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Diaspora – open source Facebook competitor gets ready for release

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

Billed as the, “privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network,” Diaspora aims to offer a Facebook-like experience, but without the lurking spectre of privacy concerns and general dodginess.

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Android / Blackberry / business / iPhone / mobiles / Palm / Symbian / Windows Mobile

Android’s US market share surges, Apple slip, Palm steadies

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 - by Lee J.

The stat-collecting crew at ComScore have just unleashed their latest set of numbers for the US mobile market share, and it shows Android continuing to grab a bigger share in …

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mobile apps / mobiles / Symbian

Nokia intros updated Ovi Maps with check-ins. Cheesy video ahoy!

Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010Tuesday, Sep 14, 2010 - by Lee J.

Nokia has bolted on some new features to their Ovi Maps application, and shown off the new functionality in a painfully bad video.

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gaming

Super Mario Bros is a quarter of a century old!

Tuesday, Sep 14, 2010Monday, Sep 13, 2010 - by Lee J.

It seems hard to believe, but it’s now a whole quarter of a century since Super Mario Bros was first released in Japan.

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stuff / web

Celebrate the joy of animated GIFs with this snappy music video

Friday, Sep 10, 2010Friday, Sep 10, 2010 - by Lee J.

It’s Friday, so we’re in the mood for anything that distracts us from doing proper work, and what could be better than a music video made up of animated GIFs.

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photography

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 reviews come in: awesome camera, beastly price

Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010Friday, Sep 10, 2010 - by Lee J.

After declaring our love for its predecessor, the Lumix LX3, and spending the last few weeks carefully pawing over the spec sheets of both the LX5 and its nearest rival, …

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Android / gaming / mobile apps / mobiles

Angry Birds beta game hits Android handsets

Monday, Sep 6, 2010Monday, Sep 6, 2010 - by Lee J.

It’s been a runaway smash on the iPhone, hogging the #1 slot in their gaming download charts for what seems like an eternity, and now Android users will be able …

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Apple iOS 4.1 update hitting the UK on September 8th, Ping full of fail

Saturday, Sep 4, 2010 - by Lee J.

Billed as “the first major update to iOS 4,” Apple has announced that their  iOS 4.1 software update will be ready and willing for your downloading pleasure on Wednesday, September …

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Android / computing

Viewsonic’s dual booting ViewPad 100 confounds with Windows 7 and Android 1.6

Friday, Sep 3, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

The tsunami of tablets continues, as another Android-powered challenger looks to take on Apple’s iPad, this time a shiny 10″ number from Viewsonic, christened the ViewPad 100.

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computing

Toshiba’s Folio 100 10-incher joins the Android tablet party

Thursday, Sep 2, 2010Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 - by Lee J.

Coming hot on the heels of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab announcement is Toshiba, who have just shuffled their Android-powered tablet, the Toshiba’s Folio 100, to the front of their PR pile.

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mobiles / Symbian

Swype heads to Symbian S60 5th edition devices – get in quick for the beta!

Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

We’ve been absolutely loving the Swype keyboard on our HTC Desire, and Symbian S60 users are set to join in the finger smudgin’ fun with today’s announcement from Nokia that …

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Android / computing

Viewsonic Android ViewPad 7 tablet heading to the UK for £350

Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Viewsonic has grabbed a megaphone, jumped up on its soapbox made from old monitors and barked out the news to the denizens of Blighty, “Hear Ye! The ViewPad 7 is …

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photography

Olympus rumours: black E-P2 compact kit, new lenses and E-5 dSLR coming up

Monday, Aug 30, 2010Monday, Aug 30, 2010 - by Lee J.

Currently sizzling away on the 43rumors site are some hot rumours of a mini-flurry of new Olympus camera-related launches coming up.

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open source / web

Open source Diaspora site aims to right Facebook’s social networking wrongs

Friday, Aug 27, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Diaspora, an open source open alternative to the monstrously popular social networking site Facebook is set to launch on 15th September. Describing itself as a “privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do it all, …

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portable

Acer LumiRead eBook reader set for October Europe release

Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 - by Lee J.

With Amazon’s Kindle eReader proving a hugely desirable item, it’s not surprising that other manufacturers are keen to bag themselves some of the action, and charging over the horizon at …

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