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Plumen 001 CFL Bulb Wins Design of the Year Award

, Mar 15th 2011 Discuss [10]

The Plumen 001 lightbulb, which has been described as the "world's first designer energy saving light bulb", has won the Design of the Year Award at the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards today. This super-stylish bulb was selected from over 90 shortlisted products on display at the Design Museum in London. So why did the CFL lightbulb win the day? Read The Full Story

HTC Incredible S Available for Pre-Order, Ships on 26th

, Feb 24th 2011 Discuss [1]

We've just received word that pre-orders have just begun for the HTC Incredible S, a phone that's available exclusively through Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy in the UK, via their webpage at CarphoneWarehouse.com. With this pre-order starting up instantly, we can't help but wonder how long it'll take Best Buy to start up theirs - or perhaps there wont be a pre-order at Best Buy? Either way, you'll be able to start picking up your phone on Saturday - of course, that's only if you DID get a pre-order in. Shipping for everyone else starts on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Read The Full Story

Book Listings on Amazon Could Indicate July Launch of Mac OS X Lion

, Feb 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Book listings on Amazon.co.uk could indicate that Mac OS X Lion will be launched in July or August of this year. The books include Mac OS X Lion For Dummies, Mac OS X Lion All-in-One For Dummies, Mac OS X Lion Bible, Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X Lion, Mac OS X Lion Portable Genius, and Mac OS X Lion Simplified. All are set to ship in July or August. Read The Full Story

LTE 50Mbps Wireless Internet in Rural Wales

, Dec 9th 2010 Discuss [4]

All the folks in Wales be speedin along now, just a chuggin with brand new Arqiva and Alcatel Lucent carriers utilizing Long Term Evolution masts through the Preseli Mountians. Soon testing will begin to see if it'll be economically viable to bring internet to all those homes that otherwise had slow internet or no internet connection at all. A 800MHz spectrum left over from the digital TV switchover in the area will be used for the trial, this then to go on auction to network providers in 2011. Read The Full Story

Palm Pre 2 lands in UK

, Nov 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Palm Pre was expected to do really well in the market and ultimately the phone failed. It sold better than some of the real epic failures like the Kin family from Microsoft, but Pre sales were nothing like what Palm and many people that waited for the phone expected. Palm was eventually gobbled up by HP and the first smartphone to trickle out from Palm since then is the Pre 2 and that device is available in the UK right now. Read The Full Story

UK Prime Minister wants US-style Fair Use Industrial Policy to Spur Innovation

, Nov 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is hanging out in East London and yesterday says he admits that UK copyright laws are outmoded and that they've chilled innovation on the internet. He notes that a no-permission-needed approach generally proves much more successful and he wants to change UK law and their approach to industrial policy to reflect it. Read The Full Story

UK Security Firm Earns Grant to Film You Through Movie Theater Screens

, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

Specialist security company Arlia Systems has just earned a grant to use special cameras embedded in the screens at movie theaters to film your facial expressions so that they might serve you more relevant advertisements. The firm plans on using infrared cams to detect and collect the way you are reacting to the images and sounds around you, using 3D facial recognition technology to determine how much you love or hate what they're presenting on the screen. Read The Full Story

New Journal of Physics in UK Reports “Huge Step Forward” for Invisibility Technology

, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

Everyone's favorite invisibility cloak concept is continuing to move forward in the UK as scientists demonstrate a flexible film that contains tiny structures that together form a "metamaterial." This metamaterial can manipulate light in such a way that renders objects invisible - metamaterials like the one currently under examination have been created before, but only worked for light of a color beyond what a human can see with the naked eye. This new bendy approach (for visible light) is reported in the New Journal of Physics. Read The Full Story

Nexus One arriving to Vodafone UK in April

, Feb 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Telegraph has reported that the Nexus One will be launching in the UK with Vodafone, on sale through Google.com/phone only, as the company had announced earlier.  The British news site hasn't named actual sources but says that those close to both companies have confirmed an April launch. Read The Full Story

giffgaff MVNO launches: free credit for helpful behaviour

, Nov 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

New UK MVNO giffgaff have launched their "mutual giving" service, and while the real meat of the virtual carrier is in its system of rewarding helpful behaviour with free calltime, there are some appealing prices too for those obsessed with the bottom line.  giffgaff - who use the O2 network - are offering a free SIM (presuming you top up with £10 straight away) and then £0.08 ($0.13) per minute calls and £0.04 ($0.07) SMS; calls in-between giffgaff SIMs are free, and data is also free until the MVNO can figure out a reasonable price plan. Read The Full Story

Samsung Corby Gets Launched for the Young People of the World

, Sep 2nd 2009 Discuss [6]

The mobile phone industry is huge, and it touches almost everyone's lives at some point or another, usually whether they like it or not. In the case of parents all around the world, saving money is usually paramount when selecting a phone for their kids. Of course, it's usually about the look of the thing, well before price, on the other side of the coin. So, is there a happy middle ground? Samsung thinks they've found it. Read The Full Story
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