August, 2010

Canon EOS 60D official: 18 megapixel monster!

UPDATE: The first Canon EOS 60D sample HD video footage is up, and we’ve got it here. Come take a peek – it’s pretty breathtaking!

The Canon EOS 60D has been a long time in the making – its predecessor the 50D is now two years old – but it’s here now and official. We’ve got all the details on it right here, plus plenty of tasty pics for your perusal in our gallery!

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Google’s push into voice calling gets another prop today, as we get news that Google will be installing Google Voice phone boxes in universities and airports. The booths are part of an effort on the part of Google to get people used to using Google Voice, and also to prove the quality of Google Voice calls. From the phone booths, you’ll be able to make domestic and international calls completely for free. The Google Voice phone boxes will be mocked up to look like our own red telephone boxes, and will be appearing from next week.

[via TechCrunch]

Morning all! We hope you’ve had plenty of kip, as a new day stuffed full of gadget news is about to come pouring on in. If you’ve been out of the loop for a little while, catch up quick with a refresher course of all the latest headlines, ready and waiting for you right here in techie breakie!

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Google is trialling a new Gmail feature for placing free phone calls within Gmail, as part of the Google Chat interface, confirming rumours that started circulating back in June. Could this be such a tidy VoIP solution that it poses a real threat to competitors like Skype?

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The Apple event we all knew was coming has been confirmed. From 6pm next Wednesday (That’s the 1st of September if you’re counting), we’ll be finding out about whatever the company’s got in store. Presumably we’ll be seeing a new iPod touch and nano, but the event could also see the launch of iTunes in the cloud and that revamped Apple TV. And yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, this is happening just one day before Samsung’s big Galaxy Tablet reveal, which could pull alot of attention away from the first big name Android tablet. Tune in next week when we’ll be covering it all live on the ground, with as much hands on coverage as you could possibly want.

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Typically evasive sales reporting from Amazon on the new Kindle today, as it states that “more next generation Kindles were ordered in the first four weeks of availability than in the same timeframe following any other Kindle launch, making the new Kindles the fastest-selling ever.” As per usual, there are no figures to support this, so we can’t stack it up next to the iPad or any other tablet or e-reader to see how the user base compares. Although Amazon are always secretive about specific figures, and have never given numbers on Kindle sales, it sets off a niggle – if the Kindle is selling so well, why doesn’t Amazon give Kindle figures? Even the obsessively secretive Apple do that.

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Apple is rumoured to be taking on new staff and has initiated an intensive training course to prepare them for a “very big new product”. Any new release from Apple is usually worth paying attention to, but what could this one be?

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Final Fantasy Versus 13 isn’t getting a release date any time soon. While Final Fantasy 14 is set to hit PS3 and PC on September 30, Square Enix refuses to pin an ETA on the long-gestating action RPG. And Final Fantasy Versus 13 producer Yoshinori Kitase has suggested it won’t even hit Japan in 2011. Read on to share our disappointment…

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