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Month: January 2012

Android / computing / portable

ASUS announces Transformer Prime TF700T with beefed up 1920 x 1200 screen

Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

ASUS has just announced the upcoming release of an updated version of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the TF700T.

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mobile apps / mobiles / transport

Google Maps integrates with Trainline to offer rail timetables and ticket buying

Thursday, Jan 19, 2012Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has teamed up with online train ticketing website thetrainline.com, with the partnership integrating  national rail travel information directly within Google Maps.

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Google

Google on SOPA: ‘Don’t Censor The Web’

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 - by mike s

In  line with the web-wide protests taking place today, Google has issued a strong statement voicing its opposition to the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop …

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web

Hitler reacts to SOPA [video]

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 - by mike s

It probably won’t be up for long, so watch it quick! Best line:  “Don’t cry, Disney owns the rights to that emotion.”

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web

The largest internet protest in history sees sites go dark in protest at SOPA laws

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 - by mike s

Today (Jan 18th) sees what is being billed as ‘the largest internet protest in history’ as websites show their opposition against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its …

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audio

Numark 4TRAK offers DJs the ‘ultimate performance tool for Traktor’

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 - by mike s

DJs! Prepare for some lusting at the sight of Numark’s new Traktor-compatible, all-singing 4Trak DJ controller.

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photography

Jessops offers in-store smartphone photos printing service

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Now this is handy. UK High Street photo retailer Jessops has just made it easier for their customers to print out photos stored on their smartphones.

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web

Protests against SOPA grow, as Wikipedia joins January 18th protest with 24 hour shutdown

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012Monday, Jan 16, 2012 - by mike s

Wikipedia has announced that it will be lending its weight to the campaign against two bloody awful internet censorship bills currently being considered in the US.

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web

How does SOPA work? Infographic explains how websites will be blocked

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012Monday, Jan 16, 2012 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Campaigning US site Stop American Censorship has created an infographic explaining how two proposed bills in the US –  PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House – are being …

How does SOPA work? Infographic explains how websites will be blocked Read More
gaming / software

Minecraft updates to v1.1, game now attracts over 20 million registered users

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 - by Lee J.

The hugely popular world-building game Minecraft has just received an upgrade to version 1.1 has, with developer Markus Persson (AKA Notch) announcing on Twitter that registered users have just passed the 20 …

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gaming

Amazon announces their big gaming hits of 2011. Call of Duty and Deus Ex head the charts

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 - by mike s

The stat-collecting folks at Amazon have finished counting and worked out the biggest sellers for their video games sales chart for 2011. Not surprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 …

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gaming / Google / web

Google shows off its Google Maps 3D maze challenge [video]

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has  slipped out a promotional video showing off a Google Maps-driven game for the Google+ Games platform.

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photography / web

Blurb adds integrated bookmaking into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Friday, Jan 13, 2012 - by Lee J.

Self-publishing website Blurb has announced a second collaboration with Adobe, letting photographers bang out snappy looking books from within the public beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Apple fanboy/girl site Cupidtino releases iPhone app. Barf bags primed

Friday, Jan 13, 2012Friday, Jan 13, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

A little part of us died inside when we first read about the Cupidtino dating service set up for Apple fanboys and fangirls, and now the developer has released an iPhone …

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portable / software

Amazon’s ‘Send to Kindle’ plug-in makes transferring documents from your PC a breeze

Friday, Jan 13, 2012Friday, Jan 13, 2012 - by Lee J.

Now here’s a really handy new tool for the Amazon Kindle eReader – a sweet little plug-in that lets users easily transfer PC files and documents to their devices.

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