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Month: December 2009

Android / mobiles

Hilarious Motorola Droid advert slams into the ‘tiara wearing’ iPhone

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Friday, Dec 4, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We love seeing big corporates taking pot shots at each other, and Verizon’s hilariously over the top onslaught against the iPhone really is worth a view. Backed by a testosterone-fuelled …

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stuff

Enter a world of wrong with these animatronic art work heads

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Weird, creepy and, frankly, a bit crap, this freaky $75k art work exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 is the work of artist Nathaniel Mellor. The three realistic face …

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video / web

YouTube introduce stripped-down Feather service for weedy netbooks

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

If your poor piddling netbook is flapping, floundering and becoming formidably flummoxed and foxed when it’s asked to play back YouTube videos, help is at hand in the shape of …

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Google / web

Google Public DNS service launched

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Friday, Dec 4, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has unveiled Google Public DNS, a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service giving users an alternative to their current DNS provider. Domain name systems (DNS) translate website …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Daily Telegraph iPhone app lets users file breaking stories

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by Lee J.

The Daily Torygraph Telegraph has whipped out a new and improved version of its news application for Apple iPhone users. The freebie Telegraph app can be downloaded directly on to …

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computing / Windows

CompuLab’s fit-PC2i is a truly tiny desktop PC

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

Making our current desktop PC look like Billy Bunter after a weekend’s feasting with Fatty Arbuckle at the Donut Factory is CompuLab’s super-bijou fit-PC2i desktop PC. Weighing only 13 ounces …

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gaming

Nintendo Wii becomes the fastest selling console in UK history

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It’s been a firm favourite in the Wirefresh offices for years, and we’ve spent untold hours waving our Wii controllers around in the air, so it comes as no surprise …

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photography

Pentax K-x dSLR firmware update v1.01 released

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

Pentax have released a firmware update for their affordable Pentax K-x DSLR camera which shuffles in a few minor tweaks and the odd feature-ette. The firmware update to version 1.01 …

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software / Windows

Avast anti-virus update causes havoc with streams of false positives

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by Michael H. - 2 Comments.

Many users of Avast anti-virus software appear to have had problems with their computers on December 2 and 3, not because of undetected viruses, but because an update to the …

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Microsoft / software

Microsoft Bing adds knockout new features: Street Side impresses

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Microsoft has been busily ramping up the features on its search engine Bing, with the showstopper being the release of Bing Maps Beta, a substantial upgrade to its online map …

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portable

iRiver Story eBook reader gets reviewed: can’t hold a candle to the Kindle

Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader may well be the soar-away success story in the States, but over here in Blighty we’re well behind the e-pack, with new models taking an eternity …

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audio

Harman Kardon’s GLA-55 wedge-wallopin’ crystal speaker system hits the UK

Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009 - by Lee J.

Aimed at audiophiles with ravine-deep pockets (and, let’s be honest, questionable style) is Harman Kardon’s high end GLA-55 speaker system. Looking like a mix between an air freshener and something …

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stuff / web

Spotify serves up gift subscriptions for the hols

Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

Hoping to tempt flapping consumers still struggling to find the perfect gift for their loved ones is Spotify, who are offering their Spotify Premium e-cards, “just in time for the …

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computing / Windows

Viewsonic unveils VOT530 and 550 mini PCs. We rather like

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

Stuck in an office flanked by vast desktop PCs the size of small suitcases, we’ve been looking longer and harder at the new breed of sleek miniPCs/nettops coming out, and …

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audio

Technics turntables set to continue, DJs rejoice

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

DJs blubbing into their slipmats over rumours of the imminent demise of the iconicĀ  Technics SL-1200 and SL-1210 DJ turntables can wipe away the tears, as Panasonic have stated that …

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