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Apple releases iOS security update for iPhone and iPad in over-sized download

Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Apple has just punted out  iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad updates to patch up a recently uncovered security flaw in Safari.

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Google / web

GMail contacts interface gets sprinkling of fairy dust

Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 - by mike s

We’ve been mightily underwhelmed by the GMail contacts interface for a long, long timer, so we’re highly chuffified to report that it’s finally had a bit of fairy dust sprinkled …

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audio / computing / gaming / Windows

MSI GX660R laptop promises extreme audio performance for gamers

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 - by Lee J. - 7 Comments.

When it comes to playing back audio on laptops, the sound quality is – at best –  pretty shonky, but MSI is hoping to hook in audiophiles with its beefy …

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Vodafone PAYG iPhone 4 undercuts Apple’s prices, throws in free data

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Vodafone has announced that it will be undercutting Apple’s prices and selling the iPhone 4 on prepay for as ‘little’ as  £480.

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Apple / computing

Apple’s new Mac Pro range: UK pricing and availability announced

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010 - by mike s

It’s been sixteen long months since the super high-end Mac Pros were updated, but deep pocketed Apple aficionados should get their wads ready as the new range is nearly here.

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Apple / gaming / iPhone / mobiles

Civilization Revolution for the iPhone: empire building, world ruling antics ahoy!

Monday, Aug 9, 2010Monday, Aug 9, 2010 - by mike s

Old school gamers packing iPhones should get ready to whoop at the news that Civilization Revolution, a remake of the old Civilisation classic – has been shunted into the App …

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gaming / Windows

PC Gaming sales – twice the size of Wii, PS3 and XBox *combined*!

Monday, Aug 9, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

New figures released by the PC Gaming Alliance reveal that far from being on the ropes, PC gaming remains very much alive, with shipping volumes for the platform being twice …

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Google

Google tots up all the books in the world, and there’s lots of them

Friday, Aug 6, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We can’t say it’s something that’s ever crossed our minds, but it seems software engineer Leonid Taycher and his team of boffins at Google were simply burning up over the …

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Apple / business

Apple Covent Garden store opens Saturday. Over-excited previews and video

Thursday, Aug 5, 2010Monday, Aug 9, 2010 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

Londoners in the Covent Garden area are warned that they can expect to hear disturbingly high  levels of corporate-sponsored whooping, over-excited palm-slapping and team co-ordinated celebratory street laps as the …

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Google / web

Google Wave comes crashing on the rocks, and promptly sinks

Thursday, Aug 5, 2010Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 - by Lee J.

We were baffled by it. Most users were baffled by it – even after Google had released clever videos that explained what it did – so it comes as no …

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gaming / Google / hardware / portable / stuff

Amazon Kindle now adds free word games

Thursday, Aug 5, 2010Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Although Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos has said that the new Kindle eReader experience is sharply  focussed on reading books, the company seems happy to serve up a few distractions on …

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Google / web

GMail adds drag and drop attachments and multiple accounts

Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Like a DIY addict on a long Sunday afternoon, Google continues to polish up the GMail experience and introduce shiny new features, and the company has just announced  that it’s …

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Apple / portable

Leicester City councillors set to trouser themselves £40k of iPads

Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

We don’t often find ourselves agreeing with the TaxPayers’ Alliance, but plans by councillors at Leicester City Council to award themselves a nice, new, top of the range Apple iPad …

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computing / portable

Amazon Kindle UK pre-orders ‘sold out’ until Sept 4th

Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

It looks like Amazon are going to have a monster hit on their hands with their new Kindle wireless reading device, as it seems that the first batch of  UK …

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Android / Blackberry / business / Google / iPhone / mobiles / Windows Mobile

Google Android phone shipments soar by an incredible 886%

Monday, Aug 2, 2010Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Android smartphones continue to soar in popularity, with a new report showing that worldwide shipments have jumped an incredible 886 per cent year-on-year from the second quarter of 2009.

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