Google Nexus S price dropped to £430

The successor to Google’s Nexus One smartphone, the Nexus S, has seen its price dropped considerably by Carphone Warehouse. We (and everyone else) remarked that the initial sim-free tag of £550.. more

Nintendo 3DS carts will have 8GB capacity?

The latest from the console rumour mill is news on the cartridges for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS, the company’s glasses-free 3D handheld. Kotaku reports that the 3DS carts will be manufactured.. more

Infinity Blade breaks App Store records

Epic, which has the likes of Unreal and Gears of War under its belt, has another massive hit in the making with the company’s first mobile iOS gaming effort. Infinity Blade.. more

Facebook leaks Memories, goes offline for 30 minutes

There was a bit of a spherical object dropped down at the Facebook offices on Friday, with the website going down for close to half an hour while the mess was cleared up, according to a BBC report. This was caused while the site was.. more

Word Lens translation app planned for Android and more

On Friday, there was a lot of buzz about a new instant translation app for the iPhone, called Word Lens. Word Lens takes text in a foreign language captured on the iPhone’s camera, and translates it near enough instantly, pasting the translated text directly into.. more

Microsoft planning Kinect accuracy upgrade?

Some news on the Kinect front, for Xbox owners, and this one comes courtesy of gaming site EuroGamer. While the motion control system’s hardware is obviously set in stone, apparently the sensor isn’t currently working to its full capability and could potentially be upgraded via.. more

Tweeting stopped by judge in Assange case

The question of the usage of Twitter by those attending court hearings has again come to the forefront of the news this week, with the Julian Assange affair. The appeal hearing over Assange’s bail took place yesterday at the High Court, and Mr Justice Ouseley.. more

Scalextric app now available for iPhone and iPad

Ahh, Scalextric, how we loved you as a child, particularly the Le Mans edition with the cars that had working headlights. Until TCR came along, that is, and stole us away with its lane-switching model car racing… Anyway, if you fancy a virtual version of.. more

Newsbytes: Cloud Security Alliance, SecPoint, Liveware, Hotmail, Synchronica, Myriad, & Pixel Power

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) Version 1.1 released Cloud Security Alliance has released version 1.1 of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). Version 1.1 was put together with significantly greater industry collaboration, by over 60 people worldwide in the last two months, which includes more thorough mapping.. more

Oldest Facebook user is 103-year-old great-gran

A woman from Tenby is thought to be the oldest member of social networking site, Facebook. A BBC News report highlighted Lillian Lowe, who is 103-years-old, and now thought to be the eldest member of the site after Ivy Bean from Bradford, 104 (who was.. more