Robonaut 2 or R2 has started sending tweets from outer space. The human like robot is at the International Space Station helping the humans there with jobs both inside and outside. It’s twitter account is @astrobonaut and despite its early messages being sent by humans before it was woken up, it is now sending real messages such as answering questions and sending birthday greetings. The robot took 15 years to build using a joint project between NASA and General Motors.
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Samsung has now got a court date where it will be challenging the ban on its European sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple had brought an injunction against the company and it plans to do the same thing in the Netherlands as well, which is not covered by the European ban that it currently has in place.
At the moment it is banned from promoting, selling or importing the tablet across most of Europe but it will appear in court to put a stop to this. It is expected that within a few weeks of the court date a decision will be made as to whether the ban can be lifted. At the moment some retailers do have the product because the injunction does not cover the sale by third parties. Continue reading →
Steve Jobs has quit as the boss of Apple. He resigned form the position after having a liver transplant following cancer of the pancreas and he has been on his third set of medical leave. He has been of work since January with an undisclosed condition He explained that he did not feel he could meet his duties. He will become the chairman of the firm and his position will be taken over by the chief operating officer, Tim Cook. Steve Jobs formed the company with Steve Wozniak in the 70′s and in the 80′s the macintosh computers became popular, he left in 1985 after a fall out with staff but rejoined in 1997 wh they made the colourful iMac and they have grown speedily ever since.
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The latest version of Mac OS X is Lion. It was release to the masses a just over two weeks ago, introducing a some excellent key features in the process. I have picked out some my 7 key features that i think will help you to get the most out of your Mac.
1. Autosave
This is an invaluable feature that automatically saves files every five minutes, I know what i’m like so this is great for me.
2. Launchpad
Apple has also brought the in the iPhone/iPad iOS interface to the Mac. This shows applications in icon format, providing a quick way of accessing applications that are not stored in the dock. Continue reading →
I am currently sitting on a train from Manchester to London Euston, everyone in view has a laptop open (bar a couple of people reading Heat magazine). We all want WiFi, quick, efficient, full access WiFi – oh yes, plus it should be free too. Continue reading →
There was a time when most of us would only buy a Nokia. “It doesn’t matter which mobile network you give me, as long as it’s a Nokia” Was what i would say in the Carphone Warehouse.
Then Vodafone got “wise” to this. They realised the handset ruled over the provider. That we didn’t actually need or even want them. So the mobile giants brought out their own functionality and interface. Thinking if they set the standard, then no mobile phone could rule over them. I left instantly. Continue reading →
The beautiful little Flip Cam was, just a couple of years ago, the must-have handheld technology and owned 17% share of the camcorder market. But Flip is now being killed off by owners Cisco, with the loss of 550 jobs, due to lack of profits and too much competition in the Smartphone market.
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The movie industry is advancing and evolving all the time with the technology it offers us. At Digital technology Centre we are big fans of movies and the technology that revolves around them. We came across this site allsubs.org which is unique in the fact that it has the largest collection of movie subtitles in the world. Subtitling is one of the oldest aspects of films and is something we are all used to.
But without many people would not be able to enjoy a vast amount of films. Allsubs.org is a very nifty site for anyone interested in viewing movies made in a foreign language.
The IT industry is becoming more and more competitive everyday. To excel you need the right certification and qualifications. Getting the right certification to succeed and to achieve success as an IT practitioner is also getting more difficult in this cut-throat industry. That’s why we were pretty happy to here fromm Certification Key who offer Microsoft MCITP 70-640 exam procedures your ability to complete the technical tasks listed in Certificationkey. The purpose of Certificationkey MCITP 70-640 study resources is to encourage Microsoft 70-640 Certification. The programme is designed in accordance to the offering given by Microsoft’s prospectus. People also search for 70-640 kingtest, 70-640 testking forum, 70-640 testking rapidshare, 70-640 king archive, 70-640 king video Continue reading →
There’s no question there is a great dividing line between these two behemoths. We had this email sent to us describing one guys issues with Macs which amused us and got us thinking:
“In my office all the bosses have a Mac, however all the development team use PCs. We spend most of our time being an internal IT department for the bosses who have constant issues with the hardware of their macs. Eg having the right adaptors etc for all the plethora of screens etc. I personally can’t believe the price of these AV adaptors, £25 a pop, each employee has about 3 or 4. Their Macs cost minimum £600 each, this is all for the brand, we run of Terra-byte Acers and they do a fantastic job. Are our bosses just a bit image conscious?”
Apple are seemingly ahead in popularity or is it just a fantastically marketed brand? We’d love to hear your thoughts.
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The normal PC user rarely even hears about DLLs (Dynamic Linked or Loaded Library) – unless something goes wrong and a warning message stating “DLL Error” is offered up to a reasonable amount of head scratching.
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You may have seen a few Kinect hack videos since Kinnect’s debut that are very impressive. But in the next couple of months, Microsoft is releasing a software developer kit for Windows that will let individuals create their own uses for the motion-sensing device.
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Whilst all in one home cinema systems have been around for a number of years now, 2010 has seen a real step up in the quality and features they offer. Continue reading →
Hair styling products, hair straighteners, hair tongs and tools are one realm of the technology world that’s seemingly reluctant to succumb to the ways of the digital age. I’ve noticed of late that it’s almost coming to feel strange to my touch-screen-familiar fingers and digi-dwelling eyes, not to experience more of the same when it comes to my morning routine. Why is it that most hair-dryers are still operated by a switch (and a giant one at that) when nearly everything else we own has some sort of slick and elegant digital function the size of a pin head? Baffled by this, I have set out to see just what digital hair stylying, hair straighteners, hair tongs tools there are available on the market.
Toni & Guy Touch Control Digital Hair Dryer from £28
Corioliss C2 Slim Digital Straightener from£99.99
Babyliss 2286U Waving Wand Curling Tong and Styler from £28
Instyler from £89.99 is the revolution of Hair Design hair straighteners, hair tongs. Instyler is the product to keep your eyes on in the future, with QVC top seller and major hair designers advocating using it, watch out for the Hair Straighteners with the rotating iron wheel.