Archive for March, 2011:


Acer Iconia Dual Screen Notebook Hits The US

Acer Iconia

Some of our readers will remember the Acer Iconia dual screen notebook that was announced  a while back, Acer has now announced that it will be available in the US from next month. The Acer Iconia dual screen notebook

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Sony Ericsson Releasing Android Bootloader Unlock Tool

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

Sony Ericsson has unveiled that they are to be releasing a new Android bootloader unlock tool later this year that will help unlock some of the new 2011 Android smartphones.  Karl-Johan Dahlström, Senior Program Architect at Sony Ericsson, explained that

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Intel Launches Third-Generation 320 Series SSD Drives

Intel 320 Series SSD

Intel have today announced the launch of its third generation 320 Series SSD drives based on 25-nm NAND flash memory and available in 40, 80, 120, 160, 300 and massive 600GB options. The new 320 series SSD drives see a large performance increase

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Amazon Cloud Player Music Streaming Service Goes Live

Amazon Cloud Player

Amazon has beaten both Apple and Google to the finish line, and just released their own new cloud streaming music service, named the Amazon Cloud Player. The new service allows existing Amazon customers in the US to upload their MP3 purchases

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SugarSync Updates Its iOS Apps With Remote File Management

SugarSync

Sugarsync the cloud sync and storage provider has today rolled out a major update to its software for both the iPhone and iPad adding a number of new features. The update includes a new feature which now provides a remote

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Apple’s WWDC Sells Out In Record Time

Apple's WWDC Sells Out In Record Time

Yesterday Apple announced the dates for this years World Wide Developer Conference, which will take place from the 6th of June 2011 to the 10th of June 2011 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. This years developer conference will be

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Blizzard President Defends Activision President Bobby Kotick

We’ve grappled with the issue ourselves occasionally, especially after the whole Infinity Ward debacle, but if Blizzard president Mike Morhaime is to be believed, apparently Bobby Kotick isn’t half bad. “I have an advantage there because I know Bobby

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Nintendo: System Update Should Fix 3DS Black Screen Of Death

This was to be expected what with a new console generation on the horizon and we’ll be looking over at the Xbox 720 with intense interest when that hits, but for right now the console failure du jour is

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iPad 2 UK Sold Out Within 24 Hours

iPad 2 UK Launch

The iPad 2 went on sale in the UK last Friday, you could either order it online from 1am or purchase it from an Apple Store or an authorised retailer from 5pm on Friday afternoon. When the Apple Store

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Make Your iPod Shuffle Stick Out With These Mix Monsters

Mix Monster iPod

If ‘bizarre’ and ‘fun’ are right up your alley, then check out these ugly iPod cases. The iPod Shuffle, particularly the 4G variant, is notorious for its itsy bitsy size. To keep it from getting lost and battered, dress

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Re-Step SMILING Project Wants Senior Citizens To Walk Better

Experiment 05

How? By challenging them. Nothing gets the blood pumping hard and fast (no matter the state of the cardiac system) than a good challenge. The key is to impair balance through motorized footwear so that the senior citizens impulsively

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Nintendo 3DS Owners Reporting Black Screen Of Death

Nintendo 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS went on sale in the UK last Friday and in the US over the weekend, and now it seems that some 3DS owners are reporting problems with Nintendo’s new handheld 3D console. The guys over at

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