Google has rolled another small enhancement to its Google+ social network with the addition of stars which can now be used to bookmark memorable posts with Google+.

The new Star feature has been added to create and internal bookmarking system for personal use rather than using the +1 button which is more for public bookmarking and  sharing.

The new star is now located in the top right hand corner of each post, together with a  "Starred” option added to the bottom of the circles list in the left menu list from which you can review them.

The new bookmarking star feature is currently being rolled out by Google to Google+ user but no indication has been given by Google as to when all users will get th ... Read more »

The Samsung Galaxy S II have been a great success for Samsung it is due to hit the US next month, and now it looks like Samsung will also be releasing a white version of the S II in the UK next month.

The white Samsung Galaxy S II will be available SIM free from a number of UK retailers, and it looks like it will retail for around £492 SIM free including taxes.

Unfortunately there are no photos of it as yet, so you will have to make do with the standard one above, UK retailer Clove as well as some other retailers will start selling the white Samsung Galaxy S II from the 15th of August in the UK.

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If you are looking forward to the launch of Diablo 3 you might be interested to know that it  has been unveiled the new game will come with a real money in-game auction house where players can trade for in-game items.

The in-game auction houses will allow players to sell items from player to player, one will use in game gold as its currency and the other will use real money. Players will be able to list their items up for sale in each of the game’s various regions around the world, and other players will then be able to spend real money to acquire the in-game goods, with Blizzard taking a fixed fee for the transaction.

The transaction fees haven’t been revealed as yet but Blizzard says they will be ... Read more »

We know that Sony will release their latest handheld gaming console before Christmas, unfortunately Sony hasn’t announced an exact launch date, but now it looks like it may launch on the 28th of October, the last date we heard was the 4th of November.

The guys over at IGN have received a copy of an avert from Blockbuster here in the UK which shows a launch date of the 28th of October although it does say to be confirmed on the advert.

The Sony PS Vita features a 5 inch multi-touch OLED display, on the back of the Vita there is also a multi-touch pad which can be used for controlling games along with the two analog sticks on the front of the console.

When it goes on sale there will be a WiFi only model and a WiFi and 3G model, ... Read more »

Google recently lost out to a consortium of companies, which included Apple in the recent sale of various Nortel Patents, Google originally offered around $900 million for the Nortel patents, which eventually sold for $4.5 billion.

Now it would seem that Google has found to some patents to add to their arsenal, and have recently purchased over 1,030 patents form IBM, which cover a wide range of things including the fabrication and architecture of memory and micro processing chips, and much more, the purchase was originally uncovered by SEO by the Sea.

Google purchased the 1,030 patents in early July, there are no details as yet on how much the company paid for them, but they did release the following statement.

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The recently announced Nintendo 3DS price cut almost made us wish there were enough games out for the thing to make us care about the news. Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, however, has gotten around that problem by footing some of the bill, as well as the responsibility for the handheld’s less than stellar sales himself. Colour us intrigued.

Putting aside for a moment the fact that a major executive in an industry frequently lambasted as immature is showing more accountability and integrity in this one move than the entire population of Wall Street combined, there’s just something badass about honorably standing by your decisions and falling on your sword, even if that sword just happens to be a slightly smaller pile o ... Read more »

Google has today rolled out a new feature to its beta Google+ social networking service, that’s been designed to help you stay up to date with the latest features added to the new Google+ service.

The recently added "What’s new in Google+” section enables you to read release notes for new features and developments within Google+ and contains a number of YouTube video’s explaining the features in detail and their purpose. Googler Natalie Villalobos introduces the new area in a video after the break.

For those who can’t watch the video be ... Read more »

Microsoft launched its new online Office 365 service last month aimed at professionals and business and of course as a competitor to Google’s online Gmail and documents service.

Well this week Microsoft showed a comic 50′s sitcom styled videos aimed at highlighting a few of the pitfalls of using Google’s Gmail service, using a new character called "Gmail Man” which was shown at the Microsoft Global Experience to Microsoft employees. Watch the leaked video of ”Gmail Man” in action after the jump.

"On July 20 during the MGX opening sessions, the Softies showed off their "Gmail Man” spo ... Read more »