Month: December 2010
APP OF THE DAY: WikiLeaks App
The inevitable has happened; there is now a WikiLeaks app for the iPhone and iPad. Offering a "continuous news feed regardless of Wikileaks server disruptions", you'll be able to keep abreast of all the latest leaks and underhand government shennanigans…
Google unsecured Wi-Fi data finally deleted
They took their sweet time about it, but Google have now finally deleted all the unsecured Wi-Fi data that their Street View cars "inadvertently" collected whilst on their rounds. ICO, the UK Information Commisioner's Office confirmed the data had been…
Kinect accuracy to improve to finger-tracking levels?
A firmware update may be on the way that could see the accuracy of Microsoft's Kinect motion-control sensor improve dramatically, according to EuroGamer. Though the Kinect's sensor was initially only believed to be capable of understanding images at 320 x…
Who Ate All The Pies and Magcloud team up for iPad footy mag
Top UK football website Who Ate All The Pies are bringing their top footy knowledge and wit to Apple's iPad tablet in the first issue of the Who Ate All The Pies digital magazine. Mixing features written by leading football…
Delicious saved from the axe
Delicious, the bookmark organising and sharing site, will live to fight another day following reports that it had been axed as part of cost-cutting measures at Yahoo!. Leaked slides from a Yahoo! meeting last week showed that Delicious, alongside search…
Google TV a CES 2011 no-show?
Following a mixed reception to their internet-based TV service, Google are urging LG, Toshiba and Sharp to postpone the unvieling of their Google TV sets. Though Sony have already outed their own Google TV, the other brands were expected to…
Google Nexus S price slashed
Google's Nexus S handset has seen its price slashed by nearly a quarter over at the Carphone Warehouse. The successor to Google's under-performing Nexus One handset will now cost £429.99, down from £549.99. Pre-orders are set to be fulfilled by…
Facebook friends get the pin-up treatment with Social Artworks
Can't get enough of your Facebook friends? You can now pin them onto your bedroom walls as well as stalk their relationship statuses thanks to Social Artworks. They'll take all or your carefully selected pals and turn their profile pictures…
Conservatives pressurising ISPs to block porn in the UK
The Conservative government are in talks with internet service providers to put a blanket block on porn sites in the UK, in order to protect young children from adult content. Stating that 60 percent of nine to eighteen year olds…
5 Cool features of the LG Optimus 7 – and you can win one too
The LG Optimus 7 is the company's flagship Windows 7 Phone. It has all the goodies that Microsoft insists on as part of the Windows 7 standard – like a five mega pixel camera and plenty of storage -…