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Month: November 2011

Microsoft / web

Bing search now comes with a pointlessly perambulating video frog

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 - by Pete Railton

In an attempt to make its search engine more appealing to users, Microsoft’s UK Bing search page now comes with a green frog scrambling along a branch.

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photography

Ricoh CX6 superzoom compact packs in a monster zoom

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 - by Pete Railton

Ricoh has announced the latest update to its compact superzoom range in the shape of the CX6. Packing a 10MP back-lit CMOS sensor and the same almighty 10.7x optical zoom …

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audio / portable

Klipsch Image S4A headphones bring audiophile quality to Android

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 - by mike s

Compared to the avalanche of audio products for the iOS platform, there’s been some pretty slim pickings for Android users, but now high-end earphone dons Klipsch have entered the market with …

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Android / computing / mobile apps / mobiles

Adobe releases a herd of Touch Apps in the Android Market

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 - by Lee J.

Adobe has opened the product farm gates and let its herd of six Android Touch apps run wild into the Android Market.

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Android / computing / portable / reviews

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet – early reviews say it’s a winner

Monday, Nov 14, 2011 - by Lee J.

Launching in the US on Saturday – but with no UK release scheduled – early reviews of Amazon’s ground breaking new $200 Kindle Fire tablet have been coming in, with most critics impressed …

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web

Super fast 4G (LTE) network starting up in London, Cockney knees-up to follow

Monday, Nov 14, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Gordon Bennett, lumme and ‘strewth, guv’nor! Roll aht the barrel because Londoners are about to start enjoying superfast internet connectivity with O2 starting up trials of its 4G (LTE) network …

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stuff / video

Astonishing NASA time lapse video from the International Space Station

Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 - by mike s

I’ve been totally blown away by this astonishing time lapse video taken from the International Space Station.

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mobiles

Blokes still dropping their phones down the toilet en masse

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

A new study reveals that blokes are still dropping their phones down the pan with alarming regularity. Research from mobile comparison website GoodMobilePhones discovered that 31% of the 1,937 people they …

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computing

HRP-4C – all-singing hottie humanoid robot now walks like a lady

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Even the most sophisticated humanoid robots tend to walk like Ken Barlow after ten pints and a nosebag of ketamine, but the super-Realistic HRP-4C robot from Japan now manages an astonishingly life-like …

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photography

Polaroid is back with Z340 instant digital camera and printer

Friday, Nov 11, 2011Friday, Nov 11, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Some people thought they had gone forever, but Polaroid are back with their brand new Z340 Instant Digital Camera, which mixes up old-school instant prints with digital technology.

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Apple iOS 5.0.1 released to fix fast draining battery bug, not everyone happy

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 - by mike s

Not long after Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5, online forums swiftly filled with complaints from iPhone users suffering poor battery life.

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photography

Nikon D5100 and D7000 firmware updates released

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 - by mike s

Nikon has released two new firmware updates to its popular D5100 and D7000 dSLR cameras. Both updates offer fairly minor tweaks and fixes, with no exciting new features aboard.

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photography

Compare camera sizes instantly with this useful website

Thursday, Nov 10, 2011Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

When you’re in the market for a new camera, the size of the thing can be an important factor – especially if you’re looking for something that is truly pocketable.

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Android / business / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Starbucks Cup Magic adds Augmented Reality, won’t improve the coffee

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 - by mike s

As if going to Starbucks wasn’t a thrilling enough experience as it is, they’re now encouraging their smartphone-toting customers to wave their handsets around to enjoy an Augmented Reality app in the spirit …

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Android / computing / portable

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet packs immense quad-core power

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

The hugely powerful Eee Pad Transformer Prime is readying itself for release, packing a beefy, ‘blazing fast’ quad-core Tegra mobile chip and a sleek add-on keyboard which turns it into …

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