Author: Gerald Lynch
Sony's new HMZ-T3W headset is like having a personal 750-inch OLED TV strapped to your head
They say that going to the cinema is all about the enriching communal experience of watching films with others, but when I'm surrounded by chatty cretins munching down on Pringles and chugging a bucket sized coke I can't suppress my…
HTC Desire 601: Mid-range smartphone sees Zoe, BoomSound and BlinkFeed trickle down from HTC One
If you haven't got enough readies available to bag the HTC One Mini, but still fancy a taste of the company's latest Sense UI enhancements, the newly revealed HTC Desire 601 may be just what you're looking for. Though its…
New Spotify Connect wireless streaming standard to rival Apple Airplay
Apple's iTunes is backed by Airplay wireless music streaming, and now Spotify will have their own wire-free way of beaming your tunes to a speaker. The music streaming giants have today revealed Spotify Connect, teaming up with a whole bunch…
Microsoft to buy Nokia. Elop to replace Ballmer as CEO?
Microsoft has announced that it is gearing up to purchase Nokia's hardware division, in a deal worth £4.56 billion. A move that has been more or less on the cards since Nokia gambled their smartphone business on Microsoft's Windows Phone…
From Brown Box to PS4: The evolution of gaming consoles, in infographic form
We're all getting a bit hot under the collar waiting for the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the new objects of our gaming desires. Super-powerful machines capable of recreating near-photo real graphics, they're set to take over…
Windows 8 picture passwords easy to crack, says new security report
Thinking of swapping your trusty typed log-in passwords for one of Windows 8's fancy picture passwords? That may be a bad idea, as a new paper published by researchers at Arizona State University and Delaware State University suggests that they…
PlayStation 4 to have Kinect-like voice commands through Camera
Sony have just added another arrow to the PlayStation 4's quiver in its battle against Microsoft's Xbox One console, revealing that their new machine will offer Kinect-like voice commands through its camera accessory. Sony says that the camera accessory "allows…
LG G Pad 8.3 tablet ready to take on iPad Mini, Nexus 7
LG will be looking to muscle in on tablet turf dominated by Apple's iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7 with their latest slate addition, the LG G Pad 8.3. The company's second roll of the tablet device following the ill-fated…
Is this the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch?
Could this be the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch? Thats the claim made by VentureBeat, who are said to have had some hands-on time with a prototype of the connected timepiece, one that came complete with a 3-inch OLED display, Bluetooth,…
Acer Liquid S2 smartphone is first to offer 4K video recording
Acer have today revealed the Liquid S2 smartphone, capable of recording clips in super-high 4K resolution, making it the first mobile phone to offer the feature and making it harder than ever to hide that breakout that's plagued your face….