplace of 70s prog rockers Supertramp, the handsomely proportioned Diana Dors and ace 80s post punksters XTC – will soon have another accolade to add to its …

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Apple / computing / hardware

ASUS, Toshiba and Sony the ‘most reliable laptops’; Apple in fourth

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

A new study by warranty company SquareTrade analysed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptops covered by their plans, and found Asus and Toshiba to be the most reliable machines, …

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computing / hardware / Windows

Dell Zino HD tiny desktop PC looks quite loveable

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 - by mike s

We’re loving the look of  Dell’s stylish new range of super-small desktop PCs, with the Zino HD measuring up at just 7.8in by 7.8in and coming in a range of …

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photography

Leica M7 Edition “Hermes” camera induces drool, envy, resentment etc

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 - by Pete Railton

We hate the illogical feelings that Leica cameras stir in us. We could never, ever justify their enormous expense and common sense tell us that we’d be able to get …

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