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Month: March 2011

computing / stuff

The Androids are here! Geminoid robot looks just like its master.

Friday, Mar 4, 2011Monday, Mar 7, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Created by the Aalborg University in Denmark, this startlingly realistic android is an update of the original Geminoid robot created by Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro of ATR in 2005.

The Androids are here! Geminoid robot looks just like its master. Read More
Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Maps 5.2 shuffles into the Android Market

Friday, Mar 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

The gang at Google have now despatched the latest update to their Google Maps app for Android handsets out into the cruel, cruel world.

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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire HD – aka Inspire 4G – brags about its ‘ridiculously big’ screen

Friday, Mar 4, 2011Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Two short and sweet adverts for the new HTC Desire HD Android handset have appeared, both bigging up the phone’s ‘ridiculously big’ screen.

HTC Desire HD – aka Inspire 4G – brags about its ‘ridiculously big’ screen Read More
computing / gaming

Chrome Web Store fills up with free Atari games, productivity crumbles

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by Lee J.

Oh dear. Here goes our productivity for the day.  The Chrome store is now listing no less than 12 classic Atari games for free download.

Chrome Web Store fills up with free Atari games, productivity crumbles Read More
computing / Microsoft / Windows

Thrill to 25 years of Microsoft Windows upgrades [video]

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by Pete Railton

There’s dedication and then there’s Roy Castle-style dedication, and it certainly must have taken some heroic gumption to sit down and create a 9.5 minute video showing every install of …

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Android / computing / portable

PC World cock up again as Motorola XOOM whooshes up to £500

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

For one of the largest electrical retailers in the UK, you’d think that taking care of the simple things like putting the right price on new products would be pretty …

PC World cock up again as Motorola XOOM whooshes up to £500 Read More
Apple / computing / iPhone / mobiles

Apple iOS 4.3 coming to iPhone, iPad and Touch from March 11th, 2011

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Apple has just announced that it will be releasing the latest iteration of its mobile operating system – iOS version 4.3 – on March 11th.

Apple iOS 4.3 coming to iPhone, iPad and Touch from March 11th, 2011 Read More
Apple / computing / portable

Apple iPad 2 launch event underway – dual core CPU, faster graphics, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB models

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by mike s

Apple are currently dishing out the dirt on the follow up to their phenomenally popular iPad tablet, and so far we’ve learnt that the iPad 2 will have dual core processors, …

Apple iPad 2 launch event underway – dual core CPU, faster graphics, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB models Read More
mobiles / web

Facebook now used by half of the entire UK population

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Facebook has announced that it is now used by 30 million people in the UK, effectively reaching an astonishing half of the population.

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Android / computing / transport

SAAB pioneers an ‘open innovation’ Android OS for its cars

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Swish Swedish car maker SAAB has announced that it will be embracing the Android OS for its forthcoming in-car communication and infotainment system.

SAAB pioneers an ‘open innovation’ Android OS for its cars Read More
photography

Nikon D3100 SLR – now with £40/€50 cashback

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by Lee J.

Already one of our very favourite entry-level dSLRs, Nikon has made its D3100 camera all the more alluring by offering a £40/€50 cashback deal when the camera is purchased in …

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Google / web

Google cocks up catastrophically: claims BMJ and urban75.org are ‘content farms’

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by mike s

Google recently announced a “pretty big” change in the way that its search engine would rank websites, promising to downgrade “low-quality” or “shallow” websites from online search engine results, in …

Google cocks up catastrophically: claims BMJ and urban75.org are ‘content farms’ Read More
Android / computing / portable

Motorola to sell WiFi-only Xoom for £449.99, undercuts 32GB iPad

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Anyone with half a brain knows that to tempt users away from the all conquering iPad, you’ve got to offer a cheaper, equally capable alternative, and Motorola’s highly spec’d Xoom …

Motorola to sell WiFi-only Xoom for £449.99, undercuts 32GB iPad Read More
Google / software / web

Google Cloud Connect keeps MS Office and Google Docs in sync

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

The helpful folks at Google have dished out a natty free utility that lets users synchronise Microsoft Office documents with the cloud-based Google Docs service.

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