Dec
17

Word Lens instant translation app for iPhone

Word Lens is a new augmented reality app for the iPhone which has the potential to become the traveller’s best friend. It’s one slick looking app the makers describe as “like.. more
Dec
17

Nokia readies multiple Symbian updates for 2011

Nokia is set to give its ailing operating system Symbian some considerable attention next year. You might recall that at the beginning of last month, Nokia took back control over the.. more
Dec
17

Nokia makes another move in legal wrangle with Apple

Nokia has launched more legal action in a long running ding-dong lawsuit battle over the usual patent infringements with Apple. Previously, Nokia filed suits against Apple in October 2009, alleging ten.. more
Dec
16

Apple Mac App Store will open January 6th

Apple has announced that its Mac App Store will go live at the end of the first week of January. Catering for everything Mac OS X, the App Store will serve 90 countries upon its launch, with free and paid-for apps in a number of.. more
Dec
16

Imagination Technologies buys up Caustic Graphics

Imagination Technologies has announced that it has acquired Caustic Graphics for just over £17 million. You might remember Imagination better as VideoLogic, which is what the company used to be known as. Imagination specialises in mobile graphics tech, and has bought up Caustic because of.. more
Dec
16

Piracy cost the UK music industry £1bn this year

The BPI’s latest report on the theatre of digital music, as compiled by Harris Interactive, has highlighted a big – albeit unrealistically inflated – number at the centre of the piracy debate. The report estimates that pirated tracks accounted for three-quarters of all music downloads.. more
Dec
16

O2 confirms Android 2.2 for Dell Streak

As O2 promised earlier this week, the Android 2.2 (or Froyo) update for the Dell Streak has now been pushed out. Against all expectations – well, our expectations anyway – although there is a caveat. Some Streak owners still appear unable to get the upgrade... more
Dec
16

LG Optimus 2X announced, dual-core Android phone

LG has taken the wraps off a new dual-core Android smartphone, the LG Optimus 2X. Nestling under the bonnet of this handset is an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor, which should mean this phone runs smoother than a twenty-year-old malt being poured down a.. more
Dec
16

Gawker hack prompts widespread password changes

The hack at Gawker Media earlier this week, which exposed some 1.3 million user names, emails and passwords, has caused quite a stir. While the passwords were encrypted, a good deal of them were easily brute forced, as security firm Duo Security illustrated by the.. more
Dec
16

Google doodle celebrates Jane Austen’s 235th birthday

The latest author to be celebrated by a Google doodle is Jane Austen, who was born on this day in 1775. Austen wrote a number of very famous works, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Mansfield Park. The doodle is of an.. more