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Like a drunk friend, FWeather Widget tells you what the effing weather is

Thursday, Sep 26, 2013Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

Dispensing with all the niceties and getting straight down to effing business is the FWeather Widget, which happily hurls abuse at users when they check the weather from their Android …

Android / hardware

HP launches the desktop-sized 21 inch Android HP Slate21 convertible tablet

Monday, Jun 24, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

HP has unleashed a king size tablet device called the Slate 21, which packs a huge 21 inch screen and runs Android 4.2.2 and comes with a kickstand for serving …

Apple / business

London flashmob targets Apple’s London store in protest at the company’s tax avoidance policies

Thursday, Jun 6, 2013Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

Comedian Mark Thomas led a flashmob into Apple’s flagship store on Regent Street, central London, on Monday to protest against the company’s tax avoidance policies.

photography

Olympus releases official Olympus PEN E-P5 Micro Four Thirds camera sample images

Friday, May 10, 2013Friday, May 10, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

Olympus Japan has thrown down a handful of high-resolution sample photos showing off the capabilities of its upcoming Olympus PEN E-P5 Micro Four Thirds camera.

Android / Apple / computing / Google

Apple iPad market share crashes in UK as Android tablet sales gather momentum

Saturday, Apr 20, 2013Friday, Apr 19, 2013 - by PG - 1 Comment

Apple has seen its share of the UK tablet market fall 73 per cent to 63 per cent in the last twelve months, as sales of Android slates gather momentum.

Kaspersky explains why their software was grabbing up to 95% of your CPU

computing / software / Windows

Kaspersky explains why their software was grabbing up to 95% of our CPUs resources

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

It seems that we weren’t along in looking on in horror as we saw our Kaspersky Internet Suite 2013 hog almost the entire output of our CPU earlier this week.

Sony Xperia Z - a big bad beaut of an Android phone with 5-inch display and Quad-Core CPU

Android / mobiles

Sony Xperia Z – a big bad beaut of an Android phone with 5-inch display, HDR video and Quad-Core CPU

Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 - by PG - Leave a Comment

Sony has been struggling to make a splash with its Android handsets, but the Sony Xperia Z appears to have all the ammo it needs to take on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone …

business / mobiles

SIM-only UK mobile deals: we list the best deals currently available

Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010 - by PG - 4 Comments.

Thanks to a price war between the operators, SIM only prices have never been lower, and there are a few good PAYG deals too. If you’re happy with your phone …