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Olympus announces mju TOUGH 3000

Pre-CES 2010: The first part of substantial compact camera range refresh by Olympus begins with the µ (mju) Tough 3000 (Europe / Asia name). As with previous Tough cameras the 3000 is shockproof to 1.5m, scratchproof, waterproof to 3m, and able to withstand temperatures as low as -10&... More...

INQ Mini 3G available for under ?0

INQ Mini 3G available for under ?0 08 September 2009 Social networking phone to have Twitter built-in Pricing details of the first of INQ's new range of social mobiles has been announced. The INQ Mini 3G will be available for free on any 3 Mix & Match tariff or if customers choose th... More...

PC World Podcast 43: Gmail Fail, Pricey Netbooks, Game-Changing Camera

This week on the PC World Podcast, editors Tim Moynihan, Robert Strohmeyer, Darren Gladstone, and Mark Sullivan discuss some of the biggest tech happenings of the week. You can download the podcast here . Google's Gmail service was down for 100 minutes earlier this week , sending tens of million... More...

Pentax unveils Optio WS80 waterproof camera

Pentax has released three new compacts. From the top, we have the Optio WS80 waterproof compact. More of a lifestyle camera, it is not quite as resilient as its sister model, the W80 (though is still certified to depths of up to 1.5 meters for two hours). The 10MP camera features an SP (Super Prot... More...

Nikon D300s brief hands-on

Not all of the changes made to create the D300S will be immediately apparent from looking at the specification sheets. Thankfully Nikon has loaned us a D300S which we've pored over and peered into, in an attempt to get to the bottom of the less obvious changes that have been made to its APS-C flagsh... More...

First Details on Asteroids Movie 'Plot'

Producer Lornezo di Bonaventura does his best to explain the inexplicable. By Kris Pigna , 07/26/2009 How do you craft a story out of Asteroids , a game that was literally about a triangle shooting circles against a black background that stood for outer space? Simple: You make one up out of... More...

Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2009

Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2009 22 July 2009 Vote in our annual awards and help pick the year's best phones Summer time, lovely Mobile Choice readers, don't mean much to us hacks here at MC Towers, except preparing ever more pages of droolworthy handsets and of course, getting ready for the... More...

LucasArts Teases 'Old School' Announcement for Monday

Various Twitter posts point to "big" and "exciting" announcement coming tomorrow. By Kris Pigna , 07/05/2009 Everyone loves the announcement of an announcement, right? Well we have to say, this one is particularly interesting: On their official Twitter account, LucasArts ... More...

Sony Walkman Turns 30: Memories of an Iconic Gadget

Photograph: Rick Rizner The Sony Walkman turns 30 today , amazing as much for the passage of time as it is for the fact that the Walkman brand persists today in digital audio players and cell phones. PC World ranked the Walkman at the top of our 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years list a ... More...

INQ1 - best phone man can have?

INQ1 - best phone man can have? 30 June 2009 The 'Facebook phone' is Phone of the Year at mobile industry awards, the Meffys It's completely subjective, but the Meffy Awards (held by the Mobile Entertainment Forum) recently named the INQ1 as 2009's phone of the year. Considered the benchmark... More...

What IPhone Software Feature Would You Most Like to See?

All week we've been asking followers of Macworld on Twitter questions about their iPhone use--one question per day. (We've also been giving away some cool iPhone-related schwag: custom, Macworld-logo iPhone cases.) On Tuesday, I covered which apps have earned a place in the iPhone's Dock; on Wed... More...

Modern Warfare 2 Has Less Brand Awareness Without 'Call of Duty'

Brand recognition dropped twenty percentage points after main title was dropped. By Kat Bailey , 06/24/2009 Call of Duty has become one of the most recognizable brand names in video games, thanks in large part to the monumental success of Call of Duty 4 . But for their latest, ... More...

Riccitiello Addresses Sims 3 Piracy

"You identified our secret marketing campaign!" By Steve Watts , 06/23/2009 EA CEO John Riccitiello takes the piracy of The Sims 3 with good humor. Talking to IndustryGamers (via Big Download Blog ), he joked that they "identified our secret marketing campaign!" On a m... More...

Nintendo Expects GTA Sales To Improve

Has an ally in GameStop, who say DS title is performing "above expectations." By Kat Bailey , 04/20/2009 Chatter continues to surround Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars' 89,000 units sold, a number which was lower than even the dire predictions of some analysts . Naturally, Ninte... More...

EA's Fake Dante's Inferno Protest Spurs Real Christian Backlash

Christian bloggers take EA to task for "shamelessly anti-Christian stunt." By Kris Pigna , 06/13/2009 Be careful what you wish for. At E3 last week, reports began circulating that a group of Christians were outside the convention center protesting against EA's Dante's Inferno . ... More...

Dungeons & Dragons Online Goes Free-to-Play

Beginning this summer, anyone will be able to play Turbine's D&D MMORPG free of charge. By Dustin Quillen , 06/09/2009 Over three years after its initial release, Turbine's Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach is adopting a free-to-play business model. Upon the release of this s... More...

Top 5 Surprises of E3 2009

We take a look at the announcements from E3 and pick the five most surprising. By Chris Pereira , 06/05/2009 With E3 2009 in the books, now is the time to do some reflecting on what we've gleaned from this past week. And what better way to kick things off than with a look at the five biggest sur... More...

APP WATCH: ProCamera released for iPhone

APP WATCH: ProCamera released for iPhone 10 April 2009 Image solution utilises phone's accelerometer A new image package, known as ProCamera, has been released for the Apple iPhone that has been designed to enable you to take better quality pictures with the iPhone's built in camera. Compatibl... More...

Video: Blood Bowl Teaser

By Earnest Cavalli June 26, 2008 | 8:59:57 AM Categories: Console Games    The first teaser for Blood Bowl , a game almost certainly destined for cult favorite status, has finally landed. Blood Bowl is based on a board game of the same name that pits War... More...

Review: Spielberg's Boom Blox Rocks

By Chris Kohler May 06, 2008 | 2:01:00 AM Categories: Reviews    Could Steven Spielberg be the next Miyamoto? OK, that's probably stretching it. But while fans of the renowned film director are awaiting this month's release of Indiana Jones , Spielberg has s... More...
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