Month: February 2011
Asus Eee Slate EP121 – their big Windows 7 tablet – on sale in UK from April
Asus's large 12.1 inch Windows 7 tablet will be out in the UK from April - a matter of weeks. Designed for power users it has a great Intel i5 dual-core chip and and a large back-lit LED diplay. Like all Asus tablets, you can use either your fingers or a stylus on the touchscreen,…
UK release dates for Android Asus tabs: Eee MeMO, Eee Pad Transformer & the Eee Pad Slider
The tablet of the week is likely to be the iPad 2 launching on Wednesday, but Asus - makers of dinky netbooks like the Eee PC - gave us all a closer look at their Eee tablet offerings at CeBit in today. There are four: the Eee MeMO, Eee Transformer, Eee Slider and Eee Slate…
Facebook turns Like button into a sharing button
Facebook's Like buttons just got a lot more important. The embed-anywhere buttons are now found everywhere on the Internet - from the bottom of blog posts to items on Amazon - and clicking on them registers your like on the page (eg: 23 people like this story) and then sends a little link back to…
Is sharing your diet on social media too much information? WeightWatchers Facebook app treads a fine line…
UPDATED 01/03/11 Sure peer pressure is supposed to help people shed the pounds - that's the basis of the WeightWatcher philosophy - but you've got to think about whether your peers want to hear about your pounds in the first place. If you're all in a WeightWatchers session that's one thing, but WeightWatcher plans for…
Google deletes a hundred thousand Gmail accounts – what's going on in there?
One hundred thousand gmail users logged on today to find that all their old emails had disappeared, due to a problem that Google is now working to fix. Little information is available about the issue which Google says affects 0.08% of its users. Just writing about it makes me feel a cold clench of fear…
Poll: Apple's iTunes – love / tolerate / loathe?
Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker hated Apple products until he bought one, then he liked them, and bought some more. However, he still hates iTunes. I'm really with him on that one. Perhaps it's because it's where you have to pay for stuff (musics/apps), perhaps because it's slow (on a PC anyway) and the home screen…
New Wrapture iPhone 4 cases are inspired by smoke and art. Yes please.
Inspired by smoke, flames, music, the city and art and all that crazy designer urban stuff, these iPhone 4 case give us the hot geek flushes. They're the hard, grippy cases that tend to be a slender fit on the phone and then feature wacky designs on the back. They sort out the antennae problem…
Oyster card may face chop as Tube plans credit card ticket system
The Oyster card was a small revolution in ticket payments when it was launched less than a decade ago, but it seems it may soon become obsolete. Transport for London has confirmed that by the end of 2012, it will accept contactless credit and debit cards at the tube turnstiles, according to The Register. Card…
Robot skin becomes reality: For lovable androids, or android police?
In the Star Trek universe it was the Borg Queen who introduced Data to skin that meant he could feel touch - in reality this is now being developed right here on earth. The sci-fi dream is taking place at Stanford University, where Professor Zhenan Bao is hard at work creating something she calls "super…
Twitter predicts Oscar winners ahead of Sunday's awards
There are no surprises left for Sunday's Oscars ceremony, at least if Tweetbeat is to be believed. This Twitter-scouring service has kept tabs on what everyone has been saying about the Oscars and the nominated films, and has gracefully shared with us who's set to win. The King's Speech will win the Oscar for Best…
