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Month: March 2010

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Activist site urges users to email MPs to block Digital Economy Bill

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

There’s a lot to be concerned about the Digital Economy Bill that is being pushed through the law-making process with unseemly haste. In response, an activist website has sprung up …

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gaming

Mario pips Sonic to bag title of Britain’s #1 video game character

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 - by Pete Railton

We’ve not entirely sure why people commission these studies, but a survey of 3,000 Brits revealed that Mario is the country’s all time favourite video game character. A survey of …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Android Market passes 30,000 apps – but is the app advantage fading?

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 - by mike s

A Google spokesperson has confirmed that there are now officially 30,000 free and paid apps sitting in the Android market ready for your downloading pleasure. Back in December, Google pegged …

Android Market passes 30,000 apps – but is the app advantage fading? Read More
web

Fuhrer video takes on cloud security for the techie LOLz

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 - by Pete Railton

You must have all seen endless versions of the now-legendary ‘Fuhrer’ videos, where alternative captions are added to the powerful scene from the 2004 German-language movie titled “Downfall.” There’s been …

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mobiles / Palm

New Palm TV advert: “Life Moves Fast” – with no spooky lady!

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

After baffling consumers with the Spooky Woman (see below), Palm has put out a far more accessible advert which we reckon does a pretty good job selling their innovative webOS.

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

National Trust launch Apple iPhone app

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Keen to prove that they can still get down with the hipsters, the National Trust has launched its own, rather snappy, iPhone application.

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portable / Windows

Archos 9 PC Tablet gets reviewed – and it’s full of fail

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

We’ve rather liked some of Archos’s multimedia products and were looking forward to checking out their new Archos 9 tablet – after all, these guys have been making tablets for …

Archos 9 PC Tablet gets reviewed – and it’s full of fail Read More
computing / stuff

Japanese baby robot Yotaro: unsettlingly weird

Monday, Mar 15, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Certain to scare the bejesus out of adults and children alike is the bizarre baby robot, Yotaro. Hailing from the home of all things robotically weird, Japan, the glowing robot …

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Android / mobiles

Vodafone UK to offer HTC Legend and HTC Desire Android handsets

Monday, Mar 15, 2010Monday, Mar 15, 2010 - by Lee J.

With the Google Nexus One already confirmed for the network, Vodafone UK has announced that it will also be serving up HTC’s latest – and some may say hottest – …

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Apple

Developers rage against Apple’s control freakery

Monday, Mar 15, 2010Monday, Mar 15, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Tech blogger, co-inventor of XML and former Sun Microsystems bigwig Tim Bray has joined Google’s Android team and served up a scathing attack on Apple’s, “sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded …

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computing / portable / Windows

Hanvon Touchpad BC10C slams the iPad’s spec sheet

Monday, Mar 15, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

Trying hard to be heard above the whoops of excited expectation for the iPad is the Hanvon Touchpad BC10C. With specs to spank the botty of Apple’s finest and coming …

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stuff

London Razor – high tech skyscraper with built in wind turbines

Monday, Mar 15, 2010Friday, Mar 19, 2010 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

Looking like it’s sprouted from the set of Bladerunner is London’s newest high-rise apartment block, the ‘Razor.’ The 148 metre-tall high-tech tower will feature built in wind turbines – a …

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stuff / web

iPad goes on pre-order, Doritos scores a hit with an excellent parody

Saturday, Mar 13, 2010Saturday, Mar 13, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

As a thousand over-excited fanboy bloggers squealed with expectant iJoy as Apple went through its usual charade of closing its online store for a minor upgrade, snack food supremos Doritos …

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stuff

Wii Fit Balance board push up bar shown off in chummy video demo

Friday, Mar 12, 2010Friday, Mar 12, 2010 - by Lee J.

We love our Wii Fit and Balance Board – especially when it awards us a “Wii Age” decades below our decrepit years – and for folks wanting to push things …

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Google / web

Blogger cruelly shunts off FTP support, adds a template designer

Friday, Mar 12, 2010Friday, Mar 12, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

After seriously miffing off old school bloggers with their troublesome decision to withdraw all FTP support, Blogger are looking to sweeten the pill with their new Blogger Template Designer tool. …

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