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Sony PSN Outage Update: Anonymous Say “It Wasn’t Us”

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We have written various reports about what is happening with the PSN that Sony are seemingly desperate to try to restore following it being taken down after an external intrusion. Now that Sony is re-building the infrastructure of the network there were raised hopes that it would become safer and … [Read more...]

2011 Mother’s Day Gifts They Want: Great Tech Ideas

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Just two more days until May 8 and the U.S. will be celebrating Mother’s Day, an annual celebration of all things wonderful about moms. What could be nicer than to receive a gift that shows somebody has really thought about you? Although we know all moms pretend to love flowers and chocolates … [Read more...]

Apple To Switch MacBook Processors From Intel To ARM-Cortex?

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There are a lot of devices around at the moment that are either using processors from ARM or plan on doing so. One that is being talked about at the moment is the Apple iPhone 5 where the plan is to get it running with the same one that’s featured in the iPad 2, the ARM Cortex-A5 chip … [Read more...]

PSN Update: Sony Offers Free “Debix” Protection Before June

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Tech giants Sony are still under fire despite news of the PSN network being resumed and the service being fully functional by the end of this month. After hackers caused the PlayStation Secure Network to go down on the 20th April, resulting in mass disappointment amongst gamers and then news that … [Read more...]

New Dell Ultrathin Laptop to Rival MacBook Air: XPS 15z Spotted

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The MacBook Air has been a huge success for Apple and we recently started to speculate about the features and specs for the 2011 MacBook Air refresh due in the next month or so. However it seems that Dell is doing its best to introduce a rival to the MacBook Air, in the form of an ultrathin, sleek … [Read more...]

Sony NGP Microsoft Xbox 360 Mashup Handheld Console iReadyGo

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Whilst Sony are currently struggling with the PSN being down where they have had to completely re-build the infrastructure we doubt this will deter people’s thoughts from the new device they are bringing out in the NGP. Although, we have just seen something that made us have to look twice… … [Read more...]

Apple MacBook Air Refresh 2011 Features Wanted

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Now that the refreshed Apple iMac has been revealed we’re even more eager to hear what’s coming for the refreshed MacBook Air 2011, expected in the next month or so. The last MacBook Airs have been a huge success for Apple and we thought it was time to take a look at some of the features that … [Read more...]

MacBook Pro Firmware Update v1.4 Available Now – Plus EFI

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There’s no doubt that the refreshed Apple MacBook Pro, released in February, has been hugely popular, especially with the new Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt ports, (now introduced on the just-refreshed iMac). The new MacBook Pros weren’t without issue though and now we have news of a … [Read more...]

Spotify’s Free Update Syncs Music Wirelessly On iPhone, iPod & Android- iTunes Killer?

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iTunes beware! Another hot competitor has been thrown into the market to make things even more interesting. Music streaming service Spotify has launched an update which allows users to wirelessly sync their music with iPhones, iPods and Android devices. By the way, this can be done wirelessly … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Still Not Back Up: Pointing The Finger At Anonymous

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For all you frustrated PlayStation 3 players that just can’t wait to get back in front of your system to play your favorite or new games across the PSN or if you have been following the reports that have come out, then you will be interested to know that there’s a new update to talk about … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Service Resumes By End Of May: Shares Slowly Rise

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Electronic giants Sony have been facing much criticism since the 20th April when the PlayStation Secure Network went down, causing huge disappointment for many of its gamers. Here at OSM we have been keeping you up to date with the latest goings on, and just this week Tim reported how Japan would … [Read more...]

Apple iMac Receives Stripdown: Chipset To Provide Fast SSD?

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Yesterday the news finally came for many of you, the announcement of the new Apple iMac 2011. On finding out the official specs and pricing, a comparison between the old and new, additional information to give you on a BootCamp 3.2 update and so on, we can now give you a teardown of the device … [Read more...]

Nintendo Wii Price Slash: $150 Inc Free Wheel & Mario Kart

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If we cast our minds back just a matter of weeks ago, some of you may remember that Nintendo announced that they were going to drop their Wii console price. The gaming device which has been on our shelves since 2006 will now be reduced from May 15th. … [Read more...]

Apple New iMac 2011: Updated Bootcamp 3.2 & Additional Info

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To the joy of many today, the new Apple iMac 2011 was announced, and although the models resemble their predecessors, there have been changes and for the better. The two main features to speak of are the inclusion of Thunderbolt I/O and Sandy Bridge CPU's. Along with this, new specs include … [Read more...]

Apple iMac 2011 Prices Competitive? : Your Thoughts Please

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We’ve been bringing you news on the latest Apple iMac refresh, which became official today. We’ve already brought you the official specs and release news and we also gave full price details for the four new models. We feel that the Apple iMac 2011 pricing is very competitive but we’d like to … [Read more...]

New iMac 2011 vs 2010 Model Review Of Features

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Today came the news that many of you had been patiently waiting for, the new iMac 2011 refresh. Earlier when the Apple store went down, it was a good indication that the new models would soon be here and Debbie here at OSM has kindly given us official spec details, pricing and release information. … [Read more...]

Logitech TV Cam: Offers Skype Video Conferencing In 720p

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Logitech have been in the game for a long time now, they regularly release different types of mouse such as the M515 that has 2 years of battery life and a load of other devices too. One of the others that we have talked about in recent times is the Z906 surround sound speakers that unfortunately … [Read more...]

New Apple iMac 2011 Pricing: Full Price Details

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After speaking of the rumors of the Apple iMac refresh being released today and then telling earlier that the Apple Store had gone down, we knew it would not be long before we were bringing you details of the new iMacs. We’ve already given you specs and release news and now have details of … [Read more...]

New iMac 2011 Release Official & Apple Specs: Refresh Available Now

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News is coming thick and fast today about the new iMac 2011 release, which has in the last few minutes been made official. We told how the refresh was likely to be today and then the fact that the Apple Store was down. We can now confirm specs and also let you know that these refreshed models are … [Read more...]

LG P430 & P530 Extra Thin Screen Notebooks: Specs & Release

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Since the start of this year, the tech world has seen many new innovations including mobile phones, tablets, cameras, TV's and so on, and news today is of 2 more on the way. Bring on the new LG Blade P430 and P530 notebook pair. As devices get slimmer and lighter to hold the progression of new … [Read more...]

Apple iMac 2011 Sandy Bridge & Thunderbolt: 4 New Models?

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We’ve been bringing you as much news and speculation as we can about the new Apple iMac 2011 refresh, which we expect to be confirmed in the next hour or so. We told how all the rumors added to a May 3 release and then earlier today told how the Apple Store had gone down, a sure sign that they … [Read more...]

Are You Bored Of Your Nintendo 3DS Already?

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There’s no doubt that the new handheld from Nintendo has some pretty cool features such as the 3D camera and the simple fact that you don’t have to wear glasses when you play a game. But a month on has got us wondering… Are you bored of your Nintendo 3DS already? … [Read more...]

iMac Refresh Release 2011 Apple Store Down: New Ones On Way?

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We’ve been reporting on the likelihood of a new iMac 2011 release for some time and most recently noted that May 3, (today) was looking more and more likely for the refresh and it seems that we may be right. We’ve been checking and re-checking and as expected have now found the Apple Store is … [Read more...]

Google Canary: It’s Chrome For The Mac OS X

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This is an interesting one for all you Mac users out there who are looking for a safe, secure and fast browser. This is the browser that survived Pwn2Own even though it had a 20k cash prize up for grabs, it managed to see the event through without any type of compromise … [Read more...]

Sony Online Entertainment Misery: Users Security At Risk Again

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With Sony's PSN outage looking to now be resumed and news of gamers being enticed back onto the network by various incentives, you would think that Sony would at last be breathing a little sigh of relief. Unfortunately this is not the case as Sony's Online Entertainment, the PC online gaming … [Read more...]