Archive for February, 2012
Nokia 808 PureView
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Hardware, Photography on February 27, 2012
Here’s that “41 megapixel” camera phone everyone seems to be talking about. You can find the specifications for it here. It’s an interesting idea, but a slightly odd move by Nokia, don’t you think? The 41 megapixel sensor is certainly grabbing the headlines, but Nokia has been quite clever in the way they have used [...]
The New & Improved 500px
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Internet, Photography on February 26, 2012
I think it is fair to say that since 500px started to gather momentum among photographers it has been steaming along quite happily, eating up former Flickr users and generally basking in the warm glow of internet love. Like any online service it feels the need to keep moving, keep evolving and after the partnership [...]
More on Roaming Fees
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Internet, Places on February 26, 2012
I’ve talked at length before about roaming charges before, but having recently been away I’ve had chance to see things from the perspective of a user. First of all, when I last talked about data roaming charges, I said that: There’s a good article here on ZDnet that explains how Orange justifies it. To start [...]
This weeks bloggery February 25, 2012
Posted by Gavin Lewis in News on February 25, 2012
Nikon D800 & D800E You may be wondering why I have so far neglected to talk about the new Nikon D800 and it’s more expensive brother the D800E. Well, there are two reasons really. First of all, I was away when the announcement was made and since returning from holiday I have been a little [...]
Nikon D800 & D800E
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Gear, Photography on February 25, 2012
You may be wondering why I have so far neglected to talk about the new Nikon D800 and it’s more expensive brother the D800E. Well, there are two reasons really. First of all, I was away when the announcement was made and since returning from holiday I have been a little behind with things. Secondly, [...]
Adobe Abandons Flash for Linux
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Linux, UNIX & Open Source on February 23, 2012
Good news everyone! Adobe has announced that it is going to stop releasing updates for the Linux version of its parasitic Flash player. Instead it will simply maintain version 11.2 for a few years. It has however been working with Google on a Flash player for their PPAPI (Pepper) plugin API. PPAPI is an experimental [...]
Borderlands 2 – New Trailer
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Games, PC Games, Playstation 3 on February 22, 2012
Woohoo, there’s a new Borderlands 2 trailer out. This one is a lot more helpful than the previous one, what with the actual gameplay clips and some indication of what we can expect. On the face of it it looks like we can expect a lot more of the same, which is no bad thing [...]
Ubuntu On Your Android Phone
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Android, Hardware, Linux, UNIX & Open Source, Ubuntu on February 21, 2012
Here’s an interesting idea from Canonical. They are currently trying to attract Android handset manufacturers who may wish to produce a high-end phone with the ability to dual-boot into a desktop operating system. You may remember the Motorola Atrix from last year. This was an impressive device that had the ability to be docked in [...]
Government Consultation on Open Standards
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Linux, UNIX & Open Source, News on February 21, 2012
The UK Government is currently running a consultation on open standards and their place in Government. If you have an interest in open source, open standards and openness generally, I suggest you speak up, or they’ll just jump into bed with Microsoft again and continue with the locked-in status quo. You’ll find the consultation here. [...]
KDE 4.8
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Linux, UNIX & Open Source on February 20, 2012
You’ve probably seen the Linux Action Show on here before, but I’m sharing one of their episodes again because it concerns KDE 4.8. KDE is one of those desktops that I’ve spent ages trying to like. The most recent versions of KDE 4.x have been achingly gorgeous to look at and extensively customisable, but yet [...]
This weeks bloggery February 18, 2012
Posted by Gavin Lewis in News on February 18, 2012
Skyrim: To Lydia with Love Mildly amusing video here which sums up why I do most of my questing alone! Non-player characters invariably get in the way or end up dead and using them tends to be counter-productive. Lydia seems like too nice a girl to risk her becoming dragon-food… Playstation Vita: More Hands On! [...]
Skyrim: To Lydia with Love
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Games, PC Games, Playstation 3 on February 18, 2012
Mildly amusing video here which sums up why I do most of my questing alone! Non-player characters invariably get in the way or end up dead and using them tends to be counter-productive. Lydia seems like too nice a girl to risk her becoming dragon-food…
Playstation Vita: More Hands On!
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Vita on February 18, 2012
Today I managed to snatch a little more time with the PS Vita at the local branch of Game. After the first play I had felt a little downhearted about the experience. I had found the buttons a little small and cramped and the games I had picked to play left me cold. Today I [...]
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Vita on February 17, 2012
I’ve watched a few video reviews of the new Uncharted title for the Vita and there appears to be a common thread running through all of them – the controls. Whilst it is true that the Vita is well equipped where control methods are concerned, it appears that developers are trying to use all of [...]
Microsoft’s UK Volume License Price Hike
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Windows on February 17, 2012
The Register has reported that Microsoft is to align its European pricing structure for volume licenses with the Euro. This will mean that European countries which don’t use the single European currency are going to see licensing costs either rise or fall depending on the exchange rate. It suggests that while the Swiss will be [...]
Apple Announces OSX Mountain Lion
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Mac OSX, News on February 16, 2012
Good news everyone! Apple has announced the follow-up to OSX Lion and any questions over which large cat they were going to use next has been answered. Coming in the summer of this year is Mountain Lion (Leopard – Snow Leopard – Lion – Mountain Lion…it fits!). As many will have predicted, the “iOSification” has [...]
WP Touch Pro 2.6 & Jetpack shortcodes
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Internet on February 16, 2012
A new version of WPTouch Pro has been released, which fixes a number of bugs, adds iPad ad support and more. Unfortunately, if you’ve arrived here using a mobile device you may have noticed a bit of an issue with embedded video in some of my other posts. I use Jetpack short codes to embed [...]
Mortal Kombat for the PS Vita
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Games, Vita on February 15, 2012
Uncharted Golden Abyss may be grabbing the headlines at the moment, but this game looks really good. It’s seems like a pretty authentic & good looking Mortal Kombat experience you can play on the bus. An encouraging sign for Sony’s new handheld.
PS3 Web Browser Update
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Playstation 3 on February 13, 2012
The PS3′s web browser has finally received a much needed update. The Netfront-based browser has been beefed up in firmware version 4.10 to deliver a fairly respectable 99/100 in Acid3 and 7992ms in Sunspider 0.9.1. It also scores 2253/50000 in ClubCompy. This is way behind the current crop of desktop browsers, but it is a [...]
Darkness 2
Posted by Gavin Lewis in Playstation 3 on February 12, 2012
I’ve been waiting for this game. The Darkness was a largely forgotten gem from the folks who brought us the Riddick games. It had a great story, an awesome vocal performance from Faith No More’s Mike Patton and an alluring feeling of power. The Darkness 2 has a different developer and a different visual style, [...]
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