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Alfa Romeo snatch much-prized ‘most amount of water balloons burst by a car’ world record

Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 - by mike s

If you’re in the market for a car with above average water balloon bursting capabilities, then it seems Alfa Romeo have just the car for you.

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Android / Google / mobile apps

Android app downloads pass ten billion, growing at a rate of one billion per month

Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

In the  past weekend, Android users around the world managed to burst through the 10 billion app download landmark – an astonishing total.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Android App Store sale on right now! Apps just 10p/10c per app each – but get in quick

Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 - by mike s

The Android Market is dishing out an early Christmas present with a selection of top quality apps currently being offered for just 10p (or 10 cents in the US).

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computing / portable

Lenovo’s street tough ThinkPad X130e: better than the iPad for the education market

Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Lenovo have announced a new laptop designed to take the rough and tumble of the classroom in the shape of the ThinkPad X130e 11.6-inch ultraportable.

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Android / computing / portable

HTC Flyer gets Android 3.2 Honeycomb update, 7″ tablet still a contender

Monday, Dec 5, 2011 - by Lee J.

HTC has started sending out updates to its Flyer 32GB WIFI/3G tablet, upgrading the operating system to Android Honeycomb 3.2. We’ve always been rather keen on HTC’s under-appreciated tablet Flyer, and  were …

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Android / computing / gaming

Astonishing NVIDIA Tegra 3 gaming graphics shown off on the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Android tablet

Monday, Dec 5, 2011Monday, Dec 5, 2011 - by Lee J.

NVidia has shown off some of the jaw-dropping graphics that will be available on Android tablets using their new quad core CPU, courtesy of some incredible video clips from their …

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web

Facebook buys Gowalla in quest for Foursquare trouncing location-based dominance

Monday, Dec 5, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

We’re still battling to find anything compelling about location-based ‘checking-in’ services like Foursquare, although we can tell that there’s something in there that has real potential.

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audio

V-MODA Faders make noise protection look cool

Friday, Dec 2, 2011 - by Lee J.

It may not seem very rock’n’roll, but anyone regularly attending live gigs should think about some kind of ear protection, especially if their musical tipple leans towards the ‘eavy metal end of …

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Google / software / web

Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

Friday, Dec 2, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

For the first time, Google’s Chrome web browser has shimmied past Mozilla’s Firefox global browser market share, becoming the second most popular browser on the planet in November 2011.

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computing / portable

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201: quad core tablet looks awesome [video review]

Thursday, Dec 1, 2011Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

We’re really excited by the new ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime – a tablet that converts into a netbook – and an enthusiastic video review has been posted up showing off …

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computing / open source / web

Iomega TV with Boxee offers onboard network storage up to 2GB – full specs listed

Thursday, Dec 1, 2011Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 - by Lee J.

We associate them most with the old Zip drive from computing days of yore, but Iomega are hoping to make a splash in the emerging Internet TV/media centre market with …

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computing / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Little Printer pumps out mini newspapers from your smartphone, looks awfully cute

Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Trendy Hoxton-dwelling designers BERG have created a rather cute little device called the Mini Printer, a tiny printer that lets you make personalised, receipt-sized print-outs from your social feeds.

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Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Maps adds indoor maps and floor plans

Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 - by mike s

Although Google Maps is great for finding your way around streets and cities, up until now it’s only taken care of the outside of buildings.

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computing

Qbo robot learns to recognise himself in a mirror, mankind trembles a little

Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Armed with stereoscopic vision and some object and facial recognition programs, the Qbo robot can be seen learning to recognise itself in this short video. Placed in front of a  mirror, the open source …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Android Cluzee serves up rival to Apple’s Siri voice-controlled assistant

Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 - by mike s

Although many Android phones have had voice control for some time, none have been able to match the smoothness of the integrated offering included in Apple’s iOS. The launch of Cluzee, a …

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