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Google has unveiled more details of its Linux-based, open-source operating system, Chrome OS, a super fast, browser-based operating system for netbooks. Promising near-instant boot times of around 7 seconds, all …
Google Chrome netbook OS unveiled: videos explain WTF Read MoreWe really can’t be arsed with endlessly regurgitating vague frothing fanboy rumours about a possible Apple OMG! Tablet arriving this month, this year, next year, via a space/time wormhole whenever, …
Unannounced, unconfirmed and perhaps non-existent Apple tablet delayed Read MoreIf you’re sitting on a fast web connection and are busting a gut to start playing with some of the funky tools coming in Office 2010, then Microsoft is inviting …
Office 2010 Professional Beta is free to download Read MoreWe have to admit we’re rather keen on Thinkpad laptops – heck, if they’re good enough for the Space Station, they’re good enough for us – so we’re rather looking …
Lenovo Thinkpad X100e laptop – details dribble out in Deutschland Read MoreA new study by warranty company SquareTrade analysed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptops covered by their plans, and found Asus and Toshiba to be the most reliable machines, …
ASUS, Toshiba and Sony the ‘most reliable laptops’; Apple in fourth Read MoreWe’re loving the look of Dell’s stylish new range of super-small desktop PCs, with the Zino HD measuring up at just 7.8in by 7.8in and coming in a range of …
Dell Zino HD tiny desktop PC looks quite loveable Read MoreI thought I’d make a list of the things I’m impressed by on the iPhone at the moment. Blackberry and Palm Pre users please look away now. All these things …
Free iPhone apps: a personal top ten Read MoreAndroid owners in desperate need to exchange photos and contact details with friends by tapping handsets together can now get sharin’ with the Bump app. Already available on the iPhone …
Bump: share pics and contacts by tapping phones together (Android/iPhone) Read MoreIt doesn’t seem that long ago that 24″ TFT monitors were the sole preserve of goatee-wielding designers swivelling on Aeron chairs in stylish studios, but with monitor prices continuing to …
LG Flatron W2442PA 24″ monitor: review Read MoreIt’s all well and good strutting around town with your snazzy slim’n’light ultraportable or nimble netbook but if there’s no optical recorder lurking inside you’re going to feel a bit …
LG Slim GSA-E5OL/N Portable CD/DVD Rewriter Review Read MoreWe’ve long rallied against Apple’s confusing, frustrating and at times draconian and moralistic app approval policies, so we were more than interested to note that the developer of one of …
iPhone Facebook dev quits in protest over App Store policies Read MoreYou can’t move for Twitter clients on the iPhone these days, but TweetDeck are hoping that the desktop integration offered by their app will give them some leverage over the …
TweetDeck for iPhone gets a slew of updates Read MoreHonda’s groundbreaking robot Asimo has now reached its ninth birthday, and to celebrate a party was thrown at their Japanese headquarters, with 200 guests invited from around the world (I …
Honda’s Asimo robot turns 9. Shakes a leg (updated Nov 2011) Read MoreApple’s latest update to their Mac OS X – Snow Leopard 10.6.2 – has intentionally changed the code so that it will not run on Intel’s Atom processors. This move …
Mac OS X update locks out Atom CPU ‘hackintoshers’ Read MoreJust when you thought there was no nook or crevice left that wasn’t already occupied by some area of Google’s all reaching tentacles, the search engine giant has found a …
Google Go programming language launches Read More