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Google adds GMail Preview Pane – and we feel the love

Friday, Aug 5, 2011Friday, Aug 5, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Now here’s something we’ve been wanting in GMail for yonks: a preview pane. Google has just added this handy feature which lets you instantly preview emails in your inbox.

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computing / stuff

Japanese boffins show off decision making robot. Humans look worried

Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Japanese researchers are developing a robot that can think, learn and act by itself using advanced artificial intelligence which lets it ‘think like humans’ when taking on new tasks.

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Wham bam thank you ma’am: Samsung shifts 5 million Galaxy S2 handsets in 85 days

Wednesday, Jul 27, 2011 - by Lee J.

We can’t say we’re surprised because it’s a ruddy great phone: Samsung has announced today that it has sold more than 5 million units of Galaxy S2 smartphone.

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computing / stuff

Scary silicon robot mouth looks like a saucy toy, sounds like a rampant walrus

Thursday, Jul 14, 2011Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 - by mike s

Here at Wirefresh we’ve got a lot of time for weird, scary and just plain odd robotic creations, so when we heard about a bizarre robot silicon mouth, we had …

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Android hits the staggering landmark of half a million activations per day

Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 - by Lee J.

Android founder and current Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, Andy Rubin, has thrown down the latest sensational fact about the growth of the Android platform, revealing that over half …

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London ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture rises in the 2012 Olympic Park

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by mike s

It’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway.

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business / stuff

Bonkers interactive Star Trek-themed $1bn resort coming to Jordan

Monday, May 23, 2011Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - by Lee J.

This idea sounds so daft, we think we want to go already: Rubicon Group Holding is set to design and produce The Red Sea Astrarium, a Star Trek themed entertainment …

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computing / stuff / web

Internet kissing gadget invites folks to get jiggy over wi-fi

Monday, May 2, 2011 - by mike s

We can’t say we’d get much of a kick out of getting jiggy with this whirring plastic box, but it shows how tactile communications over the internet are being developed.

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photography / reviews / stuff

Nikon D5100 dSLR reviews: the camera looks an absolute winner

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

It’s a well engineered, well specified camera that’s been seriously tempting our wallets recently, and after a brief hands on, we’re still feeling the love for Nikon’s high performance D5100 …

Nikon D5100 dSLR reviews: the camera looks an absolute winner Read More
stuff / transport

Now this is what we call luxury coach travel: Osaka to Tokyo by Willer Express

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011Monday, Apr 25, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

In Britain, travelling by coach is usually a relentlessly grim experience, with the majority of the trip spent staring out at the never ending grey concrete and traffic queues, while …

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Android / mobiles / stuff

Smartphone smackdown: HTC Sensation versus Samsung Galaxy S II

Friday, Apr 15, 2011Friday, Apr 15, 2011 - by mike s

There’s never been a better time to buy an Android smartphone than now, with a slew of very tasty devices coming to market, with the big hitters including the Motorola …

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stuff / transport

NASA, Google and YouTube honour Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle

Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

While us Brits were throwing disco moves to the Detroit Spinners “Working My Way Back to You” at number 1 in the poptastic charts, NASA were busy blasting the first space shuttle into the …

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computing / stuff

Geminoid Summit puts robots and their masters together, weirdness follows

Thursday, Apr 7, 2011Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 - by mike s

Frankly, we can’t get enough of the spooky, lifelike humanoids being created under the Geminoids banner, and last month the robots – and the humans they’re based on – all gathered …

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AT&T unleashes its wallet and buys T-Mobile US for $39 billion

Monday, Mar 21, 2011Sunday, Mar 20, 2011 - by Pete Railton

US mobile network AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have announced that AT&T has whipped out its wallet and laid down a load of wonga for T-Mobile USA  in a cash and …

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stuff / video / web

Hitler rages at the sell out of the SXSW tech event [video]

Saturday, Mar 19, 2011Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 - by Lee J.

These ‘Hitler Downfall’ videos tend to get taken down pretty sharpish, but this one is well worth seeing while it’s here.

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