Author: Duncan Geere
Really rather pretty Palm Treo Pro accidentally unveiled
Yesterday, a couple of flash pages popped up on the Palm website detailing the Treo Pro. The pages have now been taken down, but the intrepid hunter who tracked it down grabbed the screenshot above before it died…
OPINION: No lawsuits for German P2P sharers is a good thing
Lucky Germans – a bunch of law enforcement officials in Germany have declared today that they won’t be prosecuting the vast majority of file-sharing lawsuits.
Basically, they’ve (very sensibly) decided that home users aren’t worth bothering with and will only go after P2P users that share on a “substantial, commercial” level. What level is that? I’m glad you asked. Being a German, the state prosecutor of Nort-Rhine Westphalia has defined it in very prescise terms…
Play your Xbox on a cinema screen
Yeah, so you’ve got a big screen at home. It’s nice. Is it 40″? 50″? Maybe you have a projector set up. I’m afraid to report that whatever you’ve got is now officially rubbish. How would you feel about playing your Xbox 360 on a screen that’s 50 feet wide…?
Apple facing the blame for iPhone 3G connection issues
Many users across the world have been having issues with their iPhone 3Gs – suffering connection problems as well as low speeds once they are connected. They’ve been blaming the carriers, but the carriers are now holding their hands up, claiming “not me, guv”.
Turns out that it might be Apple at fault. Swedish technical publication “Ny Teknik” are claiming that the iPhone doesn’t meet the International Telecommunication Union’s standards, and an analyst at Nomura Securities claims that it’s “…an immature chipset and radio protocol stack” causing the issues, whatever that means…
HSBC dumps Blackberry, switches workforce to iPhones
The 3G iPhone has a lot of (very passionate) fans, but for business purposes the Blackberry has always been on top thanks to its QWERTY keyboard. HSBC, however, have decided that their workers really need multitouch and are considering transitioning their staff over to iPhones…
Wikia Search – another search engine trying to take on Google
Another week, another search engine trying to take Google on. This time it’s Wikia Search. It’s the brainchild of Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and he’s been speaking about his people-powered search engine at the Global Brand Forum in Singapore.
Optoma EW330 – Smallest widescreen projector in the world… EVER!
This is the Optoma EW330, which I had the pleasure of seeing in the flesh (or, I suppose, in the plastic) this morning. Although it’s tiny (the smallest widescreen projector in the world, for the moment), it’s remarkably powerful, throwing 2200 Lumens out, which should be more than enough to see clearly in a well-lit environment like an office or a meeting room.
Cancer avoiding cigarette packet headset
Now you can protect your brain at the same time you protect your lungs. This bizarre mobile phone headset is obviously designed for those among you who feel the need to show off that you’re neither getting cancer from smoking nor from pressing a mobile into your head every day…
STREET VIEW SNAPS #3: Drunken Aussie
Lately we’ve seen houses burning down and people flashing knickers on Google Street View, but spare a thought for this poor chap, known only as “Bill”.
Facebook adding filters to news feed
Facebook have added a new feature to the big ol’ river of crap that is the homepage news feed. Previously you could tweak it a little bit, allowing you to display just status updates, or photos, but after a quick check of my Facebook account, there’s now a wealth of options available…
