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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 …

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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.

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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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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

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 …

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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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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire users fail to feel the Gingerbread love

Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Bad news HTC Desire owners – HTC has announced that it’s already given you enough love and now wants to set you free into the world to fend for yourselves.

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Android / iPhone / mobiles

Isle of Wight festival app offers everything except guaranteed sunshine

Thursday, Jun 9, 2011 - by mike s

Back in the day, the only essential gear you needed to bring to a festival was 12 ounces of Bob Marley’s finest, a vat of Old Scrote scrumpy and a …

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web

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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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
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.

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Android / mobiles / reviews

Samsung Galaxy Mini Android-powered budget smartphone – review

Tuesday, May 31, 2011Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - by mike s

Elbowing its way into the space currently occupied by the likes of HTC’s budget priced Wildfire handset, the Samsung is wolf-whistling cash-strapped folks looking to move up to a  smartphone.

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Android / computing / mobiles / portable

Viewsonic ViewPad 7x serves up seven inches of Honeycomb tablet goodness

Monday, May 30, 2011 - by mike s

And the Android tablets keep on a-coming, with Viewsonic shouting loudly about having the first 7-inch Honeycomb tablet in the known universe.

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