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photography / reviews

Photojojo Camera Strap Buddy makes carrying your SLR less of a willy-waving experience

Tuesday, May 3, 2011Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

If you have a fairly large lens attached to your dSLR, then you inevitably end up walking about with a large appendage thrusting from your loins, with the camera straps keeping the camera inconveniently horizontal .

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computing / stuff / web

Internet kissing gadget invites folks to get jiggy over wi-fi

Monday, May 2, 2011 - by mike s

We can’t say we’d get much of a kick out of getting jiggy with this whirring plastic box, but it shows how tactile communications over the internet are being developed.

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Google / web

Google baffles Brits with bizarre royal wedding graphic

Friday, Apr 29, 2011Friday, Apr 29, 2011 - by mike s

To celebrate the Royal Wedding, Google have unveiled a new graphic for their search home page and it’s a rather baffling looking creation.

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Ricoh GRD III high end compact camera review – better than an LX5?
photography / reviews

Ricoh GRD III high end compact camera review – better than an LX5?

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011Thursday, Aug 7, 2014 - by mike s

With the bijou street snapper serving up a raft of SLR-like controls in a pocket size package, we’ve always been big fans of Ricoh’s enthusiast focussed GRD series, and we …

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Google / Microsoft

Google Calendar Sync adds 64-bit Outlook 2010 support

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 - by mike s

There’s an awful lot of Outlook users out there, and most of them were chuffed when Google Calendar sync started supporting the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 in August last …

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web

MySpace: the bidding begins on the tragically flabby, faltering, failed music site

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 - by mike s

Jettisoning users quicker than the LibDems are losing voters, MySpace was once a fantastic resource for bands, fans and promoters. Its appeal was fairly simple: it provided an easy way for music lovers …

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photography / reviews / stuff

Nikon D5100 dSLR reviews: the camera looks an absolute winner

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It’s a well engineered, well specified camera that’s been seriously tempting our wallets recently, and after a brief hands on, we’re still feeling the love for Nikon’s high performance D5100 …

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stuff / transport

Now this is what we call luxury coach travel: Osaka to Tokyo by Willer Express

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011Monday, Apr 25, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

In Britain, travelling by coach is usually a relentlessly grim experience, with the majority of the trip spent staring out at the never ending grey concrete and traffic queues, while …

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computing

Beautifully slim Lenovo ThinkPad X1 laptop causes wallet convulsions

Saturday, Apr 23, 2011Saturday, Apr 23, 2011 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

Slimmer than Kate Moss after a month on the Slender diet is Lenovo’s gorgeous ThinkPad X1 laptop, details of which have just shimmied on to the InterWebs.

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Android / computing / portable

Motorola Xoom 3G goes off-road and on a horse in daft promo video

Thursday, Apr 21, 2011Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 - by mike s

It’s as daft as a brush, but we rather like this slightly unhinged video showing a Motorola Xoom 3G Android tablet hurtling around the UK on a motorobike, Segway, motor …

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business / mobiles

Rolling monthly contracts: what’s the best UK SIM-only data deal?

Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

With our lengthy mobile contract finally coming to an end and a wide selection of juicy Android handsets looming up, we decided to take a look around to see what kind of deals we …

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Apple / Google / reviews / software / Windows

NoteSync Google Docs desktop sync for Windows and Mac – review

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 - by mike s

If you tend to spend a fair bit of time working with Google Docs, you may like to give this handy desktop app a look, which offers a fast way to take notes …

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Android / Apple / computing

Apple iPad and Android tablets – what’s the difference?

Monday, Apr 18, 2011Monday, Apr 18, 2011 - by mike s

We keep getting asked about the disadvantages and advantages of these two competing platforms, so here’s a short and sweet response.

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Android / mobiles / stuff

Smartphone smackdown: HTC Sensation versus Samsung Galaxy S II

Friday, Apr 15, 2011Friday, Apr 15, 2011 - by mike s

There’s never been a better time to buy an Android smartphone than now, with a slew of very tasty devices coming to market, with the big hitters including the Motorola …

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iPhone / mobiles / photography

Rollei reduced to making ludicrous iPhone telephoto lens

Friday, Apr 15, 2011Friday, Apr 15, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Anyone who’s a keen photographer will have a lot of respect for rich heritage and reputation of the Rollei brand, which makes their latest tacky offering all the more tragic.

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