Month: June 2010
iPhone 4 "death grip" to get software fix
Many users of Apple's new iPhone 4 smartphone have been complaining of antenna and reception issues since picking their handsets up late last week. Dubbed the "death grip" due to the adverse effects on the signal holding the handset…
"Google Me" to rival Facebook?
Google are rumoured to be trying their hand yet again at capturing the lucrative social-networking market. According to Digg's Kevin rose credible sources are claiming that the search giants are readying "Google Me" to compete against the likes of…
Eclipse announce £679 PC speakers
Eclipse's new TD508II-UD is the big brother of the £400 TD307PAII and is apparently based on the £5000 Eclipse TD712zMK2 near-field monitor, sharing the same design, quality and engineering. Let's hope it's not the problematic middle-child. Ahem. The oddly alien…
iPhone 4 users reporting signal issues
Everyone — don your controversy helmets immediately. The iPhone 4 has got problems. Big ones it would seem. Every time users hold the bottom left hand corner of the iPhone they lose signal. Apple have issued a terse statement in…
YouTube wins case against Viacom
The epic bore-saga that was Viacom's little-more-than-a-nuisance action against Google, owner of YouTube, looks to be over as a San Francisco federal judge granted Google's motion for a summary judgement. He decided that YouTube is protected by the Digital Millennium…
Three's iPhone 4 tariffs revealed
Three today announced its iPhone 4 tariffs, and guess what, they're awesome. They consumately dump on O2, Vodafone and Orange's offerings. For a mid-range £35 contract you can get 900 any network minutes, 5000 texts, 5000 Three-to-Three minutes and 1GB…
Some new iPhones are shipping with faulty screens
Gizmodo is reporting that some of the new iPhone 4s are shipping with a faulty screen. Axe to grind? Surely not. It would appear that some new iPhone users have spotted yellow discolouration and bands on their snazzy new iPhones…
Q. Exactly how many iPhone 4s are on sale in the UK today? A. 16,000?
Unless you have been living under a rock all week you'll know that today sees the launch of the iPhone 4 in the UK,. You may also know that those pesky little phones are in short supply. We've heard tales…
O2 stores open early for iPhone 4 rush
O2 stores up and down the country will open at 8.02am (oddly precise time?) tomorrow, to deal with the expected onslaught of iPhone 4 buyers, upgraders and rubber-neckers. Whether this onslaught will materialise is an altogether different issue. Despite favourable…
Fairshare Music gives half download profits to charity
Download music legally and do your bit for charidee at the same time. You can't really get more virtuous than that can you? Well that's the proposition of new music download service FairshareMusic.com Billed as the home of 'feelgood…