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Helios Solar Weather Station for go-cart Mozarts

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 - by mike s

Bruce Springsteen’s “go-cart Mozart” may have been checkin’ out the weather charts see if it was safe outside, but these days meteorological matters can be consulted speedier with Oregon’s new …

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gadgets / portable

Etón SCORPION for all your festival radio/torch/beer opening needs

Friday, Mar 26, 2010 - by mike s

Billed as the “Essential Festival Companion,” Etón’s new SCORPION wind-up gizmo packs a solar powered radio, a mobile phone charger, a LED torch for avoiding those perilous tent pegs, and …

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mobiles / Palm

Fan makes Palm Pre video. Improves on original

Friday, Mar 26, 2010Friday, Mar 26, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Palm’s original set of videos promoting their Palm Pre handset divided opinions wildly, with comments ranging from ‘memorable’ and ‘intriguing’ to ‘weird,’ ‘spooky’ and ‘get me out of here!’

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / reviews

NextBuses iPhone app review – view real-time UK bus info

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

Waiting at a bus stop is never a bundle of fun, and it’s even worse when there’s no LED indicator to give you a glimmer of hope when the next …

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computing / Windows

Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G & 5943G HD laptops cut a dash

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Road warriors looking to slap out a slab o’style on their travels should perhaps take a peek at Acer’s rather dandy premium Ethos range. Their new 8943G packs a hefty …

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photography / software

Adobe amazes with Photoshop CS5’s Content-Aware Tools (video)

Thursday, Mar 25, 2010Thursday, Mar 25, 2010 - by mike s

No doubt the final package will end up costing more than an exotic holiday in the Bahamas, but Adobe has been teasing us with a demo of some of the …

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Android / mobiles

HTC EVO 4G gets the hands-on video treatment, and it looks gert lush*

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It’s not the slickest video you’re going to see about HTC’s exciting new 4G Evo handset, but it’s certainly one of the first. Slashgear have posted up a slightly shaky, …

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broadcasting / video

Philips launches HDT8520 Freeview HD PVR and DTR5520 HD receiver

Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Just in time for the World Cup – and the inevitable English disappointment – Philips will be wheeling out two new Freeview HD set-top boxes, snappily named the Philips HDT8520 …

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Android / mobiles

Sprint announces HTC EVO 4G: “world’s first fully-integrated 4G consumer handset”

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

US network Sprint has announced the fruits of its partnership with HTC and Google at the CTIA 2010 press event -and it looks an absolute beaut. Say hello to the …

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Android / mobiles

Super swift Guinness Record texting smashed by Samsung Omnia and Swype

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 - by mike s

What do you get when you mix Samsung’s Omnia II Android handset, the super-fast text input software of Swype, and a Swype company intern with super fast fingers?

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web

Bloggers, businesses and web authors: keep your content above the fold – or else!

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 - by mike s

Web research and usability bod Jakob Nielsen has posted up a blog entry called, “Scrolling and Attention,” which concludes that web designers are better off  shoving all the important content …

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transport

Virgin Galatic: VSS Enterprise’s first ‘captive carry’ flight [video]

Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 - by mike s

Virgin Galactic has announced that VSS Enterprise successfully completed its inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

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Android / Blackberry / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / Palm / Windows Mobile

Mobile app stores: the totals compared

Monday, Mar 22, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

When it comes to apps, Apple’s iPhone App Store is still miles ahead of all its rivals, with a new comparison chart showing its peers trailing far behind. The chart …

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iPhone / Microsoft / mobile apps / mobiles

Microsoft Bing v1.1 app for iPhone, iPod touch

Monday, Mar 22, 2010Monday, Mar 22, 2010 - by mike s

Microsoft has slipped out a new version of Bing for the iPhone and iPod touch, adding a number of stability fixes, new features and usability tweaks. There’s already been a …

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Android / gaming / mobile apps / mobiles

The best 100 Android games shown off in two frantic videos

Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Proof indeed that the Android platform is fast becoming a worthy gaming platform comes in the shape of these two fast moving videos showing off no less than 100 games.

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