First we had the Google vs China debacle, then came Saudi Arabia’s tussle with RIM. And now it’s India’s turn: threatening to block RIM, Google and Skype unless the companies agree to set up localised servers, all the better for state monitoring of communications. Read more...
There is not a business today that can operate without some sort of printer. This holds true for every situation, from small office to coffee shop to even the most laid-back surf shop. When it is time to spread the word about the surf conditions or serve up a list of todays lunch specials, the HP Color LaserJet 3500 printer in conjunction with the cp3500n compatible toners, handles the job. Read more...

The sunlight of summer has begun it’s annual transition to equinox, and we are all reviving the pulse of the work-year.
The President has returned from Martha’s Vineyard to face what will surely be a challenging fall. It’s mid-term election season and the mood of the voting public is downright ornery. Read more...
Console gamers more often than face a summer of discontent. Big publishers simply don’t release killer titles around the summer months because they are aware that a large chunk of the potential market will either be on holiday or otherwise occupied from June to August. The reality is that most of us are probably indoors frantically researching the latest developments on our wish-list of upcoming games and then tweeting and blogging about what we discover! Read more...
It won’t be a big shock to know that 90% of the UK population don’t understand the broadband speeds being advertised. BT are the latest company to flaunt the strict ASA advertising rules with their campaign for 20mb internet rubbing the suits up the wrong way.
Despite progress in the last few years, broadband speeds are said to be falling in the United Kingdom, yet rising in the rest of Europe, so unsurprisingly, enthusiasts are turning their attention to optimsing their PC’s. Read more...
When picking through your snaps in iPhoto, do you wish you could zoom into or rotate your images with a pinching or twisting gesture? If so, Apple has answered your pleas. The Magic Trackpad brings the MacBook’s trackpad technology to Apple’s desktop range, and does so very well.
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If you’ve somehow managed to avoid the avalanche of controversy pouring down on Medal of Honor, here’s the gist: you can play as Taliban in the game’s multiplayer. Not “the insurgents.” Not “the guys who look suspiciously like Taliban but totally aren’t, no really.” Nope. This time around, Medal of Honor’s ripping its inspiration straight from the headlines. That, however, didn’t fly with GameStop’s stores in military bases.
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Toshiba is now recalling thousands of T130 series laptops owing to overheating concerns, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The models covered under the voluntary recall program are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130. The company issued the recall after being inundated with reports of the said “notebook computers overheating and deforming the plastic casing area around the AC adapter plug.” While Toshiba has received 129 complaints in all, there have been only two instances each of minor burns and minor property damage.
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The FCC have taken the new iPod Touch, with fancy-ass retina display and two cameras, and done that wonderful think they do, where they rip it to shreds. Interesting stuff, if you’re interested in chip numbers, and individual components. Read more...
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It’s not as mysterious as it seems, this mini-controversy about finding friends on Facebook for Apple’s new social music network.
According to sources familiar with Facebook’s platform, the social networking giant essentially denied Apple’s Ping access to application programming interfaces that would allow it to search for an iTunes user’s friends on Facebook who also had signed up for Ping. Read more...