Month: February 2012
Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available to download
Microsoft have released the Consumer Preview build of their much-anticipated Windows 8 operating system, and you can try it out now for free. Microsoft's president of Windows Steve Sinofsky told crowds collected at Mobile World Congress today that the OS…
£22 Raspberry Pi PC pushes the value of coding skills
Today saw the long-awaited launch of the Raspberry Pi PC. Costing just under £22, the credit-card sized PC sold out just minutes after going on sale earlier today. Designed by Robert Mullins and Eben Upton and distributed by the…
GAME over? No Mass Effect 3 for struggling retail chain
Mass Effect 3, arguably the biggest gaming release of 2012, will not be available through high-street retailer GAME when it is released on March 9th. An internal document has revealed that the struggling shop will offer those who had…
HANDS ON PREVIEW: Sony Xperia P
Alongside the Xperia U, Sony launched another mid-range smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2012 this week in the shape of the Sony Xperia P. We went hands-on at a recent London preview event. The Xperia P sports a 4-inch…
HANDS ON PREVIEW: Sony Xperia U
Sony Mobile, the new moniker for Sony's mobile operations since the split with Ericsson, held a hands-on session in London yesterday with their latest line-up of smartphones, just revealed this week at Mobile World Congress 2012. Amongst other handsets,…
Email links now open in Gmail for Chrome users
Google Chrome users get a little added convenience today thanks to the power of HTML5 coding. A new update now offers Chrome and Gmail users the option to have all email links open up with your Gmail account. In…
Jet Set Radio HD ready to grind onto Xbox 360, PC, PS3 this summer
Jet Set Radio, the skating, grinding, graffiti-tagging, cell-shaded skating Dreamcast classic is to return to console this summer. Jet Set Radio HD will be a re-release of the original Dreamcast title, set to touch down on the Xbox 360, PlayStation…
Odds-on for iPad 3 to launch at March 7th event
The end is in sight when it comes to the wait for the iPad 3! Apple have begun sending invitations out for a mystery launch event on March 7th, to take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the…
Five tech fixes for a fiver with fivesquids.co.uk
What can you get for a fiver these days? A couple of beers? Maybe a portion of fish and chips if you're lucky? Thanks to a new website called fivesquids.co.uk, your crisp £5 note may stretch a lot further than…
Rovi powering Dixons KNOWHOW Movies digital store
Rovi and Dixons have announced a partnership that will see the Rovi Entertainment Store white-label digital storefront power the electrical retailer's KNOWHOW Movies digital store. The KNOWHOW Movies store will offer an "extensive catalogue" of film and TV video content…