LG's Google TV Launching in the UK... But Not Until 2013
LG's UK division has given us a UK launch date for its first Google-powered TV. That's the good news. The bad news is we'll be waiting until 2013 for it.
LG's UK division has given us a UK launch date for its first Google-powered TV. That's the good news. The bad news is we'll be waiting until 2013 for it.
In an attempt to lessen the £1.2m the company loses each year from thieves nicking lumps of its pipework, cabling, roofing and gratings, Thames Water is starting to tag its hardware, so those who nick it can be caught.
Rather than just one specific deal, we’re hitting you right between the eyes with a myriad of bargain offers today – all thanks to HotUKDeals member qyestionmark.
Since HTC properly burst on to the scene with its Android handsets a few years ago, the company has seen nothing but success, with its profits soaring year-on-year. It looks like those times are a'changing though.
If you're not already consumed with desire by Samsung and Google's cutting-edge Android 4.0 showcase the Galaxy Nexus, how about this -- a new white version. This will be arriving at the UK's SIM-free retailers in the week commencing February 6th, accompanied by a new standard black model with 32GB of internal storage space. [Clove]
Facebook’s just launched the “Facebook Card”, a business card gleaned from your Facebook profile and has tapped an award-winning web-printing company, Moo.com, based London’s Silicon Roundabout to do it.
Toshiba's no stranger to ultra-thin portable devices (see: the Excite tablet and Protege Z830 ultrabook). Now Toshiba claims to once again have developed the world's thinnest 10.1-inch tablet and 13.3-inch ultrabook.
If you spend your spare time huddled over mobile phone boot screens fiddling with things THEY don't want you really fiddling with, one step in the process has just got a little easier thanks to new touchscreen controls in recovery tool ClockworkMod.
The Israel Anti-Drug Authority thought that the new Facebook profile timeline would be a perfect way to convince people not to take drugs, using it to show a life with and without drugs. It's clever and cute.
Following up on Netflix's deal with the BBC for back-catalogue access, LoveFilm's not sitting on its laurels and has struck a deal with the Beeb and ITV for archive streaming access.
A report in UK games trade title MCV claims Sony will reveal its expected "follow-up to the PS3" at this year's E3 gaming event. Given that we're also expecting Microsoft and Nintendo to show off their next-gen consoles, it could be the biggest and most brutal three-way console battle of all. E3 2012 starts on June 5th. [MCV]
London’s set to get Europe’s largest free Wi-Fi zone with a partnership between O2, Westminister and Kensington and Chelsea Borough Councils. The deal will mean the entire boroughs will be blanketed with free Wi-Fi access with the “Metro” network infrastructure attached to lampposts and other “street furniture”.
Conventional wisdom dictates that people, especially the younger ones, have ruined their appreciation for the deep, rich, crisp sound that previous generations of music fans saw as the holy grail. However, conventional wisdom isn't always wise.
It wasn’t that long ago we were getting excited by single-core chips topping 1GHz in our phones. Now we’ve got quad-core beasts on the way, but ZiiLabs (aka Creative) reckons you can never have enough cores and is touting a 100-core monstrosity optimised for Android 4.0, with apparently lower battery consumption.
Social. Social. Social. Everyone wants to be social, stay social, live social. But the best place to socialise? The shower. Too bad you need a willing human partner or a waterproof laptop for that! It's okay, there's a third option now: a Facebook-like profile page shower curtain.
Short answer: yes. Corning announced today that it will be debuting the next iteration of Gorilla Glass at CES next week...though as cryptically as possible. It is reputedly designed with device manufacturers' move towards thinner, lighter displays in mind. Take that, sharp corners. [Corning via Engadget]
