4th September 2008

Despite recent reports that Apple got in trouble with the Advertising Standards Agency for misleading customers about the iPhone’s web-browsing capabilities, most customers do seem happy to use it for surfing around.
The latest market share figures from web service company Net Applications show that use of the iPhone 3G’s web functions has more than doubled since its release.
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4th September 2008
You are looking at my first problem with Google Chrome:I downloaded Google’s new browser to see if it was worth all the hype and within seconds, I had my first problem. The download was “kind” enough to import the bookmarks from my Internet Explorer browser for me. Unfortunately, I hadn’t used IE since I first […]
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4th September 2008

Gizmodo’s elder statesmen may remember devices like Speak & Spell, from Texas Instruments.
It was aimed at children and was cutting edge technology at the time don’t you know, but we haven’t seen this particular market developing quite as much as you might think alongside improving technology.
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4th September 2008

Back at the tail-end of May, Michael Dell was spotted by our Gizmodo cousins walking around a US show with what looked to be a mini-Dell laptop/netbook/ Asus Eee Killer/Mobile Internet device (MID).
It confirmed plans for such a device a few days later but it’s been all quiet on the netbook front since. But that will all change tomorrow as reports claim that’s when Dell’s Inspiron 910 finally arrives to give the Asus Eee 901 a run for its money.
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4th September 2008

Following up on its award-winning FireWire speakers, LaCie has decided there’s cash to be made from making a USB version. And so it has.
Here are the LaCie USB speakers which look almost identical to the FireWire speakers but, at £39, are half the price. Whoopee.
The design comes from LaCie regular Neil Poulton, who’s made a mark in designing great storage devices for LaCie. We especially liked the Hard Disk, a slab-like removable storage drive inspired by the movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey and, of course, the LaCie Lego Bricks.
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