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HTC Flyer 7″ Android tablet shows off its sketching tricks

Friday, Mar 4, 2011Friday, Mar 4, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

The HTC Flyer is one of the few Android  tablets that has really caught our eye, offering an unusual and innovative stylus/finger powered interface which lets users draw directly onscreen. …

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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire HD – aka Inspire 4G – brags about its ‘ridiculously big’ screen

Friday, Mar 4, 2011Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Two short and sweet adverts for the new HTC Desire HD Android handset have appeared, both bigging up the phone’s ‘ridiculously big’ screen.

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Android / computing / portable

PC World cock up again as Motorola XOOM whooshes up to £500

Thursday, Mar 3, 2011Thursday, Mar 3, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

For one of the largest electrical retailers in the UK, you’d think that taking care of the simple things like putting the right price on new products would be pretty …

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Apple / computing / portable

Apple iPad 2 launch event underway – dual core CPU, faster graphics, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB models

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by mike s

Apple are currently dishing out the dirt on the follow up to their phenomenally popular iPad tablet, and so far we’ve learnt that the iPad 2 will have dual core processors, …

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Google / web

Google cocks up catastrophically: claims BMJ and urban75.org are ‘content farms’

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by mike s

Google recently announced a “pretty big” change in the way that its search engine would rank websites, promising to downgrade “low-quality” or “shallow” websites from online search engine results, in …

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Android / computing / portable

Motorola to sell WiFi-only Xoom for £449.99, undercuts 32GB iPad

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Anyone with half a brain knows that to tempt users away from the all conquering iPad, you’ve got to offer a cheaper, equally capable alternative, and Motorola’s highly spec’d Xoom …

Motorola to sell WiFi-only Xoom for £449.99, undercuts 32GB iPad Read More
computing / hardware / portable / Windows

Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 Windows 7 tablet packs 10.1-inch screen and SSD storage

Monday, Feb 28, 2011Monday, Feb 28, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Fujitsu has flipped out the details of their new business-focussed Stylistic Q550 Windows 7 tablet, with their European order book creaking open on St David’s Day (that’s March 1st in case …

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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in Q2

Monday, Feb 28, 2011Monday, Feb 28, 2011 - by mike s

The good news for owners of HTC Desire handsets in the UK  is that they’re also in line to grab a piece of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS action, along …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Pow! Graphic.ly graphic novel app comes to Android

Friday, Feb 25, 2011Friday, Feb 25, 2011 - by mike s

Android owning comic fans should be pleased to learn that Graphic.ly has finally launched its own Android app for viewing graphic novels and comics.

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Apple / computing / hardware

Apple MacBook Pros boost CPU power and, apparently, can’t ‘leave fast alone’

Thursday, Feb 24, 2011Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

After the usual weeks of frenzied internet speculation, Apple has updated its MacBook Pro line, giving processors and graphics a boost, adding a new FaceTime-enabled HD camera and bolting on …

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Apple / hardware / iPhone / mobiles / portable

OMG! White-hot Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 2 news, direct from an industry insider

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

As part of our job, we’re tasked with rummaging around finding interesting nuggets of information, hot news and exciting launches to share with you, but when an Apple product launch is due …

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business / web

We Are The Future – hideous marketing promo backfires spectacularly

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 - by mike s

PHD Global, a self styled “global media network” thought it would be a whizzo idea to show off their marketing prowess and insider know-how by creating a video called, “We …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Kaspersky Mobile Security 9 Android app packs eye watering price tag

Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Eugene Kaspersky was recently frothing excitedly about Android’s prospects (he thinks they’re going to bag an 80% market share) so it’s no surprise to see his company manoeuvring for a …

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web

Christchurch Quake Map reveals relentless earthquake activity

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by mike s

With Christchurch still in turmoil after today’s devastating earthquake, Paul Nicholls of the University of Canterbury, N.Z.  has created a fascinating – and rather disturbing – animated map plotting seismic …

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business / web

Daily Telegraph set to follow the same pay-to-view model as Murdoch’s Times

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by mike s

The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) – publishers of the Tory-lovin’ UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph – is reported to be readying a pay-to-view website model.

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