Category: Features
Users sue RIM following BlackBerry outage, but is it for negligence or emotional distress?
The frustration was significant among the tens of million BlackBerry users who found their beloved internet devices had stopped working last month. Three whole days went by without that comforting buzz from BlackBerries worldwide, causing hurt and upset. At…
Are fatscreens the new flatscreen TVs?
It's a tongue-twister as well as a head-twister, but just like mobiles got too small, it seems TVs are getting too thin. It makes sense: once the screen is down to an inch, who cares if they shave off…
Rebel or Obey: Anti-Facebook network Unthink is here
Rebel or Obey? Freedom or Control? Inspire or Oppress? Emancipate yourself! Welcome to Unthink, a new social network set up as a contrast to Facebook. It's just opened up to the first round of beta testers, aiming to provide…
Who cares about the telly? It's all about the internet now
It's official: internet access and mobile phones are more important to young Britons than television. This is the conclusion from new research from Ofcom, the communications regulator, but at a closer look it's not such a straight shot as…
HANDS-ON PREVIEW: Motorola RAZR (2011)
Known by some as "the iPod of mobile phones", Motorola's original 2003 RAZR clamshell handsets we're the height of geek chic, selling over 130 million handsets during its four-year shelf life. The RAZR 2 series (including the V8 and…
10 gruesome gifts for Halloween: Walking Dead, MorphSuits, World War Z
BOO! Not as scary over the internet is it? OK, so we may not be able to give you a fright with words quite as well as Poe or Lovecraft, but we can definitely point you in the right direction…
HANDS-ON: What do AKG's K3003 £1,000 earphones sound like?
Do you remember being a kid and walking past a toy-shop, pressing your nose against the glass and staring longingly at the most expensive LEGO set in the window? That's the memory and feeling that AKG's K3003 earphones inspire in…
Q&A: Edward Saatchi on NationalField, Obama and the democratisation of the workplace
Edward Saatchi, son of millionaire advertising mogul Maurice Saatchi, is being billed as the UK's answer to Mark Zuckerberg. His private, enterprise focussed social network NationalField is credited as a key tool in President Obama's successful election campaign, and,…
What's new in Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS?
Google have revealed the successor to the Gingerbread and Honeycomb builds of their Android OS. Android 4.0 (AKA Ice Cream Sandwich), was billed as the version of the search giant's operating system that would bridge the gap between tablet…
Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 revealed: Specs and pricing
Google and Samsung have lifted the lid on the world's first Ice Cream Sandwich Android handset, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The long-rumoured phone ushered in the arrival of Google's Android 4.0 operating system at a launch event in Hong…
