Sep
29

Nokia announces 3,500 job losses

nokia Nokia has announced new moves to “align its workforce and operations”, namely realigning another few thousand staff with the job centre queue. Things are not going well for the Finnish firm,.. more
Sep
29

Sharp Aquos 80 inch TV unveiled

Sharp Aquos 80 inch Sharp has just revealed what the company claims is the largest LED LCD TV ever made, the Aquos LC-80LE632U which has 80 inches of screen real estate. The mammoth set isn’t.. more
Sep
29

iPod Classic to be culled?

iPod Classic The latest Apple rumour isn’t – gasp, horror – about the iPhone 5 due to be launched next week. It actually revolves around the iPod, that venerable music player which Apple.. more
Sep
29

Kindle Fire to shake up tablet market?

Amazon launched its new budget Android tablet, the Kindle Fire, yesterday (along with a trio of new Kindle e-readers). And there were some major surprises involved in the announcement, including some of the features of the device. Amazon Silk for one, the on-board browser which.. more
Sep
28

Flexible phone not Samsung's

Samsung is pushing forward with the development of a super-slim, flexible phone. Or so we thought when we read an article in the Telegraph, which proclaimed that the Galaxy Skin will feature a bendable AMOLED display that uses “plastic polyimide substrate” instead of glass. And.. more
Sep
28

Amazon launches Kindle Fire

Amazon’s big press event has just taken place over in New York, and as expected the company unveiled its new low cost Kindle tablet – but also a triplet of new Kindle e-readers, and some other surprises (Kindle eggs, if you will). Yes, there are.. more
Sep
28

Nokia N9 not coming to the UK

The Nokia N9 has finally been released in Europe, but it won’t make UK or indeed US shelves. Why not? Probably because it’s the last of a dying breed – a non-Microsoft OS powered Nokia handset – and the Finnish company wants to keep shelves.. more
Sep
28

EC begins Euro broadband investigation

The European Commission is launching an investigation into broadband speeds across Europe. It aims to give an independent analysis of data collected in order to give a proper idea of which countries have the fastest, and indeed slowest, connections across Europe. With the UK seeing.. more
Sep
28

A third of drivers risk text death

Almost a third of drivers are putting their lives at risk by texting whilst driving, according to a study. While studies have shown that incidents of death due to distracted driving have increased in the US, Direct Line are concerned that the boom in mobile.. more
Sep
28

Google splashes $75m on solar

Google has announced that it will move further into the solar market, splashing $75 million out on panels. The “initial investment” will see the firm buy and own solar panel generators on top of several thousand American homes. This will involve creating a fund for.. more