• Smartphone focus – Hindustan Times

  Mobile News

  Smartphone focus Hindustan Times If one were to look for one of the most disruptive, exciting and dynamic product categories in India today, it would be that of mobile phones. The ongoing high decibel launch of Nokia Lumia, the Microsoft Windows operating system phone, … ZTE Tania: super-cheap Windows Phone announcedTechRadar UK Windows Phone will overtake iPhone in just three years' time, say respected …Daily Mail Windows Phone faces serious obstaclesManila Bulletin Register -ITProPortal -T3 all 195 news articles »

• ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Ice Cream Sandwich in mid-February – Fudzilla

  Inquirer

  ASUS Eee Pad Transformer gets Ice Cream Sandwich in mid-February Fudzilla "Doing better than expected". – AMD claims that the coming Trinity APU cores are proving to be better than… "Than Ivy Bridge". – It looks like Intel is on the right track with its tick – tock strategy.… "Nvidia official". – Now is the right time for … ICS Update for Asus Transformer Prime Tablet Starts Today in UKITProPortal Asus announces a bug fix for its Transformer PrimeInquirer Apple iPad 3, Windows 8, Asus Transformer Prime… top tablet trends this yearPluggedIn Recombu -Liliputing -Product Reviews all 41 news articles »

• Rupert Murdoch squares off with Obama over online piracy legislation – The Guardian

  The Guardian

  Rupert Murdoch squares off with Obama over online piracy legislation The Guardian The gathering storm over online piracy legislation being debated in the US Congress has sucked two more heavy hitters into the fray, with the Obama administration and Rupert Murdoch lining up on opposite sides of the argument. The controversy over the … Murdoch uses Twitter to attack Google over internet piracyTelegraph.co.uk Who is winning SOPA? Read Rupe Murdoch's Twitter feedCNET Rupert Murdoch calls Google a 'piracy leader' on TwitterCNET UK Forbes -ITProPortal -New York Times all 103 news articles »

• Google announce Android Design style guide for apps – T3

  T3

  Google announce Android Design style guide for apps T3 The new style guidelines for Android – which Google has released on its new Android Design website – are supposed to help developers working on apps for Ice Cream Sandwich create software with a common Google look. With summaries of Google's design … CES 2012: Android activations outpacing baby birthsTelegraph.co.uk CES 2012: More Androids are activated every day than babies are bornDaily Mail A style guide for Android 4SDTimes.com (blog) Technology Bloom News (blog) -TechNewsWorld -DigitalJournal.com all 27 news articles »

I’ve just been asked to fix a computer with a compressed Boot manager! – the first suggestion would not be to compress your hard disk unless you know what you are doing!, However in this case i also thought it may be useful to blog the fix

Boot Manager is compressed

If by accident having compressed the entire boot partition, then Vista will display the following error:

BOOTMGR is compressed. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Check points for fixing compressed boot-manager:

Boot into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and perform a “Startup Repair”.

If the above doesn’t solve the problem then boot into WinRE again, but when selecting the Vista-installation, then press “Load Drivers” (Instead of “Next”) and use the mini Windows Explorer to right-click the boot-drive and deselect “Compress this Drive” and choose Apply to sub-folders and files.

If that also fails then boot into WinRE again, and go to the “Command Prompt” and execute these commands:

• compact /U C:\bootmgr
• compact /U C:\ntldr

If you for some strange reason have lost your Vista DVD, then you can also use a Windows 2000 / XP install CD and enter the recovery console instead and execute the following commands:

• attrib -c c:\bootmgr

attrib -c c:\ntldr

EDIT – i completely forgot!

If Startup Repair isn’t able to automatically fix the issue, follow these steps:
1. Boot to the Vista installation DVD and select Repair Your Computer.
2. Select Command Prompt from the System Recovery Tools menu.
3. Run “bootrec /fixboot” (no quotes).
4. Exit Command Prompt and restart.

Hi Everyone,

With many thanks to @h0pbeat (Twitter / Arek Stopczynski)’s great idea – i have finally got round to doing an N950 user/owner photowall!
Apologies to Arek for me taking so long with doing this! I seem to always be too busy!

Ok, well the idea is simple, you take a picture, upload it, and then view the wonderful wall as it grows!
Please do share this page with all N950 owners! Don’t worry – you can hide your face, or be creative if needed!

If you need an image removing or duplicates sorted, please message me here or on Twitter!

So without further adooo! The two links you need are!:

1) THE IMAGE UPLOAD FORM – http://greg-roberts.com/?page_id=285

2) THE PHOTO-WALL - http://greg-roberts.com/N950Wall/

Note : I’m hoping it is simple enough not to have to many problems – but start filling it up and let’s see!  

• OLPC XO 3.0 £70 tablet to launch at CES – CNET UK

  CNET UK

  OLPC XO 3.0 £70 tablet to launch at CES CNET UK By Joe Svetlik on 8 January 2012, 3:00pm It's a tablet aimed at children in the developing world, with an 8-inch screen that's 1024×768-pixels resolution, 512MB of RAM, and with Marvell's Armada PXA618 SOC processor inside, Slash Gear reports. … $100 XO3 tablet coming to CES from One Laptop Per ChildT3 CES 2012: £70 XO3 tablet to be unveiled by One Laptop Per ChildTelegraph.co.uk OLPC's XO-3 tablet to debut at CESComputerworld Mobile Burn -CNET all 73 news articles »

• Samsung Galaxy Nexus white edition coming to UK – T3

  Computerworld

  Samsung Galaxy Nexus white edition coming to UK T3 Hot on the heels of the white edition of the Samsung Galaxy S2, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus white edition will be in the shops in Blighty by February, with independent stockists Clove and Mobilefun offering the phone from the 6th of February. … The Galaxy Nexus could be making its way to Sprint Nextel's upcoming 4G LTE …CNET White Samsung Galaxy Nexus incomingCNET UK Sprint set to sell white Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch on SundayPC Advisor BetaNews -3G.co.uk all 211 news articles »

high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wide dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight, and is often captured by way of a plurality of differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter.

OK, well i have a few HDR photos on my website – and if you are wondering how, then hopefully this should help! There are quite a few ways to acheive this type of result, my recommendation is (best to worse) as follows:

1. Take a bracketed set of photos using a DSLR, use Photoshop to convert them to JPG’s, Use Photomatix to convert to an HDR. Then finish using Light-room/Photoshop
2. Take a single RAW file, use Photoshop to convert it to multiple to JPG’s ensuring to change the Exposure on EACH photo (-2 0 +2 or -2 -1 0 +1 +2), Use Photomatix to convert to an HDR. Then finish using Light-room/Photoshop.
3. Do the same as above, but from a single JPG or picture file. It will work but the quality will not quite be the same

Software: (links open in a new window)

Photomatix
Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom 

Start V Finish

Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve had the SGS2 for quite a while now, and i am quite a heavy user. Whilst i have tried many many battery saving techniques a lot of them are very intrusive, by this i mean, they either partially work, or they require you to have lots of functions turned off, most of the time.

I have finally settled on a few tools and tricks that help me out, so thought i would share them here.

Read the rest of this entry »

• Apple planning media-related event for January – Washington Post

  TIME

  Apple planning media-related event for January Washington Post Apple apparently has a big event in store for New York City this month — though it's not the announcement of the iPad 3, or the rumored Apple television set. Most likely, the event will center on a media-related announcement since Apple SVP of Internet … Apple To Reveal Big Cloud News In NYC?InformationWeek Apple 'planning event in New York this month'The Guardian $299 iPad 2 Would Upend Tablet Market but it's UnlikelyPCWorld (blog) Apple Insider -Daily Mail -msnbc.com all 226 news articles »

• RIM Selling PlayBook Tablets for $300 Each – PCWorld

  CBC.ca

  RIM Selling PlayBook Tablets for $300 Each PCWorld By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Jan 3, 2012 9:06 AM Research In Motion has launched yet another sale on its PlayBook tablet, selling discounted versions of the device for $300. The discount applies at RIM's online outlet and participating retailers, … RIM to oust Lazaridis and Balsillie as chairmen of the board?TechRadar UK RIM stock up amid reports of possible board shakeupCTV.ca RIM ready to name new chairman, report saysCNET Inquirer -National Post -Globe and Mail all 259 news articles »

• Nintendo Wii U Controller to have Ereader Features? – ITProPortal

  ITProPortal

  Nintendo Wii U Controller to have Ereader Features? ITProPortal Rumours are abound that the touch screen controllers to be released with the next generation Wii U console will have Ereader features. These tablet like controllers have seen much speculation since being unveiled in 2011, with many wondering about the … Wii sales plummet in 2011; Wii U coming at the right time?CNET Nintendo Wii U controller to host eReader capabilitiesT3 Nintendo plans app store for Wii UBCS Pocket Gamer.Biz -PCWorld -Washington Post all 108 news articles »

• Google tests new homepage – BCS

  Telegraph.co.uk

  Google tests new homepage BCS Google has begun to roll out its new homepage, which is designed to promote its non-search products. The internet giant's social network Google+ is one of the featured services, along with maps, news and YouTube, which is owned by the firm. … Hitwise: US Google+ traffic leaps 55 percent in DecemberCNET Google home page gets a makeoverBigmouthmedia News Google offers more choices, less clutter with homepage redesignLakestar Media BBC News -Telegraph.co.uk -Metro all 83 news articles »