You might not have been all that psyched by Panasonic’s first out-of-Asia phone offering, the Eluga, but it’s coming to the UK in April. It might be running Gingerbread on release, but it is slim and waterproof, which should give you one less thing to worry about.
A new patent registered by Google covers the serving of adverts based on the background noises it picks up by listening in to your phone calls, which could result in your mobile spamming you with Cornetto ads whenever the ice cream van drives past.
You're gonna want to turn the lights down low and pour some Champagne before you hit play on this one. Think, Barry White crooning to a unicorn on a rainbow — in space.
Parametric speakers aren't exactly new, but this Kickstarter idea is tiny and practical. The Soundlazer delivers a focused beam of audio in a single direction. Theoretically, you could point it at yourself, and nobody around you would hear your embarrassing music at all.
Confirming what pretty much everyone already knew, streaming is officially more popular than renting discs, at least according to LoveFilm. Having gone big with its LoveFilm Instant in the battle with Netflix, streams are now the most popular way people consume stuff from the Amazon-owned company eclipsing DVDs, Blu-rays and games combined.
Spotify is adding to its growing apps platform with 13 new apps from taste-making record labels, including Def Jam and Matador, chock full of curated selections and starting points to discover new music on your own.
YouTube is expanding its video manipulation options with a new feature that will automatically fix up your crappy video footage. The edits include color correction and image stabilisation.
This is awesome. The real, authentic, genuine, official Sony Pictures DVD for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo looks like a burned DVD copy complete with the movie's title scribbled in black pen. It's supposed to fit the movie's theme and Rooney Mara's character.
Apple's unapologetically selling a new iPad that'll go up to 46 degrees in your hands while playing a game. Maybe they should have done something about that, yeah. But the tablet's new processor is so massive, we shouldn't be surprised.
The United States' National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California has fired the most powerful laser in history, a record-breaking 2-megajoule shot. The laser was originally designed to reach 1.875-megajoules, but beat everyone's expectations—and set a new world record in the process.
The first time humans descended to the deepest spot on Earth, they were joined by a rare Rolex specially designed to withstand the immense pressures under water. And now that James Cameron plans to go deeper, Rolex wants to tag along again.
At least two scams targeting users of file-sharing services have emerged over the last few days. So far the reports all come from overseas, but if it's happening in Germany then similar scams in the UK are very likely. Watch out.
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that a big, juicy hunk of steak makes you happier. But now there's scientific proof, too; according to a new study, consumption of red meat halves the risk of depression.
