Nov
23

Facebook claims 3-4 degrees of separation

facebook Facebook have carried out their own research on the famous 1960s study by social psychologist Stanley Milgram, which tested the theory that any two people in the world are only separated.. more
Nov
23

Windows 8 to include streamlined setup

Microsoft Logo The Windows 8 build team have announced that the operating system will benefit from an improved setup that will reduce installation time. Whilst in Windows 7, Microsoft say that they concentrated.. more
Nov
23

Google dumps Wave and Knol

Google Logo Google is engaging in a bit of what it calls out of season spring cleaning, or indeed autumn cleaning, sweeping away a number of products and initiatives which haven’t worked out.. more
Nov
23

PlayStation Vita launch games announced

Sony has unveiled the dozen games which its next-gen handheld the PS Vita will launch with next February. CVG spilled the list which is headed up by Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the handheld version of the famous PS3 franchise. A visual showcase for the Vita, Golden.. more
Nov
23

Flash is coming to Ice Cream Sandwich

Google’s new version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, has been unleashed along with flagship handset the Nexus Galaxy. But while Google has certainly been crowing about all the new features Android 4.0 and Samsung’s Nexus Galaxy bring forth, there’s one small matter that wasn’t mentioned.. more
Nov
23

Google doodle celebrates Stanis?aw Lem

Google hasn’t done an animated doodle for a while, but has definitely upped the stakes with its latest effort to crop up this morning. This one celebrates the anniversary of the publication of Stanislaw Lem’s first book, The Astronauts. Lem was a Polish philosopher and.. more
Nov
22

Xbox 360 dash update coming Dec 6th

Microsoft has announced when the much awaited updated dashboard will be made available to Xbox 360 owners. And that date is December 6th, a fortnight today in fact. The new dash brings a number of goodies with it, including a completely refreshed interface which boasts.. more
Nov
22

Samsung’s Google TV a reality

Samsung has almost finalised its plans to produce a Google powered smart TV next year. According to a report on Bloomberg Businessweek, Samsung is close to signing a final agreement with Google on the television set. Some sort of announcement and confirmation is expected at.. more
Nov
22

Contact lenses could display emails

We’ve seen them in Terminator. We’ve seen them in Torchwood. And we might well see them in real life soon. Well, in the near-ish future at any rate. So what exactly are we talking about? Contact lenses, specifically fancy ones which can display content quite.. more
Nov
22

Batman: Arkham City up on OnLive

The successor to Arkham Asylum is out on the PC this Friday. Batman: Arkham City has been very well received by the gaming press, hitting Metacritic scores of around 95%, and it shifted twice as many as the previous instalment when it launched on consoles.. more