The Hargreaves Report, a review commissioned by David Cameron into Britain’s longstanding copyright laws, has been published today. Amongst the recommendations? That the government make the act of ripping CDs into MP3s legal. ‘Bout time.
May, 2011
At Microsoft’s MIX 11 convention this year, the software giant set in place plans to release a firmware update to the Xbox 360. Set to roll out as early as this week, the update adds Avatar Kinect, support for a new disc format and PayPal payments. Unfortunately, Microsoft has confirmed the update will be incompatible with a small number of Xbox 360 consoles.
Two tasty new Android smartphones compliments of Sony Ericsson are headed our way. The ST18i and CK15i will join the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro as Sony Ericsson’s latest hardware to launch with Android 2.3.x Gingerbread. Device specs are a bit of a mystery at this point, but we’ve managed to wrangle up a few key details.
You might have seen the spots during the footie with floating footballers and a camera zooming around them, Matrix style. How would you like to be in one of them? We got a look at how the whole set up works, so read on for video and images of it in action, as well as details of the location and times to get your own done.
As the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer flies off retail shelves, the question in desperate need of an answer is when will our transforming tablet receive its Android 3.1 Honeycomb update. According to Acer, the update is headed our way in as little as two weeks. It looks like summer isn’t the only cause for celebration this June.
Email inboxes are sounding with celebration this afternoon as some users are reporting their invite for Google Music Beta has arrived. Armed with an Android 2.2 smartphone (or higher), web browser or tablet, you’ll be off to races, ready to start uploading your library to the musical cloud.
There’s a new Nokia phone! Look! Here’s the Nokia N9 video. Wooooo…oh, no, wait, I just remembered: it’s a MeeGo phone. And as we heard from Intel’s CEO earlier today that Nokia/Intel partnership was the tech equivalent Paul McCarney and Heather Mills’ marriage.
With Steve Ballmer and Microsoft circling like the chubbiest vultures in the desert and Stephen Elop rocking the burning boat metaphors, Nokia needs to have begun its public resurrection by now. Keeping the MeeGo mission going is a gross misuse of time and effort…
It’s been another busy morning in technolibob, so read on and see what you’ve missed here in our lunchtime lowdown news roundup: we’ve got everything from iPhone 5 details to a first glimpse of the new Nintendo console. Advance!