A ton of tech news has broken this morning, with everything from new Samsung mobile software to Sky on your phone, and crazy new camera inventions. Want to bone up on it all in one bite? Read our round up right here in the lunchtime lowdown.
November, 2009
Vodafone’s Samsung-manufactured 360 H1 represents a bold move for the carrier. Where virtually every other mobile phone player is heading down the Android road to smartphone success, Vodafone has gone for broke and pegged its hopes on the all-new LiMo OS and its own Vodafone 360 social networking service – does the gamble pay off though? Find out in our Vodafone 360 H1 review.
Ofcom has told the BBC that it will not yet allow the broadcaster to add DRM to its HD TV broadcasts. The decision comes after a two-week consultation period by the regulator which found, surprise, surprise, that the public just don’t like DRM. But is the BBC’s dream of DRM drenched HD TV broadcasts dead? Read on to find out.
Amazon’s just unleashed Kindle for PC into public beta, so you can download digital books from the company and read them on your computer monitor, as well as your Kindle e-reader and iPhone. Want to know where to get it? We’ve got the answers.
Samsung bada is the Korean giant’s spanking new open mobile platform, aimed at serving up smartphone savvy apps to the masses, as well as those rocking the likes of the slick Samsung Omnia 2. But how does it work? And when will you be seeing phones packing it? Read our complete Samsung bada guide now and we’ll give you the complete lowdown.
Google revealed it was working on a faster search engine with more real-time results back in August. Now it seems it’s almost ready to roll out Google Caffeine. Read on to see whether Google’s new brew will be to your taste…
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a 473MB mega-update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which fixes performance issues with the new iMac and includes a ton of other fixes and feature updates. Read on to find out why it’s worthy of installation…