Archive for July, 2011
Google+: the tweet smell of success
It’s been a month since Google launched its not-Facebook and not-Twitter social network. Despite some signs of a slowdown in growth – and some thorny issues around ease of use and terms of service – there seems little doubt that Google has created something that could stand the test of time. More than 20 million [...]
Read moreLulzSec leader denies links to extremist groups
The leader of the LulzSec hacking group has been accused of being a front for recruitment to extremist causes which aim to create a group of “domestic terrorists”. The accusation is made against “Sabu”, believed to be a Puerto Rican living in New York, who has acted as the head of the group which over [...]
Read moreZinio 2.0 for iPad adds in-app purchasing, free article preview (video)
Zinio 2.0 App for iPad, Now Available, Advances the Interactive Reading Experience Users Benefit from Unprecedented Content Discovery, including a Personalized, Immersive Reading and Shopping Experience SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2011 – Zinio, the world’s largest and most popular global magazine newsstand, today announced that its 2.0 App for iPad is now available in the [...]
Read moreGames review roundup
Ape Escape … PS3 (Move Compatible); £24.99; cert 3+; Sony The Ape Escape series is not without its charms. On previous PlayStations this cartoony catch-em-up was a minor joy, inviting players to hop around a 3D platform world apprehending simian lags with an oversized butterfly net. But this time the whole shebang has been revamped [...]
Read moreBlocking Newzbin2 paves way for censorship
In a significant test case brought by six major Hollywood studios, the UK’s high court has forced BT to block access for its customers to the so-called “pirate” site Newzbin2. This was hailed as a victory for the creative industries. But it was a defeat for the web and British freedom of expression. We now [...]
Read moreSamsung profits down as phone sales rise
Samsung does not seem to have overhauled Nokia as the world’s largest seller of mobile phones, but the company saw strong sales of its smartphones in its just-reported quarter, despite a fall in its operating profit. The South Korean company reported a 3.75 trillion won ($3.6bn) operating profit for the quarter from April to June, [...]
Read moreDell Streak 10 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1… fight!
Why look at this! Samsung’s very own Galaxy Tab 10.1 decided to stop by in Beijing to greet Dell’s latest tablet. As mentioned in our hands-on post, it’s clear that the Streak 10 Pro would need to go on a little diet to match the Korean tablet’s lovely figure and weight, though the latter won’t [...]
Read moreCaltech researchers devise acoustic diode that sends sound one-way, could harvest energy
Caltech Engineers Develop One-way Transmission System for Sound Waves PASADENA, Calif.- While many hotel rooms, recording studios, and even some homes are built with materials to help absorb or reflect sound, mechanisms to truly control the direction of sound waves are still in their infancy. However, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have [...]
Read moreWi-Fi problems at 5GHz
I have a Linksys WAG320N router connected wirelessly to a Linksys WMP600N PCI adapter in my desktop PC. Both are dual band using the 802.11n standard. Many of my neighbours use the 2.4GHz band so I decided to move to the 5GHz band, which no neighbour uses. The problem is that the signal from my [...]
Read moreWhite House rickrolls Twitter user
Twitter and the White House might seem like a dry combination, but even with the debt ceiling coming perilously close to crushing everyone beneath it, the leader of the free world – or at least the people in charge of the White House Twitter feed – found time to have a bit of fun on [...]
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