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New Kindle Fire HD could feature 2560 x 1600 hi-res screen, suggests new benchmarks
Amazon's Kindle Fire HD is due its annual scrub up, and new benchmark listings spotted by Android Community suggest it's going to be a considerable upgrade. Most notable of all new additions hinted at by the benchmark tests is a…
Google to map UK canals for Street View: Rosie and Jim rejoice
The UK's canal system, the waterways of choice for riverboaters and creepy kids' TV puppet shows alike, are to be mapped for Google's Street View service. Initiated by the UK Canal and Rivers Trust, Google have offered up one of…
iPhone 5S to have 128GB option, offer GOLD! coloured casing for Spandau Ballet fans
The "S" updates to the Apple iPhone line tend to be mostly refinements of the previous year's design rather than a reinvention, and this Autumn's anticipated iPhone 5S device (expected to launch on September 10) looks to be no different….
iPhone 5S and iPad 5 NFC rumours heat up as Apple patent "gifting"
For a premium smartphone line, Apple's iPhones (and by extension their iPad tablets) are among an increasingly small group of top-end handsets not to feature NFC tech. However, a new patent filing from the Cupertino company suggests this may be…
Fresh Apple iWatch concept is the most grounded and likely vision of wrist-based iOS yet
We've seen plenty of Apple iWatch concepts by this point, and while they're almost universally gorgeous, many of them look rather impractical in their design and thus unlikely to represent the final product, should Apple indeed be working on one….
REVIEW: Tales of Xillia (PS3)
The PlayStation 3 bags another top-notch JRPG in its twilight years with Tales Of Xillia, a deep and rewarding adventure with a keen visual eye and kinetic combat system. But does its story do enough to keep you hooked for the entirety of its lengthy tale? Read our full review to find out!
PEEK, the smartphone app that could stamp out emerging-world cataract problems
PEEK, a new smartphone app developed by a team of eye health experts, is set to dramatically improve the way people who suffer from cataracts and other eye-related problems in the emerging world are treated. PEEK (short for "Portable Eye…
Philips 65-inch 65PFL9708 UHD TV outed by design award win
Though they've yet to officially reveal it, Philips' first UHD TV set is already winning gongs, with the 65PFL9708 set having been outed publically by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) awards. A 65-inch set, its been revealed to…
This 16-Bit Blade Runner game will make you cry tears…in…rain
BladeRunner is the greatest film of all time. There, I said it. No comebacks. It's influenced the look of modern sci-fi just as much as Alien or Star Wars. And yet it's only ever had one (admittedly excellent) videogame based…
WWII Super Mario propaganda posters: The Mushroom Kingdom needs YOU!
Ever wondered how, in the face of almost 30 years of continual defeat at the hands of Super Mario, Bowser still manages to drum up a legion of Koopa Troopas to meet the portly plumber head on in the battlegrounds…
