Microsoft has Revealed the first IE10 Platform Preview. First off is the biggest change to normal in the home users - ONLY Windows 7 is supported - Right, now i've got that out of the way you can't go around saying it doesn't work. Now for the developers point of view, It is now featuring an improved HTML5 (i don't know how it's improved) and the new CSS3. This news does come surprisingly quick though as the complete version of IE9 was only released on the 14th march 2010. This one though was... Continue reading ...
GfourC Update Calender Updated
Posted by G four C on Thursday, April 28, 2011,
In :
F1
The GfourC Event Calender below has been updated for the Turkish Grand Prix. We are sorry for the long delay and hope this will not happen again. Don't forget though you can still send us an E-Mail directly at gfourc@live.co.uk for Improvements you would like us to make and even complaints and we will try to sort this out. You can also use our Suggestion Form Here. Continue reading ...
White iPhone 4 revealed
Posted by G four C on Thursday, April 28, 2011,
In :
Apple
Yesterday i reported that apple revealed they would sell the White iPhone 4 today, well i can now also report it's exactly the same for the UK. I can also reveal that sadly there are now new things available in this new iPhone other than the hardware problems which have been fixed. So now that there is this widely wanted iPhone, Just weeks after apple reveal record breaking profits so will buy this new one? Well first we believe that according to apple's e-mail about WWDC 2011 explaining that ... Continue reading ...
White iPhone 4? Why so long?
Posted by G four C on Wednesday, April 27, 2011,
In :
Apple
Today, apple announced on their US site that they will release the White iPhone tomorrow in America. There is still no news about any release in the U.K though. This new white version is speculated to fix all the bugs that were in the Black one. These bugs include disputably antenna problem. This was caused by the joints between the 3 antennae being to wide that when you held it in such a way which these are covered. This was causing a lot of dispute so apple promised that they will fix it in... Continue reading ...
Pirelli's 'marbles'
Posted by G four C on Thursday, April 14, 2011,
In :
F1
Today Pirelli have announced that they will attempt to make the 'marbles' on the track reduced or at least smaller than they are currently after the drivers reported that the marbles were starting to make overtaking quite hard because of the marbles being scattered all across the track. Pirelli though have been tasking with creating tires that will bring back racing to the racers. This has been done by making the tires degrade quicker but because of this the the marbles have been coming off n... Continue reading ...
iPad 3 could have AMOLED screen
Posted by G four C on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
In :
Apple
DigiTimes have said that component suppliers had responded to the rumors that the iPad 3 could have a AMOLED or a Full HD screen. The fact is though that samsung are the biggest supplier of AMOLED Screens and if apple put it into their iPad they could end up with shortages. The 2011 release of the iPad 3 is next to nothing though so its good news for those of you that have just splashed out of a new iPad 2. Digitimes put it as that Apple could either choose an AMOLED screens or a Full HD Scre... Continue reading ...
The future, today
Posted by G four C on Sunday, April 10, 2011,
In :
Cars
Volkswagen have announced that they are going to build the Prototype XL1 which catch many many eyes by
- Futuristic styling
- 47 BHP
- Equivalent of a 1.6 Litre Golf TDI Engine
- 800CC
- LIMITED to 99MPH
Now that's interesting on that it only has 47 BHP yet it even limited to 99MPH. how can that little engine go over 100MPH? On the wight side it weighs roughly the same as the Mark 1 VW Golf GTI. The battery it hold (yes sadly it is a hybrid) is a Sanyo lithium-ion battery which is rated at about 5 kWh. ... Continue reading ...
Blackberry Playbook Delayed
Posted by G four C on Saturday, April 9, 2011,
In :
Tablets
The new Blackberry Playbook has been delayed until mid-april. The Playbook was going to be released in a few days in america, but apple have bought most of the Touch screens. The delay could also be because of the japan earthquake but it hasn't affected Apple. The screens could also not be the problem as the software may still have not been tested. And if the software isn't ready the Playbook will release without e-mails, calender or any contact apps. This could mean big problems for the relea... Continue reading ...
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Posted by G four C on Saturday, April 9, 2011,
In :
Mobiles
Today Android announced that the new Gingerbread Android OS which we thought was going to be 2.4 is actually 2.3.2. It seems that the Mobile manufacturers, when they announced their new mobiles at the Mobile Congress said that their phones will have the new Android version which they and us presumed was 2.4. Google have also announced that the next Android OS (hopefully 2.4) will be called ice cream sandwich Continue reading ...
Samsung Galaxy S Update
Posted by G four C on Friday, April 8, 2011,
In :
Mobiles
The new Android OS 2.3 is set to go to the first device it will be available at about the mid-april. The new OS is an update to the OS 2.2 which is available on devices like the HTC WildFire and the HTC Desire, and also the only tablet to have it, the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This will now mean that the Tablet and the Smartphone OS's will now be different unlike Apple's iOS. The OS is set to be officially called: Google Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread while the new Tablet OS currently only available in... Continue reading ...
F1 Malaysian Grand Prix Practice 1 Review
Posted by G four C on Friday, April 8, 2011,
In :
F1
Now, F1 Malaysian Grand Prix Practice 1 has finished just of 1 Hour 30 Minutes ago and the Pirelli tires have been good and bad. There were quite a few incidents with tires today, 2 from Renault a 1 from Virgin. First off is Vitaly Petrov from Renault. At first it looked like he had just simply under braked and spun off onto the gravel. But, then it, from the replay, had shown that the tire exploded and this was happening while Renault were trying to fix Nick Heidfeld's car, whose brakes had ... Continue reading ...
Motorola Xoom not going to well?
Posted by G four C on Friday, April 8, 2011,
In :
Tablets
Yesterday, Deutsche Bank reported that the Motorola Xoom was not shifting anywhere near enough units to compete with the iPad. The figures had come from the Android market share which lists what amount of its OS is installed, and the OS 3.0 Honeycomb with is only available on the Xoom so far is only 0.2% of the market share with they predict is 100,000 units. But 100,000 units means that there are only 50 Million Android devices in the world, much under what Google expected. Dixons UK have st... Continue reading ...
Malaysia 2011 Grand Prix
Posted by G four C on Thursday, April 7, 2011,
In :
F1
So, the Malaysian Grand Prix is starting tomorrow at 3:00 AM for Practice 1 and 7:00 AM for practice 2 (for all times check out the calendar at the bottom of this page). and as always at the start of the seasons all the teams are looking nervous. Will Red Bull use KERS or will they even get it working, or will Mclaren unleash their raw speed down the straights? all will be told on the race. Pirelli has also said that because of the warmer temperature they are expecting about 4-5 Pit Stops thi... Continue reading ...
Samsung Galaxy II
Posted by G four C on Thursday, April 7, 2011,
In :
Mobiles
The Brand New (or more rather, to be released) Samsung Galaxy II is the leading
android phone in the market, and in alot of aspects better than the iPhone 4,
with is due its successor the iPhone 5 at the WWDC 2011 (see a few posts back)
it features a rumored Dual-Core 1.2 GHZ Processor Android OS 2.3 4 "Hubs" (Social, Readers, Music and Game) a 4.3" SUPER AMOLED Plus Touch screen display, the successor of the SUPER AMOLED used in the Galaxy S and many many more. Another big step against th... Continue reading ...
Virgin Galactic Update and Virgin Oceanic
First off Virgin Galactic have now built their first "spaceport" in New Mexico (in the dessert o course, they dont want houses on fire) as Virgin Galactic aree set out be become the first ever and they hope the only Outer-Space Holiday provider. VMS Enterprise (wonder where they got that name from?) is going to be ready in a few months maybe a year or two and it will fly off into space, probably to the moon as it costs £128,000 to get on it. Wow Richard Branson is going to make ALOT of money... Continue reading ...
FIA to go electric?
Posted by G four C on Wednesday, April 6, 2011,
In :
F1
The FIA has announced that they are planning to introduce a electric version of each racing series (F1, GT2, F3, Moto GP etc...) the announcement came when Todt was talking about silverstone introducing an electric racing series there next month. This is not the only thing the FIA are changing to F1 to attempt to make it more environmental like introducing the KERS system again (it uses kinetic energy from the brakes to charge its battery, providing about 80BHP more to the car when activated)... Continue reading ...
Is Toshiba going for No-Glasses 3D
Posted by G four C on Wednesday, April 6, 2011,
In :
TVs
At the CES in Las Vagas earlier in the year Toshiba showed off their range of 3D panels with are to be put into TV's. Of course 3D is no new thing to TV's now but so far this is the first non-glasses. Just like the 3DS it uses some technology which is effectively a piece of glass that is in front of the screen and behind the glass. The glass behind the glass you see and in front of the you don't contains almost microscopic holes which tricks your eyes into thinking it is seeing 2 different im... Continue reading ...
Acer Iconia Tab A100
Posted by G four C on Wednesday, April 6, 2011,
In :
Tablets
The Brand New Acer Iconia which we told you about back in the beginning of march is now available for Pre-Order on Amazon. It follows the Samsung Galaxy Tab as it's competitor. It goes for £300 for the Wi-Fi Version. The A100 is a smaller version of the A500 with they showed at the Mobile World Congress in February and to my knowledge many many people broke the case around it, CNET even breaking it by simply pulling the headphones out. Hopefully this model and the A500 will have no problems.... Continue reading ...
New Twitter Account
Posted by G four C on Tuesday, April 5, 2011,
We now have a new Twitter account. It is called GfourC so please follow us. all new blog posts and updates to the website will be posted here. Continue reading ...
NGP What is it?
Posted by G four C on Monday, March 28, 2011,
Introducing the brand new NGP (Next Generation Portable) which is a weird name but it is certainly shows it point. Essentially a new PSP with sony saying that it will revolutionize portable gaming as we know it today As far as i can see it has an 5-inch screen, much like the PSP a brand new OS a sleek design and two joysticks like a Play-station Controller. The way i see it its a PS controller with a screen in the middle. The screen is an OLED which makes all detail very very clear. Of course ... Continue reading ...
WWDC 2011
Posted by G four C on Monday, March 28, 2011,
In :
Apple
Today, Apple have officially announced that the WWDC 2011 will be during the 6-10th June 2011. The email was sent to all developers, pretty much telling us that there will be a new iOS (hinting the iPhone 5) and a new Mac OSX (probably the "Lion" version) if only it was as easy to know when an iPad / iPod touch was released. The e-mail was sent with this rather big picture: Of course it was much bigger in the e-mail Continue reading ...
iPad 2 Released Today
Posted by G four C on Friday, March 25, 2011,
In :
Apple
So, today the iPad 2 was released in the UK and the first thing i saw was that the WiFi Model is reduced by a full £100 making the 16GB model on £399 for WiFi only and £499 for WiFi + 3G. Check out the details Here and the Prices Here. Smart covers are £39 for Polyurethane and $59 for Leather. More info on smart covers Here. Continue reading ...
Mclaren Problems?
Posted by G four C on Tuesday, March 22, 2011,
In :
F1
At the Barcelona test for F1 cars Mclaren Driver Lewis Hamilton said to journalists that he or Jenson could get enough laps done. They both say that this is partly because of the tires, as f1 Officials and most teams saying that these types could end up making 2 maybe even 3 pit stops a race. Of course this is a problem for every team as they all have to use the new Pirelli tires. Also Lewis and Jenson said that it is not only the tires, have to go back to KERS and the new adjustable rear win... Continue reading ...
Aston Martin Virage and Virage Volante
Posted by G four C on Saturday, March 19, 2011,
In :
Cars
The highest levels of refinement and dynamic control yet, resulting from seven years of VH architecture evolution. The new Virage offers customer greater choice of individual sports car characters yet with the same consistent Aston Martin DNA. Virage and Virage Volante complete the Aston Martin sporting GT line-up sitting between DBS and DB9. Set for world debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March, 2011.Gaydon, 23 February 2011. Aston Martin introduces the new Virage - supremely elegant and p... Continue reading ...
Jaguar XKR-S
Posted by G four C on Saturday, March 19, 2011,
In :
Cars
The newest jaguar is the absolutely stunning - Jaguar XKR-S why is the S there? well some think its to start rivaling the Porsche 911. The XKR-S was shown at the Geneva Motor show 2011 and it is the fastest and most powerful jaguar to date. It features a 550BHP Super Charged V8 which pushes the car 0-60MPH in 4.2 Seconds and takes it all the way up to 186MPH. It is painted in a "electric" Blue paint which glistens in the sun. Seems that the luxury car maker hasn't forgot about the beauty of t... Continue reading ...
iOS 4.3.1 and WiFi Issues
Posted by G four C on Saturday, March 19, 2011,
In :
Apple
Apple is now soon to release iOS 4.3.1 which is thought to fix some wifi issues and safari vulnerability issues like they did in safari 5.0.4. As normal .1 doesn't normally contain new features which makes no surprise when we see it only has bug fixes. This will now hopefully relieve people who have argued about apples release of iOS 4.3 as it has created a lot of WiFi issues. If you do experience issues here is the way i fixed mine: - Choose the Forget This Network option why tapping the arrow ...
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MP3 Sunglasses
These are MP3 sunglasses. Wondering what they are? Well first of all they're simply a portable MP3 player and sunglasses just as the name suggests. The MP3 player holds 2GB of space and for you guys who want to know how many songs that is, its approximently between 430-480 songs depending on the size of the song. The sunglasses are also kinda special as they provide 100% UVA and 100% UVB protection. Even with this protection it does obviously still warn you to not look directly at the sun. Th... Continue reading ...
iOS 4.3 released Today
Posted by G four C on Friday, March 11, 2011,
In :
Apple
Today the iOS 4.3 was released by apple to download for free on iTunes.All the features of course had already been confirmed and you can find the features on our blog by just clicking here Continue reading ...
Games
Posted by G four C on Friday, March 11, 2011,
We are at the moment working on adding games to this site. If you have any suggestions for games please email us (the email is on the homepage) or leave a comment below Update: because of this we will not be posting any reviews on the blog for 1 - 2 days. However will will keep you updated on when to ietms are coming out Continue reading ...
Robert Kubica
Posted by GfourC on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
F1
Renaults Robert Kubica had been seriously injured in a rally crash in Italy. Rumors suggest that one of his arms could be so badly injured that it could have to be amputated. But Health authority officers in Italy said that his life was not in danger. The ANSA News Agency said that a Operation has started after Igor Rossello was called to the hospital. Nick Heidfeld will replace Robert this season untill he gets better.
Everyone here hopes that Robert will have a speedy recovery.
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Macbook Air 08,09,10
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Apple
Manufacturer Apple Inc. Type Laptop/Notebook Release date January 29, 2008 (original release) October 20, 2010 (current model) Retail availability January 30, 2008 Operating system Mac OS X Website apple.com/macbookair The MacBook Air is a line of Apple ultraportable Macintosh notebook computers that introduced Apple’s aluminum unibody enclosure.
The first MacBook Air was a 13.3″ model, promoted as the ‘World’s Thinnest Notebook’, that was introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on J... Continue reading ...
iOS 4.3
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Apple
iOS 4.3 is the next reasonably big update for apple there are quite a few features avalable. The suspected announcment is for march 2nd 2011 as apple sent invitations for their news event at 10:00am
There aren’t so many new features for the ipod touch and iphone but probably the biggest is for iPads the new Multi-Gestures for iPad.These enable you to do a whole load more things utilising the multi-touch screen. The way this works is that when you open a app you can use five fingers (4 fing... Continue reading ...
Macbook Pro
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Apple
With the upcoming News event on the 2nd March 2011 Apple have released the new Macbook Pro with screen sizes varying from 13″ , 15″ and 17″.
There are many new features for the macbook pro such as the quad core i7 Processers, a New Facetime HD Camera and a battery lasting up to 7 Hours. Also it seems they have replaced the Firewire 800 prot with a new faster thunderbolt port which claims to be 12 times faster. the facetime camera replaces the iSight camera and with is brings 3x the res... Continue reading ...
iPad 2
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Apple
 The ipad 2 was released at there conference on the 2nd March 2011.there is an unbelivable amount of new features on the ipad such as,
33% thinner then before
front facing camera (facetime)
rear facing camera (shoot video)
10 hour battery lifedual core A5 chip
Smart cover
So alot of new features you might think, well im not finished yet. Another great new feature on the iPad is that you can connect it up to any HD TV Via a HDMI cable that fits in charger you can mirror what you do o... Continue reading ...
Acer tablets
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Tablets
Acer announced that they would release 3 new tablet pc and a dual screen laptop.
First off is that 2 of the 3 tablets will run android OS 3.0 and the other Windows Phone 7. Screen sizes will be available in 10.1″ and 7″. The windows one will have a next generation AMD processor and graphics. They all feature a 10-point Multi-Touch Screen. All of these tablets are thought to be released in april 2011. The Windows Phone will be shipped along with a dock that has a keyboard therefore turnin... Continue reading ...
Dell Inspiron Duo(iPad or Netbook)
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Computers
The new convertible.
As Dell like to boast, but is this necessarily a good thing. you can choose between an Ipad or a netbook. With a starting price of £449 and a maxed out total of £974 (including dock £885.90 without) so more expensive then an Ipad ( £439-£714[PC World]) and also more expensive then the equivalent netbook (without touchscreen). Having only 1.5GHz its not as quick as other netbooks, has 2048 MB (2.048 GB) of RAM, 250GB hardrive and 320 GB on the middle range model. So ... Continue reading ...
Keonigsegg Agera R
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Cars
 Keonigsegg will showcase their new car this year at the Geneva Motor Show. What caught my eye is that the Agera R will feature a 5.0 L V8 pumping out a hugely massive 1,115BHP. I mean what? They must be completely mad or they are just lying. Other than the BHP they haven’t actually given out the info as such but I will give you updates as we receive them.
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Pagani Huayra
Posted by gfourc on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Cars
The next Pagani on the line is the Huayra, of course they wont make this car as they have announced that they will make 2 more road – going and 3 more roadsters Zonda R’s. because of this speculation is that the Huayra will be released around about 2012. they started work in 2003 with the C9 prototype and build up from there changing the design about 3 times. The engine is a Twin-Turbo Mercedes AMG V12 that pumps out around 700 BHP and 1100 Nm of torque it is one hell of an engine. the ... Continue reading ...
Samsung Wave II
Posted by gfourc on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Mobiles
The Wave II is the newest Samsung in their range of smartphones, running on Bada OS. Now to tell you the truth i’ve never actually heard of Bada untill i visited their site. The phone features a 5.0 MP rear facing camera but not a front facing. It uses a apparently new feature called T9 Trace so when you type in the letter you dont have to lift your fingers. With a 3.9″ Screen it is bigger than the iPhone but by not that much. It also has a 1GHz which claims it is industry leading. It ha... Continue reading ...
DS3 Is It Worth The Title?
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Cars
Advertised as the Top Gear car of the year 2010 with five different engines you have a decent choice. Ranging from a 1397cc petrol engiene to a 1560cc Diesel engiene and 1598cc petrol annother 1560cc diesel engiene in-between. So a decent range of engiene and with a starting price of only £11,700 a decent price to, especially with the brilliant styling it looks beautiful. With a great and well equipped cabin its a great car to be in, as Citroens answer to the Mini and Fiat 500 the DS3 looks... Continue reading ...
Garmin Nuvi
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Sat - Navs
The Garmin nuvi is set at a price at around £230 so isn’t cheap compared to other sat-nav’s but with the features it comes with, it’s worth it. Feature include 3D graphics images of buildings real like road pictures and for all you speeders out there a speed camera warning when you come near one and is constantly showing you what the speed limit is on the screen, has lane assist and has 44 Europeon country maps alredy downloaded in to it plus it is thinner than a pencil also it warns y... Continue reading ...
sovos SVDTV7FK Good or Great?
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
TVs
This mini portable tv is a brilliant idea for people who get bored of long car journeys and who go out alot. weighing about the same as an ipad but only 7″ it is a very portable piece if kit so you can hold it strap it to a head rest anything. But you must be thinking well if it is a tv how will you get to watch shows ( especially as it only costs £160) well as ling as you are in a digital freeview area and going less then71mph you can pick freeview.  Also it has a USB slot so you can watch ... Continue reading ...
Renault Wind
Posted by Timothy Harland on Friday, March 4, 2011,
In :
Cars
The new Renault Wind is a sleek designed car for the everyday person. With a price of £15,900 it is certainly affordable. Inside it’s very comfortable and glides over bumps with ease. The CO2 emissions are low at 145 g/km which will mean reasonably low Road Tax and insurance at £125 for the tax. It is a convertible with a metal folding roof which means small boot space and slow acceleration but you’ll be surprised as its 1.2 litre petrol isn’t bad at all and provides enough for a norm... Continue reading ...
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