Dell's tablet – the Mini 5 – small but not as cheap as we want
Computer makers Dell are making their offering in the tablet computer market small. Five inches small, it slices the size of its main rivals in half. Their Mini 5 (aka Streak) faces competition from Apple's iPad and HP's Slate and it looks like it's hoping to outfoot the competition by cutting the size and price.…
Gorgeous retro concept watches on Tokyoflash
Showing you beautiful watches that haven't actually been made seems a bit cruel - but the joy of these concept watches and blue-tooth receivers from TokyoFlash is that some of them will get made, depending on user feedback... The idea behind Japanese jewellry-cum-gadget site TokyoFlash is that viewers and fans rate each product design (Would…
If Google Buzz is going to copy FriendFeed, it should do it right
If Buzz is going to copy FriendFeed I wish it would do it properly. And that means introducing collapsible comments as an utmost priority. I always miss what my actual friends say on Google Buzz because it is swamped out by the few big names I follow who get hundreds of comments on each one…
HTC's Desire and Legend hit the UK: prices and dates
HTC's trio of smart touch-screen phones unveiled at the Mobile World Conference 2010 will arrive in the UK on the 12th of April. The HTC Legend Android phone, the HTC Desire Android phone and the HTC HD Mini Windows phone are now available for pre-order from eXpansys. HTC Legend - £399.99 HTC Desire - £449.99…
Hands-on with TimeScape: Sony Ericsson's brilliant message mash-up app
Sony Ericsson's social media mashup app TimeScape is a real treat. It's a feature of the user interface on its new Android phones: the flagship Xperia X10 (out in April) and the X10 Mini, and I got a chance to play around with it yesterday. Sony Ericsson's aim with TimeScape and sister app MediaScape is…
Lib Dem voters have the most sex toys but what are they?
Liberal Democrat voters are more likely to own sex toys than either Labour or Conservative voters in the UK. They are also more likely to be bisexual according to a story in the Telegraph which mapped sexual preferences with political preferences. The Tele said: "Those kinky Lib Dems - a whopping 30 per cent own…
Why PleaseRobMe.com isn't going to cause a spate of FourSquare robberies
Some fuss in the blogosphere over site pleaserobme.com, a website that cunningly collects public Foursquare alerts saying that someone has just left home and puts them in one column, with links, under the title "please rob me". The implication being that as soon as a burglar checking your FourSquare account finds you've arrived in the…
"Laconic" and other words NYT readers have to look up
Thanks to the New York Times's online dictionary we now know what words New York Times readers don't know and need to look up. It's a not particularly useful but quite interesting list. The NYT has an inbuilt dictionary which pops up a link to a definition when you click or highlight a word -…
Nokia and Intel pair up to make new OS: Meego
Some of the biggest developments unveiled at the Mobile World Conference this week were about software, not hardware. One interesting announcements was a partnership between Nokia - the world's biggest handset makers and Intel - the world's biggest computer chip makers. Well, taking all the "biggest"s into account, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to…
CDs a victim of 2010 Spring Cleans
It looks like CDs and DVDs might be the victims of Spring Cleaning sessions in 2010. Apparently, spring cleans in 2010 are going deeper and further than they do in usual years according to research conducted to mark the launch of The Sims 3 Design & High-tech Stuff Pack. The urge to declutter is particularly…
