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Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader gets reviewed

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We won’t be getting it any time soon over here in Blighty, but Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader is starting to pick up reviews from across the pond. Sporting …

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business / mobiles

Nokia’s flagship London Regent Street store closes

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We can remember attending the celeb-loaded launch for this swanky London store in February 2008, but Nokia’s flagship store in Regent Street isn’t even going to make it to its …

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reviews / transport

Blackburn Flea 4 LED rechargeable USB bike lamp: review

Monday, Dec 7, 2009Sunday, Dec 6, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

The Blackburn Fleabike bike lamp takes portability to a whole new level, coming in a package so small that it initially prompted suggestions that it may have fallen out of …

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Google / web

Stroll through the ruins of Pompeii with Google Street View

Saturday, Dec 5, 2009 - by mike s

Thanks to Google’s panoramic Street View feature, surfers can now amble around the streets of Pompeii, and check out the town’s statues, temples, villas and theatres. The search engine’s free …

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iPhone / mobiles

iPhone orchestra assembles to make a dull noise

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Taking the art of performance to new levels of dullness is this mobile phone ensemble from the University of Michigan, who dutifully trotted out en masse for a live performance, …

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Android / mobiles

Hilarious Motorola Droid advert slams into the ‘tiara wearing’ iPhone

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Friday, Dec 4, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We love seeing big corporates taking pot shots at each other, and Verizon’s hilariously over the top onslaught against the iPhone really is worth a view. Backed by a testosterone-fuelled …

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stuff

Enter a world of wrong with these animatronic art work heads

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Weird, creepy and, frankly, a bit crap, this freaky $75k art work exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 is the work of artist Nathaniel Mellor. The three realistic face …

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video / web

YouTube introduce stripped-down Feather service for weedy netbooks

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

If your poor piddling netbook is flapping, floundering and becoming formidably flummoxed and foxed when it’s asked to play back YouTube videos, help is at hand in the shape of …

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Google / web

Google Public DNS service launched

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Friday, Dec 4, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has unveiled Google Public DNS, a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service giving users an alternative to their current DNS provider. Domain name systems (DNS) translate website …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Daily Telegraph iPhone app lets users file breaking stories

Friday, Dec 4, 2009Monday, Dec 7, 2009 - by Lee J.

The Daily Torygraph Telegraph has whipped out a new and improved version of its news application for Apple iPhone users. The freebie Telegraph app can be downloaded directly on to …

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computing / Windows

CompuLab’s fit-PC2i is a truly tiny desktop PC

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

Making our current desktop PC look like Billy Bunter after a weekend’s feasting with Fatty Arbuckle at the Donut Factory is CompuLab’s super-bijou fit-PC2i desktop PC. Weighing only 13 ounces …

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gaming

Nintendo Wii becomes the fastest selling console in UK history

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s - 1 Comment

It’s been a firm favourite in the Wirefresh offices for years, and we’ve spent untold hours waving our Wii controllers around in the air, so it comes as no surprise …

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photography

Pentax K-x dSLR firmware update v1.01 released

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s

Pentax have released a firmware update for their affordable Pentax K-x DSLR camera which shuffles in a few minor tweaks and the odd feature-ette. The firmware update to version 1.01 …

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software / Windows

Avast anti-virus update causes havoc with streams of false positives

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by Michael H. - 2 Comments.

Many users of Avast anti-virus software appear to have had problems with their computers on December 2 and 3, not because of undetected viruses, but because an update to the …

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Microsoft / software

Microsoft Bing adds knockout new features: Street Side impresses

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009Thursday, Dec 3, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Microsoft has been busily ramping up the features on its search engine Bing, with the showstopper being the release of Bing Maps Beta, a substantial upgrade to its online map …

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