Archos G9 tablet Ice Cream Sandwich update is out today G9 owners rejoice, for your patience has been rewarded with a tasty helping of Android 4.0 Archos haskept its promiseto G9 tablet owners, announcing that they can upgrade their devices to Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich from today. If you’re rocking an Archos G9, simply keep an eye out for the update notification before downloading and installing Googles latest Android OS....
Asus WL-330NUL – the world’s smallest router This pocket-sized USB router offers Wi-Fi and Ethernet and weighs just 25g Go small or go home: that’s Asus’ advice to travellers – and to that end the company has just launched the world’s smallest router, designed for people who want broadband on the go. The Asus WL-330NUL is 65mm long and 25g, so it’ll easily slip into your pocket, yet it offers Ethernet and Wi-Fi....
BBC iPlayer hits Roku as boxes start shipping in the UK Auntie Beeb signs up for the perfectly purple £50 Smart TV box Streaming media set-top boxRokuhas added the BBC iPlayer to its lineup of channels, just as the boxes start shipping to UK customers. Roku’s supplying two models for the UK market. The stripped-back £50 Roku LT offers up 720p playback, while the £100 Roku 2 CS ups the ante with 1080p playback and a motion-controlled Bluetooth remote....
Cowon X9 boasts beefy 110-hour battery Pocket music player claims insane music playback stamina, plus audiophile-friendly FLAC support If you’re the kind of gadget user who’s constantly forgetting to charge up your tech at the end of every day, the Cowon X9 might be your ideal portable media player. Its makers claim it offers a stonking 110 hours of music playback per charge – or 13 hours of video playback....
Humax DTR-T1000 review Is the first box to run YouView – AKA the TV revolution – worthy of the honour? YouView promises to revolutionise TV, melding Freeview, catch-up services and on-demand streaming onto one seamless service. The DTR-T1000 is the first box out of the blocks but is it the only one we’ll ever need? what do you get with YouView? YouView has been a long time coming, but it appears to have been worth the wait....
iPhone prototype with “Death Star” logo appears on eBay Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational iPhone 4 prototype While you’re waiting for theiPhone 5to emerge from hiding, this iPhone prototype from the previous generation has cropped up on eBay. The iPhone 4 prototype sports a curious “Death Star” logo in place of the traditional Apple – and while people might not exclaim, “look at the size of that thing,” when you compare it to the rumoured4in screenon the iPhone 5, they will nonetheless look on in awe....
Is Valve working on a Steam Box games console? A console from the creators of Portal, Half Life, Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike? We wouldn’t say no to that… The interwebs are once again awash with rumours that Valve, the game developer behind titles such as Portal and Half Life, is working on its own console hardware. Wepreviously reportedon Valve’s willingness to enter the hardware market if they thought it was necessary, and nowThe Vergereports that the games developer is planning to load its online games distribution service Steam on a host of hardware devices, similar to Google’s Android OS....
