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Kindle £89 ereader: great screen, superb value, wonderful price: review

Monday, Dec 26, 2011Monday, Dec 26, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Last year, Amazon’s Kindle eReader was the runaway must-have Christmas gift, and Amazon look to have scored another hit with its cheaper successor, first announced in October 2011. Released in …

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Android / audio / mobile apps

Audiotool Sketch brings top notch electronic music making to Android tablets

Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Although there’s no shortage of decent apps in the Android Market, it still lags a little behind the Apple App Store when it comes to high quality, music making tools. …

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Google

Christmas Google Doodle animates, bangs out ‘Jingle Bells’

Saturday, Dec 24, 2011 - by Lee J.

We reported on what we thought was a rather understated Christmas Google doodle yesterday, but an large extra dollop of festive spirit has now been added to the google.com homepage.

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gadgets

Gaze in awe at Brando’s fabulously pointless Sound Controlled Desktop Musical Fountain

Saturday, Dec 24, 2011Saturday, Dec 24, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Making a sound like someone with advanced, post-curry bottom problems, Brando’s Sound Controlled Desktop Musical Fountain is designed to bring the park experience to your table top.

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Google / web

Google gets in the festive spirit with a Christmas doodle

Friday, Dec 23, 2011Friday, Dec 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

With some parts of the world (like New Zealand, South Korea and Japan) already into Christmas Eve, Google’s festive logo has started appearing on their search homepage.

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audio / reviews

The best headphones you can buy for around £100: AKG and Grado

Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 - by mike s

Old school headphones seem to be enjoying something of a revival, with all sorts of hip names putting out heavily branded (and often comically oversized) headphones. If in-ear ‘phones aren’t your …

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computing / gadgets / photography

Three gadgets we’d like around our Christmas tree, please Santa

Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011 - by mike s

If it turns out Santa really does exist and he’s carting around a big bag of tech gear, the staff at Wirefresh have compiled their gadget wishlist and sent it …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Android activations soar to 700,000 devices per day

Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

The rise of Android continues, with Google’s Andy Rubin reporting that the astonishing total of 700,000 Android devices were now being activated every day.

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video / web

Talking Dog tops YouTube’s top videos of 2011; Fenton nowhere to be seen

Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 - by Lee J.

YouTube has released its list of the most watched videos online for 2011, with a not-particularly-amusing “talking” dog topping the list of UK viewers.

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Android / Google / mobiles

Samsung confirms Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for Galaxy SII, Tab and more

Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 - by mike s

Here’s some festive good news for owners of Samsung Galaxy devices – including the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy SII and the innovate Galaxy Note  – the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade is …

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audio

Q Acoustics 2020i bookshelf loudspeakers pack a superb sound at a bargain price

Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 - by mike s

There’s no shortage of highly capable speakers around the £150 – £200 mark, but you’re unlikely to find any better than the Q Acoustics 2020i bookshelf speakers.

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Android’s Facebook app usage overtakes the iPhone for the first time

Monday, Dec 19, 2011Monday, Dec 19, 2011 - by Lee J.

A new study shows the Android Facebook app now ratcheting up an astonishing 58.8 million daily active users, making it more popular than the iPhone Facebook app for the first time.

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Google / web

Google serves up a snowy treat for searchers

Saturday, Dec 17, 2011 - by mike s

Google has served up a festive treat for searchers, with a neat trick being served up for surfers typing in a certain seasonal phrase.

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Android / audio / mobiles / photography

How to DEFINITELY turn off the annoying Samsung Galaxy S2 camera shutter noise

Friday, Dec 16, 2011Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 - by mike s - 56 Comments.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 remains our favourite smartphone of the year, delivering handsomely in every department except one: the annoying camera noises which can not be turned off. It drove us mad for weeks …

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Android / computing

The wonderful Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet gets UK pricing

Friday, Dec 16, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

We’ve been loving the looks of Asus’s sleek Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet/netbook combo and the company has finally released details of its UK pricing.

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