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Canon launches LEGRIA HF21 and HFS11 camcorders
Equipped with flash memory 19 August 2009 15:37 GMT
Canon, amidst a storm of other product releases, has dropped two HD camcorders into our laps - the HF21 and HFS11. Both lie in the company's LEGRIA range, and come packed with 64GB of internal flash memory.

Canon says it chose flash memory over a traditional...
Canon unveils Powershot SX20 IS and SX120 IS
Successor to the SX10 IS 19 August 2009 14:49 GMT
Canon has announced a replacement for its SX10 IS digital camera, called - unimaginatively - the SX20 IS. It's a wide-angle super zoom model that's still firmly in the compact category, but comes equipped with some tasty features.

The SX20 IS retains its predecessor's...
Deleted iPhone emails findable in search
Security flaw discovered 19 August 2009 12:55 GMT
A bug has been found in the iPhone 3.0 software that means that deleted emails are still easily discoverable using the handset's search function.

To replicate the bug, pick a message with a subject line that's fairly unique and delete it. The remove it from...
Lenovo introduces Ideacentre D400 server, and Q100 and Q110 nettops
Claims "world's thinnest" machines 19 August 2009 12:31 GMT
Lenovo has unveiled a trio of home computing products. There's an Ideacentre D400 home server, and two nettops - the Q100 and Q110 models. The latter two are apparently the "world's thinnest" cut-down desktop PCs.

We'll start with the server though. The D400...
Pioneer launches Navgate AVIC-F310BT satnav
Combined navigation-entertainment unit 19 August 2009 12:13 GMT
Pioneer has launched the Navgate AVIC-F310BT, which it's billing as a combined satnav and entertainment unit. On top of containing navigation software, you can also plug in audio devices and use it as a handsfree kit.

The unit has a 4-3-inch WQVGA touchscreen...
Epson extends Stylus printer range
Introduces PX810FW, PX710W, SX610FW and BX610FW models 19 August 2009 11:56 GMT
Epson has unveiled a quartet of printers in the Stylus range, aimed at different target markets. There's the Epson Stylus Photo PX810FW and the Epson Stylus Photo PX710W, which are for photographers, the Epson Stylus SX610FW for general consumers, and the Epson Stylus Office...
Fuji Finepix A170 now available in blue
Exclusive to Jessops 19 August 2009 11:32 GMT
Jessops has announced that it's going to be getting an exclusive blue version of Fuji's Finepix A170 compact digital camera, originally launched back in July.

As previously reported on Pocket-lint, A170 has a 10.2-megapixel sensor, can shoot up to ISO 1600,...
Logitech launches "Performance" and "Anywhere" MX mice
Uses Darkfield Laser Tracking 19 August 2009 11:18 GMT
Logitech has unveiled a pair of mice that it says are the first to be able to track on glass surfaces. They use "Darkfield Laser" technology, which sounds more like something that an evil genius might have come up with to obliterate the Earth.

The tech uses...
Official Wikipedia iPhone app launched
Does it do anything beyond other Wikipedia apps? 19 August 2009 10:56 GMT
There's a multitude of applications on the iPhone for accessing Wikipedia, and they've just been joined by an official one from the site's creators - the Wikimedia Foundation.

It allows users to access articles formatted specifically for the iPhone, which is...
RIM fastest growing company in the world
According to Fortune 19 August 2009 10:37 GMT
RIM, the firm behind the BlackBerry range of smartphones, has been labelled as the world's fastest growing company in a list in Fortune Magazine.

US chipmaker Sigma Designs came second and Chinese internet firm Sohu.com was third. The companies were rated based...
Filesharing banned in Antarctica
For fear of viruses and bandwidth concerns 19 August 2009 10:15 GMT
The icy wastes of Antarctica, like Hull, are a little less free today, as employees of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) have been banned from using any P2P filesharing programs.

There's only so much bandwidth available that goes to the South Pole,...
Windows 7 will be considerably cheaper in UK than US
Nearly half the price 19 August 2009 9:54 GMT
Here's a turn-up for the books. UK customers are used to being forced to pay considerably more than their Yankee counterparts for games, gadgets and software. With Windows 7, however, Brits will be paying nearly half as much as the US.

Full editions of Windows...
Daily news roundup - 18/08/09
The biggest, baddest stories of the day 18 August 2009 18:07 GMT
Top stories from the last 24 hours:

NEWS:Modu going touchscreen, confirmed for UK 2010
EXCLUSIVE: CEO says new model on the cards
Modu has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it is working on a new touchscreen device which it plans to launch in the UK,...
Leica S2 specs unveiled
37-megapixel monster 18 August 2009 14:34 GMT
Leica's S2 DSLR got priced and dated last month, but the company's only just got round to revealing the full specifications of the camera and the lens, in an interesting reversal of the order in which things usually happen.

The S2 abandons the 35mm and medium...
Spotify Android app now available
But not an official one 18 August 2009 14:11 GMT
There's a Spotifty application in the Android marketplace, but before you get too excited - it's not an official one. It's called Droidify and has been put together by a Swedish coder who got bored of waiting for the legitimate version.

From the video above,...
Onkyo announces CS-435UK microsystem
Entry-level combo gets upgraded 18 August 2009 12:56 GMT
Onkyo's CS-325UK entry-level microsystem has been upgraded to the newer, shinier, CS-325UK by adding a load of technology from the company's higher-end AV recievers.

It's been granted wide range and discrete amplifier technology, as well as noise reduction brought...
Onkyo launches TX-SR5007, TX-NR3007 and TX-NR1007
9.2-channel home cinema recievers 18 August 2009 12:21 GMT
Onkyo has announced a trio of home cinema AV recievers that come equipped with the ability to pump out 9.2 channels of audio. That's a lot of channels. There's three models - the TX-SR5007, the TX-NR3007 and the TX-NR1007.

The SR5007 has pretty much everything...
Lite-On announces eTAU108 external DVD writer
Useful for netbooks 18 August 2009 11:47 GMT
Lite-On has announced an external DVD writer called the eTAU108. The company says that it's "ideal for users seeking to save files and playback data whilst away from the home or office".

We say it sounds useful for netbook owners who find they still need to...
PSN down "for maintenance" during Sony GamesCom talk
New features coming? 18 August 2009 11:19 GMT
A bunch of eagle-eyed Sony fans have noticed that the company has scheduled downtime for its Playstation Network (PSN), starting 9am PST on 18 August.

Not that exciting, until you add the info that Sony's GamesCom press conference starts at 6pm on August 18...
Google launches Chrome bookmark syncing
Available in latest dev channel release 18 August 2009 10:39 GMT
Google's Chrome browser is adding features at a rate of knots. The team behind the software has announced that the latest version of Chrome will feature bookmark syncing between browsers.

What that means is that if you save a bookmark on your browser, but then...
No more Android updates for the G1?
Hardware too slow, according to developers 18 August 2009 10:15 GMT
G1 owners might be facing up to a grim reality - the prospect of no more Android updates for their devices - if tweets from Android engineers are to be believed.

Jean-Baptiste Queru, on the Android team as Google, tweeted that "As much as I'm hoping that it'll...
Apple schedules keynote for 9 September
iPod upgrades and social iTunes expected 18 August 2009 10:00 GMT
The previously-rumoured Apple keynote set for the week of 7 September looks to be gaining credibility. Sources have placed the date of the event at 9 September, less than a week before Microsoft launches its Zune HD PMP.

The event will be in San Francisco, and...
Daily news roundup - 17/08/09
Links to the biggest stories of the day in one place 17 August 2009 18:00 GMT
Read on to see what you should be reading on the site. Here are the top stories from the last 24 hours:

NEWS:Apple iPod Touch 3rd generation model snapped
Is it real, or just someone with a drill?
While Apple fanboys are getting excited over yet...
AXbo launches Sleep Phase alarm clock
Monitors your sleep cycles 17 August 2009 17:52 GMT
aXbo has unveiled a new product - the Sleep Phase Alarm Clock - which is designed to wake you up without interrupting your natural sleep cycles.

Those cycles occur throughout the night and last about 90 - 110 minutes each. If you wake during a deep sleep, you'll...
Push Gmail app approved by Apple
GPush arrives on App Store 17 August 2009 17:34 GMT
Though you might find it hard to believe given recent media coverage, not every App sent to Apple gets denied. The vast majority are allowed through without let or hindrance. Today, you can add GPush from Tiverias Apps to that list.

The application, as previously...