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Apple / Blackberry / iPhone / mobiles

Nokia and RIM respond angrily to Apple’s antenna statements

Saturday, Jul 17, 2010Saturday, Jul 17, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

We have to say we weren’t too impressed by Apple dragging other handset manufacturers into their press conference yesterday – the issue was about the iPhone 4 dropping calls, not …

Nokia and RIM respond angrily to Apple’s antenna statements Read More
Google

GMail lets you get jiggy with customised rich text signatures

Friday, Jul 9, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

We’ve been wanting this feature for ages, so it’s good to see Goggle on the case and adding the ability to include rich text signatures in GMail.

GMail lets you get jiggy with customised rich text signatures Read More
photography / reviews

Super zoom camera shoot-out: Panasonic FZ35/FZ38 and Canon SX20 IS triumph, Nikon P100 comes third

Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Top camera tech site DPReview has rummaged into a big bag of cameras to find out which are the hot superzoomin’ cameras of the summer. No less than nine cameras …

Super zoom camera shoot-out: Panasonic FZ35/FZ38 and Canon SX20 IS triumph, Nikon P100 comes third Read More
mobiles / Palm / portable

HP Palm buyout completed: webOS tablets and netbooks coming up

Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

HP has now completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm, and have confirmed that they plan to get stuck into their lovely webOS mobile operating system and slap it in …

HP Palm buyout completed: webOS tablets and netbooks coming up Read More
Apple iPhone 4 in white gets delayed
Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Apple iPhone proves “challenging” – not available till end of July

Thursday, Jun 24, 2010Friday, Jun 25, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

It seems that even Apple’s cunning plans sometimes go awry, and the official word is that anyone wanting to bag themselves a natty white iPhone 4 is in for a …

Apple iPhone proves “challenging” – not available till end of July Read More
computing / Microsoft / Windows

Windows 7 SP1 beta release coming in July. It’s all in the cloud

Monday, Jun 7, 2010Monday, Jun 7, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

After the relentless horrors of Vista – an operating system so annoying that we came close to lobbing our PC into the canal in frustration  – we’ve rather enjoyed our …

Windows 7 SP1 beta release coming in July. It’s all in the cloud Read More
stuff / web

People who post up amusing videos of their pets using an iPad…

Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 4 Comments.

Don’t you sometimes wish that the pet pooch would inadvertently put its claw straight through the ruddy iPad screen, or perhaps the distraught moggy would go berserk and scratch the …

People who post up amusing videos of their pets using an iPad… Read More
photography

Canon EOS 5D MkII SLR and FinePix HS10 firmware updates ahoy!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Canon and Fujifilm have both bashed out firmware updates for their EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR and FinePix HS1 superzoom compact cameras, both of which are available for your …

Canon EOS 5D MkII SLR and FinePix HS10 firmware updates ahoy! Read More
transport

London’s new double-decker bus announced

Monday, May 17, 2010Monday, May 17, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

We loved the old Routemaster bus, with its handy rear platform for jumping on and off quickly, and Boris Johnson’s decision to reintroduce an updated version was one of the …

London’s new double-decker bus announced Read More
Android / Apple / Blackberry / iPhone / mobiles

Android grabs #2 US smartphone, races passes Apple [update]

Monday, May 10, 2010Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Stats back from the first quarter of this year show Android accelerating past  past Apple for the OS for the number-two position in the US. The data comes from the …

Android grabs #2 US smartphone, races passes Apple [update] Read More
Google / web

Google whacks out a new look search interface

Wednesday, May 5, 2010Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Excitingly billed as a “spring metamorphosis,” Google have unveiled a new look to their search pages. This “metamorphosis” is apparently “responding to the increasing richness of the web and the …

Google whacks out a new look search interface Read More
Blackberry / mobiles

Video: Blackberry 6 OS shakes off the suits and gets the funky r’n’b treatment

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Man, those cats at Blackberry are laying down a heavy urban vibe, with their new all-dancing video showing that the company is no longer all about corporate suits, swivelling chairs, …

Video: Blackberry 6 OS shakes off the suits and gets the funky r’n’b treatment Read More
Google / software / stuff / web

Loveable Google Chrome videos show off Extensions and Translate features

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

We’re growing to really like Google’s quirky and engaging promo videos, and two more gems have just been released that are well worth watching. The first one shows off some …

Loveable Google Chrome videos show off Extensions and Translate features Read More
stuff / web

The awesome Adept Quattro robot prepares for world domination

Monday, Apr 19, 2010Monday, Apr 19, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Declared the world’s fastest pick and place industrial robot late last year, the Adept Quattro is a formidable beast, capable of working at a phenomenal rate of 300 cycles per …

The awesome Adept Quattro robot prepares for world domination Read More
computing / Palm

Palm shares leap 20% as Lenovo takeover rumours circulate

Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Rarely has a single tech company been associated with so many different takeover contenders, and fresh whispers of an imminent buy out today (Wednesday) saw mobile phone makers Palm’s stocks …

Palm shares leap 20% as Lenovo takeover rumours circulate Read More

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