Month: April 2011
VIDEO: Sonos controller for Android launched, Airplay compatibilty for Apple devices lands too
Lucky owners of a Sonos multi-room speaker system today have a brand new option when it comes to controlling their audio set-ups, as the company have today revealed their Sonos-compatible Android application. A free app, similar in functionality to…
Royal Wedding to be streamed live on YouTube
Google have just confirmed that the Royal Wedding will be streamed live on YouTube, giving everyone with an internet connection the ability to view the regal nuptials as Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot. The coverage of…
Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy tablet and smartphone ranges
The gloves are off between Apple and Samsung, with the Cupertino company taking the South Korean manufacturer to court. Apple have filed a patent suit against Samsung, claiming that many elements of the iPhone and iPad designs and interfaces have…
REVIEW: Portal 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
The original Portal was a cult smash, turning legions of shooter fans away from their AK-47s and making them don their thinking caps instead. A fiendishly inventive puzzler, it was also hilariously written, with each enigma solved bringing you one step closer to yet another killer punchline. It was a magic formula, and one that many argued would not serve a sequel well. Can Portal 2 live up to its lofty predecessor?
Photorealism comes to Nokia's 3D Ovi Maps
Nokia have updated their Ovi Maps service to add an impressive amount of detail to the Google Maps competitor, bringing photo-realistic 3D views of 20 major cities to the table. London, San Francisco, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki among others…
BlackBerry Playbook hits US shops today
Been holding back from grabbing a tablet until you can grab some BlackBerry-branded synergy to go with your RIM-built smartphone? Well today's your lucky day (if you live in the States at least)! The BlackBerry PlayBook has finally gone…
Brits looking to 3DTV for Olympic Games coverage, say LG
37% of Brits will be looking to trade their gold medals in for a 3DTV in order to see next year's Olympic Games in three dimensions, a new LG survey has revealed. Speaking to 2,000 people, LG found that half…
Microsoft's Paul Allen: Working with Bill Gates was like "being in hell"
Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is quite the eccentric, often compared to the reclusive Howard Hughes. His enormous wealth has funded no end of bachelor fantasies (including owning his own private space rocket and jamming with the Rolling…
Sony reveal MDR-DS6500 wireless 7.1 headphones
Sony have today revealed their new MDR-DS6500 headphones, designed to give you wire-free psuedo-7.1 channel surround sound playback. Supporting both analogue and optical digital inputs, the headphones use Sony's Virtualphones Technology (VPT) to recreate a 7-channel soundscape, giving the illusion…
REVIEW: Motorola XOOM Honeycomb tablet
The Motorola XOOM is a fairly tricky device to review. On the one hand, you have a high-spec tablet device that's packed full of enough features to really give the Apple's iPad a run for its money. On the other hand, as the first tablet to hit the market with the Honeycomb OS, it's very much a guinea pig for Google's newly-focussed tablet assault with Android. As a result, it's just as much a critique of the OS (which Motorola likely had very little input with) as it is the device itself, and in many respects can therefore act as a glimpse as to what to expect from Android tablets in the future. Is the XOOM's hardware/OS combo enough to topple Apple's "magical" slate?
