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Details of London’s new Routemaster buses released

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Ken got rid of them and Boris is bringing them back, and according to TfL’s press release, the Routemaster bus will soon be gracing London’s streets sooner than we might …

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mobile apps / mobiles / Palm

Palm discuss App Store spam – we like their response

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 - by mike s

We’ve long been unimpressed with Apple’s power-mad policies which leaves the company in sole control of what can and can not be admitted into their hallowed app store, but even …

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stuff

WordPress 2.9 update – video and details

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 - by mike s

As the sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed, this site – like millions of others – purrs along happily on the excellent WordPress content management system. If you share …

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Microsoft / software

Microsoft loses patent appeal, Office and Word 2007 sales to end in January

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 - by mike s

Microsoft has lost its legal appeal with a small Canadian company called i4i, which will result in the sales of its popular software programs Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office …

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web

Facebook: Top Status Trends of 2009

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 - by mike s

Twitter released their list of top technology trends of the year last week, and Facebook have got in on the act and released their spin on stats with the announcement …

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business / web

Internet kills off Borders UK bookstore

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Once one of the UK’s biggest booksellers, Borders (UK) is closing its doors for good today after administrators MCR failed to find any buyers for the newspaper, book, magazine, DVD …

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stuff / web

Waving goodbye to 2009 with a smartypants Google wave video

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

What better way for 2009 to be celebrated online than by a YouTube video made on Google Wave and produced by an interactive design company who clearly hope that the …

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gadgets / stuff

Nippon Institute of Technology unveils hissy-fit robot

Monday, Dec 21, 2009Monday, Dec 21, 2009 - by mike s

We hope it does more. In fact we’re sure it does more, although you wouldn’t know it from the YouTube clip that’s just been posted. Researchers from the Nippon Institute …

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stuff / web

Video parody: X-Factor contestants singing ‘Killing In The Name Of’

Sunday, Dec 20, 2009Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

In a few hours we’ll know if Simon Cowell’s plans to shunt his ghastly brand of ultra bland pop into the top of the charts every Christmas has succeeded or not. …

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photography / stuff

The world’s biggest photograph: 26GB and 297,500 x 87,500 pixels in size

Saturday, Dec 19, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We’re partial to putting together the odd panorama here at Wirefresh, but nothing we’ve done comes even close to the 26GB monster created by the bods at A.F.B. media GmbH. …

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photography / reviews

Panasonic Lumix LX3: #1 Best High End Compact of 2009

Friday, Dec 18, 2009Friday, Dec 18, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It may strange to see a camera released well over a year ago sitting at the top of our Best High End Compacts list, but we think the Lumix LX3 …

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photography / reviews

Canon PowerShot G11 – #2 Best High End Compact of 2009

Friday, Dec 18, 2009Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Scoring second place in our Best High End Compact Camera 2009 awards is Canon’s heavyweight PowerShot G11 digicam. The G11 is the current flagship of Canon’s G-series range which has …

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web

The UK’s most influential Twitter users revealed

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Although to many people, the whitterings of a Twitterer matter not one jot, the microblogging site has certainly evolved into an influential means of expression. INQ Mobile have come up …

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photography

Canon PowerShot S90 #3 Best High End Compact 2009

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

Coming in at third place in our Best High End Compact 2009 awards is Canon’s sleek and bijou Powershot S90 digicam. Considerably smaller than its chunkier and more expensive brother, …

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web

Twitter’s top technology trends of 2009

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 - by mike s

Abdur, the fella who is the ‘chief scientist’ at Twitter’s research HQ, has posted up Twitter’s Top Trending Technology Topics (try saying that after a few brandies), and it makes …

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