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Month: December 2009

Google

Google launch Living Stories – a new way to read news

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s

Ever keen to come up with new ways to present newspaper content online, Google has conjured up a new experimental project called, Living News. It’s currently only using content from …

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Android / Blackberry / mobile apps / mobiles / Symbian / Windows Mobile

Orange rolls out multi-platform App Store

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by Lee J.

Telecoms firm Orange has launched its vrey own App Shop, which is available now for over-the-air downloads to around one million customers in the UK and France. The App Shop …

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broadcasting

Hook up Humax Freesat with your BBC iPlayer: video

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Humax Freesat have just served up a short video showing its users how they can grab a chunk of BBC iPlayer goodness through their Freesat equipment. The beta update should …

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Apple / Google / software

Google Chrome browser gets Mac beta release

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s

Google Chrome is finally available for shimmying onto shiny Macs with a long overdue beta release of the browser for Mac users. It’s been a mighty long wait for Apple …

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gaming

The evolution of Nintendo’s game controllers, 1985-2006

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Long term Nintendo fans will know the sometimes weird and wonderful shapes that the controllers have taken over the years, starting from a clunky’n’chunky rectangular number in 1985. Skip forward …

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mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre scoops multiple “Best of 2009” awards

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by mike s

Tech websites and magazines have been busy compiling their ‘Best of 2009’ lists, and the Palm Pre has been making an appearance in many of them. US technology print mag …

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stuff / transport

Trance DJs try the ultimate blag – in space

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by Lee J.

Trance bands are always banging on about ‘taking you higher’, but a UK outfit are looking to go higher than any other fluoro-donning, repetitive-beat churning  DJs have ever been before, …

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Android / Google / mobile apps

Google Goggles: mobile searches by camera

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google are slamming out the treats in a veritably festive flurry at the moment with an exciting new application called Google Goggles being released for the Android mobile platform. The …

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Google / web

Google adds live Twitter and blog updates to searches

Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by mike s

Google has announced a new search service that serves up a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web, incorporating near-instant updates from web pages and social networking partners. …

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audio

Vinyl refuses to die as turntable sales soar

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher - 7 Comments.

If you listen to the experts, vinyl should be residing in a technology graveyard somewhere, snuggling up next to 8 track cartridges, Amiga computers and Betamax videos, but it’s proving …

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portable / reviews

Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader gets reviewed

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We won’t be getting it any time soon over here in Blighty, but Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader is starting to pick up reviews from across the pond. Sporting …

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business / mobiles

Nokia’s flagship London Regent Street store closes

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We can remember attending the celeb-loaded launch for this swanky London store in February 2008, but Nokia’s flagship store in Regent Street isn’t even going to make it to its …

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reviews / transport

Blackburn Flea 4 LED rechargeable USB bike lamp: review

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Sunday, Dec 6, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

The Blackburn Fleabike bike lamp takes portability to a whole new level, coming in a package so small that it initially prompted suggestions that it may have fallen out of …

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Google / web

Stroll through the ruins of Pompeii with Google Street View

Saturday, Dec 5, 2009 - by mike s

Thanks to Google’s panoramic Street View feature, surfers can now amble around the streets of Pompeii, and check out the town’s statues, temples, villas and theatres. The search engine’s free …

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iPhone / mobiles

iPhone orchestra assembles to make a dull noise

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Taking the art of performance to new levels of dullness is this mobile phone ensemble from the University of Michigan, who dutifully trotted out en masse for a live performance, …

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