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- New MacBook Air coming 'next week' with minimum 4GB RAM/128GB SSD
- 3D movie streaming coming to Nintendo 3DS
- Sony S2 tablet: in pictures
- Sony S1 tablet: in pictures
- Exclusive: O2 plans to 'thermally target' customers
- BBC.com making profit two years ahead of schedule
- Sony to launch new Kindle-bashing ereaders in August?
- Amazon tablet release date pegged for October?
- Amazon tablet release date pegged for October?
- O2 unveils location-based vouchers
- Sony launches 'washable' Walkman
- Gary Marshall: Social networks and responsible jobs don't mix
- Sony unveils AirPlay-toting G Series micro hi-fi
- SeeSaw gets a reprieve, bought by Bebo owners
- Buying Guide: 6 best productivity tools for Mac OS X
- Apple App Store gets UK price hike
| New MacBook Air coming 'next week' with minimum 4GB RAM/128GB SSD Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:24 PM PDT The 2011 Apple MacBook Air refresh will arrive next week complete with greatly boosted minimum specs, according to several reports. The long-awaited revamp of Apple's size-zero laptop will come packing at least a 128GB SSD (up from 64GB) and RAM of no less than 4GB (up from 2GB), claim sources. The return of the popular backlit keyboard is also considered highly likely, along with the 'dead certs' of Intel's Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt I/O connectivity. One week off Many reports had suggested we'd be able to get the new MacBook Air by this weekend, but Apple is thought to have held back until Mac OS X Lion was ready to ship with the device. "The rumor sites are off by a week," one source told the All Things Digital site. Both Air and Lion are thought to be hitting shelves 'late next week', with Thursday being the front-runner for the official arrival. Lion-compatible applications have now begun to appear in the Mac App Store, which is another major indicator that the countdown is almost over. There's no word yet on whether the increased minimum configuration options will see the already considerable price of £999 for the cheapest model increase further. Source: AllThingsD 
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| 3D movie streaming coming to Nintendo 3DS Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT Nintendo 3DS owners in the US will soon be able to use that fabulous auto-stereoscopic display to watch 3D movies, seemingly thanks to the new Netflix app. A selection of 3D movies will be available to Netflix subscribers without the need for 3D glasses, although the app will only offer 2D movies for the foreseeable future. "The new Netflix application for Nintendo 3DS displays movies and TV episodes in 2D on the system's upper screen," says the Nintendo press release. "Users will soon have access to an additional library of select movies that can be viewed in 3D without the need for special glasses." Or is it Netflix? Netflix is yet to announce any 3D streaming content, so Nintendo's announcement may have jumped the gun as far as the company is concerned. Another interpretation of the ambiguous Nintendo release is that the 3D movies won't come through Netflix, but through an altogether different provider which would also open the door for users on British shores. Either way, it's good to see Nintendo coming through with the promise of 3D video content which has been lacking since its high-profile launch in March this year. Source: Gizmodo 
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| Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT Sony is a mere season away from launching the Sony S2 tablet and showed it off today in London to varied "Oooh"s, "Aaahs" and "Can't you turn it on?"s from the UK media. Yes, that's right. We were only allowed to eyeball the lifeless slate from outside the confines of a perspex box, but eyeball it we did.
The Sony S2 will be a foldable Android tablet, with two 5.5-inch screens and a hinge at the back so you can open and shut it at will. We didn't see it closed, unfortunately, but we imagine it will look a lot like a glasses case. Although it was hard to get a feel for the size of the device without getting our hands on it, it didn't seem much bigger than a Nintendo 3DS; less wide and a little longer, perhaps.
Sony's literature on the subject states that the S2 will launch with "the latest of Android OS" – with the UK release date set for autumn, this could potentially mean Ice Cream Sandwich, rather than the publicised Android Honeycomb. If it is Honeycomb, however, we'll expect to see it on Android 3.2 rather than the original 3.0 offering.
Sony couldn't tell us a great deal about the interface, but a spokesperson did mention that it wouldn't be massively different than raw Android, but it will be optimised for media use with a Sony skin. The S2 is, in fact, intended for "mobile communication and entertainment", so we'll expect to see movies playing across the two screens (acting as one – will those hinges get in the way?), and PlayStation Certification will mean you can also use it for gaming; the top screen will show the game while the bottom one becomes the controller..
In terms of connectivity, the tablet comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a mini USB and what we think is a visual output – both tablets will offer Wi-Fi and are DLNA certified.
There's also a power and volume control on the end of the clamshell device, and what looks like it could be a built-in microphone just under the volume buttons.
Sony's staying tight-lipped on which of the two handsets will be the more expensive or higher specced, but we reckon the Sony S2 will be slightly more affordable than its sibilant sibling. It's frustrating to be so close and yet so far from the Sony S2 tablets; but with the launch slated for autumn, we're hoping it won't be too much longer before we can bring you a proper Sony S2 hands on. 
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| Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT After months of teasing us with official images and fun yet odd videos, Sony finally showed of its tablet combo in the UK today – with both the Sony S1 and S2 getting an airing in London. Our excitement of seeing the tablets in the flesh was dampened two-fold, however. The first being that they weren't turned on (early samples that can't handle the pressure of journo's hands apparently) and they were encased in an, er, case.
This didn't stop us snapping a few pictures of the tablets and trying to figure out what all the connectors and buttons on the devices do. As you can see from the shots, the S1 tablet sports a folded lip on the back. When we first heard about this we did think that this would add extra chunk to the device, but up close it a lot thinner than first imagined.
It is on each of the sides of this lip that you find the S1's connections. On one side you have a headphone socket and underneath this a flap that hides USB connectivity.
On the other side there is a physical 'on' button, volume control and a pin-hole reset button – hopefully something you will never have to use.
Down the edge of the chassis there seemed to be an SD card slot and two holes on either side for speakers. You have also go DLNA capabilities, which does seem to be a substitute for an HDMI connection.
A logo on the back of the S1 indicated PlayStation (it has the button icons), which makes a lot of sense considering the S1 will connect up to the PlayStation Store. The 9.4-inch screen on the S1 does look decent – even if we were just staring into a blank space. We did manage to eek a little bit of information out of a Sony rep, however, that it will be using the latest Android for tablets (wouldn't confirm is this will be Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich) and that there will be a slight Sony overlay on the OS, but this is merely to speed up the tablet.
One of the ways it will do this is with Quick View, which will load websites faster and there will also be some more software which will make the gesture control slicker than your average capacitive screen. As there are many Sony service which will be linking with the S1 (including Qriocity), there will be some pretty cool integration with the tablet and your TV.
According to the Sony rep you will be able to physically flick media you are watching on the tablet on to your TV. The Sony S1 tablet UK release date is autumn, with pricing to be announced. 
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| Exclusive: O2 plans to 'thermally target' customers Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:04 AM PDT O2 has told TechRadar that it plans to evolve its Priority Moments deal offers to consumers to include more relevant options. Currently the newly-launched service has 30 partners on board, and users can get anything from cheaper books to free booze at shops and restaurants, but customers need to activate the application or browse to the website to see the list of available offers. Ed Pellew, head of Priority Moments, told TechRadar that the network has big plans to improve the service in the future: "We're going to keep evolving the service, making it more intelligent - this could potentially mean 'hot zones' [where users can specify locations they want to receive deals] - so we'll see how people use the service and evolve it in the direction they want. Hot zones Simon Dean, head of loyalty for O2 Media, went further, suggesting that alerts could be set up for when a customer's favourite restaurant chain is nearby and has an offer, or when conditions change: "We could do something like thermal targeting, where we increase offers for something like ice cream when the weather gets warmer - these are the type of things we can do at the back end either manually or automatically." 'Thermal targeting' has been a long-standing goal for a lot of offer-based services, but the user base and delivery mechanism to combine a heat wave with instant and local offers has proved to be near impossible in the past. Beep and save NFC could also become part of the Priority Moments service in the future too, as Pellew said it was something O2 was 'absolutely' looking at for the service, which makes sense given the network has put a lot of focus in creating a platform for the contactless payments to flourish. He pointed out that if retailers have the mechanism, then having an eWallet with money savings built in would provide an attractive and seamless experience for users, so if Priority Moments and NFC take off, it seems it will be when, rather than if, we'll be able to beep phones and save cash. 
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| BBC.com making profit two years ahead of schedule Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:48 AM PDT The BBC's international website has become profitable two years ahead of schedule, according to a blog post by Luke Bradley-Jones BBC.com and global iPlayer's MD. Although UK citizens get the ad-free BBC.co.uk which is funded by the license fee, other countries get BBC news with added adverts. The reputation of Auntie across the globe and, particularly, in the US, has made it a massively important news site, and the latest figures show that, by running adverts, it is also now making a profit, something that was not expected until 2013. Reach "Today, BBC.com has the largest international reach of any UK news website with comScore reporting 50m users outside of the UK," blogged Bradley-Jones. "And, it's not just English speaking markets that love BBC.com: just last week the latest EMS survey that measures the media use of Europe's most affluent households confirmed that we're the most popular news website in Europe in that most sought-after demographic (again that's without including the UK). "BBC.com also reaches a monthly audience of 21m in North America and over 10m users in Asia Pacific (making us the largest international news website in that key growth region). "It's clear to see that even with with the proliferation of celebrity news and opinion online, the appetite for authoritative, impartial news and quality original lifestyle content is greater than ever." The BBC is certainly one of the UK's most enduring brands, seen as trustworthy and without political agenda for news. Recruitment For the BBC.com site there has been active recruitment of local teams for key regions so that the global versus local feel is right. "Over the past year we've launched a North American version and invested in a new team of journalists based in Washington DC, to curate the BBC's news output from over 2000 BBC journalists around the world and prioritise the content that is most relevant for US audiences, and to generate even more news stories that would be relevant to them," added Bradley-Jones. 
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| Sony to launch new Kindle-bashing ereaders in August? Posted: 14 Jul 2011 06:02 AM PDT Sony is set to launch a new ereader in the coming weeks, according to Sony's vice president of digital reading, Phil Lubell. In an interview with Bloomberg, Lubell confirmed that the new ereaders would come with hardware and software improvements in August, although he didn't specify what either would be. Sony hasn't released a reader since September 2010, when it busted out its Sony Reader Touch complete with touchscreen. Readability Amazon is rumoured to be hard at work on a touchscreen version of its massively successful Kindle reader, so we look forward to seeing just what additions Sony will include to stay one step ahead of the potamological retailer. Lubell did give a bit of a clue on pricing, however, hinting that the new ereaders will aim to stay in a similar range to the current ones (£130 - £150). "We think there will still be a market for dedicated readers as long as tablets remain in the $500 price range," he said. Sony's ebook tech will also be making its way to the upcoming Sony S1 and S2 tablet devices.
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| Amazon tablet release date pegged for October? Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:23 AM PDT The much rumoured Amazon tablet is to make an appearance this year, with the iPad rival reportedly set to make an appearance this October. It's easy to see why Amazon has an eye on the tablet market. Its ereader, the Amazon Kindle was a runaway success and is still the number one product bought on its store. This type of business model seems to work and it's likely that Amazon won't change it for the launch of tablet – which means it will probably get a US release first, with the UK market to follow. Tablet talk For a tablet to work properly, it needs an eco-system and Amazon has this with the Amazon Appstore and its close links with LoveFilm. With all the apps on the Appstore currently based on Android, it makes sense that it would use the Android Honeycomb OS and offer a direct link to its own Appstore (which seems to be getting a number of exclusive apps) and the original Android Market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Amazon tablet will have a 9-inch screen and the first model will be outsourced, while a second model will be designed in-house and released later in 2012. A number of new updates will also be coming to the Kindle, according to the WSJ, including touchscreen controls. The WSJ is keeping its sources close to its heart on this, but as rumours go an Amazon tablet is a rather safe bet.
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| Amazon tablet release date pegged for October? Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:23 AM PDT The much rumoured Amazon tablet is to make an appearance this year, with the iPad rival reportedly set to make an appearance this October. It's easy to see why Amazon has an eye on the tablet market. Its ereader, the Amazon Kindle was a runaway success and is still the number one product bought on its store. This type of business model seems to work and it's likely that Amazon won't change it for the launch of tablet – which means it will probably get a US release first, with the UK market to follow. Tablet talk For a tablet to work properly, it needs an eco-system and Amazon has this with the Amazon Appstore and its close links with LoveFilm. With all the apps on the Appstore currently based on Android, it makes sense that it would use the Android Honeycomb OS and offer a direct link to its own Appstore (which seems to be getting a number of exclusive apps) and the original Android Market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Amazon tablet will have a 9-inch screen and the first model will be outsourced, while a second model will be designed in-house and released later in 2012. A number of new updates will also be coming to the Kindle, according to the WSJ, including touchscreen controls. The WSJ is keeping its sources close to its heart on this, but as rumours go an Amazon tablet is a rather safe bet.
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| O2 unveils location-based vouchers Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:19 AM PDT O2 has announced its new service, Priority Moments, which it hopes will encourage users to start using vouchers on the go more effectively. The new offering is now available to download as an application for Android and iPhone users, while other handsets can access the service via a mobile site. Priority Moments will offer discounts and freebies for a variety of high street outlets, including WH Smiths, Zizzi, Harvey Nichols and Odeon. I'm lost... and hungry The service works either through GPS to work out a user's position, or if they are using a non-smartphone, cell-tower triangulation to make sure the offers are relevant to them. Users can then select by category and see the three closest outlets of their chosen brand, and O2 told TechRadar that the listing would also be ordered intelligently so offers that are time of day dependent will be given a higher priority. The service mimics Facebook Places with its Deals functionality, but will be given a bigger marketing push by O2 to help users understand the range of deals that are in place. There are currently 30 big brand names signed up to bring deals to users, but O2 tells us that this will increase in the future as the service beds in. 
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| Sony launches 'washable' Walkman Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:11 AM PDT Sony has unveiled its latest Walkman, the Sony NWZ-W260, a wireless MP3 playing headset intended for athletes and the very forgetful, seeing as it can go with you into your post-workout shower. Well, it can, says Sony's press release, but it probably shouldn't given that the headset shouldn't be immersed or come into continuous contact with water, or shampoo, conditioner, face wash and soap. So… the shower is probably best avoided. The all-in-one Walkman comes with Zappin song search for aurally browsing music libraries by previewing each track rather than squinting at a tiny screen – which is just as well, because there isn't one. The Running Man A three-minute charge can provide enough power for an hour's worth of listening, and you can get up to eight hours of music out of a fully charged battery – that's not quite enough for an ultramarathon, but should see regular marathon runners right. The headsets come in gloss white or black and with the seal of approval from sprint athlete Marlon Devonish who Sony is also sponsoring at the Olympics next year. "The Sports Walkman keeps me going through all of my workouts in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games," he said.
"The sound is amazingly clear and helps get me 'in the zone' when I'm training, and I love that it's both wireless and water-resistant so I never interrupt a training session." Good to know, because it was the fact that our training sessions were forever interrupted by rogue wires and iPods getting wet that put an end to TechRadar's Olympic dreams. The Sony Walkman NWZ-W260 UK release date is set for the end of July, no word yet on pricing. 
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| Gary Marshall: Social networks and responsible jobs don't mix Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:45 AM PDT Bad news for friendly doctors: the British Medical Association says medical staff and students shouldn't become Facebook friends with their patients. New guidance, published today, warns about two key issues: getting too pally with patients, and posting "informal, personal or derogatory comments" about them on social media websites. You'd think medical professionals would be smart enough not to post "OMG Fred Smith has a horrible bum disease LOL" or "Dammit! I've left my Rolex inside Mrs Addison!" in public forums, but you'd be wrong: The Guardian reports that the Nursing and Midwifery Council recently published similar guidelines after uncovering cases of "improper use" of Facebook. It's not just doctors, either. Teachers have been disciplined over "inappropriate use of their personal accounts on social networking sites", and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) worries that teachers need clear guidelines on what they should and shouldn't do online. People are rubbish It doesn't matter whether you're a brain surgeon or a park keeper: if your job has even the slightest element of responsibility, you should assume that the entire internet is out to get you. Imagining that your Facebook friends include at least one disguised News International journalist, an angry ex and a colleague who's trying to get you sacked concentrates the mind wonderfully. You should fear the worst from friend requests, too. Does Mrs Boggs want to be your Facebook friend because she's keen to get an insight into the life of a medical pro, or is she going to bombard you with direct messages about her piles for eternity? Do your pupils want to be your friend because you're a really awesome teacher, or is it because they're hoping to get some pics of you dressed as Lady Gaga? This should all be common sense, but unfortunately sometimes common sense gets overruled by ego. Instead of assuming the worst, we assume the best - so we interpret a friend request as "they like me! They really, really like me!" instead of a fishing expedition, and we worry more about getting a laugh than about protecting patients' or pupils' privacy. The moral is simple: don't post anything online you wouldn't want quoted in a disciplinary hearing, and when you receive a new friend request, think back to the last time you saw them. Were they wearing a uniform, or were you wearing rubber gloves? If the answer is yes, think before you click. 
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| Sony unveils AirPlay-toting G Series micro hi-fi Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT Sony has revealed its latest micro hi-fi systems, the Sony G Series, which offer Apple AirPlay compatibility and sleek good looks. Finished in solid aluminium, the main hi-fi unit contrasts pleasingly with the glossy black speakers, and comes with built-in DAB radio, as well as being 'Made for iPod'. There's also a free iPhone app from Sony which allows your iOS device to act as the hi-fi's remote control. There are two models in the G Series range; the CMT-G2BNiP model comes with the AirPlay compatibility, which means you can play music direct from iTunes on a computer, your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad; and it'll even display artist and song info on the little LCD screen. Musical connection Of course, the hi-fi needs some connectivity to offer all these wireless goodies, and it has it in the form of Wi-Fi and an ethernet port – and a USB port for those of us using non-Apple MP3 players. The lower-spec CMT-G1BiP offers a USB connection and DAB radio, but none of the handy wireless connections. The G Series also comes with "innovative geometric grounding technology", Sony tells us, which will keep amp distortion to a minimum, apparently leaving a clean, crisp sound. The compact speakers have also been crafted to handle high amp output but still deliver natural acoustic balance, much like your musical five-a-day. But the biggest news on the G Series front is that Sony has moved the volume control a millimetre to the right. Hang on, we'd better re-write that headline… No word yet on UK pricing or exactly when the G Series hi-fis will hit the shops. We'll keep you posted. 
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| SeeSaw gets a reprieve, bought by Bebo owners Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:31 AM PDT UK VoD platform SeeSaw is to be brought back online, with the owners of Bebo buying up the service. Criterion, the company behind the buyout, has enlisted an elite group of entertainment execs to head up SeeSaw, including Michael Jackson. No, not that Michael Jackson, but the one which was chief executive of Channel 4. Alongside Jackson, Dan Adler will be a strategic advisor for the service, bringing his experience from his past endeavours at ABC and Disney. Vital role "The TV industries in the UK and abroad will continue to be reshaped in ways no one can quite predict, however it is clear that web-delivered programming will play a vital role in that transformation," said Jackson about the re-emergence of SeeSaw. "The technology behind SeeSaw is world class and the group behind the bid has a great mix of entrepreneurial and industry experience." SeeSaw has had a rather up and down time of it of late. It launched in February 2010, out of what was Project Kangaroo, but its prior owner Arqiva stopped funding the venture when it has a strategic review. Arqiva is still part of SeeSaw, however, with the company retaining a 25 per cent stake in the VoD platform. 
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| Buying Guide: 6 best productivity tools for Mac OS X Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:30 AM PDT Long ago a wise man once said: "You can't manage time, you can only manage what you do with it," and almost since the first computer we have been looking to digital solutions to help us decide what to do and when. Modern personal productivity applications aim to help you do exactly this. Any good personal productivity application should let you capture, organise and complete tasks that you need to do. It's important to understand that they aren't project management apps. Although they should let you group tasks into projects, they aren't focused on project planning or resource allocation. The only resource they work on is your time, not anyone else's. And they need to do this as quickly, seamlessly and easily as possible: if you have to spend lots of time trying to make your system work, it's almost not worth having. In this test, we've picked six of the best productivity applications around. Each takes a different approach to helping you stay on top of things, but all aim to help you capture, process and act upon actions in a way that makes life easier. And that's the key to how such products should work: they must be flexible so as to work with whatever task management system you choose, without forcing you to spend hours tweaking them. Software on test Firetask - £30 Test one: Ease of use
With personal apps like these, 'ease of use' is always going to be a little relative, as it depends on the kind of system you're using to manage your tasks. But in all cases, they need to be quick and easy to get to grips with. Most apps here use a similar starting point, with an Inbox for new, unprocessed to-dos, projects and categories (also called contexts) for grouping tasks, and dates for when something is due. TaskSurfer, Things and Firetask have similar interfaces, with options on the left that let you select projects, to-dos that are due today, and so on. Onlytasks is similar, but refers to projects as 'Notebooks', while OmniFocus splits 'Contexts' out from projects. TaskPaper takes a much simpler approach, with simple lists organised using tags. Firetask is probably quickest to get to grips with. Creating projects is easy, and the 'Today' option is excellent, listing both next actions and whatever's due.
Test two: Features
Feature-wise, OmniFocus is probably the stand-out product: with a little time, there's very little that you can't get it to do. Tasks can have a context attached (the physical context you need to do the task in - for example, a computer). They can have due dates, estimations of the time they'll take, and notes. Projects can be linear - so you have to complete step one to go on to step two - or parallel, where you can 'park' one step and go on to another. The features, and options, are endless. None of the other products come close in terms of features, though, to be fair, they attempt to focus on a more limited set of features implemented in a way that's easy to use. TaskPaper focuses on lists, with the power of a tagging system. An honourable mention goes to TaskSurfer for its 'Smart Folders', which let you set up live searches - almost matching OmniFocus's power - and its ability to use OS X's Core Location feature to geo-locate tasks.
Test three: Syncing
Personal productivity systems must be with you even when you're not in front of your Mac, so synchronising tasks - either to a website, other Macs, or an iOS device - is very important. All of the applications except Onlytasks and TaskSurfer have dedicated iOS companion software, which can synchronise directly over your Wi-Fi network. OmniFocus and TaskPaper can also sync over the internet (via a service called SimpleNote in TaskPaper's case), and this is also being planned for both Things and Firetask in the future. Onlytasks and TaskSurfer use third-party online services, both of which allow their tasks to be edited through a web browser. Onlytasks uses Evernote, a popular notetaking service, while TaskSurfer uses the excellent ToodleDo online task-management system. Both Evernote and ToodleDo have iOS apps, effectively giving these packages iOS clients too.
Test four: Managing projects
Although none of these apps should be considered full-blown project management packages, the ability to create and organise projects is a core part of the functionality of any task-management software. Projects come in many guises, some of which have to be completed step-by-step (linear projects), while others can be completed in any order. OmniFocus offers the widest range of project types, including a type that is simply a collection of to-dos that can be completed in any order. This is also the default project type in Things, while Firetask lets you quickly see either only the top action in a project or all of them - giving both project types in one. Onlytasks and TaskSurfer use different terminology for projects (notebooks and folders). TaskPaper's projects are simple sub-lists in your main document, but its broad tagging system compensates for this by allowing you to customise what you see.
The best productivity tool for OS X is...
These are personal pieces of software, which makes it very hard to name a single winner. Everyone's approach to managing tasks is different enough to make it worth your while trying out at least one or two different packages to see which one suits. We've whittled it down to a choice of three products: OmniFocus, Firetask and Things. OmniFocus is the 'big beast' of task managers. There's almost nothing you can't do with it, if you're prepared to tinker to make it work for you. Things combines a powerful tagging system with a great look and feel. But our final winner is Firetask. It's nicely designed, and anyone that's new to task management should get to grips with it in minutes. It's also powerful and has a trusted system.
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| Apple App Store gets UK price hike Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:12 AM PDT Apple has increased the prices of iOS apps and games in its UK App Store, despite US pricing staying the same. App Store pricing is set by a tier system, so when developers submit an app to the store, they pick a tier for which prices are set across each territory. So the lowest-priced tier, let's call it Tier A, used to be 59p in the UK and 99c in the US; now Tier A has become 69p in the UK whereas it remains at 99c in the US - no doubt Apple is loath to break that psychological $1 barrier. Having a giraffe But here in the UK, we're stuck with a 17 per cent increase on the cheapest apps, presumably in line with changing markets and other business-led shenanigans. £3.99 apps saw the biggest leap in pricing, up by 25 per cent – that's one whole pound – to £4.99. Meanwhile apps priced £2.99 haven't changed at all. Some countries, however, have seen prices go down thanks to the reshuffle; lucky old them, eh? 
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