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Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 8, 2011 at 4:32 pm Comments Off

Users of OnLive can rejoice, as they’ve announced the free OnLive app for mobile phones and tablets. If you own an iOS or Android device that happens to be on their compatible list, you can play on your phone over Wi-Fi or your phone network.

Cue obligatory soundbite from their CEO Steve Perlman:
“Today marks a major [...]

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Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 8, 2011 at 3:50 pm Comments Off

GlacialTech have announced two new cooling pads for laptops: The SnowPad N1 and the SnowPad H2. Both are USB powered and draw air away from the base to prevent overheating.

I’m sure you’ve read the rumblings from worried scientists whom claim that laptops can affect men in a fairly unsavoury way, although that has been shown [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 7, 2011 at 11:29 pm Comments Off

PowerSkin has announced something they are calling the “Gaming Skin for iOS”, allowing for more gamplay time via an extra power source, protective cover and speakers.

I doubt that it will help if you have, I dunno, the Madden’s NFL app or Angry Birds…
“PowerSkin’s® new Gaming Skin for iOS allows users to fully immerse themselves in [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm Comments Off

Proporta, thanks to their access to the Built for Blackberry programme, have shown off their latest creations. They include for the Bold 9900, Torch and some Curves.
I do have to say, they look pretty good.

Lynnette Prigmore, the head of product at Proporta, saved me writing a whole paragraph of filler by saying:
“With a solid customer base [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 6, 2011 at 6:32 pm Comments Off

If you happen to be anywhere near Times Square (that place in New York) look up and you may see a 40 metre high Christmas Tree. Oh, and it’s 120 metres in the air.

Thanks to the combined efforts of TDK and Toshiba, the “Crossroads of the World” will have three displays “Christmasified” in 15 minute [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 6, 2011 at 4:41 pm Comments Off

If you are a man and you need to get your high maintenance girlfriend/wife/mistress something for Christmas yet don’t know what to get the fashionista that adores her iPhone, why not look at Capulet’s line of iPhone Wristlets.
Educational Bit – A Wristlet is basically a small handbag with a strap attached to it designed to [...]

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Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 6, 2011 at 2:01 pm Comments Off

Today sees the unveiling of the new Kinect-focused Xbox 360 Dashboard, allowing you to go all Minority Report on your TV. Without the gloves. And that’s cool and all, but that’s not the best part: The UK gets streaming movies.
LOVEFiLM (Think Netflix but run by Amazon and European) have announced that their instant service will allow for [...]