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Month: December 2009

photography / stuff

The world’s biggest photograph: 26GB and 297,500 x 87,500 pixels in size

Saturday, Dec 19, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We’re partial to putting together the odd panorama here at Wirefresh, but nothing we’ve done comes even close to the 26GB monster created by the bods at A.F.B. media GmbH. …

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photography / reviews

Leica X1 digital compact camera gets reviewed

Friday, Dec 18, 2009Friday, Dec 18, 2009 - by Lee J.

There’s something about Leica cameras that create such involuntarily and illogical feelings of desire you may find yourself pondering over how much your granny might fetch on eBay. Perhaps it’s …

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photography / reviews

Panasonic Lumix LX3: #1 Best High End Compact of 2009

Friday, Dec 18, 2009Friday, Dec 18, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It may strange to see a camera released well over a year ago sitting at the top of our Best High End Compacts list, but we think the Lumix LX3 …

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photography / reviews

Canon PowerShot G11 – #2 Best High End Compact of 2009

Friday, Dec 18, 2009Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Scoring second place in our Best High End Compact Camera 2009 awards is Canon’s heavyweight PowerShot G11 digicam. The G11 is the current flagship of Canon’s G-series range which has …

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web

The UK’s most influential Twitter users revealed

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Although to many people, the whitterings of a Twitterer matter not one jot, the microblogging site has certainly evolved into an influential means of expression. INQ Mobile have come up …

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Google / web

UK newspapers flock to Google Fast Flip

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

UK national newspapers the Telegraph, the Independent and the Express have signed up to Google’s Fast Flip experimental news application. A total of 55 publications have recently been added to …

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photography

Canon PowerShot S90 #3 Best High End Compact 2009

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

Coming in at third place in our Best High End Compact 2009 awards is Canon’s sleek and bijou Powershot S90 digicam. Considerably smaller than its chunkier and more expensive brother, …

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web

Twitter’s top technology trends of 2009

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by mike s

Abdur, the fella who is the ‘chief scientist’ at Twitter’s research HQ, has posted up Twitter’s Top Trending Technology Topics (try saying that after a few brandies), and it makes …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / Symbian

iPhone versus Symbian – app slapdown!

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher

On our sister forum, urban75, a spat broke out between posters, with one insisting that, “If you want any apps, the iPhone is the best bet.” While we’ll be the …

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Google / web

Google contacts: sort out duplicate contacts with one click

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by mike s

If you’ve got a mighty big list of names stored in Google Contacts and it’s become a bit of an unruly, sprawling mess with loads of  duplicate entries, there’s a …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Evernote Android app released

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by mike s

It’s been available on the iPhone and BlackBerry for some time, but a fully fledged version of the note taking app Evernote is landing in the Android Marketplace today. Evernote …

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web

The most popular YouTube videos of 2009

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by Pete Railton

YouTube has released details of the most popular videos on their site for 2009, and topping the list is ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ runner-up Susan Boyle. The unlikely chart-topper’s rendition of …

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mobiles

Sony Ericsson unveils ‘Greenheart’ Elm and Hazel handsets. They’re not lookers.

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Falling off the ugly tree and hitting just about every branch, twig and nut on the way down before landing in a juicy, wet cowpat is Sony Ericsson’s new Elm …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Android Market hits the 20,000 app milestone

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 - by Lee J.

The Android Marketplace has jogged up and high-fived an impressive milestone, notching up no less than 20,000 apps which are now available for downloading. Well, we say 20,000 but it …

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broadcasting

Goodbye Teletext, the football fans friend

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Older viewers will recall the thrill of watching football scores slowly update onscreen via Teletext, or perhaps remember basking in the glory of its uber-blocky pixellated renditions of maps and …

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