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Mobile personal information manager (PIM) software vendors Iambic have released an updated version of their long running Agendus app for the iPhone. We were massive fans of Agendus on the …
Iambic Agendus hits v2.2 on iPhone Read MoreGoogle has been putting in some considerable effort to make their Google Docs cloud service a real alternative to Microsoft’s all conquering Office suite.
Google Docs bolts on extra sharing and privacy options Read MoreWith the festival season coming up fast, wind-up merchants Eton are hoping that their self powered Eton FR360 Solarlink radio will prove just the thing for the cider-addled masses. Claimed …
Eton FR360 solarlink wind-up radio for the festival season Read MoreOffering iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Palm Pre mobile apps, Yelp is pushing hard to establish itself as the number one location based search tool for mobile users.
Yelp introduces Foursquare-inspired badges and ‘royalty’ status Read MoreSeeing as it’s a Friday, it’s sunny outside and the pub is calling our name, we thought we’d bring you a feature from our sister blog at urban75 and tell …
The amazing fake houses of Paddington, London [off topic] Read MoreDon’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 MoreKeen to cut themselves a slice of the rapidly expanding iPad/tablet pie is ASUS, who have just shown off prototypes of their new Eee Pad tablet range.
ASUS Eee Pad tablet: Windows 7 and a 10-hour battery life Read MoreIf you’re like us, you’ll probably have weather widgets on your phone, on your PC desktop and maybe even your own personal weather station keeping you permanently updated in all …
Forecast the weather – without any gadgets! Read MoreDell’s Android powered Streak tablet has just landed on o2’s UK website, promising a release date of June 4th.
Dell Streak coming to o2 on June 4th; full specs released Read MoreNew images from NASA would suggest that the end really is nigh for their Mars Phoenix lander, which appears to have broken apart during the Red Planet’s fierce winter.
Goodbye Nasa’s Phoenix Mars lander Read MoreBoston Dynamics – who previously scared the Beejuzus out of us with their BigDog robotic load carrier creation – has produced a smaller, meaner, weirder version, aptly called Little Dog.
Little Dog robot: brilliant, clever and more than a bit scary Read MorePut together by the folks behind the excellent MAKE magazine, Maker Faire is a celebration of all things to do with computer science, robotics, metal and woodworking, crafting and, of …
Maker Faire celebrates robots, gizmos and DIY things [video] Read MoreWe posted up a wobbly video of BlackBerry’s forthcoming Bold 9800 slider a few weeks ago, and the handset from RIM is now (literally) becoming a bit clearer, thanks to …
BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider – leaked photos Read MoreThe world would be a different place without cash machines, so today we pay tribute to John Shepherd-Barron, the man who invented the world’s first hole-in-the-wall cash dispenser. Shepherd-Barron hit …
Cash machine inventor dies – ATM idea came to him in the bath Read MoreA bunch of employees at Google’s offices in London have constructed a giant Google logo out of 884 individually printed 4×6 photographs.
Google giant logo constructed out of 884 London photos Read More