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O2 tries again for the HTC Desire Froyo Android 2.2 update

Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010 - by mike s

With their first attempt to roll out the Android HTC Desire Froyo 2.2 update rapidly turning into a fiasco with the upgrade being withdrawn due to  “potential freezing issues,” O2 are trying again.

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web

Xmarks browser sync service to close Jan 2011. Boo!

Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

We were a little miffed to receive an email from the Xmarks team today notifying us that they will be shutting down their free browser synchronisation services on January 10, …

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Blackberry / computing

Blackberry PlayBook tablet: it’s a Foleo/iPad/webOS mash-up!

Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Research In Motion have unveiled details of their new Blackberry PlayBook, a tablet device mixing up elements of Apple’s iPad, Palm’s long abandoned Foleo project and the webOS mobile interface.

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

NavFree serves up free satnav for iPhone and iPad

Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Everyone loves free stuff, and GPS specialists Navmii hope that you’re going to break out the romantic sonnets at the news that they’re offering their Navfree iPhone satnav app  for …

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stuff

The London Shard rises! Europe’s tallest skyscraper climbs higer

Monday, Sep 27, 2010Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Originally called the ‘London Bridge Tower’, and then the ‘Shard London Bridge’ and ‘Shard of Glass’ before most people settled on describing it as ‘The Shard,’ this elegant skyscraper is …

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Android / computing

Sharp announces crap-sounding 5.5″ and 10.8″ Galapagos Android tablets

Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by Lee J.

Sharp have legged it up the platform and managed to get onboard the Android tablet train in time to announce two new devices, regaling under the daft name, “Galapagos.”

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Apple

It’s official: Apple hogs disproportionate amount of media coverage

Monday, Sep 27, 2010Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by mike s

A new study has confirmed what folks with only a passing interest in technology probably already suspected: Apple attracts a disproportionate amount of media attention.

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computing / Windows

HP Slate 8.9″ Windows 7 tablet in action [leaked videos]

Sunday, Sep 26, 2010Monday, Sep 27, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Videos of the as yet unreleased HP Slate have started to circulate, and the latest eight-minute ‘hands on’ video even comes with one of the dreaded ‘unboxing videos.’

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mobile apps / portable

Scrabble for Kindle app released

Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 - by mike s

We’re just getting to love the Amazon Kindle eBook reader a little more today with the news that EA has launched a version of their hugely popular Scrabble game for …

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Google

Google video says “pizza, pizza, pizza…” for ten minutes

Friday, Sep 24, 2010Friday, Sep 24, 2010 - by mike s

We’d DEFINITELY like to smoke some of what the folks at Google were on the day they made this video.

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Android / computing

Samsung Galaxy Tab stars in nine minute ‘hands on’ official video

Friday, Sep 24, 2010 - by mike s

The first official hands-on video of the Samsung Galaxy Android tablet device has been released, giving you a whole nine minutes to gaze at its loveliness.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Android SwiftKey keyboard app tippety-taps out of beta

Friday, Sep 24, 2010Friday, Sep 24, 2010 - by mike s

Tearing off its beta tag and triumphantly charging into to the Android Market is the highly rated Swiftkey keyboard app.

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mobiles

Ten per cent of adults SMS while shagging. Apparently

Friday, Sep 24, 2010Friday, Sep 24, 2010 - by Lee J.

We love the small of a king size infographic on a Friday morning, so here’s one stuffed full of SMS-related facts and figures for your delectation, straight from the good …

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Android / computing / mobile apps / mobiles

Android Kindle app updated with voice searching and notes

Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

The Android Kindle app has just received an update today, with the new version introducing some neat new features.

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stuff

What would happen if you stuck your hand in the Large Hadron Collider?

Thursday, Sep 23, 2010Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - by mike s

It’s a simple enough question, but it seems that the answer isn’t too straightforward. Check out the video below for the answer to this question, and listen to boffins expand …

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