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Should You Use Standby or Hibernate?

It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off? Allow me to answer by way of a mnemonic: hibernate is great. You see, sleep mode (a.k.a. standby) puts your system into an off-li... More...

Cosina 40mm f/2 and 20mm f/3.5 lenses for Canon

Cosina has announced the availability of its first Voigtländer branded lenses for Canon EF mount, in the shape of Color Skopar 20mm F3.5 SL II Aspherical ultra-wide angle lens and Ultron 40mm F2 SL II Aspherical pancake lens. Measuring just 24.5mm lengthwise, the Ultron lens is probably the... More...

Turn your car cigarette lighter into a USB socket

Turn your car cigarette lighter into a USB socket 04 August 2009 STK Mini Car Charger available for under a fiver How do you turn your car's cigarette lighter into a USB socket? Why plug-in the STK Mini Car Charger of course. Accessory experts Santok latest gadget means you'll be able to charg... More...

THQ Prevails In WWE Royalty Rate Dispute

Publisher expects a one-time benefit of $23 million from ruling. By Kat Bailey , 07/27/2009 THQ has prevailed in at least one fight with World Wrestling Entertainment licensing partner Jakks Pacific. Gamasutra is reporting that an arbiter has ruled in favor of the publisher in a royalty di... More...

UK抯 first solar powered Bluetooth Speaker

UK抯 first solar powered Bluetooth Speaker 23 July 2009 Stream your music and hold conference calls while saving electricity with the Solar Sound Mobile Choice is a big advocator for saving the environment which is why we're saluting Devotec Industries. They've introduced the UK's first solar p... More...

Madden NFL 10 Demo Now Available on Xbox Live

Gold members can now try the next iteration of one of gaming's most popular franchises. By Steve Watts , 07/23/2009 The News: Right on schedule , the demo for Madden NFL 10 has hit Xbox Live for Gold subscribers. It features a game pitting the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys in ... More...

Prowl Sends Growl Notifications to IPhone

Although I have to admit I'm not always sure exactly where the loop is, I can say that I enjoy being kept in it. On the Mac, my favorite program for doing so is Growl ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ), the free open-source framework that lets you customize notifications for supported applicatio... More...

iPhone OS 3.0 out on June 17

iPhone OS 3.0 out on June 17 09 June 2009 With capabilities like device-wide search, in-phone payments and tethering The world's most hyped phone (sorry, Palm Pre) isn't just out, it's got a new operating system too, iPhone OS 3.0, which will be available worldwide for older-gen iPhones on J... More...

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Confirmed for Xbox 360

New Metal Gear Solid for Xbox 360 appears to star cyborg ninja Raiden. By Dustin Quillen , 06/01/2009 The seemingly endless series of teases and countdowns has finally culminated in Hideo Kojima's official announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Rising at Microsoft's E3 press conference this mor... More...

Canon issues service notice for 1D/1Ds Mark III

Canon has released a service notice for its EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III DSLRs. It addresses the issue of ring-shaped spots appearing in the images of some cameras - caused by lubricant from the mirror box getting onto the Low Pass Filter. Owners of affected cameras can contact Canon's custo... More...

O2 Joggler available today

O2 Joggler available today 06 May 2009 Digital wall calendar will text reminders to the whole family O2 is insisting that an innovative piece of kit will help take the stress out of everyday life. The O2 Joggler, announced back in March , is geared towards replacing the traditional wall calen... More...

Phase One announces P40+ medium format system

Phase One has announced the P40+ medium format camera and digital back. The new system incorporates the company's Sensor+ technology that offers both a full 40MP resolution capture mode and a second 10MP 'Sensor+' mode for faster image capture. The Sensor+ mode also increases maximum sensitivity fro... More...

Square Enix, Eidos Tie Knot Tomorrow

By Chris Kohler April 21, 2009 | 1:15:14 PM Categories: Business Matters    Square Enix's acquisition of Eidos is almost complete. Eidos said that the takeover has now been officially approved by the courts, and will go into effect on Wednesday, April 22. At 5... More...

Wearable Robotic Suit Could Help Disabled to Walk

A Japanese company has created a robotic exoskeleton that is designed to help make disabled people mobile again, enabling them to stand up, walk and even climb stairs. Cyberdyne, Inc. has built what they call " Robot Suit HAL " -- cyborg-type robot suit. The exoskeleton, which is worn muc... More...

Samsung mid-range mobile phone spotted

Samsung mid-range mobile phone spotted 13 April 2009 Slider handset rumoured to feature in Ultra Touch series A new mobile phone from Samsung, that adds to the growing ‘S' series  handset range, has been spotted at the recent Televisie show at Nieuwegein in Holland. &n... More...

LittleBigPlanet Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed

Kratos may not have made it into Soul Calibur, but you can get him in LBP. By Kris Pigna , 08/06/2008 As if Sony needed many more incentives to make people want to buy LittleBigPlanet (what, us picking it as E3's Best of Show wasn't good enough for you?), a new post on the PlayStation.Blog ... More...

Samsung M2710 and M2310 mobile phones spotted

Samsung M2710 and M2310 mobile phones spotted 07 April 2009 Music oriented slider and clamshell handsets slated for forthcoming release Two new mobile phones via Samsung have been seen in the wild - both bearing a resemblence to a slimmed down M7610 Beat DISC  phone. Neither handset ... More...

Opera 9.7 to be launched at CTIA Wireless 2009 show

Opera 9.7 to be launched at CTIA Wireless 2009 show 30 March 2009 Updated browser to be unveiled at April event A new version of the popular web browser, Opera, is to be is to be unveiled at the forthcoming CTIA Wireless 2009 show in Las Vegas, which is due to open its doors on April 1 st and... More...

GDC: Playdom, Mobsters Coming to IPhone

Playdom , the social game company that no one has heard of, is coming to the iPhone. The obscurity is by choice, for Playdom has been a stealth company the past year and has just recently revealed itself to the world. They've quietly become the biggest developer on MySpace and are primed to take on ... More...

RIM updates BlackBerry Internet Service

RIM updates BlackBerry Internet Service 24 March 2009 Version 2.6 of the third-party email support gets more cool features BlackBerry makers RIM has updated its email support service to 2.6. BlackBerry Internet Service can now integrate with Gmail IMAP email, with one-way syncing of read statu... More...
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