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Month: June 2011

computing / Google / hardware / portable

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK, priced at £349 upwards

Thursday, Jun 23, 2011Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Europe has had to wait patiently in line to bag a piece of the new Chromebook action, but from today, Samsung’s new Series 5 Chrome OS machine should be hitting …

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK, priced at £349 upwards Read More
Android / computing / portable

European Motorola Xoom owners! That microSD slot is all yours!

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by Lee J.

It’s a curious thing alright, but for reasons best known to themselves, Motorola decided to release their Xoom Android tablet with a microSD card slot that just lay there doing …

European Motorola Xoom owners! That microSD slot is all yours! Read More
Google / web

Google hits a record-crushing one billion users in May 2011

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by Pete Railton

New research reveals that Google and its empire of related website were used by more than a billion people for the first time last month. The landmark figure was thrust …

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photography

Leica announces ultra-discrete M9-P camera for the stinking rich

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by mike s

Like a pub musician watching Radiohead headlining the enormo-dome, most photographers can only dream of strutting around the streets with a Leica full-frame digital rangefinder camera swinging around their necks.

Leica announces ultra-discrete M9-P camera for the stinking rich Read More
mobiles

The world tries to stay awake as Nokia pushes out N9 phone

Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 - by mike s

We’re finding it hard to muster any kind of enthusiasm for Nokia’s latest smartphone, the N9, running on the doomed Meego operatating system.

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business / web

Repulsive Beautiful People website stunt backfires fabulously

Monday, Jun 20, 2011Monday, Jun 20, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

The latest publicity stunt by the vile BeautifulPeople.com dating website seems to have backfired rather gloriously, with the site currently being taken down by a denial of service attack.

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audio / mobiles

Glastonbury revellers risk ridicule with Orange’s recharging t-shirt

Monday, Jun 20, 2011Monday, Jun 20, 2011 - by mike s

As more corporates become deeply entrenched with the Glastonbury Festival every year, mobile phone network Orange have unveiled an interesting new way to get their branding all over the site, …

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web

What happens on the internet in 60 seconds? Answer – rather a lot!

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 - by Lee J.

Everyone knows the web is a busy thing – but a new infographic reveals just how much goes on – and the figures are rather astonishing. Compiled by the Shanghai …

What happens on the internet in 60 seconds? Answer – rather a lot! Read More
web

Forty years of email celebrated in an infographic

Saturday, Jun 18, 2011 - by mike s

It seems incredible, but email has been around for forty years now, with the messaging medium first arriving in 1971 when computer engineer Ray Tomlinson blasted off the first electronic …

Forty years of email celebrated in an infographic Read More
Android / computing / portable

Andy Pad Android tablet promises 7″ of fun in a super cheap package

Friday, Jun 17, 2011Friday, Jun 17, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

If you’re finding it hard to justify shelling out large wads of cash for a big-name, high end tablet, it might be worth looking at the bargain basement AndyPad Android …

Andy Pad Android tablet promises 7″ of fun in a super cheap package Read More
Android / computing / portable

Temptress Sony teases with scant glimpses of its new S1 and S2 tablets [video]

Friday, Jun 17, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Sony is busy performing the Dance of the Seven Veils when it comes to details about their upcoming Sony S1 and Sony S2 tablets, with a new teaser video only …

Temptress Sony teases with scant glimpses of its new S1 and S2 tablets [video] Read More
Android / computing / portable

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 looks sumptuously sleek in shiny promo video

Friday, Jun 17, 2011Friday, Jun 24, 2011 - by Lee J.

Samsung are so chuffed about today’s launch of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet that they’ve slammed down a 2 minute video showing it off from every possible angle.

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Blackberry / computing / portable

O2 piddles on the BlackBerry PlayBook’s launch parade

Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Today should have been Blackberry’s big day in the UK, with the official launch of their new iPad-challenging PlayBook, but O2 has just distributed gallons of the yellow stuff over …

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photography

Sony CyberShot DSC-HX9V declared the best travel-zoom in town

Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 - by Lee J.

There’s currently an awful lot of excellent travel compacts out there, but one review site has just gone overboard on Sony’s CyberShot DSC-HX9V, declaring it to be the best travel-zoom …

Sony CyberShot DSC-HX9V declared the best travel-zoom in town Read More
Android

HTC UK change their minds: Gingerbread confirmed for HTC Desire

Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 - by mike s

As U-turns go, they don’t get much bigger than this one. Yesterday, HTC UK posted up to say – rather emphatically – that the HTC Desire was not going to get the …

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