Platforms

  • HTC: Android Handsets On Course For Q4 Release

    HTC: Android Handsets On Course For Q4 ReleaseWe can’t wait to get our hands on an Android OS-based handset, and it looks like our wait may soon be over.

    According to Hui-ming Cheng, Chief Financial Officer at enormo handset makers High Tech Computer (HTC), the company will start shifting their first Android-based handsets to ODM clients in the fourth quarter of this year, band on schedule.

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  • Facebook & Intel Say I Love You

    Facebook & Intel Say I Love You
    Looks like Facebook and Intel are happy to tell everyone that they’re going out together – and Intel will be providing their server processors.

    Facebook users the world over will be breathing a sign of relief, as frankly it can be a real drag to use it, as it often runs like treacle.

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  • Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Released

    Adobe Lightroom 2.0 ReleasedHurtling down the new product chute at high speed is version two of Adobe’s popular photo-editing and organising suite, Photoshop Lightroom.

    The company is hoping that with booming sales of high-end SLR cameras, enthusiast snappers will be looking for more sophisticated methods of sorting, categorising, editing and tweaking collections of images scattered over their bulging hard drives.

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  • Dell Studio Hybrid Mini-PC: More Details

    Dell Studio Hybrid Mini-PC: More DetailsDell have now released more details about their new Studio Hybrid mini-desktop PCs, and we’re liking the look of them even more.

    With a case barely larger than an external DVD burner, the Hybrid can be set up in vertical or horizontal configurations, with a warm glowing blue Dell logo reminding you where your money went.

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  • Pure One Elite DAB Radio

    Pure One Elite DAB Radio DAB radiomeisters PURE have announced the latest update to their EcoPlus range, the Pure ONE Elite radio.

    Hoping to lure your wallet into a spend-frenzy with its rounded corners, shiny chromed controls and tactile soft-touch finish, the Elite comes in black or white finishes and packs the usual large dose of Pure goodness for £70.

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  • Dell Studio Hybrid Mini-Desktop Set To Launch

    Dell Studio Hybrid Mini-Desktop Set To LaunchWith a swishy YouTube video freshly sent out into the wild (UPDATE: Sadly now marked private), Dell has given the hype machine a nudge to ready the masses for their new Studio Hybrid small form factor desktop PC.

    Claiming to be 80 percent smaller than a typical PC, the Studio Hybrid comes in no less than seven different interchangeable colours to reduce the risk of unfortunate colour clashes with your new curtains.

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  • LX3: Panasonic Lumix Flagship Digicam

    Panasonic Lumix LX3 Flagship DigicamWe’ve already talked about Panasonic’s new superzoom camera, but to be honest we’re far more interested in its new prosumer Lumix DMC-LX3 digital camera.

    Aimed at pros looking for a carry-everywhere SLR back-up and mustard-keen photo enthusiasts who insist on manual options galore, the compact LX3 comes in moody black and no-nonsense silver colour finishes.

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  • Bubba Two: Silent Server

    Bubba Two: Silent ServerIf you’re looking for a server to centralise your data on to, but don’t need to go as far as a NAS – or indeed don’t want to have the noise that normally come with a NAS, you might want to take a look at Bubba Two.

    It’s a stylish, silent mini server that can current host up to 1TB of storage, with further expansion possible.

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  • Samsung NV100HD Packs A Bonkers 14.7 Mpx

    Samsung NV100HD Packs A Bonkers 14.7 MpxSamsung today launched the NV100HD, a compact digital camera with a bonkers 14.7 Mpx resolution.

    It sits at the top of their style-led NV range and has a 28mm Schneider Kreuznach wide-angle lens onboard.

    It’s not just a still-shot beauty, 720p resolution video can be recorded at up to 30 frames per second – and then be watched, via an HDMI cable, on an HD TV.

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  • Lenova X200 0.8″ Thick Laptop Sets Our Hearts A-Pumping

    Lenova X200 0.8We’ve recently become big fans of Lenova (formerly IBM) after grabbing a super-cheap old ThinkPad X32 off eBay for use as a backup lappie. We were so taken by its rock-solid build and all-round dependability that it’s now taken over the Sony Vaio as our primary machine.

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