The big brother to the HP Veer, the Pre 3, is now slated for an August 31 release date according to Play.com. While this still falls into the “summer season” promised by HP, previous reports suggested we’d see the webOS flagship by mid-July. Without the Pre 3, touch to share with the HP TouchPad remains a pipe dream unless you own the Veer. Will a late August release of the HP Pre 3 spell disaster for webOS?
July, 2011
Wow, Wednesday lunchtime already. What happened to the week? Well somehow we’re halfway through it, so what better time to catch up on some tech happenings.
This morning’s been a doozy, with Spotify teaming up with Virgin Media, Ofcom showing you where to move to next, and iPhone 5 September launch rumours gathering pace.
The more we hear about the Wii U, the more we can’t wait to get one under our TV. So we’re chuffed Nintendo’s president and chief operating officer has just spilled more about the forthcoming console.
So when’s it out? Will it stream movies to the control? Can you use the 3DS with it? And will it get 3D capabilities in the near future? All will be revealed…
PayPal UK has joined Fox News in the unfortunate club of firms who’ve had their Twitter accounts hacked. At around 8pm last night, an unknown individual with a grudge against PayPal took over the @paypaluk account and began sending a stream of angry tweets including a link to long-time anti-PayPal site, PayPal Sucks. With the help of Twitter support staff the company regained control of the account at around midnight.
PayPal immediately tweeted to reassure customers that they’re data and, more importantly, their cash is safe and sound: “This account was hacked earlier. We have it in our control now. Your personal data is still 100% safe, hack occurred on Twitter not PayPal.” However, a look at Twitter reveals that the company is still receiving concerned tweets from customers spooked by the hack.
If you’re a PayPal customer, what did you make of the incident? Click the headline and head for the comments to let us know.
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Grab a PC and a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and you can get some new life out of the four-year-old FPS. Black Monkeys have completed their two-and-a-half year project to create a Star Wars mod for the game and it’s available to grab now for free.
You can play either as a Imperial stormtrooper or a rebel grunt with Star Wars: Galactic Warfare dropping you in familiar settings including Mos Eisley and Tatooine. If we weren’t working, we’d be playing already. You can grab the mod from the link below and get hints on how to install in this video guide.
Take a peek at Star Wars: Galactic Warfare in action after the jump…
The iPhone 5 is already heading for the production lines and set for a September release according to the latest rumour to rattle out of the Far Eastern echo chamber. The new claim comes from the constant iPhone tittle tattle tellers at DigiTimes.
It claims Pegatron, which manufactures the Verizon iPhone 4, has secured an order for 15 million units of the iPhone 5 from Apple and is already pumping them out. That would put production on schedule for a September launch, just in time for Apple’s annual music-themed event.
As usual rumours from DigiTimes should be taken with a significant pinch of salt but the signs pointing to an iPhone 5 in September do look very promising.
Ofcom has released its first ever interactive map showing UK broadband speeds and it’s not a pretty picture for most of the country. While 68% of premises have a broadband connection, the average maximum speed is a paltry 7.5Mbit/s.
Casting your eye over the colour coded Ofcom map also reveals that most of us live in areas classed as on the lower end of Ofcom’s performance scale with Wales coming out worst. Read on to discover the best places to live if you crave a speedy connection and where you’re guaranteed to be frustrated…
