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Texter makes short thrift of everyday text

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 - by mike s

It feels like it hasn’t been updated since the dawn of time (well, three years) but the text substitution app Texter is still getting daily use in Chez Wirefresh.

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Apple / Blackberry / computing / portable

BlackBerry PlayBook tablet takes on the iPad [video]

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 - by Lee J.

BlackBerry has posted up a video showing off the capabilities of its upcoming PlayBook tablet in a series of head to head challenges with the Apple iPad.

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Apple / Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Voice for iPhone app finally lands

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Google’s official Google Voice app for iPhone app has finally worked its way onto Apple’s iTunes App Store.

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Humax PVR-9200T now in real danger of being smashed to pieces

Monday, Nov 15, 2010Monday, Nov 15, 2010 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

We’ve documented our long and depressing history of the major problems we’ve been suffering with out Humax PVR-9200T PVR, but with the player becoming even more unreliable and no fix from Humax …

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Android / computing

Dell Streak to get UK Android 2.2 Froyo update this month

Sunday, Nov 14, 2010 - by mike s

Dell UK has announced that it will start pushing the Android Froyo update to Streak users this month.

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computing / portable / Windows

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 shoulder barges the MacBook Air

Saturday, Nov 13, 2010Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 - by Lee J.

Launching on Monday, November 15th and hoping to redirect some MacBook Air-bound traffic is the new Lenovo Ideapad U260, a pleasingly slim and light ultraportable sporting a 12.5 inch display and a …

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Android / computing / portable

Entourage Pocket eDGe dual-screen Android goes on sale

Friday, Nov 12, 2010Friday, Nov 12, 2010 - by mike s

Looking like the offspring of an unholy alliance between a Kindle eReader and Microsoft’s tragically abandoned Courier project, Entourage’s Pocket eDGe is a dual-screen Android 1.6-powered clamshell device with a 7-inch colour …

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Apple

Apple rolls out Mac OS X v10.6.5 update

Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Apple has shimmied out the latest update to the Snow Leopard OS, Mac OS X 10.6.5.

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video / web

YouTube: 35 hours of video uploaded every minute

Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

To satisfy our idle curiosity, Google has served up smorgasbord of statistics about YouTube’s phenomenal growth. Since buying the company in November 2006, the amount of videos uploaded has risen …

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computing / portable

LaCie accelerates stylish Starck Mobile Drive with USB 3.0

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 - by mike s

They’re curious looking things alright, but if you like your external drives to be fashioned like a flattened metal pipe with some silvery stuff oozing out, LaCie’s new Starck Mobile …

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business / Google

We want to work for Google as festive bonuses fly

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

It’s become apparent that we’re in the wrong business as Google announces that all of their employees will get a hefty pay rise and a big holiday bonus.

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computing / mobile apps

Athentech’s Perfectly Clear imaging app now available for iPad

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 - by mike s

Previously only available as a Photoshop plug-in for Mac and Windows – and as a spiffing iPhone app – Athentech’s award-winning Perfectly Clear imaging software is now available for the …

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computing / portable

Dell’s Inspiron Duo crazy flipping notebook gets video demo

Friday, Nov 5, 2010Friday, Nov 5, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Dell has released a teaser video showing off its innovative touchscreen tablet computer that deftly flips into a regular notebook, complete with full QWERTY keyboard.

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Android / Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Instant offers speedier searches for iPhone and Android

Friday, Nov 5, 2010Thursday, Nov 4, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Promising to make mobile searching speedier by displaying both predictions and actual search results as you type, Google Instant is now being made available on most iPhone and Android 2.2 …

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Android / computing

PC World serves up the Samsung Galaxy Tab for a monkey

Thursday, Nov 4, 2010Thursday, Nov 4, 2010 - by mike s

The price point still isn’t cheap enough to get us reaching for our cuts-ravaged wallets, but if you’re on the look out for a new Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet, PC World …

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