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broadcasting / web

BBC iPlayer offers Twitter and Facebook integration

Wednesday, May 26, 2010Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - by Pete Railton

The BBC has launched a beta version of its popular iPlayer showing off new features like the ability to share favourite programmes via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Adobe Reader hits the Android Market

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Quietly shimmying unannounced into the Android Market store is Adobe’s PDF Reader app, their second free app for the Android platform.

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Google / web

Google offers SSL encrypted search beta service

Monday, May 24, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Google has switched on a beta version of its SSL encrypted search service, which encrypts data sent between your PC and Google’s servers, making it just about impossible for sneaky …

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open source

Is Google really open? An open source guru comments [Video]

Sunday, May 23, 2010Monday, May 24, 2010 - by Pete Railton

The good folks at Mashable have put together an interesting interview with Free Software Foundation and GNU founder Richard Stallman, discussing just how “open” Google really is. Super beardy Stallman …

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computing / portable / Windows

Acer Aspire Timeline 1825PT – netbook and a tablet in one

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - by Pete Railton

If you’re not happy with your netbook and the keyboard-less lines of the tablet form aren’t exciting your wallet regions, then Acer are hoping that their tablet/netbook two-in-one hybrid will …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Amazon readies Kindle app for Android with online buying

Tuesday, May 18, 2010Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Amazon has announced plans to lob a free Kindle app in the direction of Android users, letting themĀ  download and read eBooks without having to shell out for a Kindle …

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video / web

YouTube – monster, fact-bloated infographic unleashed

Monday, May 17, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Inbetween all the mutual high fiving and backslapping over the site’s remarkable achievement of reaching two billion downloads a day, the bods at Google has managed to put together a …

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Android / mobiles

Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ adds tethering and Wifi hotspot features

Thursday, May 13, 2010Thursday, May 13, 2010 - by Pete Railton

The hot news from Google is that the next version of their Android OS is going top offer full Flash support and, crucially, USB tethering.

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Apple / portable

Apple iPad UK – accessories priced up

Monday, May 10, 2010Monday, May 10, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Apple has posted up prices for iPad accessories to go with the (ahem) “magical and revolutionary” iPad, which are also now available for pre-order.

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Blackberry / mobiles

BlackBerry Bold slider phone gyrates in wobbly video

Saturday, May 8, 2010Saturday, May 8, 2010 - by Pete Railton

It’s the briefest of videos- a mere, tantalising 14 seconds long – a half-decent eyeful of the eagerly awaited Blackberry Bold slider phone has been shunted on to YouTube. Running …

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Android / computing / stuff

Android protoype tablet plays Adobe AIR and Flash with nae bother

Wednesday, May 5, 2010Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - by Pete Railton

We’ve no idea who makes this swishy looking tablet, but Adobe have been showing off a prototype Android device at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco that can do …

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mobiles / Symbian

Nokia announces N8 smartphone with 12MP camera – videos, specs galore

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Nokia has officially announced its new N8 smartphone, with the handset packing in a top of the line feature set. The camera is a whopping 12 megapixel camera affair, with …

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Android / iPhone / mobiles

Android runs on the iPhone! Video and instructions

Thursday, Apr 22, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

It’s a not a job for non-techies, but anyone interested in the tantalising prospect of a dual booting Apple OS/Android iPhone should check out this incredible video that’s just been …

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computing / Windows

Asus EeeKeyboard PC finally up for pre-order in the US

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 - by Pete Railton

It’s been on its way for well over a year, but Asus’s intriguing EeeKeyboard is finally available for US customers to pre-order on Amazon, with shipping scheduled for the end …

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Android / mobiles

HTC Incredible specs leak – and boy are they juicy!

Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

We’ve been loving the recent HTC Desire, Nexus One, Legend handsets and their upcoming Incredible handset looks set to, well, fully live up to its name, offering a spec sheet …

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