Stuart Miles News Archive

3D gaming coming to a BlackBerry near you

RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry handsets, is hoping to appeal to gamers in the future with an announcement that it will be supporting the OpenGL ES technology in its handsets.

The news, which was announced at the company's developer conference in San Francisco,...

Ricoh GXR digital camera breaks cover early

Ricoh is expected to announce a new digital camera tomorrow called the GXR, which features a number of different interchangeable lens components in what it hopes will be a breakthrough in the way cameras work, according to a video posted by mistake by Which.co.uk.

The...

Xobni mobile details teased at BlackBerry Developer Conference

Xobni has offered further details of what the mobile version of its Outlook plug-in will offer and suggested a launch date to delegates at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday.

"Xobni for mobile will be more like your automatic address...

Firefox keeps crashing? Here's how to fix it

Firefox is now five, however if, like many, you've found yourself having to leave your favourite browser because of constant crashing there are plenty of ways to get your Firefox groove back and save yourself from Mozilla hell.

Here are three steps to insuring...

Opera features giant 40ft Microsoft Surface-esque stage

When you think of opera being performed on the stage in an opera house the last thing you think of is an interactive experience powered by software algorithms, infra-red cameras and state-of-the-art technology, yet in an attempt to lure in a younger, more tech savvy audience...

Sonos Controller iPhone/iPod app gets Twitter update

Sonos has released an update to its iPhone and iPod touch app, bringing it in line with the new Sonos Software 3.1 update released recently for the music systems dedicated controller and computer software. 

The new update, which is now available in the Apple App...

Boxee sets date for beta, promises new features

Boxee has confirmed that it will be coming out of Alpha and going into Beta on 7 December before a full launch in January at CES.

Boxee, who describes itself as the "first social media centre" to play media from your computer and other devices in your home network"...

Canon 7D firmware update rids you of the ghost in the machine

Canon has released a new firmware update that fixes a known issue with its top of the range Canon EOS 7D DSLR camera, which was launched back in September.

The new firmware update, version 1.1.0, corrects a recently discovered problem where remnants of the previous...

Adobe Photoshop for mobile Android edition launched

Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone app has come to the Android platform the company has announced.

Following on from the launch of the iPhone app in the US in October, the company has rolled out the "Free" app on the Google OS.

The Android application...

Limited "unlimited" claims should be banned

Lawyer: Mrs. Simpson, what did you and your husband do after you were ejected from the restaurant?

Marge Simpson: We pretty much went straight home…

Lawyer: Mrs. Simpson, you are under oath!

Marge Simpson: We drove around until 3AM looking...

Grooming tips for your moustache

You can't just grow hair on your top tip and think that's all there is to it, grooming your moustache, or mustache for our American readers, takes time and consideration.

We sat down with Dr. Aaron Perlut, the chairman of the American Mustache Institute to find...

Beamer case adds flash to iPhone

You can get iPhone cases that protect your phone, you can get them that offer you extra power, you can even get them with a Bluetooth headset in them, and now, thanks to a community back project, one with a built-in torch that can double up as a camera flash.

Dell Adamo XPS is thin, CD case thin

After weeks of teaser campaigns, leaked photos and specs, Dell has gone official with its slimline laptop offering that it hopes will offer an alternative to the Sony X Series, Apple MacBook Air, and Samsung's X series as well.

The new model, which averages at...

PHOTOS: Dell Adamo XPS hands on

Thinner than a regular CD case (9.9mm) Dell has just announced the Dell Adamo XPS after much tooing and throwing in a teaser campaign and Pocket-lint was hands on to snap some photos. 

Yes it is thin, yes the keyboard tucks into the casing and yes you really do...

Casio G'zOne Brigade gets tough with Push To Talk

Casio has gone tough in the US with Verizon, launching a new Push to Talk  (PTT) handset geared towards those who like to beat their handset while they work.

Coming with "Military standard" ruggedness - a real term - the handset made by Casio will be called the...

LG Chocolate touch launches, forgets stylish heritage

LG announced a new "Chocolate" handset on Thursday on the Verizon network in the US forgetting its stylish heritage for a brief moment.

The rather gaudy looking handset will be offered for $79.99 and slip into the mid-tier range of handsets for those looking for...

PHOTOS: Verizon Droid Eris by HTC hands on

HTC and Verizon have confirmed the rumours that the second "Droid" handset alongside the Motorola Droid will be called the Droid Eris and be created by HTC. 

The new handset will offer a virtually identical feature set to the Sprint HTC Hero and feature a 3.2-inch...

HTC Hero becomes Verizon Droid Eris by HTC

Verizon and HTC just dropped a bombshell on Sprint and its HTC Hero offering, marketing a virtually identical handset for $80 cheaper in the US, in what is sure to create a price war in the run up to the holidays.

The new handset, The Droid Eris by HTC, has been...

TwitterPeek UK bound?

Twitterpeek, the dedicated Twitter device announced earlier in the week in the US could be making its way to the UK in the early part of next year according to the company behind it.

"Someday TwitterPeek will cross the pond to the UK. someday could be early next...

12 Apps worth jailbreaking your iPhone for

Who needs official apps (all 100,000 of them) when there are a handful of apps that aren't approved and available to anyone wishing to "Jailbreak" their iPhone.

With BlackRa1n now unlocking the latest 3.1.2 firmware and Apple's app process going potty at times,...

"Connected Car" brings in-flight entertainment to your car

The humble car is about to be catapulted into the 21st century offering drivers and passengers a multimedia experience akin to enjoying an in-flight entertainment service sat on an aeroplane.

Although only at a "proof of concept" stage at the moment, Alcatel-Lucent...

BlackRa1n iPhone 3GS unlocks iPhone in under 20 seconds

The constant battle between Apple and those that want to open up the iPhone operating system took another step forward today, this time in favour of the coders.

George Hotz, a developer, has managed to circumnavigate Apple's coding to allow users to unlock the...

TwitterPeek device aims to appeal to the Twitterholic

Peek, the company that offers a dedicated handheld email device, has today announced a new device just for twitterholics.

The TwitterPeek as it is called, is a dedicated colour screen, QWERTY keyboard sporting device that allows users to dump their smartphones,...

Beatles live performance coming to venue near you

That's a headline you could read in the not too distant future thanks to a new technology that is hoping to change the way we listen to music forever.

The concept, created by Zenph Studios and called "Re-Performance", works not by re-mastering music in the traditional...

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Nook ebook

Spring Design, the maker of the Alex dual-screen ebook reader is suing Barnes & Noble over claims that the bookseller copied ideas and features in releasing its own ebook, the Nook.

"We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention...