Amazon unveil first tablet

Kindle Fire will sell for £130

Amazon has launched it's first multimedia tablet, which it hopes will rival Apple's iPad.

Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos announced the Kindle Fire's arrival in New York yesterday.

The tablet will run a modified version of Google's Android operating system and will be capable of multitasking, allowing the user to read and listen to music at the same time for example.

The Fire features a 7 inch IPS, (in-plane switching) screen, a dual core processor, 1024 x 600 resolution and 8GB internal storage.

The biggest selling point of the Fire, which weighs 413 grammes, must be the price, $199, (£130 app), although UK pricing is yet to be confirmed.

Shipping will begin on November 15th in the US.

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Latest Google Chrome update

15.0.865.0 Beta released

Google Chrome released their latest update yesterday, (August 30th, 2011).

15.0.865.0 Beta offers one box searching, thumbnails of your top sites, incognito mode and safer browsing.

Google Chrome is available for Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 and offers multiple languages.

Check it out at http://www.google.com/chrome, or for details of all the latest updates check out FileHippo.com.

Story Source: http://www.filehippo.com/download_google_chrome/

Built-in video editor added to YouTube ...

Touch up without reloading ..

YouTube have added a built-in video to their service.

Now instead of having to reload videos when changes have been made, the new editor allows users to retouch their creations without doing so.

The idea for including an editor came out of eyeballing videos that had been uploaded to the service, YouTube product manager Jason Toff told CNET.

"We noticed a lot of the videos that were uploaded to YouTube could use some polish, some basic video editing," Toff said. "We noticed a lot of videos that had extra footage at the beginning that could have been trimmed off, or some footage at the end that could be trimmed off, a lot of videos that were really shaky and could use stabilization, and dark videos, etc."

iPhone 5 October 21st release date?

More and more rumours are appearing on the net that Apple's iPhone 5 is due for release on Friday, October 21st.

Retail giants Best Buy and a leak on This is My Next both quote the October date although Apple has yet to issue an announcement.

Rumours concerning the spec of the new iPhone are also rife, with a smaller screen, 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution), a thinner, lighter case and a built in antennae being just some of the latest hearsay.

Hopefully we wont have too much longer to wait!

Story Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8744344/iPhone-5-to-be-released-on-October-21.html

Suspected UK hackers arrested

UK police have arrested 4 men in connection with e-Crime's investigation into hacker groups Anonymous and LulsZec.

20 year old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton, 26 year old Ashley Rhodes from Kennington, North London were detained and are due to appear in court on September 7th.

Detectives also arrested a 24 yr old man from Doncaster and a 20yr old from Wiltshire for conspiring to commit offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

The arrests came as 14 suspected Anonymous members appeared in a US court. The 14 appeared before a judge in San Jose accused of being involved in a denial of service attack on Paypal in December 2010.

Story Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14760650

1 million downloads for Sky Go

Sky Go has announced that it has been downloaded over 1 million times since it's launch in July this year.

The live streaming service accounts for 85% of all traffic using the service, while catch-up programming the remaining 15%.

Sky Sports is the most watched TV channel by users of the app, followed by Sky News and Sky Sports 2.

The Sky Go app can be downloaded on a range of devices including the  iPad and  iPhone and the service is free for Sky subscribers. Non subscribers can also use the service for a fee, with prices startingat £15 per month.

Sky has recently announced its acquisition of The Cloud which will mean easier access for customers.

Holly Knill, head of Sky Player and Mobile TV said;

"As consumers increasingly get more and more familiar with viewing TV on the go, we understand that they’ll want the very best viewing experience possible.....

In the future, it will become even easier for Sky customers to enjoy Sky Go on the move, thanks to our recent acquisition of The Cloud."

She went on to say;

"Sky Go’s integration with The Cloud will allow customers to enjoy free access via thousands of wireless hotspots throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, so they can enjoy the highest-quality streaming of the content they love while out and about."

Check Sky Go out at; http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/?DCMP=KNC-

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