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Skating babies advert becomes the most viewed online advert in history

Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 - by Lee J.

Every Ad Agencies wet dream is to unleash a viral YouTube advert that hits the big time, but none have been more successful than the skating Evian babies video – …

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audio / portable

Sony IDC-UX300 USB gizmo stores 1,000 hours of recording

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by Lee J.

Sony’s rather smart looking line of USB UX dictation takers/mp3 players have enjoyed a slight update with an increase in storage capacity and some rather soothing colours. The ICD-UX200 (2GB) …

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mobile apps / mobiles / Symbian

Symbian gets Spotify app – Nokia users woot with joy

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by mike s

Spotify has tooted on its PR horn and trumpeted the news that its mobile phone app is now available on the Symbian platform, letting zillions of users on Nokia, Sony …

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mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 update arrives in Europe – full feature listing

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by Pete Railton

UK Palm Pre users are now able to update their phones to the latest version of the webOS operating system, and bring themselves in line with US users. The webOS …

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photography / reviews

Panasonic Lumix GF-1 camera – a few snaps

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by mike s

If you’ve been reading this site you’ll know that we’ve been lusting over a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 camera for some considerable time – and we’ve finally got our hands on …

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computing / mobiles

Swype’s “genius texting” claims 50 words per min on mobile keyboards

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by mike s

Billing itself as the ‘next generation for text input’ and, “perfect for today’s screens,” Swype certainly looks an interesting proposition for manic mobile emailers and torrential texters. “Coming soon to …

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Apple / stuff

Apple refuse to repair Macs that whiff of fags

Sunday, Nov 22, 2009Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Crazy but true. Well, possibly. It seems that Apple won’t fix faulty Macs if the owners are smokers because the whiff of stale smoke apparently constitutes a ‘biohazard’ to repair …

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Android / audio / iPhone / mobiles / Palm / software

MediaMonkey 3.2 now supports music sync for Palm Pre, iPhone, Android

Saturday, Nov 21, 2009Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 - by mike s

If you’re bored stiffer than Mary Whitehouse’s super-starchy ironing board with all this on/off ‘Palm Pre syncing with iTunes’ malarkey, there’s an easier way to shunt tunes on off your …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / mobile apps / Windows

Seesmic launch mobile Twitter apps for Android and BlackBerry with excitable video

Saturday, Nov 21, 2009Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 - by mike s

An excitable bloke can be seen raving about the Seesmic Twitter mobile client which has just been released for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. The interface seems straightforward enough, with …

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web

Brizzly ‘social media reader’ for your Facebook and Twitter needs

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

If you like to have all your Facebook and Twitter activity streams all shuffled together in one nice easy-to-use package, then say hello to Brizzly, a new ‘social media reader’ …

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audio

Linn exits CD market for digital streaming; vinyl still rules

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Hi-Fi buffs will still recall the shudder of joy that occurred the first time their ears made contact with the sound of a record played on the Linn Sondek LP12 …

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computing / Google

Google Chrome netbook OS unveiled: videos explain WTF

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Google has unveiled more details of its Linux-based, open-source operating system, Chrome OS, a super fast, browser-based operating system for netbooks. Promising near-instant boot times of around 7 seconds, all …

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Apple / computing

Unannounced, unconfirmed and perhaps non-existent Apple tablet delayed

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by mike s

We really can’t be arsed with endlessly regurgitating vague frothing fanboy rumours about a possible Apple OMG! Tablet arriving this month,  this year, next year,  via a space/time wormhole whenever, …

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photography

UK photographers: stop Government plans to strip you of your copyright

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Newly proposed government legislation designed to deal with ‘orphan files’ will leave non-commercial websites free to use  a photographer’s images without permission, payment or even credit, The Digital Economy Bill …

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software / Windows

Office 2010 Professional Beta is free to download

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

If you’re sitting on a fast web connection and are busting a gut to start playing with some of the funky tools coming in Office 2010, then Microsoft is inviting …

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