An understanding of physics is essential to Angry Birds, but did you know Rovio’s classic can help you get your head round some quite complex concepts at the same time (coefficient of restitution, anyone?) using some nifty analysing software?
Click through for videos of how Angry Birds can help you brush up on your physics. If only iPhone games existed when we were taking our GCSEs.
We’ve got a fair while to wait for Windows 8. Its radical new tablet-friendly interface with titles that tip a wink to Windows Phone 7 isn’t due to make its proper debut until sometime in 2012.
But if you’re growing bored of Windows 7 and want to give it a splash of Windows 8-style pzazz, there’s already a way. Read for the two easy steps it takes to give your desktop that Windows 8 look…
Google TV hasn’t been on high on Google’s list of priorities recently. It was only briefly mentioned at Google I/O with an Android Honeycomb upgrade and we’re still waiting for the UK launch to materialise. But a quietly made acquistion suggests that a rethought Google TV is in the works.
Google has bought Sage TV, a Californian set top box maker whose sole product combines DVR features with Slingbox-style placeshifting, and immediately shuttered its site. Could that technology about to be folded into Google TV?
The cloud of bad news around the BlackBerry PlayBook launch has got bigger with Dolby Laboratories suing RIM for patent infringement. The audio technology firm says RIM is willfully infringing on a grab bag of its patents.
Dolby says the technology is used in a number of BlackBerry phones and the BlackBerry PlayBook. It also claims that all the other major smartphone and tablet makers, including Apple, license the same technology.
It says the lawsuit was a last resort after RIM declined to pay and it wants damages and BlackBerry Playbook sales halted. That’s not likely to happen soon – lawsuits of this kind can grind on for years – but it’s another headache RIM could do without.
The new MacBook Air rumours have now been joined by chatter about refreshes for the Mac Mini and Mac Pro. CNET writer, Brian Tong, who got a solid tip off about the new iMac back in May, says new Mac Pros and Mac Minis will drop late next month or in early August.
If Apple does kick out updated versions of its both its heavy duty and bite-size desktops, we’d expect to see Thunderbolt (Intel’s new turbo-speed connection) making an appearance. It would be especially welcome on the Mac Pro which mainly ends up in the hands of hardcore video editors and serious coders who crave those high data transfer speeds.
Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via Brian Tong/Gizmodo)
Sega has been hacked. Over the weekend, it admitted that its Sega Pass website has been compromised exposing the personal details of 1,290,775 registered users. The attack mainly affects users in Europe and North and sounds all too familiar in the wake of the Sony PlayStation Network hack.
Fortunately, there are some major differences between the situation faced by Sega and the Sony debacle. The big one is that, since Sega uses external firms to process payments, no credit card details have been swiped. And this time, LulzSec says it didn’t do it. In fact, though it hates Sony, it seems it’s got a lot of love for Sega…
Orange unveils an intriguing Glastonbury concept every year and this one’s a doozy: the Orange Sound Charge t-shirt, a gadget-friendly garment that will charge your tech with sound. It’s exactly the kind of combination of barmy and brilliant we love.
While you can’t get your hands on an Orange Sound Charge yet, the firm will be testing the t-shirt in the field (literally) during Glastonbury to find out which acts’ power chords deliver the most juice. Read on to find out how the Orange Sound Charge does it…
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