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iPads get pointlessly trashed by attention-seeking prats (videos)

Monday, Apr 5, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

We can’t ever imagine being so desperate for attention or controversy that we’d spend good money on an expensive consumer item only to smash it to pieces and post up …

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computing / stuff

Geminoid-FL: the rise of the robots (videos)

Monday, Apr 5, 2010Monday, Apr 5, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It looks like it won’t be long before we’re holidaying at Westworld, after Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has shown the world his new, creepily human-looking, Geminoid-FL robot.

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Apple / portable

iPad gets Firemint’s Real Racing HD and Flight Control HD

Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by mike s

With the launch of the iPad mere hours away for our US readers, app developers have been working themselves into a frenzy to upgrade their iPhone apps to suit the …

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photography / reviews

Canon EOS 550D: “the most compelling DSLR of its class”

Friday, Apr 2, 2010Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Photography website DPReview has posted its review of the Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i dSLR, and as expected, it’s the most comprehensive of the lot, offering a 29 page, …

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Google / stuff

Google introduces Google Translate for Animals. Woof

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s

With Google’s long history as April Fool pranksters, they were unlikely to get very far with this one, but they gamely soldiered on, posting this excellent video. “Introducing Google Translate …

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Apple / computing / portable

Apple iPad reviews roll in – with video

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s

Reviewers lucky enough to get their mitts on an pre-release model of the iPad have been passing their verdict on Apple’s eagerly awaited device, and for the most part it’s …

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Apple / computing / portable

Running Mac OSX on a netbook – it can be done!

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Although Mr Jobs and his Apple chums have decided on your behalf that really don’t want a nice, convenient, small netbook running your favourite OS, there appears to be no …

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audio / gadgets / video

The Great HDMI Cable Ripoff. Save your cash, any old cable will do.

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010Monday, Jun 17, 2013 - by mike s - 1 Comment

So you’ve hammered your bank account and kitted out your front room with a lush, cinema-threatening flat-screen LCD TV. Keen to keep things truly hi-fi and state-of-the-art, you’ve bagged yourself …

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iPhone / mobiles / reviews

Proporta iPhone Soft Feel Silicon case – review

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - by mike s

We’re normally not fans of sticking plastic surrounds, see-through protectors and sundry rubbery things around our phones, but Proporta’s keenly-priced Silicon iPhone case looks more attractive than most.

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broadcasting

Wales becomes the UK’s first digital nation. Says ‘hwyl’ to analogue

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 - by mike s

When they’re not busy fighting battalions of Russian hooligans in far-flung car parks, the Welsh will soon be enjoying their new status as the UK’s first digital TV nation. The …

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Android / portable

Sharp introduces the IS01 Android-powered smartbook

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Nestling into the space between a smartphone and a netbook is Sharp’s new IS01 smartbook, soon to be launched in Japan on partnership with KDDI and Okinawa cellular. With a …

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Google

Gmail Chat adds file transfers, Gmail support coming soon

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google has announced that users can now transfer files via chat in iGoogle and Orkut, making it easy to quickly send a file to someone you’re chatting to.

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computing / gadgets

Eclipse Litetouch wireless touchscreen keyboard

Monday, Mar 29, 2010Monday, Mar 29, 2010 - by mike s

Although we know that a cheapo £10 keyboard does the job just as well, we’re big fans of high tech keyboards – and the more pointless lights and gizmos bolted …

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reviews / software / Windows

Windows: clear up right click clutter with MenuMaid and praise the Lord

Monday, Mar 29, 2010Monday, Mar 29, 2010 - by mike s

If you’re finding your screen filling up with endless unwanted options when you right click on a file or folder in Windows, MenuMaid is on hand to clear out some …

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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire (T-Mobile UK) gets rave review. We want.

Monday, Mar 29, 2010Monday, Mar 29, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

UK tech site TechRadar have just posted up a comprehensive, 13-page review of the HTC Desire handset, now available on the T-Mobile network in the UK. Running the Android 2.1 …

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