Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 won't come with the ability to playback DVDs built-in. Instead, users will have to use a third-party solution or purchase Microsoft's Windows Media Center, which will be sold as a separate program for Windows 8. Changes in Media Playback Windows Media … [Read more...] about Windows 8 Wont Come With DVD Playback
Samsung Galaxy S III Headed To Three UK, Goes Up For Pre-order
Samsung announced their new flagship Android smartphone yesterday, and we heard earlier that the handset will be available SIM-free in the UK from the 30th of May. It is also headed to a range of mobile carriers, and one of those is Three. Three have announced that they will carry the Samsung … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S III Headed To Three UK, Goes Up For Pre-order
Apple Acknowledges OpenStreeMap Data Used In iPhoto For iOS
Back in March, when Apple announced their new iPhoto app for the iPhone and iPad, the team from OpenStreetMap pointed out that Apple was using their data without crediting them. This sparked a discussion about the importance of proper attribution and the ethical use of open-source data. It looks … [Read more...] about Apple Acknowledges OpenStreeMap Data Used In iPhoto For iOS
eBay 2.0 iPad App Redesigned To Bring Visual Shopping To Life
eBay has this week rolled out a new redesign update to its iPad application to hale bring the visual shopping experience to life, eBay explains. The new redesign brings with it a new visual layout for products, together with a customisable home screen with ultra-high resolution item images to help … [Read more...] about eBay 2.0 iPad App Redesigned To Bring Visual Shopping To Life
Samsung Galaxy S III To Retail For £550 Sim Free In The UK
Samsung's new Galaxy S III Android smartphone will go on sale here in the UK in a couple of weeks, with the various mobile carriers, and now we have some information on the SIM free Galaxy S III. The guys over at Unlocked Mobiles just dropped us an email to let us know that they will have the SIM … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S III To Retail For £550 Sim Free In The UK
Apple Recalls Recently Sold UK Mac Pros
Apple has been forced to carry out a small recall of Mac Pro Tower systems that have been sold in the UK over the past few months. Due to a problem which affects the system internal hard drives and could end up deleting user data without warning. Apple has promised to replace all the affected Mac … [Read more...] about Apple Recalls Recently Sold UK Mac Pros
Windows 8 Will Support Dolby Digital Plus Confirms Microsoft
Microsoft has this week officially announced that their new Windows 8 operating system will support the Dolby Digital Plus audio codec. Currently, Dolby Digital Plus is used in more than 640 million devices including smartphones, tablets, PCs, HDTVs, Blu-ray players, and gaming consoles. Enhanced … [Read more...] about Windows 8 Will Support Dolby Digital Plus Confirms Microsoft
Google Documents Update Adds 450 Fonts And More
Now that Google's cloud storage service has officially launched as Google Drive, Google is rolling out new updates to its other services to enhance and bring them closer to their new Google Drive storage solution. One such update has been released for Google Documents this week, which has brought … [Read more...] about Google Documents Update Adds 450 Fonts And More
Flipboard On Its Way To Android Devices In the Next Few Months
Flipboard, the awesome social magazine that is currently available to iOS users, will soon be arriving on Android devices and has been previewed running on the new Samsung Galaxy S III. Flipboard is a social-network aggregation, magazine-format app that allows you to collect social media content … [Read more...] about Flipboard On Its Way To Android Devices In the Next Few Months
New iPad 2 Comes With Better Battery Life Due To 32nm Processor
When Apple launched the new iPad 3, they also made some minor updates to the iPad 2, and it would appear that the new version of the iPad 2 comes with improved battery life over the original version. The guys over at Anandtech have been testing out the battery life on the new iPad 2, and have seen … [Read more...] about New iPad 2 Comes With Better Battery Life Due To 32nm Processor
Elder Scrolls Online MMO Arriving In 2013
Following on from the rumours back in March that a new Elder Scrolls MMO Online game might be in the works, a press release has now been issued announcing that the new Elder Scrolls Online game will indeed be arriving sometime next year. When it arrives, the new MMO Elder Scrolls Online game will … [Read more...] about Elder Scrolls Online MMO Arriving In 2013
SwiftKey 3 Beta Receives New User Interface
A new update has been rolled out to the current SwiftKey 3 beta software, which has brought with it a number of bug fixes and tweaks, together with a new user interface design. The changes in the latest update have been thanks to the SwiftKey 3 beta testers and community who have made suggestions on … [Read more...] about SwiftKey 3 Beta Receives New User Interface
