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Google / web

Facebook accounts for 1 in every 7 UK page views

Friday, Oct 16, 2009 - by mike s

Facebook now accounts for a thumping 14.5 per cent of the UK’s entire web traffic, according to hot stats from analyst bods, Hitwise. This makes the social networking site by …

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broadcasting / web

Spotify set to become unlistenable as Tories invade

Friday, Oct 16, 2009Friday, Oct 16, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We’ve become increasingly annoyed by the growing amount of adverts on the free Spotify service, but  we may have to give up on the service altogether, come the run up …

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photography / reviews

Panasonic Lumix GF1 dSLR sends us wild with desire

Friday, Oct 16, 2009Friday, Oct 16, 2009 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Olympus created a bit of a splash with the launch of their beautifully retro-styled E-P1 Micro Four Thirds camera, but as soon as we cast eyes on the Panasonic Lumix …

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mobiles / Palm

Carphone Warehouse and Palm Pre: “The Palm…what?”

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

On the eve of the hugely anticipated launch of the Palm Pre  smartphone the UK, we sauntered into our nearest Carphone Warehouse to check up on stocks and availability. “Could …

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Blackberry / mobiles

Blackberry Storm2 on Vodafone pre-order

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 - by mike s

‘Underwhelming’ would be the best word to describe Blackberry’s first stab at a touchscreen phone, the Storm, which proved a wildly disappointing beast. Suitably chastised by consumers who failed to …

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Microsoft / web / Windows

Microsoft gets cosy with Family Guy to plug Windows 7

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 - by mike s

In an unlikely hook up, Microsoft has teamed up with Fox Television and the Family Guy’s creator, executive producer and main voiceover dude, Seth MacFarlane, to create a 30-minute variety …

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

iPhone gets Layar Augmented Reality App

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Android users have enjoyed the app for some time, but  now  iPhone 3GS users can start waving their arms around like Magnus Pike on poppers and  join in the augmented …

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stuff

Billboard prods and miniaturises passing Scousers

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

A digital interactive billboard installation has been hard at work tickling, teasing, prodding, shrinking and vanishing passing Scousers in the centre of Liverpool. The installation by artist Chris O’Shea, is …

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audio / gadgets / portable

PURE’s Élan II DAB/FM Portable Radio packs pause and rewind

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 - by mike s

PURE – who proudly bill themselves as the world’s leading radio maker – have whisked out the Élan II portable DAB radio in time for the Christmas rush. Priced at …

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photography

Nikon D3S dSLR – superfast snapper for pros

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 - by mike s

Nikon has unveiled the upgrade to their high-end professional  D3 dSLR, the envy-inducing D3S, packing a beast of a CMOS sensor, measuring up at  a massive a 36 x 23.9 …

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stuff / web

Drummers – learn how to tune your drum kit!

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s

There’s not much worse at a gig than hearing a set of  great flapping tom toms or a horribly ringing  snare drum, but what’s a poor drummer to do? Unlike …

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gadgets / video

GlideTV Navigator remote for sofa-dwellers

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s

Its palm-friendly shape means that it may be in danger of being involuntarily lobbed at the gogglebox when the opposition score an injury-time winner, but for calmer viewers, the GlideTV …

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computing / portable

Dell Adamo: slimmer than a cocktail stick in a corset

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Oh my good gawd. Take a look at these scintillating teaser pics from Dell showing off their upcoming, high-end, super-slim Adamo laptop. It’s wafer-thin outline makes Apple’s MacBook Air look …

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web

MySpace’s web traffic collapses, Facebook and Twitter stall

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s

Recent figures show MySpace’s decline in freefall, with the once-don of social networking sites rapidly shedding value and losing hundreds of millions for its parent company, News Corp. Numbers released …

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web

Adobe’s Facebook Desktop client: better than the official app

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 - by mike s

Presumably in a quest to get more people digging their Adobe AIR platform, Adobe have released the Photo Uploader for Facebook desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux. As the …

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