http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Fri, 24 May 2013 14:05:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/rim-will-pull-the-covers-off-bb10-january-30th/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/rim-will-pull-the-covers-off-bb10-january-30th/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:45:34 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=119540 RIM’s BB10 has been a hell of a long time coming. But the company has finally pinned down a launch date for the new OS: it will officially enter into the world on January 30th next year. The new software is pretty much make-or-break for RIM, whose fortunes have been failing of recent time. CEO [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/rim-will-pull-the-covers-off-bb10-january-30th/feed/ 7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsung-were-not-interested-in-buying-rim-or-blackberry-licenses/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsung-were-not-interested-in-buying-rim-or-blackberry-licenses/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:30:19 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=93337 On the heels of last week’s news suggesting that RIM was planning to license out its new operating system, BB10, Samsung has firmly denied any desires to become involved with RIM. Reuters is reporting that Samsung has told it outright that it “has not considered acquiring Research In Motion or licensing the… new mobile operating [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/samsung-were-not-interested-in-buying-rim-or-blackberry-licenses/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/6-things-os-x-mountain-lion-should-steal-from-windows-8/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/6-things-os-x-mountain-lion-should-steal-from-windows-8/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:00:26 +0000 Sam Biddle http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=75475 Apple’s shiny new baby is about to slide out of the womb, and if you’re a Mac user, it’ll take over your computer soon. New features abound, but OS X Mountain Lion is missing some awesome stuff Microsoft has cooked up in Windows 8. Apple: copy this.   (Smart) Full Screen Apps Mountain Lion is [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/6-things-os-x-mountain-lion-should-steal-from-windows-8/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/windows-8-boots-so-fast-you-cant-access-the-bios-menu/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/windows-8-boots-so-fast-you-cant-access-the-bios-menu/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:30:19 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=71391 Windows 8 boots so blisteringly fast that it theoretically gives you only 200 milliseconds to access the BIOS menu. Fortunately, Microsoft has gone to the trouble of designing a whole new Boot Options menu so you don’t have to punch F8 like a crazy person. You see, an SSD-equipped PC will only take 7 second [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/05/windows-8-boots-so-fast-you-cant-access-the-bios-menu/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/steve-jobs-was-way-ahead-of-his-time-even-back-in-1999/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/steve-jobs-was-way-ahead-of-his-time-even-back-in-1999/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:30:04 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=63927 A couple of years back, Apple filed a patent application for an ad-supported operating system, which would give the user free or discounted services and software in return for watching ads. But apparently Steve Jobs himself came up with the idea, way back in 1999, and Apple very nearly released a version of OS 9 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/04/steve-jobs-was-way-ahead-of-his-time-even-back-in-1999/feed/ 12