LG to launch 47-inch 3D TV in May

LG have today announced they will release a 47-inch 3D TV, the tantalizingly titled LD950, during May. The LCD screen uses LG's passive 3D technology and will work with Sky's upcoming 3DHD and 3D Blu-ray players. You will also be able to watch standard and HD content as you would normally. Passive technology means that…

The top eight tablet computers of 2010

T3 today released their hottest 100 gadgets of 2010. One of the real standout points about the list is quite how many tablet computers there are. No less than eight have made the list. From the five inch Dell Mini 5 to the sumptuous Windows 7 running, British, X2 iTablet. Whether these are impostors just…

Digg vs Reddit vs Stumbleupon vs Buzzfeed vs I-A-B vs Google News

Content. It's the lifeblood of the Internet. It's what we all come here for usually. That and chatting to our chums. There are more content aggregrators on the web than there are pictures of girls in various states of undress. That's probably not true, we're emphasising for effect. There are a lot though. But are…

The 10 free apps every Mac should have

I can't remember the last time I paid for an application or program -- disregarding mobile apps. Think about it, when did you last pay for native application? Let's ignore games too, because they don't really count. What was it? Mine was iLife '09, which comes as a free suite on all new Macs anyway,…

Top 10 free apps every Mac should have

I can't remember the last time I paid for an application or program -- disregarding mobile apps ones. Think about it, when did you last pay for native application? Let's ignore games too, because they don't really count. What was it? Mine was iLife '09, which comes as a free suite on all new Macs…

Top 20 Twitter clients, apps and add-ons

We've all been using Twitter for a while now. And despite its ever-increasing user numbers, it's not really taken off has it? I mean obviously it has to a degree. But apply this test: Is your mum on Twitter? When you meet someone randomly do you expect them to be on Twitter? The answer, I'd…

Top 20 blogs you must be following on Tumblr

Tumblr is going from strength to strength. They've abandoned their weird and useless Tumblarity thing, which made the whole blogging platform feel like a silly competition (it may only have been silly because I couldn't get a tumblarity past 9). They've added a pages function which allows for more base-content and a shed-load of integration…

Top 7 all-in-one desktop computers

All-in-one PCs are, in my humble eyes, the indisputable future of home computing. Soon gone will be the days of the cumbersome tower. The tower was necessary in the early days of home computing to house oversized hardware, and allow for easy DIY expansion; adding a wireless card, or new hard drive to a tower…

How to Back Up: Five tips to keep your hard drive purring

So you want to know how to back up? Well good for you -- we've all been in that awful situation: You're working away on that snazzy new infographic when, click... click, click, click. Crap. You reboot in the vain hope that it's just a crash -- but it's not, you knew it wasn't antyway.…

Top 20 free iPhone games

We all love games yes? But we really don't like paying for things. So what, on God's green and fragrant earth, could be better than free games? Nothing! That's what. With this fact in mind I thought it was our duty, and our honour, to put together for you, dear Shiny readers, a compendium of…