Category: Top stories
Nokia Music Store update: it's broken!
Well, to clarify: it’s broken for me. I reviewed the Nokia Music Store last week, based on a morning using the web-based store on my Windows Vista PC. The review was broadly positive, highlighting some of the niggles, but generally concluding that it was a decent start. I’m not quite so impressed now.
Sony unveils Deep Red PSP in Japan
Sales of PSPs have been soaring since the Slim’n’Lite version of Sony’s handheld came out, but the company isn’t stopping there. It’s just unveiled a Deep Red PSP in Japan, which goes on sale next month.
Google announces Open Handset Alliance and Android platform… but no Gphone
Google appears to have officially scuppered those Gphone rumours, with the announcement of Android, a new open mobile platform to be offered through a body of more than 30 handset manufacturers and operators called the Open Handset Alliance.
Nintendo reveals Wii and DS million-sellers
Cor. There’s nothing like some whopping great sales figures to put a smile on the face of a gaming fanboy, so Team Nintendo will be beaming today. Nintendo has just revealed figures for a bunch of Wii and DS games that sold over a million copies.
PS3 sales catching up with Wii in Japan: will the West follow?
It’s not been the best of years for Sony and PS3, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel. Well, kind of. In October, Sony sold 47,183 PS3s, compared to the 110,415 Wiis sold by Nintendo.
EMI to sell entire Radiohead back-catalogue on bear-shaped USB stick
So, hang on. Radiohead have seen out their contract with their label (Parlophone – part of EMI), and struck out on their own with the innovative digital release of new album ‘In Rainbows’. But now EMI’s launched a website called Radiohead Store, to sell special versions of the band’s seven albums from when they were under contract. Cheeky.
Nokia Music Store review: blow-by-blow with the wannabe iTunes-killer
So, Nokia’s Music Store has finally gone live in the UK this morning, albeit just slightly later than the promised 7am opening time. I got straight on there to roadtest the service and see how it compares to iTunes. My collected thoughts are below, but the topline is this: good design and usability, a nice selection of music, some niggles around payment and compatability, and the unlimited streaming feature experienced some early teething problems. But read on for the blow-by-blow account.
Google Phone revealed as E28 Linux handset! Well, maybe…
The blogosphere’s abuzz today with reports that this is the Google Phone (or Gphone, depending on your preference). It’s a handset from Chinese manufacturer E28, which has been pegged as being the likely core of the Gphone, with Google’s suite of applications closely integrated.
How to dress like Microsoft's Bill Gates for Halloween
Yesterday’s Steve Jobs costume didn’t float your boat? How about dressing up as his biggest rival, Bill Gates? You’d have women dry-humping your leg all night long if you did, promise. Ok, maybe just me in that case, but I’m sure there are others out there who can’t resist a good Gates lookalike. Right?
Essentially you want to aim on dressing like your Dad at the office, so raid his wardrobe if you can, otherwise get yourself down…
How do you recycle a tonne of vibrators?
Earlier this year, sex toy firm LoveHoney announced a vibrator recycling scheme (no, it didn’t mean selling secondhand Rampant Rabbits – that’s recycling as in breaking down and reusing for other stuff). Anyway, they’ve just released a video showing the first tonne of donated vibrators being crunched at the SWEEEP recycling centre in Kent. Check it out below.
