The Panasonic Lumix G3 is Pan’s very latest Micro Four Thirds camera, freshly updated for 2011 with a new sensor and plenty of skills you’d typically expect from a DSLR. Read on to meet it.
May, 2011
I was mulling over last night’s app-tastic episode of The Apprentice, trying to work out whether I should be happy or sad that mobile apps have become such a part of public consciousness, when an email dropped into my inbox bigging up a new iPhone app.
Called Rack Stare, the “game” sees you trying to ogle the cleavage of a busty woman on screen without being spotted. The longer you gawp, the more points you get. Is this what we’ve come to?
Finally, the Google Chrome OS hardware that we’ve been harping on about for what seems like since the Cretaceous era has finally arrived. The Samsung Series 5 looks great and as our Samsung Series 5 first impressions concludes it’s pretty much the closest a laptop gets to the ease-of-use of the iPad 2. But there are some inevitable downsides that Google isn’t going to mention much…
Most Star Wars fans agree that George Lucas really needs a few new ideas, rather than constantly tweaking the films they love in unnecessary ways. He really needs to watch this robot lightsaber duel.
We’d love to see some more evil droids battling some Jedi bots but in the meantime, Yakaskawa, maker of Motoman industrial robots, has equipped them with lightsabers and set them off fighting at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai. It’s oddly beautiful…
Yes, Angry Birds is getting another update. Oh yes, if your addiction to the furious feathered ones is crippling, here’s another dose of puzzles for you. Angry Birds Rio: Beach Volley is an episodic update for the Rio-themed game and Rovio promises a new episode for the game each month until November.
You can see the Angry Birds: Beach Volley trailer after the break. Let us know in the comments whether you can handle all these Angry Birds updates or whether they’re hatching too frequently…
EXCLUSIVE: Still waiting around for Google TV to come to the UK? So are we, but in the meantime, another player is prepping an Android powered set top box. Dutch manufacturer Eminent announced its plans for the Android fuelled EM7297 hdMEDIA AND box back in March, but we’ve scoured out a few more details, including launch window and word of a fancy remote. Read on.
If you’re rocking the original Samsung Galaxy Tab, here’s some good news – the Android Gingerbread update has started to roll out.
Now we know that all the chatter is about Android Honeycomb and Android Ice Cream Sandwich now but if you’ve been itching to get your hands on updated features on your tablet, a taste of Gingerbread is surely welcome…
One of the Nintendo 3DS‘ lesser known features is its ability to crudely multitask between games and the various apps Nintendo baked in. Of course, there’s been little point up until now, but that’s about to change: Ninty’s just announced that the software update bringing a web browser and the company’s eShop for DLC is hitting the UK on 7 June.