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Video tour of the International Space Station in HD

Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Quietly doing its thing above our heads since construction began in 1998 is the International Space Station (ISS), an orbiting research facility scheduled for completion by 2011. Scheduled to remain …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Plucky Opera bite on Apple with Opera Mini browser for iPhone

Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Plucky Opera have decided to take on Apple’s iron-like grip on its AppStore by announcing a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone. Due to be unveiled at next …

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mobiles

LG Mini (LG GD880) serves up a slender smartphone for spandex stylistos

Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 - by Pete Railton

If you like your pants tighter than a crab’s nether regions, then LG Electronics’s new slimline LG GD880, or LG Mini, is ready and waiting to slide into your butt-hugging jeans. Claimed …

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iPhone / mobiles

“The iPhone obsession” – ranting developer compares the iPhone to IE6

Monday, Feb 8, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Mobile platform strategist, consultant and trainer Peter-Paul Koch has posted up a very entertaining blog post where he draws parallels between the current iPhone obsession and the dominance of Microsoft’s …

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Google

Google Nexus One videos: see lots of phones being bounced about

Sunday, Feb 7, 2010Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 - by Pete Railton

If you enjoyed Google’s first video about the making of their new Nexus One phone, then you’ll be pleased to hear that two more instalments are available for your viewing pleasure. …

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mobiles / Windows Mobile

Sony Ericsson Aspen: hands-on video shows off the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 OS

Saturday, Feb 6, 2010Saturday, Feb 6, 2010 - by Pete Railton

A hands on video has been posted up showing Sony Ericsson’s new candybar Aspen handset (also known as the Sony Ericsson Faith) in action. Sporting a screen shinier than the beady eye of …

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Android / Google / mobiles

The Making of the Google Nexus One: Concept & Design

Friday, Feb 5, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Google is apparently so chuffed with its new Nexus One phone that it is releasing a short series of films documenting its creation First off is an interesting four minute …

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Apple / business / iPhone / mobiles / Palm

O2 shifts 2 million iPhones in the UK, Palm Pre sales ‘good’

Thursday, Feb 4, 2010Thursday, Feb 4, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Telefonica – owners of the O2 mobile network – says it has shifted 2 million Apple iPhones in Britain and reckons the future’s bright with good Palm Pre sales keeping …

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web

Engadget tech website has hissy fit, tells its readers to STFU

Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

It’s long been one of the biggest tech websites on the planet, and we’ve always enjoyed the lively banter that goes on in their user comments, but it seems that the bosses …

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mobiles

Nokia’s ‘world’s biggest signpost’ in London

Monday, Feb 1, 2010Monday, Feb 1, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Seen swaying in the winter breeze close to the iconic Tower Bridge in London for two weeks was Nokia’s whopping great ‘interactive installation,’ which featured a mahoosive arrow suspended in …

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Apple

Bam! FlashBlog socks it to the Apple iPad.

Saturday, Jan 30, 2010Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 - by Pete Railton

The almighty tiff between Apple and Adobe continues to ratchet up, with Adobe releasing a set of screenshots showing what iPad users will be in for when they try and …

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Apple / computing

Apple iPad reaction and comment. A little bit ‘meh’, no?

Thursday, Jan 28, 2010Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

We’ve already declared ourselves a little disappointed by Apple’s self declared “revolutionary” iPad tablet, and reactions have been mixed everywhere else too. On the whole, reviewers seem to have warmed …

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Android / computing / portable

Archos 7 Android tablet details leaked: 7″ LCD, 8GB memory

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 3 Comments.

Leaking out all overt the web thanks to a technical whoopsie by UK retailer Data-Mind is the photos and specs of the new Android-powered Archos 7 tablet. Packing 8GB of onboard storage, a …

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Apple / open source / Windows

Windows 7 grows faster than Vista, passes Mac OS X total

Friday, Jan 22, 2010Friday, Jan 22, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 3 Comments.

After the sheer horror that was Vista, Microsoft looks to have got things back on track, with Windows 7’s strong 2009 holiday season sales being reflected in a growing OS …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Labour unleashes iPhone app to stir up the masses

Thursday, Jan 21, 2010Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

The UK Labour Party is set to launch its first ever iPhone app to help party canvassers whip up support for the party in the run-up to the general election. …

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