Month: January 2011
#CES 2011: well Hello Kitty – the keyboard, the mice and the USB laptop cooler
Get that usb-powered laptop cooler branded out with your favourite cat. Gerald finds the Hello Kitty wall in CES 2011 and shows the fans just what to expect on shelves in 2011...
The British Library Launches App
Looking for an app to help boost your literary knowledge? Then your in luck, as the British Library launches their first smartphone app today. The 'Treasures' app, presents a selection of the items featured in the Library's Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery, allowing users to now interact with the Library's collections when and where they…
Should you be worried about Facebook Instant Personalisation?
Facebook's Instant personalisation tool was launched back in April last year... but it is only gradually being rolled out now. So what is it? Should you be worried about it? And how do you disable it? Instant Personalisation is like Facebook Connect in that it lets another site use information from your Facebook profile. But…
The other side of CES: PeanutButter cupcakes and Hassidic Jews
Well we've all seen the tablets, the men in suits and the 3D dishwashers and suchlike - but CES has another side. A weirdy side. A side where Hasssidic Jews set up marketing stalls and there is a peanut butter cupcake on a pedestal. We bring you three weird things from CES 2011. 1) Hassidic…
It's okay to post pictures of placentas on Facebook.. just don't complain about work
Placentas are okay, but moaning about work is not - was the rather mixed message from a couple of bizarre Facebook-related employment cases this week.. In the US, a nurse was allowed to keep her job after she wound up in court for posting a picture of a placenta on the site, but in Sweden,…
#CES 2011 VIDEO: hands on with LG Optimus 2x – the first dual-core phone
Packing a chip powerful enough to fuel a decent desktop PC, the LG Optimus 2x is a power beast of a smartphone. It also has the connectivity of a PC with a HDMI out port, and mini USB. What's it doing with all that extra processing power..? Gerald takes a look.. Specs: NVIDIA dual-core Tegra…
#CES 2011 VIDEO: LG Optimus Black – a hands-on with the world's slimmest phone
The glam new Android update from LG is the thinnest phone in the world. Does it pack enough punch in that slender frame to make it stand out in one of the fiercest markets in the world? Gerald gets to grips with it Specs: Android 2.2, updating to 2.3 2 megapixel front camera 5 megapixel…
Lady Gaga pops up at CES Pop star releases printer, camera specs, warms our cold hearts
Watch out Samsung, Apple and HP - there's a new name in tech and it's one of the biggest names in the world. As if the platinum records and global fame weren't enough, Lady Gaga has popped up at CES and busted out a couple of gadgets. Sure, the printer for mobile phone pictures, some…
#CES 2011 VIDEO: Hands-On with the Motorola Xoom
Gerald got some quality hands-on time with the hot gadget of the show - the Motorola Xoom. The first tablet built on Android Honeycomb 3.0 it packs a dual core chip that can render up some super sharp, super fast HD graphics.. But with Android Honeycomb still unreleased the set-up inside looks a little mixed…
#CES: The Motorola Xoom: an Android tablet to rival the iPad
Shooting in right at the top of the hotly contested tablet PC category, the Motorola Xoom is a tablet to look out for and offers some strong competition to the iPad and the Galaxy Tab. It's built on top of Google Android's Honeycomb operating system, specially designed for tablets and cuts a Larger than both…
