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Month: June 2011

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Twitter finally gets in on the link shortening action

Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011 - by mike s

Twitter has finally dragged its slovenly botty into 2011 and announced that links shared on Twitter.com will be automatically shortened, courtesy of their t.co URL shortener.

Twitter finally gets in on the link shortening action Read More
gadgets / gaming

Sony parades the next-gen PlayStation Vita – yours for around £150

Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation has been officially released and regales under the name PlayStation Vita. Or PS Vita if you like your words short.

Sony parades the next-gen PlayStation Vita – yours for around £150 Read More
Apple / business / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / web

FT web app says ‘no thanks’ to Apple’s fat 30 per cent cut

Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Finding themselves not mindful to hand over thirty per cent of their revenues to Apple, The Financial Times has launched a sophisticated HTML5 Web app that lets users access and …

FT web app says ‘no thanks’ to Apple’s fat 30 per cent cut Read More
Apple / computing / iPhone / mobiles

Apple iOS iCloud serves up automatic cloud storage

Monday, Jun 6, 2011Monday, Jun 6, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Apple has announced some big – and some not so big – upgrades to its iOS operating system at today’s WWDC, and one of the most interesting is its new …

Apple iOS iCloud serves up automatic cloud storage Read More
Android / computing / portable

Carphone Warehouse and the HTC Flyer: comic, customer-repelling incompetence

Monday, Jun 6, 2011Monday, Jun 6, 2011 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

With its novel stylus input and smaller physical size, the HTC Flyer offers a real alternative to the all-conquering iPad, and yesterday we thought we’d show some friends what the …

Carphone Warehouse and the HTC Flyer: comic, customer-repelling incompetence Read More
Apple / computing / software

CCleaner for Mac clears out the system crap in one click – and it’s free

Friday, Jun 3, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 4 Comments.

It’s long been one of the first things we install on any new PC, and the good news for Mac OS X users is that the awesome utility program CCleaner …

CCleaner for Mac clears out the system crap in one click – and it’s free Read More
photography

Fujifilm Finepix X100 compact scoops prizes, but we’re not quite onboard yet

Friday, Jun 3, 2011Friday, Jun 3, 2011 - by mike s

It’s the camera we lusted over when it was first released, and now the Fujifilm Finepix X100 has bagged the prestigious award of Editors’ Choice from the 2011 Camera Grand …

Fujifilm Finepix X100 compact scoops prizes, but we’re not quite onboard yet Read More
computing / Palm / portable / video

HP Touchpad shows off its awesomely slick webOS interface

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Apps may still be painfully thin on the ground for the webOS platform, but we’ve been blown away by this  video showing the super-slick HP Touchpad in action.

HP Touchpad shows off its awesomely slick webOS interface Read More
stuff

London ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture rises in the 2012 Olympic Park

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by mike s

It’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway.

London ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture rises in the 2012 Olympic Park Read More
portable / video

Nikon shoots its D5100 TV commercial – on a Nikon D5100. Crazy!

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

To show off the formidable video capabilities of its rather lovely mid-range D5100 dSLR, Nikon has shot its latest TV commercial on the very same camera.

Nikon shoots its D5100 TV commercial – on a Nikon D5100. Crazy! Read More
audio / portable

Zoom R8 – a feature-stuffed mini-recording studio for under £250

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

Hoping to tempt musicians away from the next spliff is the Zoom R8, a compact 8-track recorder offering an audio interface, DAW control surface and a sampler – plus drum …

Zoom R8 – a feature-stuffed mini-recording studio for under £250 Read More
Google / web

Google launches the +1 button to let friends recommend search results

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by mike s

Frustrated by missing out on all the ‘like’ action enjoyed by Facebook, Google has officially launched its own version: the ‘+1’ button.

Google launches the +1 button to let friends recommend search results Read More
web

Facebook takes over the world, with over 700m users signed up

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Lee J.

Facebook’s quest to take over the planet continues, with new figures putting its total user base at a staggering 700,000,000 users worldwide – an astonishing rise from January’s figures of 500m …

Facebook takes over the world, with over 700m users signed up Read More
Android / gaming / mobiles

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play arrives in the UK, piggy banks prepare to be liberated

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

First announced back in February, the long launch delay has had gamers nervously twitching into their consoles for months, but now the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is finally being made …

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play arrives in the UK, piggy banks prepare to be liberated Read More
Apple / portable / software

Laptop thief gets worldwide exposure thanks to sneaky security camera app

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

When a steenkin’ thief sneaked into interaction designer Joshua Kaufman’s apartment and made off with his shiny MacBook, the burglar probably thought he’d committed the perfect crime – but a …

Laptop thief gets worldwide exposure thanks to sneaky security camera app Read More

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