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It was our camera of the year last year, and we’re still feeling the love, and the good news is that Olympus UK have announced that they’ll be taking a …
Olympus UK promotion offers big savings on OM-D E-M5 camera for Easter Read More
We converted our Nikon gear to an Olympus set-up a while back after being won over by the incredible OM-D EM-5 camera, and now we’re eyeing up additional lenses, like the …
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 Micro Four Thirds lens – a fast, bright, tough lens for street shooters Read More
There must be red faces all round at the BBC as their official weather Twitter feed was hacked for a whole two hours this afternoon. As hackings go, the culprits …
Red faces at the BBC as official weather Twitter feed hacked by Syrian Electronic Army Read More
Voyager 1 looks to have become the first spacecraft to travel into deep space, with a report saying that the 35-year-old probe has travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and …
Voyager 1 becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system – or has it? Read More
It looks like the new Samsung Galaxy S4 is going to be a bit hit in the UK, with Carphone Warehouse reporting that the pre-registrations are more than four times the number placed …
UK punters get moist for the Galaxy S4 as smartphone pre-registration records are smashed Read More
The Google LG Nexus 4 represents astonishingly good value for money and comes with a great spec sheet – the only problem was that it hardly ever seemed to be …
Google Nexus 4 bargain-priced powerhouse smartphone back in stock in UK Read More
Now this is a totally unscientific study, based on just two pair of earphones, but so far we can confidently state that, yes, earphones will work just fine after they’ve had …
Will earphones work after they’ve been through the washing machine? Read More
Google has announced that it will be closing its incredibly useful Google Reader service on July 1st 2013, cutting off millions of users.
Google to shut down Google Reader service – and we’re mightily miffed Read More
Introduced during the peak of the swinging sixties in 1967 and staying in production until as late as 1984, the Olympus Trip 35 is a beautifully simple and hard-wearing 35mm compact camera …
Refurbished Olympus Trip 35 film cameras serve up oodles of old school cool Read More
If you’ve ever been bored enough to mull over the question of how many calories it takes to make a click of the mouse, then the good news is that the answer …
How many calories does a mouse click burn up? Want to burn more? Read More
The dock only went live in Google Play yesterday, with a delivery time quoted at between “one to two weeks.”
Google Nexus 7 dock already shipping in the UK Read More
With some of the wirefresh crew being busy DJs, we’ve managed to work our way through a ton of headphones over the years, and we’ve yet to come across a …
Sol Republic Master Tracks headphones claim to be ‘virtually Indestructible’ – we throw down the challenge Read More
They’re certainly not glamorous things to look at, but the humble scanner remains a really useful thing, and happily the prices continue to fall while the technology improves. Canon UK has just slipped …
CanoScan 9000F Mark II scanner packs in top of the range features for £219 with built-in transparency adapter Read More
We’ve been watching the continuing development of Boston Dynamics’ extra-weird four-legged robot BigDog with a mix of awe and dread.
Big Dog robot gains powerful, rock-throwing arm, fuels many more nightmares Read More
It was as ugly as a slapped haddock and had all the design finesse of a child’s toy, so it’s come as no surprise that Pentax has thrown in the …
Pug-ugly Pentax K-01 designer camera gets booted into touch Read More