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Palm Pre UK launch – bigger than the iPhone’s?

Monday, Oct 12, 2009Monday, Oct 12, 2009 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

According to new research, this week’s launch of the Palm Pre in the UK is set to completely outshine the Apple iPhone’s debut two years ago, with over a quarter …

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stuff

German space robots to shunt dodgy satellites into space

Monday, Oct 12, 2009 - by mike s

German scientists have revealed plans to shunt failing and dead satellites into outer space, using robots that should be ready in four years The level of space junk circling the …

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audio / web

Sky Songs takes on Spotify and iTunes

Monday, Oct 12, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has thrown down his expensive leather gauntlet and announced his intention to do battle with the digital music industry, launching the new Sky Songs service next …

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Microsoft / Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile advert: it’s a little bit odd

Monday, Oct 12, 2009Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 - by mike s

Currently making an appearance on UK TV screens is an advert by Microsoft plugging their Windows Mobile operating system. You might think that the company would be keen to plug …

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Microsoft / mobiles

T-Mobile loses users’ Sidekick data: stormy clouds ahead

Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 - by mike s

After a catastrophic server failure, T-Mobile and Danger, the Microsoft-owned subsidiary that makes the Sidekick, have announced that they were unable to recover the stored Sidekick data –  meaning that …

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps

Photoshop.com for the iPhone: awesome!

Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Adobe have announced a snappy Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos either taken on the handset or stored in their online library on Photoshop.com. The free …

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stuff / web

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF?

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award has taken a lot of people by surprise – including El Presidento himself, apparently – and Twitter users (or should that be the Twitterosphere?) …

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gaming

Max Payne 3 teaser trailer tossed onto YouTube

Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

For those of you who like your gaming to be accompanied by the endless onslaught of bullets, explosions and general gun-related high japes, be prepared to be teased by the …

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gadgets / reviews

One For All Kameleon 8 cheapo universal remote control review

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

After growing tired of endless beer-fuelled, late night rummages around the house for a mountain of easily-lost remote controls, we thought we’d check out an all-in-one controller. Wooed by its …

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software / Windows

Fences desktop icon organiser for Windows. It’s great.

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It’s Friday, you’ve probably got a hangover like us, and your PC desktop is a blurry mass of endless icons and shortcuts confusing your Stella-addled mind. You might be able …

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computing

Netbooks: punters are still feeling the mini-love

Friday, Oct 9, 2009Friday, Oct 9, 2009 - by mike s

Netbooks continue to be the hottest potatoes in town, with sales continuing their upward trajectory at the expense of traditional laptops sales. According to a new report from DisplaySearch, revenues for Netbooks …

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stuff / transport

Corvette Python: world’s fastest amphibious car

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

Amphibious cars always seem like a great idea on paper but never really cut it in the real world, invariably coming over as an uncomfortable neither fish nor fowl botch-job. …

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mobiles / Windows Mobile

HTC HD2 is ready to rumble: video promo

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It may have beastly Windows Mobile 6.5 grinding away deep within its bowels, but there’s an awful lot to love about HTC’s sensational new HTC HD2 handset. Boasting a high …

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stuff

Piano stairs get lazy commuters walking

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

Problem: how do you get people to stop using the short escalator up from the subway and walk up the stairs instead? Here’s the brilliant solution:

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mobiles

US: 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily

Thursday, Oct 8, 2009Thursday, Oct 8, 2009 - by mike s

The latest CTIA wireless industry survey has just been released, and it reveals the continuing runaway growth of text messaging in America. According to the survey, over 740 billion text …

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