Month: November 2010
Nokia admit N8 power failures
A pocket of owners of Nokia's latest flagship smartphone the N8 have been complaining that the handset has a tendency to shut itself off unexpectedly. Nokia have now released a video statement acknowledging the power fault. "Through our customer care…
Top 5 "TRON Legacy" Merch
TRON: Legacy, the sequel to Disney's 80's sci-fi film about humans pulled into a dangerous digital world, may be out until Dec. 17, but those merchandise masterminds are already pulling out all the stops. The official movie merchandise line-up includes…
MySpace Mashup links site to Facebook
MySpace has joined forces with Facebook in a bid to bring fresh users to its new-look site, calling the partnership "Mashup with Facebook". How totally radical. Re-modelling itself as an entertainment portal, MySpace has now integrated Facebook "Like" buttons…
The Economist Launches iPad App: Further Evidence of Publishing's Commitment to Tablet PC's
The Economist is launching apps for the iPhone and iPad today, in it's first attempt to capture mobile subscriptions, with hopes of reach 1 million digital users within three years. The announcement comes the day after the Financial Times…
Qwiki: Automatic Wiki Presentations
Qwiki is a new web service that aims to change the way we get information and make Wikipedia more exciting. The service generates on-the-fly a short informative presentation of images, video and graphics narrated by a kind of crazy…
Harry Potter spellbinds UK Facebook users, but movie leaks online
The Harry Potter Facebook page has hit 500,000 fans, making it the most popular Facebook film page in the UK. Launched to mark the release of the wizard's latest big-screen outing "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1",…
Watch Cam lets you film Santa breaking into your house
Chilli Technology don't believe in Santa, or so you'd be lead to believe after reading what they want you to do with their Watch Cam timepiece. They're urging owners to "go undercover and outwit Santa this year" by secretly filiming…
Onkyo Launch New Range Of Hi-Fi Components
Onkyo, more traditionally known for home cinema receivers, are launching a range of high-end hi-fi components: the P-3000R pre-amplifier, M-5000R power amplifier, and C-7000R CD player. What really caught our eye with this collection was the incorporation of the illuminated…
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean walk the video-gaming plank in 2011
LEGO minifigs will be taking to the high-seas next year as LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game has just been announced by series developers TT Games. Due out in May 2011 to conincide with the next Pirates film,…
Parrot Launch AR Game For The AR.Drone
Parrot have just announced a cool new AR game for the AR.Drone. The AR Drone is a remote controlled quadrotor helicopter with built in wifi and 2 cameras – controlled via the iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. Parrot, have…