Month: October 2011
Now mobile phones DON'T cause cancer
Do they? Don't they? Do they, don't they??? Today, they don't. New research looking at a large selection of the Danish population has found that there is no definitive link between mobile phone usage and an increased chance of…
DEAL OF THE DAY: Every GTA game together for just £4.99 on Steam
To mark the tenth anniversary of the crime-wreaking classic Grand Theft Auto III, Steam have gone absolutely GTA crazy, offering every single Grand Theft Auto game (aside from the handheld iterations, obviously) for just £4.99 to PC gamers. That's a…
ARM's Cortex-A7 CPU will improve smartphone battery life
Chip makers ARM have introduced the new Cortex-A7 processor, claiming it's so efficient that it can boost smartphone battery life considerably. Built using a 28nm process, entry-level smartphones will see the biggest improvements, with ARM boasting that cheaper smartphones may…
Enter our Photo comp and win iPhone goodies
Today we're launching an easy to enter mobile photography competition with our friends at Orbitsound to kick off Instagram week and give one reader the chance to win a fabulous T12v3 speaker bar as well as lots of runner-up…
Apple's Steve Jobs regretted refusing early cancer treatments
Steve Jobs refused an early operation on his pancreatic cancer that may have saved his life, said his official biographer Walter Isaacson in an interview with CBS. Speaking of one of the most emotional of the 40 interviews Isaacson…
New Xbox 720 console set for E3 2013 launch alongside next-gen Fable?
Finished Gears of War 3 and enjoying the delights of Arkham City? Better start rationing off AAA Xbox 360 experiences, as we may well have a long wait for Microsoft's console successor. According to a report from Develop, Microsoft's rumoured…
"Three strikes" policy for web pirates will start in 2013, say Ofcom
Ofcom are to being a "three strikes" policy for those repeatedly commiting acts of piracy across the web from 2013, should their plans be met with approval they revealed today. The initial plan was set in place over a year…
Nokia smartphone slump sees sales slide 39%
Nokia's Q3 sales figures have just come in, and it seems the Windows Phone 7 handsets they're working on just can't come soon enough. The Finnish company suffered a $94 million net loss over the third quarter, with a 39%…
Q&A: Edward Saatchi on NationalField, Obama and the democratisation of the workplace
Edward Saatchi, son of millionaire advertising mogul Maurice Saatchi, is being billed as the UK's answer to Mark Zuckerberg. His private, enterprise focussed social network NationalField is credited as a key tool in President Obama's successful election campaign, and,…
Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 teaser trailer revealed
The Optimus Prime of tablets looks set to return soon, after ASUS posted a teaser trailer on their YouTube channel titled "The Next Transformation". From the clip and the title, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that…