Duncan Geere News Archive 
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Is Stereoscopic 3D gaming ready?
COMMENT: Development is far further ahead than movies or television 24 September 2009 14:00 GMT TweetAmidst all this talk of 3D televisions and 3D movies, it's easy to forget one art-form that's been 3D since 1981 - Gaming. The Sinclair ZX81 had what many regard to be the first 3D game - 3D Monster Maze, which placed the player in a maze with a T-Rex,...
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Sony announces PSP Go peripherals
Bluetooth headset receiver and convertor cable 24 September 2009 11:08 GMT TweetSony has announced a couple of handy accessories for its PSP go handheld console. There's a Bluetooth headset reciever, and a convertor cable that'll let you use accessories designed for the old PSP on the PSP go's "multi-use connector".
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Google launches Sidewiki
Annotating the web 24 September 2009 9:44 GMT TweetGoogle has announced a new service called Sidewiki that allows users to contribute extra information to any website. It's a sidebar pane that sits alongside your browser, and you can write comments that'll appear to anyone else viewing, as well as read...
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PHOTOS: Altec Lansing InMotion Classic iPod dock
Full of pictorial goodness 23 September 2009 18:06 GMT TweetHere's a few snaps which we grabbed of the Altec Lansing InMotion Classic iPod Dock. It does more than just dock Apple products, though - it also contains an FM radio and has an auxiliary input on the back for plugging in other audio sources.
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Altec Lansing unveils InMotion Classic iPod dock
iPod Boombox with FM radio 23 September 2009 17:50 GMT TweetAltec Lansing, the company which provided the speakers for the Woodstock festival in 1969, now makes a range of iPod docks called InMotion, and they've just announced a new one called the InMotion Classic.
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Plantronics reveals Discovery 975 Bluetooth headset
Cancels noise in three different ways 23 September 2009 17:09 GMT TweetPlantronics has unveiled its Discovery 975 Bluetooth headset, which is an upgrade of last year's Discovery 925. As you might recall, if you're a bit of a Bluetooth headset connoisseur, the 925 had a case for the headset that actually charged the device...
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VIDEO: London gets WorkSnug iPhone app
Augmented reality Wi-Fi locations guide 23 September 2009 16:27 GMT TweetA company called WorkSnug has announced an iPhone application that uses augmented reality to help you find quiet places where you can log on to a Wi-Fi signal and work in London.
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PHOTOS: Alienware M15x, Aurora and Area 51
High-power gaming machines 23 September 2009 16:20 GMT TweetDell has unveiled a pair of new gaming desktop machines, and a 15-inch version of its gaming laptop. Pocket-lint was on hand to take a few photos, and here are the results.
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Dell launches Alienware M15x gaming laptop
Along with Area 51 and Aurora desktops 23 September 2009 16:04 GMT TweetDell's ownership of Alienware is starting to take hold, with the company starting to roll out laptops and desktops that take advantage of the multinational's bulk-buying power and economies of scale.
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Picasa gets updated to 3.5
Includes face recognition and mapping 23 September 2009 11:14 GMT TweetGoogle's Picasa has been given an update - to version 3.5. The photo manipulation software has been fluffed up with facial recognition and Google Maps functionality, as well as a whole host of bug fixes.
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VIDEO: Tick Talk iPhone app reads you the news
Wake up with the headlines 23 September 2009 10:42 GMT TweetiPhone developer Wirus has cooked up an application called Tick Talk that'll let you wake up to the headlines. The app grabs the news from the Web via an RSS feed (which you can specify the source of) and then reads it out in a creepy robotic voice.
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No Twitter ads planned before 2010
But premium features will show up 23 September 2009 10:04 GMT TweetTwitter's CEO Biz Stone has said that the site has no plans to put up adverts this year, and that the company's funding situation is "pretty good right now". He said that the immediate focus for the company was more features.
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BT: Antipiracy efforts will cost £1m per day
Considerably more than losses sustained by the industry 23 September 2009 9:47 GMT TweetBT has warned that the file sharing efforts proposed by the government and Peter Mandelson could cost the industry £1m every day. That would increase each customer's bill by £24 per year, said John Petter, the head of the company's consumer division.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is here
Along with Elements Premiere 8 23 September 2009 5:01 GMT TweetAdobe's Photoshop Elements for PC and Mac and Premiere Elements for PC software are due for their yearly update. Version 8 of both programs has been released, and contains a host of new functionality, mostly in the ease-of-use department.
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MySims Camera DS app launched
Augmented reality gaming 22 September 2009 12:35 GMT TweetEA has announced an application for the Nintendo DSi that takes advantage of the console's camera functionality to put your MySims characters into the real world.
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Recompute develops sustainable computer
Wins design awards 22 September 2009 11:50 GMT TweetA company called Recompute has developed what it's calling "a sustainable desktop computer", made out of cardboard. It's the result of research into "lifecycle amortization for product sustainability" which looks at how products are manufactured, used,...
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Linux founder says OS is bloated
"Huge and scary" 22 September 2009 11:20 GMT TweetLinus Torvals, the creator of the Linux kernel and therefore the founder of the open-source OS, has claimed that the operating system that he birthed has become "bloated", labelling it "huge and scary now".
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Sense UI appears on Brazilian HTC Magic
Interface coming to "with Google" handsets? 22 September 2009 11:05 GMT TweetHTC's "Sense" UI may become available on Google-branded HTC Magic handsets after all, if the appearance of the phone on HTC's Brazilian site with the interface pictured is anything to go by.
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Apple builds App Store Resource Center
For frustrated developers 22 September 2009 10:23 GMT TweetApple has made a new service to registered iPhone developers called the App Store Resource Centre. The centre is designed to help developers through the steps required to submit, gain approval and manage the applications they create and place on the App...
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Square Enix: New Wii in 2011
Pours scorn on Microsoft and Sony's gaming plans 22 September 2009 9:58 GMT TweetThe CEO of game publisher Square Enix has said that he's expecting a new Wii in 2011, and that motion sensing controls won't be the success for Sony and Microsoft that the companies are hoping that they'll be.
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Nigerian government complains about Sony advert
Portrayed as fraudsters 22 September 2009 9:43 GMT TweetSony has had its knuckles rapped by the Nigerian government, which complained after a recent PS3 ad featured the phrase "You can't believe everything you read on the internet, otherwise I'd be a Nigerian millionaire by now".
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Netflix prize awarded to BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos
New contest starting up 22 September 2009 9:27 GMT TweetNetflix's million-dollar prize for the team which could most improve its movie recommendations service has been awarded to a team of statisticians, machine-learning experts and computer engineers from across the world who call themselves "BellKor's Pragmatic...
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3D Notebooks planned from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Sony
All with stereoscopic screens 21 September 2009 20:00 GMT TweetReports claim that Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Sony are all planning to launch notebooks that come equipped with a stereoscopic screen capable of generating 3D images.
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Apple investigating iPhone battery issues
Following iPhone 3.1 updates 21 September 2009 16:45 GMT TweetApple has contacted a number of users about the problems that Pocket-lint reported as afflicting the iPhone 3G following the 3.1 update. The company has got in touch with 11 followup questions asking about their settings.
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VIDEO: SocialSafe launches Facebook backup software
Can also access data offline 21 September 2009 15:10 GMT TweetWhat happens if Facebook goes down, permanently? Think about it - how many pictures have you got on there? How many people are you only in touch with on the social network? What would happen if, suddenly, access to all that was withdrawn?
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Nikon D800 pictures and hands-on Full frame camera in the flesh
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