BBC website outage – why the silence?
Last night we reported on a major outage that saw the entire BBC website – news, radio, features, sport – the whole caboodle – going down for several hours. Some …
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Olympus E-P2 Micro Four Thirds retro camera looks a good ‘un
We were stoked to the max when Olympus’s retro-styled Micro Four Thirds Pen E-P1 was announced earlier this year, but our enthusiasm waned a tad when we took a closer …
Olympus E-P2 Micro Four Thirds retro camera looks a good ‘un Read MoreBBC website suffers major outage in the UK
Entire BBC website suffers catastrophic crash starting at 1.40am onwards, crashing completely at 2am, and remaining offline for over an hour with the service still unusable at 03.15am. It’s such …
BBC website suffers major outage in the UK Read MoreGoogle celebrates Wallace and Gromit
To celebrate Wallace and Gromit’s 20th birthday, a Google ‘doodle’ has appeared featuring the much loved plasticine characters. The animated stars of the superb ‘The Wrong Trousers’ and ‘A Grand …
Google celebrates Wallace and Gromit Read MoreMassive network outage hits T-Mobile US
Many American T-Mobile users have been left fuming after a massive outage left them unable to make calls or get data on their cellular phones.
Massive network outage hits T-Mobile US Read MoreSony Ericsson XPERIA X10: Sony goes Android for the win
They may be late to the Android party, but Sony Ericsson are bringing along armfuls of goodies in the shape of their XPERIA X10 handset. Powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon …
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10: Sony goes Android for the win Read MoreThe iPhone is “the worst phone in the world”
Clearly keen to elicit a mighty reaction from their audience (and get bloggers like us feverishly linking to their site, natch), CNET UK has declared the Apple iPhone to be …
The iPhone is “the worst phone in the world” Read MoreOpera Mobile 10 beta gets N97 video demo
The Norwegian code-boffins behind the Opera desktop browser, Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile and Opera Mini have just released Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Symbian. Written in Symbian code rather …
Opera Mobile 10 beta gets N97 video demo Read MoreMotorola MILESTONE (aka DROID): Europe’s first Android 2.0 handset
Motorola are all fired up and busting a gut to tell you about their new MILESTONE handset, which they’re boldly proclaiming as, ‘the world’s thinnest, QWERTY slider with 3.7” multi-touch …
Motorola MILESTONE (aka DROID): Europe’s first Android 2.0 handset Read MoreOrange iPhone pricing: expect to pay up to three grand!
We feel kind of bad to be contributing to the endless iPhone hype here – it’s just a ruddy phone FFS – but it seems there’s enough folks out there …
Orange iPhone pricing: expect to pay up to three grand! Read MoreOrange UK to offer iPhone 3G/3GS this month
Orange UK customers clamouring to get their clammy mitts on an iPhone 3G or 3GS handset will soon be able to get one-on-one with the desirable little number, with the …
Orange UK to offer iPhone 3G/3GS this month Read MoreChicago: stunning ‘found’ street photos from 1960s by Vivian Maier
Photography fans and Chicago historians are in for a treat, as the stuning photography collection by unknown street photographer Vivian Maier is put online. Maier was a Chicago-based, French-born photographer …
Chicago: stunning ‘found’ street photos from 1960s by Vivian Maier Read MoreBefuddled by Google Wave? Online manual released
If you’re feeling like you could be excited by Google Wave if you just could work out what the thing actually does, help may be at hand. In case you’re …
Befuddled by Google Wave? Online manual released Read MoreApollo 17 site photographed by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
To the sound of much gnashing of teeth from assorted ‘OMG! The Moon Landings Were A Hoax’ nutters, NASA has released some astonishing photos clearly showing the site of the …
Apollo 17 site photographed by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Read MoreLunar Lander rebuilt on Southwold Pier, Suffolk
Showing the kind of spirit that once made Britain the home of the Sinclair C5 and the Bouncing Bomb, engineer Iain Sharp decided to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the …
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