Morning folks. Hope you kipped well, but the tech world sure didn’t: all that lovely breaking news has been rolling on in regardless so read on for your catch up right here in techie breakie.
September, 2009
The HP Envy 13 ultra thin laptop just seeped out of a leaky pipe at Hewlett Packard HQ, promising a Windows 7 machine that’s as easy on the eye as a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Best of all, it’s just days away from being made official. Read on to see how we know.
Facebook is starting to roll out a brand new feature to turn status updates in to public conversations online. We say new, but we’ve got an eery sense of déjà vu here: you can tag other people to your post by @Mentioning their name. Hey, doesn’t Twitter do something just like that?
Don’t get too excited about rumours claiming the Palm Pre is launching in the UK tomorrow. They’re just that. Keep that spot in October open on your calendar though, as it’s still on track for then. Read on to find out how we know.
Changes are afoot for Skype, the internet phone service, that’s for sure. Owner eBay is spinning it off, but that’s not all that’s in store: Skype is planning a brand new platform to let third party developers build on top of Skype services. Anyone fancy making Skype video calls from within Facebook?
The Nokia N900 net tablet‘s hardware is impressive enough, but its real selling point is the all new, multitasking Maemo 5 operating system. Espoo’s proud of what it can do, and to show it off, it’s launching its very own, Nokia endorsed hacking competition for crafty coders. Want to get involved? Keep reading to find out how.
From growing our hair to emulate Shaggy, or simply pining after Sarah Michelle Gellar in the shonky real–life movie, we never get tired of Scooby Doo. And word’s just landed on an all–new game featuring Mystery Inc, Scooby Doo: First Frights. Want to know what capers you’ll be getting up to? Read on.
Behold, the B&W Zeppelin Mini, just about the most promising station for your song chucker since, well, the original Zeppelin. It cuts the size of that quirky dock, but what about price and sound quality? Read on to find out.