Google Drive goes live
The online cloud locker, starting with a 5GB freebie, is where Google wants you to park your files so you can share them with colleagues, friends and – quite possibly – strangers. Watch video...
The Google Phone of 2006 revealed
Way back in 2006 – two years before the arrival of the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1 – Google showed off early designs for a Google Phone to carriers. Those early renders have now resurfaced in the courtroom as part of the ongoing Google vs Oracle copyright case over Java. Read more...
5 of the best quirky QR codes
Those peculiar little geometric designs crop up in the oddest places – here are five of our favourites. Check it out...
HP Ivy Bridge desktop computers announced
HP has just announced its first Intel Ivy Bridge packed desktop computers, including all-in-ones and HP’s most powerful Pavilion tower to date. Intel’s third generation Ivy Bridge processors use 22 nanometre architecture to reduce size and power consumption. Great for laptops, but does that help on these desktops? In short, yes: it can more than double processing power of graphically intense data crunching – meaning smoother gaming, video editing, and streaming at 1080p. Read more...
IMHO – should Apple focus on iPads for business?
Business, apparently, likes the iPad. Apple’s Tim Cook reckons nearly every company (94 per cent) in the Fortune 500 is using or testing the Apple tablet. And although we’re not sure how yet, the CEO is promising to focus on “penetration in enterprise.” To us, that seems odd. Yes, companies like to play around with iPads. If you can get your company to sign off on a fun gadget you can play with in boring meetings, why not? Read more...
Firefox 12 is out now
Firefox 12 is out, and it’s arrived with a simpler updater and over 85 other improvements. Although they’re mainly for all you developers out there. The updater will now only need your permission once to make changes on your computer, from then on it will be automated, making the process less hassle filled, while remaining secure. Read more...
Best Android apps this week
Check out the tastiest Android sweeties dug out from the Google Play treats jar this week. Check it out...
Microsoft SkyDrive adds 7GB free storage to trounce Google and Apple
The free storage wars are upon us, as the battle for your choice of cloud storage intensifies – and Microsoft ups the ante to 7GB free storage with SkyDrive.
Hot on the heels of news that Google is more than doubling the free storage available on Google Docs to 5GB, Microsoft rallies with an extra 2GB, leaving Google and Apple trailing in the race to pick up cloud users. Read more...