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HP Slate video shows off iPad-pwning possibilities, specs leaked

Monday, Apr 5, 2010Tuesday, Apr 6, 2010 - by mike s

Details have been few and far between, but this new 30 second promo of HP’s forthcoming Slate tablet, has got us very excited. Wilfully showing off its advantages over Apple’s …

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Apple / computing / portable / stuff

iPads get pointlessly trashed by attention-seeking prats (videos)

Monday, Apr 5, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

We can’t ever imagine being so desperate for attention or controversy that we’d spend good money on an expensive consumer item only to smash it to pieces and post up …

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computing / stuff

Geminoid-FL: the rise of the robots (videos)

Monday, Apr 5, 2010Monday, Apr 5, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It looks like it won’t be long before we’re holidaying at Westworld, after Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has shown the world his new, creepily human-looking, Geminoid-FL robot.

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Apple / portable

“I’m not getting an iPad” says tech writer – “and neither should you”

Friday, Apr 2, 2010Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by Lee J.

We’re loving this piece written by Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing explaining why he’s not going to be queuing up in line for an iPad tomorrow. Posted up on Apple fanboy …

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Apple / portable

iPad gets Firemint’s Real Racing HD and Flight Control HD

Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by mike s

With the launch of the iPad mere hours away for our US readers, app developers have been working themselves into a frenzy to upgrade their iPhone apps to suit the …

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Google

Google’s Model Your Town competition – cast your votes now!

Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Now entering the voting phase is Google’s Model Your Town competition, which invited users to ‘show their civic pride’ and create a 3D portrait of their  community.

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photography / reviews

Canon EOS 550D: “the most compelling DSLR of its class”

Friday, Apr 2, 2010Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Photography website DPReview has posted its review of the Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i dSLR, and as expected, it’s the most comprehensive of the lot, offering a 29 page, …

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stuff / web

Butterflies attack! Qualcomm release April Fool’s jape

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by Pete Railton

We like this one, mixing up some daft April Fool’s japery with a bit of product advertising. In the videos, Qualcomm claim that their Mirasol screen device – ‘stolen from their …

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Google / stuff

Google introduces Google Translate for Animals. Woof

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s

With Google’s long history as April Fool pranksters, they were unlikely to get very far with this one, but they gamely soldiered on, posting this excellent video. “Introducing Google Translate …

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Apple / computing / portable

Apple iPad reviews roll in – with video

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s

Reviewers lucky enough to get their mitts on an pre-release model of the iPad have been passing their verdict on Apple’s eagerly awaited device, and for the most part it’s …

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Apple / computing / portable

Running Mac OSX on a netbook – it can be done!

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Although Mr Jobs and his Apple chums have decided on your behalf that really don’t want a nice, convenient, small netbook running your favourite OS, there appears to be no …

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audio / gadgets / video

The Great HDMI Cable Ripoff. Save your cash, any old cable will do.

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010Monday, Jun 17, 2013 - by mike s - 1 Comment

So you’ve hammered your bank account and kitted out your front room with a lush, cinema-threatening flat-screen LCD TV. Keen to keep things truly hi-fi and state-of-the-art, you’ve bagged yourself …

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Apple / Google / software / web

Google Chrome to offer built-in Flash support. Apple quietly fumes.

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has confirmed that future versions of its Google Chrome browser will integrate Adobe’s Flash plug-in. The move looks set to aggravate relations with Apple a little further, who have …

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gadgets

Logitech Harmony 300i universal remote control for cut price couch control

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 3 Comments.

Logitech has launched a low cost universal remote control, designed to replace the growing clutter of remotes no doubt currently festooned all over your living room coffee table.

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Apple / business / portable

US iPad sales to be blocked by Elan multi-touch patent claim?

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - by Lee J.

Taiwanese tech company Elan Microelectronics have filed a suit against Apple that has the potential to stop the iPad dead in its tracks. The suit filed with the U.S. International …

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