Month: January 2012
Tech Digest are GUINNESS WORLD RECORD BREAKERS! WOO!
Tech Digest's wasted youth has paid off; we're now official holders of a Guinness World Record for playing Tetris! Myself (Gerald) and ShinyShiny editor Becca Caddy now hold the record for the "Highest score on Tetris (Nintendo, 1986) for a…
Prototype 2 limited "RADNET Edition" ships with online content pass
Upcoming mutant open-world bloodbath Prototype 2 will launch with a limited "RADNET Edition" premium version of the game alongside the regular edition too, publishers Activision revealed today. The RADNET Edition will ship with a one-time use online content pass code,…
Fujifilm X-S1 superzoom camera hits the UK
Fujifilm's latest super-zoom digital camera, the XS-1, has hit UK stores. A darling of this year's CES show, the bridge camera features a Fujinon 26x optical zoom lens and the EXR CMOS sensor, which can also be found in…
Samsung Galaxy S Advance revealed
Samsung have just officially revealed that the Galaxy S Advance handset is on its way. Android-loving smartphone fans will be able to enjoy a mid-spec handset, with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display (480×800), and dual-core 1GHz processor with 768MB…
VIDEO: Steam Mobile app (Android) hands-on preview
Gerald takes a look at the new, free Steam Mobile app from Valve, which gives gamers on-the-go access to the popular PC gaming platform. Running through the features of the Android version (though available on iOS devices like the…
Aliens: Colonial Marines Xbox 360, PS3 and PC release date slips
For gamers keeping a track of the rocky development of upcoming sci-fi shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines, it's been a rocky road full of scares just as big waking up after a deep sleep to find a little alien critter…
Waterproof Sony Cyber-Shot TX200V snapping away from March
The latest in a host of Sony compact camera announcements is the March release of their Sony Cyber-Shot TX200V snapper. The successor to the TX100V, it's a slim number that's surprisingly good looking considering it's rugged-ready specs. Waterproof up to…
BBC iPlayer and ITV Player hitting Sky Anytime+ service, rolls out beyond Sky broadband customers
Sky are updating their Anytime+ service, announcing that they've signed a deal that will see the BBC's iPlayer and the ITV Player VOD platforms be added to their own video-on-demand portal. Sky have also announced that, for the first time,…
Spring launch set for Sony Cyber-shot WX70 and WX50 cameras
A handful of new compact cameras from Sony are heading their way into stores in March. Part of their CyberShot range, the WX70 and WX50 are slim, pocketable cameras perfectly friendly to beginners. Sharing many features, both measure 92.2 x…
Asda offering 40-inch full HDTV for just £249
ASDA are knocking £50 off a 40-inch Luxor HDTV this weekend, putting it at just £249 and making it the cheapest full HD screen of it's size currently onsale, brand new, in the UK. The set in question is a…