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Google Chrome browser gets extensions and bookmark sync. Huzzah!

Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google have just sent a new stable release of Google Chrome for Windows out into the wild, and the update includes two features that we’ve been waiting for some time …

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computing / web

NASA astronaut’s tweets are out of this world

Friday, Jan 22, 2010Friday, Jan 22, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now able to access what’s been described as the ‘ultimate wireless connection,’ and took not time in swiftly despatching the world’s first ‘Space …

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open source / software / web / Windows

Firefox hits v3.6, throws up funky one click themes, speedier browsing

Friday, Jan 22, 2010 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

It’s taken a while to get drrssed, but the latest 3.6 version of Firefox has finally rocked into town. Promising nippier performance, natty one-click themes, safer add-ons and plug-ins, improved …

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photography / web

Buying a digital camera? Compare specs with Snapsort

Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

If you’re in the market to buy a new digital camera and are looking to compare the specs of likely contenders, Snapsort’s nifty  site could be a handy port of …

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stuff / web

Strangely dedicated man spends four years making a MS Paint picture

Monday, Jan 18, 2010Monday, Jan 18, 2010 - by mike s

Microsoft’s hideously basic MSPaint program has been challenging artists for years, but Youtube user scorpiongold has probably taken the free drawing program to its absolute limit. Spending four years battling away …

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stuff / web

Ricky Gervais quits ‘pointless’ Twitter

Friday, Jan 15, 2010Friday, Jan 15, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Comedian and writer Ricky Gervais has flounced off Twitter, declaring the site “pointless” and claiming that it was “undignified” for adults to be using the service. Gervais had been on …

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photography / stuff / web

NASA IMAX 3D movie features astonishing Hubble repair footage

Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Coming to an IMAX theatre near you soon is this astonishing 3D movie film from NASA. Served up in delicious high definition 3D, the film promises to take viewers on …

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Android / Google / iPhone / mobile apps / web

Google Mobile “Near me now” feature offers location based queries

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 - by mike s

With a backing track so goddamn funky we were throwing our white suit jackets across the room, Google have released a video showing off their ‘Near Me Now’ feature. The …

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Google / web

Google Docs adds free 1GB cloud storage

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 - by mike s

Google have announced an update to their Google Docs service, which now lets users upload, store and organise any type of file and access them from any computer (internet connection …

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Google / web

Google to offer virtual billboard advertising in Street View?

Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 - by mike s

A new patent has just been granted to Google which could see the search engine giant extending its advertising program in Google Maps to Street View. This cunning plan is …

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business / stuff / web

35% of all global web downloads are porn!

Monday, Jan 11, 2010Monday, Jan 11, 2010 - by Pete Railton

An illuminating graphic (below) posted on 9gag.com using stats sourced from several agencies reveals that 43% of all internet users view pornographic material and 35% of all web downloads are …

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photography / web

Britain’s big freeze – photo gallery

Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

NASA have released an incredible photo taken by their Terra satellite showing the extent of Britain’s big freeze – and we’ve been out and about taking pictures of the icy …

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Apple / Google / photography / web / Windows

Photograbber lets you download all your tagged Facebook mugshots

Friday, Jan 8, 2010Friday, Jan 8, 2010 - by mike s

If you can’t get enough of admiring mugshots of your good self, then the new Photograbber app from Google will make it easy for you to fill up your ‘ME!’ …

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stuff / web

Americans devour 34GB of data every day – study

Friday, Jan 8, 2010 - by mike s

A new study has declared that the average American scoops up a truly phenomenal amount of data, greedily gorging themselves on no less than 3.6 zettabytes every year. We’ve actually …

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software / web

Google’s Chrome browser overtakes Apple’s Safari

Sunday, Jan 3, 2010Sunday, Jan 3, 2010 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Boosted by an expensive advertising campaign which included  full size billboard posters (the London tube’s plastered with ’em), newspaper, magazine and TV adverts, Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Apple’s Safari …

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