The CX2 dipped its toe into the pool last August, but already there’s a successor – the CX3. The main difference is the 10-megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor (upgraded from the 9.29-megapixel used in both the CX2 and CX1). More »
We’ve been through so many ups and downs with Pleo. We saw him crumble in the face of a battlebot. We cried over his extinction. We rejoiced when he survived! And now, we choose his colour. More »
When Nokia announced free Ovi Maps for all, I was a bit ho-hum about it all. NOW I am excited. But not to the point where I’ll actually buy a Nokia phone to play Ovi Maps Racing on, mind. More »
A whopping 40-megapixel beauty from Hasselblad has been outed before the official February 10 launch. At $US19,995, it’ll only be within arm’s reach for a few people, though as you know they’re a big name in the pro-photography world. More »
After Nokia gave away its Ovi Maps for free on January 21 – that’s just 13 days ago – they’ve seen 1.4 million downloads. “We’re averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day” claimed Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki. [Mobile-Ent]
At last, someone has uncovered the true secret of the Apple iPad. So nice! [9gag]
ScrollMotion’s been tapped to to transmogrify textbooks published by McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and every standardised test-taking student’s favourite, Kaplan. The WSJ says that education was indeed a “focal point” in the iPad’s development, which we reported months ago. More »
Internet Explorer 8 is the best browser Microsoft’s ever shipped. It actually sorta tries to be compliant with modern web standards, or at least more so than its predecessors, so it’s a huge leap forward, even if it’s nowhere near WebKit-based browsers like Safari or Chrome on that front. So, I’m glad to see it’s now the world’s most-used browser, instead of IE6 or IE7, with 25.6 per cent of the total market, according to Net Applications. [Windows Team Blog]
