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BBC website goes tablet app style with added swipability

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Anyone visiting the BBC’s homepage today will be in for a bit of a shock, with the familiar interface being completely transformed, courtesy of a hefty, tablet-friendly makeover.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

HTC Rhyme. It’s a phone for laydees, don’t you know

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

HTC has unveiled its new Rhyme Android smartphone, sporting a design apparently designed to appeal to the fairer sex with a metallic plum finish and an optional light-up “charm.”

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computing

Is your street the worst in the UK for broadband speeds?

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Halesworth is a pretty market town in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, boasting the largest Millennium Green in the UK and rivers stuffed full of herons, kingfishers, otters and all sorts …

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Android / business / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

Say goodbye to your wallet and whoop it up with Google Wallet

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 3 Comments.

Google has released their new Google Wallet app, a cunning piece of innovation that “makes your phone your wallet,” by letting you make purchases with your Android smartphone.

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Android / computing / portable

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi 16GB tablet priced up for US, out this week

Monday, Sep 19, 2011Monday, Sep 19, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Samsung has slapped a price tag on its 8.9″ Samsung Galaxy Tab Android-powered tablet, which is set to be made available later this week in the US.

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Android / mobiles

LG Optimus Q2 packs slide-out QWERTY, 4 inch screen and beefy Tegra 2 CPU

Monday, Sep 19, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

LG has decided to join the big screen gang with the launch of its Android 2.3-based smartphone, the Optimus Q2, which packs a slide-out, full QWERTY keyboard for heavy keyboard …

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photography / reviews

Sony NEX-7 24MP interchangeable lens camera picks up rave first review

Monday, Sep 19, 2011Monday, Sep 19, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We have to admit that our eyebrows raised a tad when we heard that Sony were releasing their Sony NEX-7 compact dSLR sporting a frankly ludicrous-sounding 24MP sensor. Respected photo site, …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google introduces Voice Actions for Android for the Brits

Friday, Sep 16, 2011 - by Lee J.

Google has now extended the full range of its groovy Voice Actions for Android to UK users – as well as introducing the service for  voice-activatin’ types in France, Italy, …

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business / portable

News Corps’ iPad-only The Daily newspaper slithers into the UK, users unimpressed

Friday, Sep 16, 2011Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

We’d rather punch ourselves in the face than give any money to News Corporation, but UK-based iPad fans wanting to read what Rupert Murdoch has described as his “No. 1 …

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photography

Canon Powershot S100 replaces the S95: offers wider zoom, GPS, full HD movie

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

While its chief rival, the Panasonic Lumix LX5, has been busy updating its firmware and adding new features, Canon has decided to launch an entirely fresh update to its popular Canon PowerShot …

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photography

Ricoh GR Digital IV officially announced: specs, details, pics and price

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 - by mike s

As we reported earlier in the week, Ricoh’s snappy new enthusiast compact, the GR Digital IV, is ready for release and looking good to our eyes. The updated model features a super fast 28mm F1.9 …

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Microsoft / mobiles / video / Windows Mobile

Microsoft slams down a salivatingly good set of Windows Phone 7.5 demos [video]

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s only a video taster, but we have to say we’re getting increasingly stoked up at what we’re seeing of the forthcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Mango mobile interface.

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gadgets

Dyson reinvents the room heater with the Dyson Hot that keeps itself cool

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 - by mike s

Promising to heat up the cold corners that conventional heaters can not reach, the new Dyson Hot promises to revolutionise the humble room heater, with a revolutionary design utilising ceramic stones.

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audio / broadcasting / portable / reviews

Make a great sounding recording booth on the cheap [video tutorial]

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 - by Piers Gibbon - 1 Comment

If you make music at home or you want to put a voiceover onto your Youtube video you’ll know that recording the human voice in a normal room can sound …

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Android / audio / mobiles

HTC Sensation XE serves up 1.5GHz dual-core CPU and foot-tapping Beats Audio

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

HTC has officially announced its Sensation XE handset and it looks rather a tasty number, sporting beefed-up specs and onboard Beats Audio for a funkier, phatter sound.

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