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Review – LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone

What is the most important account you sign into each day? If it’s a Windows Live or Hotmail service than Windows Phone 7 is bound to be the best smartphone for you. Microsoft has come up with a fresh style for what is a very familiar set of touc…

[ More ] November 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

The new age of train

Organisers of the High Speed Rail World Europe conference in Madrid this week see 2010 as the year of high speed rail.

[ More ] November 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Engineering, Technology, Technology Blogs |
 

The new age of the train

Organisers of the High Speed Rail World Europe conference in Madrid this week see 2010 as the year of high speed rail.

[ More ] November 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Engineering, Technology, Technology Blogs |

Scott Pilgrim’s Little Shiny Discs – The Blu-ray Interview With Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O’Malley, And Ellen Wong

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World enjoys its release in stores this Tuesday on both DVD and Blu-ray. Once again the creativity flows for numerous commentaries, short films, animations, and alternate edits that explore the film's unique relationships w…

[ More ] November 7th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |
 

Free Gap jeans with Facebook Deals

When Facebook Deals launched on Wednesday, an impressive raft of launch partners were already signed up. The Palms in Las Vegas was giving away a third night free, Chipotle was giving away a second entree on the house, and Gap said it would be giving a…

[ More ] November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

New Zealand’s Treasured Whale Collection Now On Display At Ontario Science Centre

When you are given the chance to visit the treasures of one of the world’s largest and most important whale collections, you should take it. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is both revered and renowned in oceanic research circles. Not…

[ More ] November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

Stone cold groove

Of all the materials you could use to create a musical instrument, concrete is probably not the first that springs to most people’s minds.

[ More ] November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Engineering, Technology, Technology Blogs |

Samsung Galaxy Tab and MacBook Air benders

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has finally arrived, allowing operators around the world to take on the iPad in the tablet stakes, only for Apple to move on to “the future of notebooks” with the new MacBook Air.
I followed up early reviews of the Ta…

[ More ] November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

Look upon MySpace, Facebook, and despair

Facebook keeps powering its way toward an initial public offering as the  winner of the battle for dominance among social networks. I wonder how worried Mark Zuckerberg, its founder, is when he considers the ranks of his fallen rivals.
The most recent…

[ More ] November 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

Jambox is boombox reborn with Bluetooth

Aliph, the San Francisco company that brought style and better sound quality to Bluetooth headsets with its Jawbone series, has reinvented the boombox with the launch of its second major product.
The Jambox is a small, wireless speaker, with a minimali…

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

An environmental issue

When the folks that ran the large government agency responsible for maintaining the environment were asked to think of ways in which they might save the taxpayers a few shillings, they came up with all sorts of bright ideas.

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Engineering, Technology, Technology Blogs |

Stuck for a lead

As a regular contributor to our sister publication, The Engineer, I’m always hunting around for an interesting lead from which to develop a story that might whet the appetites of the magazine and website’s readers.

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Engineering, Technology, Technology Blogs |

AUO makes headway on glasses-free 3D

Given how much consumers seem to resent donning a pair of glasses to enjoy 3D content on televisions screens, manufacturers around the world are working hard towards the day when special eyewear is no longer needed.
That day just got closer with Taiwan…

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Asia, Technology, Technology Blogs |

Review – Microsoft Xbox Kinect

With plastic guitars and drumkits, dance pads and steering wheels, video games are quickly taking up more and more space within the living room. None more so than Xbox Kinect which needs a good ten by ten feet of cleared carpet space to perform at its …

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |

Facebook To Launch Deals Service, Find Freebies And Discounts Where You Are

You're standing on a street corner, wondering where to go for coffee, a snack, ma…

[ More ] November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Technology, Technology Blogs |
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