Tech Digest

iPad 3 to launch with Apple event in March?

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:16:00 GMT

Apple may be gearing up for a big launch event in the first week of March for the iPad 3, if a new report by AllThingsD is to be believed. According to the site's sources, they're stating that at...

Kodak killing off camera business, will now focus on printers

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:03:00 GMT

Kodak have announced that they are to stop manufacturing cameras digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in the first half of this year in order to cut costs following their bankruptcy protection filing. Despite inventing the digital...

Samsung Galaxy S II: Now in pink

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:02:00 GMT

Enough with the white smartphones already! What today is clearly missing are some hot pink mobiles. Delivering the goods, just in time for Valentines Day, are Samsung, who've just given their impressive Galaxy S II handset a new salmon-like shade....

Google Chrome update loads web pages before you've even typed them in

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:00 GMT

Google have unveiled Chrome 17, the latest stable release of their increasingly popular web browser. A major upgrade for the browser, it has re-vamped its page pre-rendering process, meaning that when you begin to type a web address into...

HTC Sensation XE now a whiter shade of pale

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:00 GMT

With the snow falling up and down the country, so too has a spate of snow-coloured white smartphones. The latest to get the white-washed look is the HTC Sensation XE. Heading out into the wild on February 20th, Clove have...

HTC Sensation XE now a whiter shade of pale

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:00 GMT

3DeeScreen adds a glasses-free 3D screen to your laptop

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:00 GMT

3D: the Marmite of the technology world. It's very much a love/hate affair many of us share with 3D displays, but there's at least one thing we can all agree on; the sooner we ditch the glasses, the better....

George Lucas thinks 3D is as good as the jump from black and white to colour

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:44:00 GMT

George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars franchise, has been singing the praises of 3D technology as his first 3D effort, a 3D re-mastering of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, hits cinemas. Lucas is gushing in his...

Possible Skyrim DLC revealed in DICE "Game Jam" video: Fat giants! Giant mudcrabs! Dragon mounts!

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:59:00 GMT

Todd Howard, head of Skyrim development studio Bethesda Game Studios, took to the stage to deliver his keynote at the DICE 2012 gaming conference. As well as detailing the development process of one of 2011's game's of the year,...

Google Drive to rival cloud storage from Dropbox, Apple iCloud

geraldlynch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT

Google are about to get into the cloud storage game, and are all set to launch the Google Drive to rival Apple's iCloud and Dropbox. "People familiar with the matter" have told the Wall Street Journal that: "Like Dropbox, Google's...

REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy Note

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:00 GMT

The Samsung Galaxy Note, AKA the Samsung Galaxy Personality Crisis. Is it a smartphone? Is it a tablet? Is it some altogether new-fangled tech beast? And is it any good? All these questions and more answered in our full review!

Cineworld cinemas go 4D with D-BOX movement technology seats

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:27:00 GMT

If you pine for a traditional movie-going experience, away from the madness of 3D screenings, you may want to stop reading. Everyone else though, get excited; trips to the cinema are about to get a lot more immersive, as Cineworld...

Mass Effect 3 game heading to the iPhone with Infiltrator

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:49:00 GMT

Sci-fi fans rejoice! EA have confirmed that a new third-person shooter set in the Mass Effect universe is headed to iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. Mass Effect Infiltrator is a companion app to Mass Effect 3 for the PC,...

Olympus SZ-31MR super-zoom compact camera rears its peeping head

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:00 GMT

Thought we were done with Olympus cameras for one day? Think again! Next up on their long list of releases today is the SZ-31MR super-zoom compact camera. The successor to the SZ-30MR, it offers the same 16 megapixel backlit sensor...

Get touchy with the new Logitech Touch Mouse M600

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Logitech have today launched a new gesture-enabled mouse called the Logitech Touch Mouse M600. Set to take on the Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse and Apple's Magic Mouse, it has a touch-sensitive top surface that lets you swipe and scroll...

LG Optimus Vu is a 5-inch, 4:3 aspect Android oddity

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:00 GMT

If LG are looking to take on Samsung's Galaxy Note in the giant phone stakes, they're sure going about it in an unusual way. The Korean arm of LG have just revealed a teaser for an LG Optimus Vu...

Skyrim 1.4 patch fixes PS3 lag, adds high-res PC textures

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:00 GMT

Skyrim gets a major update across all platforms today, one that should make PC and PS3 gamers in particular very happy. While Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers still have to wait for the patches to be greenlit by Microsoft...

Olympus get tough with the TG-820 and TG-620 rugged cameras

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:13:00 GMT

A pair of new rugged cameras are on the way from Olympus. The TG-820 and TG-620 will be available from the middle of this month, and are priced at £269.99 and £229.99 respectively. So what do the dollars buy...

Olympus reveal OM-D Micro Four Thirds camera

geraldlynch — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:46:00 GMT

What with all the launches from Canon and Nikon over the last few days, the second week of February will have to be re-christened "Camera Week" we think. Olympus are the next to tout their latest wares, revealing this morning...

Feel the Force with Star Wars Kinect (finally) this April

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:00 GMT

After a string of delays that saw the game miss its 2011 Christmas release date, Star Wars Kinect for the Xbox 360 finally has a firm release date. Those hoping to feel the Force with their Kinect motion-sensing controllers will...

REVIEW: Otone Audio Stilo 2.1 PC speakers

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:00 GMT

Otone Audio are the latest UK-based company to throw their hats into the home audio ring. As well as a range of 5.1 systems, they're also launching a range of desktop PC speaker set ups. Today we're taking a look at their Stilo 2.1 PC speakers. Read on for our thoughts.

HTC Ville specs leak ahead of MWC 2012 reveal

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:43:00 GMT

HTC's much-rumoured Ville Android smartphone has had its cover blown, with a detailed look at its specification sheet heading online ahead of its grand unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2012. Chinese blog ePrice have been made privvy to the details...

IE9 browser gets kid-friendly update in association with CEOP

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:26:00 GMT

Microsoft have teamed up with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) to develop a new child-safe version of their IE9 browser to launch alongside Safe Internet Day 2012. The special broswer has one-click access to the CEOP.police.uk and...

Rough and ready Canon PowerShot D20 rugged compact camera launched

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Got butter fingers? Like swimming up mountains? Then check out the new ruggedised camera from Canon, the PowerShot D20. Built around a "a robust and sporty body", it's waterproof down to 10m, shockproof, freezeproof and dustproof, with a 12.1-megapixel...

Canon ready 6 A Series entry-level Powershot compact cameras

geraldlynch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:18:00 GMT

Today's camera onslaught continues with not one, not two, but six new entry-level compacts from Canon. Their PowerShot A Series range just expanded considerably, with the Canon PowerShot A810, the Canon PowerShot A1300, the Canon PowerShot A2300, the Canon...