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Kindle with built-in light launching by July?

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:12:00 GMT

Looking to keep up with Barnes and Noble's illuminated Nook e-reader, Amazon are apparently preparing to release their own rival Kindle with a built-in light illuminating the screen from the edge of the bezel. A test build of a monochrome...

BBC Sports app headed to PS3 in time for Wimbledon, Olympics

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:51:00 GMT

PlayStation 3 owners and those with other connected devices with access to Sony's Entertainment Network will soon be able to enjoy VOD sports content from a new BBC Sports app. The app will have reams of video content from "key...

LG Optimus 4X HD gets June release date

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:25:00 GMT

LG's first quad-core smartphone device, the Optimus 4X HD, has been given a June release date. First revealed back in February at MWC 2012, it's also LG's first Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset. Packing in a NVIDIA 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra...

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook is "world's lightest" 14-incher

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:40:00 GMT

Lenovo have unveiled their latest Ultrabook offering, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, with it's headline feature being its claim to the title of "world's lightest" 14-inch Ultrabook. The successor to the ThinkPad X1, the Carbon manages to add another inch to...

Sony and Panasonic to team up for OLED business

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:51:00 GMT

Sony and Panasonic are rumoured to be joining forces for a new OLED TV venture, looking to share resources in order to cut consumer costs for the must-have latest technology in home entertainment. Nikkei reports that the two tech giants...

APP OF THE DAY: Diablo III Handbook guide and tips (Android)

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:28:00 GMT

After a 12 year wait, Diablo III finally touches down on PCs today! If you're one of the many gamers phoning in a sickie at work today in order to play it, you're probably well away, dungeon crawling through the...

Diablo III for Xbox 360, PS3 hanging in the balance

geraldlynch — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:57:00 GMT

After a 12 year wait since the last full instalment in the series, PC gamers across the globe are now clicking their mice into submission with Diablo III, the hack-and-slash dungeon crawler for Blizzard. For nearly as long have...

REVIEW: Sony Xperia S

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:57:00 GMT

Sony's first own-branded smartphone, and the company's first flagship handset since the split from Ericsson, there's a lot riding on the Xperia S. With a stylish design and a top-notch specs list, does it do enough right to deserve a reception any better than the lukewarm response to the Sony/Ericsson lines that have preceded it?

COMPETITION: WIN PROTOTYPE 2 ON XBOX 360

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:10:00 GMT

WIN: PROTOTYPE 2 ON XBOX 360 To celebrate the release of PROTOTYPE 2, Activision have given us five copies of this awesome game to giveaway to our lucky Tech Digest readers. PROTOTYPE 2 is the follow-up to Radical Entertainment's widely...

2012 Apple MacBook Air and Pro to launch at WWDC, suggests new shipping rumour

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:00 GMT

Apple's supply chain is preparing for a surge in MacBook shipments over the months of June and July, says a new report that suggests the next line of Cupertino portable computers will launch at WWDC 2012. It's once again DigiTimes...

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson quits over CV lies

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Scott Thomspon has stepped down as CEO of Yahoo after it was revealed that he had lied about qualifications on his CV. Thompson's biography listed a computer science degree which he in fact had not earned. As a result, he...

TalkTalk turn on X-rated web content blocker

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:04:00 GMT

Internet service provider TalkTalk has today switched on their new porn-filtering system, meaning that all new customers to their service will have to specifically request access to X-rated, adult content. By default, TalkTalk's HomeSafe filter will automatically block access to...

HTC Desire C specs and new image leaked

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:33:00 GMT

What appears to be an official spec sheet and an image of the final build of the HTC Desire C Android smartphone have appeared online. And, as previously reported, it looks to be a budget friendly offering from the Taiwanese...

Tomb Raider reboot pushed back to 2013

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:00 GMT

The highly anticipated Tomb Raider reboot has been pushed back from a "Fall 2012" release date to a Q1 2013 launch, developers Crystal Dynamics have announced. The game, first revealed back in the summer of 2011, looks set to...

Game of Thrones torrents most popular with 2012's pirates

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:32:00 GMT

Newly collated figures show that Game of Thrones is the most illegally downloaded show of 2012 so far. The swords-and-sorcery epic, based on the novels of George R.R. Martin has been already been downloaded over 25 million times, despite the...

Apple to buy Loewe to boost iTV production?

geraldlynch — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT

Apple is said to be in talks with high-end German television manufacturer Loewe over a possible buyout. The rumour follows continued suggestion that Apple are looking to enter into to make further steps in the home entertainment market with...

New Lecia X2 compact camera on the way

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:41:00 GMT

Fans of stylish, retro-tinged compact cameras take note! Lecia have revealed a new premium compact, the Lecia X2, heading your way soon! Designed to look like part of the M system cameras and fitted with an APS-C sensor, the X2...

Foxconn preparing to start Apple iTV production?

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:03:00 GMT

Terry Gou, head of the Foxconn factory where the majority of Apple's consumer tech products are manufactured, has apparently confirmed the existence of the Apple iTV HDTV. Not only that, but he's claimed his factory are preparing to put the...

Samsung reveal Omnia M Window Phone 7.5 Mango handset

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT

Showing they're not just all about high0end Android phones, Samsung have today lifted the lid on their latest Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handset, the Omnia M. Featuring a 4 inch Super AMOLED screen powered by a 1GHz processor, the 10.5...

PREVIEW: London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:13:00 GMT

Unless you've had your head wrapped in a cultural blackout blanket, you'll have noticed that the UK is gearing up for perhaps its most sport-filled summer since the 1966 World Cup. As hosts of the 2012 Olympic Games, all eyes...

LG's new quad-core Android smartphone is a G

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT

LG's next quad-core smartphone has leaked online, and it's a bit "street". Codenamed the "LG G",this gangsta handset will likely ship with the name Eclipse 4G LTE, with a product code of LG LS970. Under the hood, it's said to...

Kindle Colour launching by end of the year?

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:49:00 GMT

It's the rumour that just wont die, but the latest supply chain mutterings are again suggesting that Amazon are planning to launch a colour Kindle eReader before the end of the year. And by colour eReader, we mean one with...

British Gas Smart Meters

shinychris — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:37:00 GMT

This is a sponsored post on behalf of British Gas The days of estimated bills and letting a man into your house to read the meter are nearing an end. British Gas is starting to roll out Smart Meters...

Kinect-powered Internet Explorer browser coming to Xbox 360

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:17:00 GMT

It looks like Microsoft will soon be popping another arrow into the Xbox 360's quiver, with reports coming in that a Kinect-powered version of Internet Explorer is to land on the games console. A custom-built version of the browser that...

Adobe Creative Cloud launches: adds 20GB of online storage, access to web apps

geraldlynch — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:49:00 GMT

Adobe have rolled out today the Adobe Creative Cloud, a supplementary service to use alongside CS6. Working on a monthly subscription basis, it gives online access to CS6 install files, HTML5 apps like Adobe Muse 1.0 for code-free webpage building,...