UPDATE: After a horrendous user backlash, Facebook has just announced some changes to the new Facebook homepage. Check them out!
About eighteen hours to go to the weekend now, and what better way to celebrate than by sitting back and catching up with all the day’s hottest tech news so far? Read on for the lunchtime lowdown right now.
Tim Kretschmer, the German 17 year-old who was named as yesterday killing 15 people before taking his own life, was “good” at the online military squad game, Counter-Strike, a friend of his has told Associated Press. And a local Police chief has said that Kretschmer played the kind of videogames “typical for someone carrying out a mass shooting”. Are videogames being blamed again for another school shooting?
UPDATE: Dell has just dropped a UK release and price for the Dell Studio One 19, and the iMac should be scared. Very scared.
Sky launched its new HD EPG this week, and thanks to Freesat, Virgin Media (and Sky slashing its prices) it’s now cheaper than ever to shovel hi-def images onto your telly.
But is HD TV breeding a new type of telly addict? Do you know your 1080p from your 720p? Do HDMI cables fill your dreams, and nightmares? Above all, are you a bonafide HD snob? Follow our checklist to find out.
Evernote, the universal notebook app and web service, just re-jigged its mobile site so it’ll work fantastically with Android phones. What’s more, it’s working on a fully-fledged Android app comparable with its iPhone and desktop client. Note-taking on the go just got a lot more interesting.
We’re smitten with the Panasonic Z1. The new Neo PDP technology inside means it’s one of the most eye-popping TVs we’ve seen, and now we know when we’ll be able to get hold of it too. Read on to see when the Panasonic Z1 will be ripe for the watching!
The Nintendo Wii could well rise in price in the UK, in the coming months, despite selling over 50 million consoles worldwide. The trade price of the Wii console will go up nearly £20 “due to the unprecedented, severe and continuing depreciation of the pound”, according to a Nintendo spokesperson. How much of that will be passed on to consumers, though?