UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping

Google Chrome OS Sees Light of Day – Almost

GarySims — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:01 +0000

As expected Google has shown off the very first builds of Chrome OS and as I predicted it doesn’t change anything today but has potential for the future. The first public version of Chrome OS (or Chromium OS as the open source version is called) is really a developer preview and Google aren’t planning on releasing the final version for another year. Having said that, Chromium OS gives us an interesting glimpse at how Google sees the future. … [visit site to read more]

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Orange Prepay Phones Come with a £60 Christmas Gift

Tanya Hall — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:05 +0000

Tis the season to save money, and Orange is leading this spirit of festivity and penny-pinching nicely with its current Giftbox deal.

If you want to look generous by plonking a nicely-wrapped handset under the tree this year, Orange is offering a free Christmas giftbox with £60 worth of goodies for anyone purchasing a prepaid mobile over £30.visit site to read more]

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Robolamp: Making lighting fixtures cool

Ruth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:28 +0000

Come and look at Robert Matysiak’s Robolamps. Coloured light bulbs and old bits of pluming supplies combine to create the cutest crazy lamps you’ll see this week… … [visit site to read more]

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Solargorilla, a Portable Solar Charger, Among Winners at British Innovations Awards

GarySims — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:40 +0000

The winners of the iawards have been announced. I wrote about the iawards back in August to encourage budding inventors to enter the awards which aim to recognise and celebrate the best British achievements in science, innovation and technology. The awards ceremony was held this week at the Science Museum and it saw the teams behind this year’s best British innovations rewarded for developing practical solutions to some of society’s greatest challenges. Among the winners was the Solargorilla a portable solar charger, from Powertraveller, which extends the power life of laptops and other electronic devices via the company’s Powergorilla device. … [visit site to read more]

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Unfriend is 2009 Word of the Year: Facebook has lex-appeal

Tanya Hall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:38:37 +0000

The English lexicon has officially grown by one with Oxford University Press nominating “unfriend” as the 2009 word of the year.

Your mum may bemoan the effects that SMS messages and 140-character Tweets are having on your everyday ability to communicate properly, but geek speak has now been ratified.

OUP has defined … [visit site to read more]

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Study Finds Asus and Toshiba Make Most Reliable Laptops

Tanya Hall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:43:18 +0000

When we decide to ignore the global recession by buying a brand new laptop, we can compare memory, screen size and battery life, but we can’t usually compare lifetime reliability. Until now.

Thanks to a recent survey comparing three year malfunction rates by manufacturers, smaller laptop companies like Asus, Toshiba and Sony lead the way in laptop reliability.

According to the report published by warranty firm SquareTrade, larger companies Acer, Gateway and HP produced laptops more … [visit site to read more]

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PlayStation 3 Gets Facebook Integration

GarySims — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:44:19 +0000

Sony has officially announced on the PS3 blog that the forthcoming V3.10 firmware upgrade for the PlayStation 3 will include support for Facebook.

The update which is scheduled to be released “soon” allows you to link your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account and automatically update your Facebook status with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity. … [visit site to read more]

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The LightSleeper- for a good, heavy sleep

Ruth — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:39 +0000

Having trouble sleeping? Take it from a former insomnia sufferer- sleep is the best thing in the world for making you feel like a human being. Especially if you want to be a happy human being. Think you’ve tried everything though? Let me introduce you to the LightSleeper… … [visit site to read more]

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Sandberg USB CD Mini Reader Review

Bengaul — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:56 +0000

In the days of the netbook, manufacturers have at last got a balance between portability, and functionality about right. Netbooks like the Asus Eee pc, and the Samsung NC 10 have been tempting us with their promise of long battery life, and a fully featured OS and application suite. The balance however is usually offset with the hardware, and to get that portability, you need less of it. Out go the dedicated graphics, and power hungry CPU’s, and of course the topic of today’s review, the CD drive. Of course the quick minded lot at Sandberg have the USB CD Mini Reader that should fill the gap left by the non-existent CD drive on your computer. … [visit site to read more]

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