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• 06 March 2013

• News: Windows 8 Pro price drop was an error

  Microsoft's unexpected price slashing of Windows 8 Pro was a mistake.

• News: BBC iPlayer comes to Windows Phone smartphones

  The BBC has announced it is bringing its iPlayer catch-up service to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system for smartphones.

• 05 March 2013

• News: Product snapshot: Sonos PLAY:3 wireless speaker

  Sonos has, in the last year, completed what is now a comprehensive wireless home speaker line-up. It’s got the PLAY:5, SUB, PLAYBAR, and the little PLAY:3. The PLAY:3 is the cheapest Sonos speaker you can buy, and it's just as powerful as any of the company's other hi-fi systems.

• News: Product snapshot: Nikon COOLPIX A camera

  Nikon has, until now, been trailing the likes of Canon, Sony, Ricoh, and Fujifilm. While all these digital camera makers have small cameras with big, DSLR-style sensors inside, Nikon has made do with the Nikon 1. The COOLPIX A is Nikon's first camera to challenge the competition.

• News: Remains of the Day: Watch this space

  Apple's smartwach may still be in the rumor phase, but bet you didn't know the company was already making smart cables. And Steve Jobs lives on in the realm of prank calls. The remainders for Monday, March 4, 2013, have to go catch their refrigerator.

• News: Microsoft drops Windows 8 Pro price to £45

  Microsoft has quietly cut the price of Windows 8 Pro to £45 in the UK.

• News: Tesco to launch Blinkboxmusic to rival Spotify

  Tesco has announced it will launch a music streaming service called Blinkboxmusic later this year.

• 03 March 2013

• News: Music video mocks cheesy stock images & footage

  Firector Keith Schofield has used the conventions of bad stock to ridicule mainstream media representations of love and happiness.

• 01 March 2013

• News: Sky buys out O2 and BE broadband

  Sky has announced a £180m deal with Telefonica to buy its O2 and BE broadband businesses.

• 28 February 2013

• News: Google's Sergey Brin rips smartphones, shows off Glass

  Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and head of the company's Glass project, said the computerized eyeglasses are more masculine than smartphones.

• News: Adobe builds on enterprise push

  Digital marketing and media solutions vendor, [[xref:http://www.arnnet.com.au/tag/adobe|Adobe|All on Adobe]], is pursuing greater penetration in the enterprise market with its Marketing Cloud solution through a new partnership with Stonebridge Systems.

• 27 February 2013

• News: Wednesday is last day to apply to be a Google Glass explorer

  Can't wait to try a pair of Google's upcoming computerized glasses? You better get your request to be a Glass explorer in today.

• News: Now wear this: Computers for your wrist and face

  Computers are already on our desks, on our laps, and in our pockets, so why not on our wrists or faces? With the burgeoning trend of wearable computing, they might be--and sooner than you think.

• 26 February 2013

• News: MYO armband senses muscle movements for Minority Report-style motion control

  Yet another motion controller, called MYO, has entered the fray, this time letting you wear the technology on your forearm.

• News: Watch 'em Dell customers!

  Dell would have us know that they were providers of visual effects (VFX) and other key technologies to at least two of the nominees at this year's Academy Awards (now officially rebranded The Oscars). And the nominees were Frankfurt, Germany-based VFX producer Pixomondo, and Stockholm, Sweden-based VFX and animation studio Important Looking Pirates (ILP).

• News: JL Design creates photorealistic CG glass installations for HBO idents

  The design agency and Lithuanian VFX house Korb have created idents that superbly recreate the look of realistic glass.

• 25 February 2013

• News: HP sells webOS to LG for smart TVs

  Hewlett-Packard has sold some of the rights to its webOS mobile operating system to LG Electronics for use in smart television sets made by the South Korean electronics firm.

• 22 February 2013

• News: UK gamers disappointed with PS4 launch

  Sony has disappointed the majority of UK gamers with its PS4 launch event.

• 21 February 2013

• News: Apple iWatch to lead 500m wearable computer rush

  By 2018 analysts forecast half a billion wearable computing device sales a year, as we wait for Apple's smartwatch.

• News: Product snapshot: Samsung S9 Ultra HD TV

  At CES 2013, Samsung blew away attendees with a whole suite of new TVs. Its 2013 TV line-up includes LED, LCD, plasma, and OLED variants, and we’re sure that just like in previous years Samsung will cover a wide gamut of prices.

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