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computing / open source / web

Firefox slowing to a crawl? Check out the bad boy extensions here

Monday, Apr 4, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

We got so fed up with Firefox getting slower and slower that we switched to Chrome, but Mozilla’s now gone on the offensive and pointing the blame at the developers …

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Android / Apple / business / Google / iPhone / mobiles

Android’s growth leaves iPhone ‘dead in the water,’ Apple fans should be ‘scared to death’

Monday, Apr 4, 2011Monday, Apr 4, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 4 Comments.

It seems like every week we’re posting up news about the continuing growth of Google’s Android OS, and the latest figures reveal that it’s leaving Apple behind in the dust.

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photography

World’s largest photo: a stunning 360 degree panorama of a Czech library

Thursday, Mar 31, 2011Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

A record smashing panoramic photo of a reading room in a Prague monastery library has just been created by a fella called Jeffrey Martin, and it’s a whopper, alright.

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Android / computing / portable

Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet hits the UK in April

Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Coming hot on the heels of its launch in Taiwan, Asus will be unleashing the Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered Eee Pad Transformer on the great British unwashed next month.

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mobiles / transport / web

TfL looks to offer wi-fi at 120 tube stations [Update: it’s delayed]

Monday, Mar 28, 2011Friday, Apr 1, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Keen to get it all working in time for the 2012 Olympics, TfL have invited telecoms companies to tender for wi-fi provision at up to 120 stations across the network …

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Android / Apple / mobile apps / mobiles

Amazon Appstore for Android now available, Apple goes off on one

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

As expected, Amazon has announced the launch of its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, known as the Amazon Appstore, warmly welcomed by Apple who immediately launched a legal challenge over …

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Android / computing / portable

Wi-Fi HTC Flyer gets US Best Buy exclusive, HTC Evo View 4G announced

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

In the States, Best Buy has announced that it has the exclusively bagged the Wi-Fi version of the eagerly anticipated HTC Flyer Android tablet.

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Android / computing / portable

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer – netbook meets tablet coming soon

Monday, Mar 21, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

ASUS’s innovative Eee Pad Transformer was given an April worldwide release date, but it seems that the folks in Taiwan will be getting it this week with a release date …

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Microsoft / web

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 annoys before it’s even begun

Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Doing our best to forgive and forget the beastly browser creations that Microsoft has foisted upon us in the past, we thought we’d give their shiny new Internet Explorer 9 a spin.

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Google / web

Google’s blogging service Blogger to get major overhaul [video]

Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

With self-publishing mediums like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Posterous and WordPress dominating the headlines, it’s easy to forget that Google’s Blogger is still a formidable force, and Google  are set to …

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gaming / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Angry Birds Seasons gets a St. Patricks Day update

Tuesday, Mar 8, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Stuffed with every Irish stereotype imaginable,  the immensely popular mobile game Angry Birds Seasons has got a timely St. Patricks Day update.

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Apple / computing / stuff

Charlie and the Apple factory [Video]

Monday, Mar 7, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

You have to admire the colossal amount of work that went into this imaginative homage to Charlie and the Chocolate factory, even if the humour hasn’t exactly got us in ROTFLMAO mode. …

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Android / computing / transport

SAAB pioneers an ‘open innovation’ Android OS for its cars

Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011Wednesday, Mar 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Swish Swedish car maker SAAB has announced that it will be embracing the Android OS for its forthcoming in-car communication and infotainment system.

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web

Internet memes combine to create truly crap movie

Thursday, Feb 24, 2011Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

It’s about about as bizarre as you’re going to get, but a cluster (or should that be a ‘failure’?) of internet meme ‘stars’  have got together to create a trailer …

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Google / web

Christchurch earthquake: Google Crisis Response page goes live

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

A Google Crisis Response page has been created in the wake of Christchurch’s deadly earthquake, which hit New Zealand’s south island with a magnitude of 6.3 at 1251 (2351 GMT) on 22 February, …

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