WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Streetvan
Vans, to use as your own
Hiring a vehicle to move something sizeable can be a bit of a hit and miss affair. You can go to one of the big hire firms, and pay the premium prices, or you can go to your local yard and take your chances with one of their Transits, which [...]
Sony NEX-7 hands-on
IFA 2011: Pick of the NEX bunch?
Recently announced, but previously unfondled, the Sony NEX-7 has made an appearance at IFA 2011, along with the latest and greatest Sony cameras. Never one to pass up a chance to fondle a new model, we got our hands on the range-topping compact system camera from Sony.
What does range [...]
Asus UX31 Ultrabook hands-on
UK first with new thin laptop
We’ve heard the stories, but we’ve yet to appreciate it in the flesh until now. That’s right, Pocket-lint was present and correct at the first UK showing of the?Asus UX31, the company’s new Ultrabook.?
Shown at an Intel Tweet Up in London to an unsuspecting audience, the new flagship Asus device [...]
The New Windows Explorer
Apple and Microsoft are heading in very different directions, UI-wise.
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U.S. Files Complaint to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
Bloomberg:
The U.S. Justice Department sued to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed
$39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA Inc., saying the deal would
“substantially lessen competition” in the wireless market.
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My Head Hurts Just From Reading the Headline of This One
Brian Caulfield, “Why The Undead $99 TouchPad Might Portend The ipad’s Doom”:
So is there a future for Apple in the tablet business?
Hmm. Maybe?
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iTunes’s Skip Feature
Great tip from Chris Breen: using iTunes’s skip data to set up smart playlists that omit tracks you’ve skipped.
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Samsung Launches Series 7 Aluminum Laptops
Looks familiar, can’t quite put my finger on what these remind me of.
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Why HP Is Making More TouchPads
Philip Elmer-DeWitt:
But the only reason I can think of for HP to start manufacturing
new TouchPads for sale at that price is the one suggested Tuesday
by Taipai-based Digitimes.
It seems no one was more surprised by HP’s announcement that it
was pulling the plug on the TouchPad than its upstream suppliers,
who according to DigiTimes’ sources are suddenly suffering [...]
James Gosling Leaves Google
That didn’t last long.
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