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Berlin-based Savoy Software have developed Liquid Scale, a ‘content aware image resizing’ app for the iPhone. According to its makers, Liquid Scale resizes pictures while “magically keeping the important features …
Liquid Scale brings content-aware image resizing to the iPhone Read MoreHere’s a neat tool for Windows users who’d like to experiment with the Ubuntu operating system without having to faff about with dual booting systems or risk trashing your current …
Run Ubuntu on your Windows desktop Read MoreBlue Microphones have updated their ‘Mikey’ bolt on microphone for iPods and iPhones, and it should prove a handy tool for sound recordists, interviewers, musicians and shifty bootleggers. The first …
Blue Microphones update Mikey hi-fi stereo microphone for iPhone/iPod Read MoreIf their recent patchy network coverage is anything to go by, there must be an awful lot of O2 customers watching YouTube videos on their smartphones at the moment. Talking …
O2 UK: “watching a YouTube video on a mobile = 500,000 text messages” Read MoreAn astonishing sci-fi trailer, shot with a budget of just $300 and posted on YouTube, has swiftly landed its creator a $30 million Hollywood movie deal. Producer Fede Alvarez’s incredibly …
“Ataque de Panico” (Panic Attack) – $300 sci-fi promo bags $30m Hollywood deal Read MoreOn our sister forum, urban75, a spat broke out between posters, with one insisting that, “If you want any apps, the iPhone is the best bet.” While we’ll be the …
iPhone versus Symbian – app slapdown! Read MoreNoted notebook and PCs manufacturer MSI have announced the UK launch of their new touchscreen PC, the Wind Top AE2020. A rather attractive looking all-in-one number, the AE2020 multi-touch PC …
MSI’s Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one PC looks good for £600 Read MoreIf you listen to the experts, vinyl should be residing in a technology graveyard somewhere, snuggling up next to 8 track cartridges, Amiga computers and Betamax videos, but it’s proving …
Vinyl refuses to die as turntable sales soar Read MoreGoogle has unveiled Google Public DNS, a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service giving users an alternative to their current DNS provider. Domain name systems (DNS) translate website …
Google Public DNS service launched Read MoreIf you’re a Motorola Droid owner and you’ve been looking enviously at your pals toting multi-touch browsers (like the iPhone and Palm Pre), then good news is at hand. The …
Android Dolphin browser adds new features, multi-touch for Droid Read MoreLooking like they mean business in their sparkly piano black finish and rounded corners, the Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II speaker system is aimed at music lovers and multimedia fans …
Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II speaker system review Read MoreHot out of Nokia’s busy factories and set to launch in the first quarter of next year is two new entry level 3G sliders, the Nokia 6700 slide and Nokia …
Nokia unveils 6700 and 7230 budget-tastic sliders Read MoreIf you like to have all your Facebook and Twitter activity streams all shuffled together in one nice easy-to-use package, then say hello to Brizzly, a new ‘social media reader’ …
Brizzly ‘social media reader’ for your Facebook and Twitter needs Read MoreApple has been busy fixing bugs found lurking in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, and has today released version 10.6.2 to users. A ludicrously large download at half a …
Apple Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update out Read MoreNow, we rather like the Beatles, but can’t say we’ve ever craved owning their entire back catalogue in the form of a removable USB stick stuck in a plastic green …
Beatles catalogue released on Apple-shaped USB Read More