Police riot vehicles might be needed on 2 Feb at the London Apple Store, as Stephen Fry – TV broadcaster and Twitter’s sometimes head of publicity (he and sometimes-TV presenter Jonathan Ross were gassing on the box about it on Friday night) – is speaking at the shop Not now, we understand that it’s been cancelled.
January 2009
Stephen Fry Appearance At London Apple Store: Potential Riot? UPDATED
Over One Billion Internet Users Now Online
The total global online Internet audience has passed the one billion mark according to digital marketing intelligence provider, comScore.Their smartypants sounding ‘World Metrix audience measurement service’ calculated that the total number of web surfers logging on the web last month reached the landmark 1bn figure.
Acer Serves Up £300 Aspire One 10in Netbook
Acer has announced details of its stylish new 10in Aspire One netbook, due to go on sale next month.The specs look pretty good, with the Aspire packing the now-standard 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM backed up by a sizeable 160GB hard disk and a widescreen 1,024 x 600 pixel display
Manhattan Wired Store Gadget Feast Review
For computer nerds and technology freaks in New York, the place to be around Christmas was the excellent Wired Store in midtown Manhattan, which veritably bristled with the latest gadgets, gizmos and must-have widgets.Lenovo W700ds TV Ads Is Way Wrong
Lenovo’s W700ds, dual screen monster laptop, is an interesting beast, which is much more than can be said for the TV advert they’re using to promote it.The ad, viewable below, is just so off the mark, it’s shocking.
The premise is well-worn and of weak humour when it was first used – Dorky bloke has a piece of technology that is so impressive that Attractive Girl can’t but throw herself at said Dork.
Review: Sennheiser CX 300 In-Ear Budget Headphones (88%)
Seeing as many MP3 players come with cheap headphones so frightful that they make LCD Soundsystem sound like a drunk busker, spending a few bob on a decent pair can make a real difference to your sonic pleasure.T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break Free
Photos claiming to show the new T-Mobile G2 have appeared on the web, with a release date set for the first half of the year.Although the T-Mobile G1 impressed us immensely, there were a few issues with the phone, least of all its rather chunky appearance. Compared to the sleek likes of Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone, we have to say found the Android powered contender looked rather lardy.
Review: Eton FR140 Microlink Wind-Up/Solar Powered Radio With Torch And Charger (86%)
Looking rather natty in an all black, rubberised case, the Eton FR140 radio aims to be the perfect companion for deep forays into the countryside or as a handy take-everywhere travel gadget for the self sufficient.Metcheck Goes Bonkers And Predicts Total Disaster For London
We don’t mean to alarm you here, but according to leading weather forecasting site Metcheck, there’s some rather extreme weather ahead for UK citizens.Visiting their site and typing in ‘London’ and then clicking on the weather for Friday brings up a weather forecast so fearsome, nay Biblical, that we expect to see wild panic in the streets swiftly followed by a screaming stampede out of the metropolis.
Insiders View of Palm Pre (Video)
Are you looking for an inside view on the highly impressive Palm Pre, beyond our Full Palm Pre review?Roger McNamee — his Elevation Partners invested 20% ($425m) of their fund in Palm two years ago when the WebOS and the Palm Pre were taking shape — spills the beans on how they got involved and importantly how Palm turned itself around from the dark days when even hard-bitten Palm fans struggled to find good news about them.
It’s an interesting interview with great quotes like … “The important things to realise is that this is just the first product.”
Well worth watching.
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The total global online Internet audience has passed the one billion mark according to digital marketing intelligence provider, comScore.
Acer has announced details of its stylish new 10in Aspire One netbook, due to go on sale next month.
For computer nerds and technology freaks in New York, the place to be around Christmas was the excellent Wired Store in midtown Manhattan, which veritably bristled with the latest gadgets, gizmos and must-have widgets.
Lenovo’s W700ds, dual screen monster laptop, is an interesting beast, which is much more than can be said for the TV advert they’re using to promote it.
Seeing as many MP3 players come with cheap headphones so frightful that they make LCD Soundsystem sound like a drunk busker, spending a few bob on a decent pair can make a real difference to your sonic pleasure.
Photos claiming to show the new T-Mobile G2 have appeared on the web, with a release date set for the first half of the year.
Looking rather natty in an all black, rubberised case, the Eton FR140 radio aims to be the perfect companion for deep forays into the countryside or as a handy take-everywhere travel gadget for the self sufficient.
Are you looking for an inside view on the highly impressive Palm Pre, beyond our