Tutorial: 20 Facebook privacy settings tips
Privacy on Facebook can be complex, but if you're prepared to put in some effort, you can exercise a fine degree of control over who can and can't see your personal information. Facebook privacy settings are constantly developing as new features arrive, so you need to keep on top of things. Here are our top Facebook tips for managing your privacy while still being sociable.
1. Privacy settings
You can access Facebook's main privacy settings by logging in and then choosing 'Account | Privacy settings' from the menus in the top-right corner of the page. Most – but not all – of your account settings can be accessed from here. There's a summary of your current privacy levels, along with links to modify them.
2. Quick privacy level
On the 'Privacy settings' page, there are three quick privacy levels that you can set in a single click. These are shown to the left of the summary, and include 'Everyone', 'Friends of friends' and 'Friends only'.
The 'Everyone' setting is the equivalent of broadcasting all your information as widely as possible and should be avoided. 'Friends of friends' isn't much better, because you have no control over who your friends connect with. 'Friends only' is a reasonable starting point for protecting your information, but bear in mind that you'll need to make some tweaks to customise it.
QUICK CONTROL: Choose 'Friends only' to adjust your settings quickly. This is a good basic level of privacy, but it's worth fine-tuning it a little.
3. Basic directory
From 'Privacy settings', choose 'View settings' under 'Connecting on Facebook'. This displays the information that's available to everyone, and the functions that enable people to find and contact you. If you want to be able to receive messages from anyone, set 'Send me messages' to 'Everyone'.
It makes sense to limit 'Education' and 'Work' to 'Friends only', and set 'Friend requests' to 'Friends of friends'. If you find yourself receiving inappropriate requests you can choose it lock it down to 'Friends only', although this eff ectively prevents you from gaining any new friends.
4. Customise settings
Avoid the 'Recommended' level in your privacy settings. This leaves details such as relationships and your birthday open to pretty much anyone. To alter each setting individually, click 'Customise settings' at the bottom of the summary. Here you can set a privacy level for each of the items you share, plus those others share about you and your basic contact information.
5. Preview profile
You can preview your Facebook profile as a general user by choosing 'Customise settings' from your 'Privacy settings' page. At the top of this page, click the button marked 'Preview my profile'. This will display your profile as it appears to a Facebook user who isn't listed as one of your friends. Use the preview to check information that's publicly available.
6. Preview as someone else
In this preview page, you can also choose to view your profile as a specific user might see it. Enter a username in the box marked 'Preview how your profile appears to a specific person'. Select the completed name to see this person's view of your profile. You can use this to help you tweak your privacy settings for friends.
PROFILE PREVIEW: Preview your profile as it can be seen by any named Facebook user to check what information that person can access.
7. Facebook search
If you'd rather not be found in a general search, you can set everything to 'Friends only', but if you've modified any settings or just want to double check, try the following. Go to 'Account | Privacy settings' and then choose 'View settings' under 'Basic directory information'. Next to 'Search for you on Facebook', ensure that the setting is 'Friends only'.
8. Web search
The default setting for web searches enables search engines such as Google to pick up your Facebook profile. Again, the global 'Friends only' setting should prevent your profile being available this way, but it's a good idea to double check to make sure. In 'Privacy settings' choose 'Edit your settings' under 'Applications and websites'. Next to 'Public search', click 'Edit settings' and ensure that the box marked 'Enable public search' isn't checked.
9. Places
You can limit who has access to geolocation information by choosing 'Customise settings' on the 'Privacy settings' page. Now set 'Places I check into' to 'Friends only'. Also clear the box marked 'Include me in people here now after I check in' to prevent other people who are checked in nearby seeing your location.
10. Friends lists
You may be comfortable sharing some information with close friends, but not work colleagues. You can add greater flexibility by setting up friends lists. From your homepage, choose 'Friends' in the left-hand column and click 'Edit friends' at the top of the page. Now select 'Create a list'. Enter a name for the list and select each of the friends you want to add to it, then click 'Create list'. Repeat for each list you want to create.
FRIENDS SEARCH: Set the people who can search for you on Facebook to 'Friends only' to stop people finding and contacting you out of the blue.
11. Control visibility by list:
You can now send updates to people on a particular list. Enter an update as normal, click the padlock below it and choose 'Customise'. Under 'Make this visible to' choose 'Specific people' and enter your list name. Under 'Hide this from', enter the name of the list you want to exclude. You can do the same with individual privacy settings. Go to 'Customise settings' and select 'Customise' for one of the items. You can now enter lists to make it visible or hide it from in the same way.
12. Chat privacy
You can also manage your chat availability using lists. Click the chat window and choose 'Friends lists'. Now tick each of the lists that you want to be visible in chat to and clear any that you don't want to be displayed. Within the chat window, click the button next to each list to appear offline to those people. You can be online to some lists and offline to others.
13. Delete an update
If you want to remove a previous status update, you can do so on your wall. Go to your profile and select the wall. Now scroll down to the update that you want to remove. Move your mouse over the update and click the 'X' to the right of it. Choose 'Remove post' and click 'Remove post' again to confirm.
14. Photo privacy
When you're uploading photos to Facebook, remember that you could be inadvertently invading someone else's privacy. Make sure that you have their permission to post images of them. Also be aware that anyone can tag a photo if they have access to it. You can set your photos to 'Friends only', but it only changes future albums. You need to change the settings of existing albums individually.
SHARING: Choose 'Applications and websites' from the 'Privacy settings' page to remove apps and control data available to other sites.
15. Event privacy
If you create an event from your homepage, it becomes public by default and appears in your feed. You might want to avoid this if the event is a surprise. Instead, click 'What are you planning?' under 'Events' on your homepage. Click the padlock and choose 'Private' before entering any details or inviting anyone. Only invitees will be able to see the details.
16. Messages reply to all
The default setting for replaying to a message on Facebook is 'Reply to all'. If a message is sent to a lot of recipients, you can be caught out by sending a private message to everyone. Click the name of the person you want to respond to in the thread and choose 'Reply' to respond to that person only.
17. Liking
Be sparing with your likes. Every time you click 'Like' on a fan page, it shows up on your profile so everyone can see that you've liked it. Also bear in mind that updates from any page you've liked will appear in your feed, and it can become cluttered.
CUSTOM SETTINGS: Use custom settings to apply different privacy levels to each kind of information stored in your profile.
18. Your wall
You have little control over who can write on your wall. You can choose your friends or set it to no one. Go to 'Account | Privacy settings | Customise settings'. Scroll down to 'Things others share' and tick or clear the box marked 'Friends can post on my wall'. You can change who can see postings on your wall just below this setting.
19. Comments
If you want to limit who can comment on other people's wall postings or your status updates, go to 'Customise settings' under 'Privacy settings' and then scroll down to 'Can comment on posts' under 'Things others share'. You can set this to 'Friends only' or choose 'Customise' to allow or exclude specific people or groups.
20. Picture tagging
You can't prevent people from uploading and tagging pictures of you, but you can control who gets to see them once they're tagged. In the 'Things others share' section of 'Customise settings', select 'Custom' next to 'Photos and videos I'm tagged in'. Choose 'Specific people' next to 'Make this visible to' and set people or lists who you want to allow to see tagged images. Next to 'Hide this from', enter the names or lists that you want blocked from seeing your tagged photos.
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iPhone 6 or iPad 3 to come with 6-inch screen?
Apple is said to be working on a 6-inch device to sit somewhere between the current iPhone and iPad ranges. A "connected industry expert" has told AppleInsider that Apple intends to widen its range with a device that sits somewhere between the iPhone and the iPad size-wise, with a 6-inch display.
The mystery 6-incher could be the iPad 3, which has been speculated to launch later this year, or the iPhone 6, dwarfing the current iPhone 4's 3.5-inch display.
Honey, I shrunk the iPad
Some industry insiders, however, are more confident that we'll see a big iPod touch than a mega iPhone or a mini iPad - particularly given Apple's critical view of smaller tablet screens.
A blown-up iPod touch would fill a gap in Apple's portable device range, allowing apps and emails to be enjoyed on a bigger screen without necessarily resulting in the iPad's premium price tag.
And, without the 3G connection, users wouldn't have the option to look like an idiot holding an enormous phone up to their ears to take calls (unless they're determined to by using VoIP).
Our heads are spinning with rumours of iPhone 6s and iPad 3s, and we haven't even seen the iPhone 5 or iPad 2 yet. Come on Apple, announce something already!
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Spotify valued at $1 billion, massive investment incoming
Spotify has been valued at around $1 billion according to a number of venture capitalist sources, with a major new round of investment on the way to the Swedish music streaming service.The exact extent of the latest round of financing is not clear, with Spotify quickly returning a 'no comment' when asked about the matter by TechRadar today.
US music label deals pending
However, TechCrunch reports that numerous sources are claiming that Digital Sky Technologies (DST) are leading the Spotify deal, said to be at least $100 million.
DST is the company founded by Yuri Milner and the same group of venture capitalists that has given significant backing to Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, valuing Spotify at around $1 billion.
Spotify has recently been working hard to finalise music label deals in the US, in order to finally launch the service to the massively lucrative American market.
Is Spotify worth a billion dollars?
"I guess if DST think that Spotify could be worth a billion dollars then who are we to argue?," says digital music industry analyst Steve Mayall, from Music Ally Ltd.
"Particularly since their previous investments look so smart. We can see a couple of reasons why DST might be so bullish: for one thing there seems to be a very high awareness of Spotify in the US already - and Spotify has demonstrated its genius for large scale viral marketing in Europe.
"Also given the way Spotify's open APIs work it could provide the engine for a lot of extra growth as more and more people share URLS rather than download files. If you look at what a company like Playdio is doing with Spotify streams you can see how we're still at the beginning of the curve for streaming music.
"But the US is a tough market to crack with an established base of great music services like MOG, Rdio and Rhapsody; not to mention whatever is stirring at Apple and Google. They'll need the money.
While music industry execs and bands and artists alike will no doubt debate the valuation of Spotify at $1 billion over the coming weeks, it looks like DST could well follow the successes it has had with Zynga, Groupon and Facebook with Spotify in the near future.
We have contacted the major record labels - Sony, Warners, EMI and Universal – in addition to a number of digital music industry experts for further comment on this story, so stay tuned for updates as they come in.
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Nokia to rush out cheap Windows Phone handsets?
Nokia has said it will be manufacturing low-cost Windows Phone 7 handsets to allow the OS to reach a very low price point, very quickly. Speaking to a group of Finnish business journalists, Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop said that the ability to quickly bring a cheap handset to market was a key topic in its discussions with Microsoft.
Windows Phone £7
After convincing the software giant that it could reach "a very low price point", Elop reiterated the need for speed:
"We have become convinced that we can [reach the low price point] very quickly."
During its press conference at Mobile World Congress, Nokia said it hoped to have its first Windows Phone device on sale by the end of 2011 – but this latest revelation suggests an earlier release could be on the cards.
Given Microsoft's stringent minimum hardware specifications for its mobile OS, it remains to be seen if Nokia will get special dispensation in order to bring costs down, or whether it is relying on falling component pricing.
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Review: QED Reference Audio Evolution
Unlike other cables in this group, the QED Reference Audio Evolution uses multiple conductors beneath the screen – four, to be exact. Connected as two pairs, they are twisted together to make a highly symmetrical assembly which has excellent rejection of interference from magnetic fields, something that normal screening can do nothing about.
There is a screen as well, of course, connected at one end only and, therefore, not carrying signal current. It’s made up of silver-plated copper and aluminised plastic tape, while the inner conductors are also silver-plated and insulated in foamed polythene.
The floating screen can be expected to make the cable slightly directional and it is marked for direction – don’t be afraid to try it reversed, though, as in some installations this can be beneficial. It’s eight millimetres in diameter, but a little on the stiff side.
There’s a slightly bassy quality to this cable’s sound, something we rather enjoyed especially through smallish speakers. It’s not exactly a huge lift to the bass or anything like that, just a subtle increase in the ‘presence’ of low notes.
And it’s mostly notes that are affected, not percussion, which is kept taut and energetic but not over-emphasised. Male voices also seem to benefit a little, with just a little more ring and resonance. It may not be strictly accurate, but it’s fun!
Midrange and treble are certainly highly neutral and accurate, with very fine detail and excellent imaging, though the highest treble can sometimes seem ever so slightly dry.
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Huawei to bring mobile signal to the tube
The London Underground is set to get mobile phone signal from Huawei as the Chinese firm bids to install transmitters on the tube. It's all thanks to the Olympics, which sees London getting quite the lick of paint ready for the influx of international visitors for the games in 2012.
The Sunday Times reported that the Chinese firm is offering to put in the phone network for free – free! – as a sign of solidarity from one Olympic nation to another.
That's quite a gift, given that the network is estimated to cost £50m.
HELLO? I'm on the underground
The paper also said that Vodafone and O2 have agreed to pay for installation work, with Huawei making its money from maintenance fees.
Transport for London is sticking to its original statement, saying that talks are ongoing and that the implementation of signal underground should not cost customers or taxpayers any additional money:
"Given the financial pressures on TfL's budgets, any solution would need to be funded through mobile operators with no cost to fare or taxpayers. Discussions are ongoing."
While many Londoners dread the invasion of the mobile phone, with tube-time previously given to gentle meditation and the reading of philosophic texts, it would certainly come in handy for workaholics, those running late to meetings and lost tourists.
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Review: Peerless Sigma
Peerless is an American company that majors in stands and mounting systems for AV components, but it includes a moderately wide range of cables in its lineup. The Sigma products are the current top of the range. This particular model is a straightforward coaxial design, along the lines of good-quality industrial RF cables: it has a stranded core of silver-plated copper, foamed polythene insulation and a notably robust screening assembly with four layers – aluminium foil, braided copper, more foil, more braid.
That should help keep interference to a minimum, at least, though the inevitable compromises of phono plugs will slightly spoil the effect at high radio frequencies.
The jacket is fairly soft and a fabric braid is applied over the cable for mechanical strength, completing an assembly eight millimetres in diameter and moderately flexible.
We found the Sigma an excellent interconnect, producing finely detailed images when hooked up between various sources and amps. It has a very even tonal balance, too, with perhaps just a touch of excess in the bass at times, but despite that there is very good control in the lowest octaves and low instruments are very well defined.
The treble is open and clear, with very good, natural decay of sounds into ambience, something that can easily be ‘dried out’ by poor interconnects and there’s a real sparkle on intrinsically bright sounds like cymbals and violins.
Perhaps image depth isn’t always the best defined, but by the normal standards of sub-£100 interconnects this is something of a star performer.
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iPad price drops indicate iPad 2 launch is imminent
Both T-Mobile and Orange have dropped their iPad pricing, suggesting that the iPad 2 will be with us in a matter of weeks. Dropping product pricing to clear stock is an age old indicator that a new version is on its way, and the two EverythingEverywhere networks' pricing has fallen significantly.
Here come the numbers
Orange is now selling the iPad for £99 on its 24-month contracts and T-Mobile is offering the same to existing customers.
Previously, Orange was offering the iPad WiFi + 3G at £199.99 upfront on a £25 per month contract to existing customers and at £229.99 for new customers on a £27 per month contract - so the new pricing offers a saving of at least £100 on each.
T-Mobile, meanwhile, is only offering the discount to existing customers on a 24-month £25 tariff.
The tech industry is on tenterhooks awaiting an announcement from Apple, given that the first iPad was announced in January last year – and Elton John reckons he's getting his iPad 2 in April.
On the other hand, the reduced price could just be Orange and T-Mobile offering customers a bargain because they're nice like that - right?
Thanks Hinesh!
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Review: Furutech Alpha Line 1
This is another simple coaxial cable, in this case using a fairly heavy-duty multi-stranded core of plain copper, a fairly thick polythene insulation, braided copper screen and soft PVC jacket, with an overall diameter of seven millimetres. That basic description could apply to any number of cables on the market, but Furutech applies its own unique feature in the shape of 'Alpha U-OFC' copper. This is particularly pure copper that has been treated in a two-stage cryogenic process and also demagnetised using a specific process which is claimed to give more complete demagnetisation than normal treatments.
Both the cryo and demag stages allegedly improve conductivity, although not by all that much and indeed the whole business of demagnetising non-magnetic materials (including copper) is still controversial.
The phono plugs are locking types, a nice touch at this price. There's no denying the superb detail that can be heard through this cable, a characteristic plainly preserved in various applications. But we couldn't help feeling that this was occasionally achieved at the expense of the bigger picture, the sound seeming a little dissected now and then.
Unusually, given the frequent correlation between detail and imaging, spatial information is not remarkably well presented: there's a decent sense of instruments' location but no really solid picture presented of them, or of the space around them.
Tonally, this cable is generally neutral, with just a touch less bass than some might like but no serious lack, while treble is very clear. Rhythmically it is precise, though again there seem to be more trees than wood.
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In Depth: 10 best iPhone and iPad Twitter apps
Users of Apple's mobile devices are spoilt for choice when it comes to Twitter clients - there are loads of the things littering the App Store. The official Twitter client is free, stable and fairly feature-rich, but with the wealth of apps, you'd be crazy to not at least see what's available elsewhere, and so we've unearthed what we think are the best Twitter clients for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
1. Twitter (free, universal)
On the iPhone, Twitter is an evolved version of top Twitter client Tweetie, rebranded when the service bought out the developer. It's a simple, elegant app that ably does its job.
On the iPad, you'd at first glance be forgiven for thinking you'd launched an entirely different app, such is the change in interface. While divisive, Twitter's pane-based swipe-oriented approach proves usable and efficient once you're used to it, although the iPad version oddly lacks the ability to create lists (which it has when running on the iPhone) and supports a relatively limited range of services.
2. Echofon (free with ads or £2.99 for 'pro', universal)
Plain and simple, Echofon is great if you just want fast access to content, and unlike Twitter it's similar in use across devices.
A big plus for Echofon is its ability to sync unread tweets between installs across mobile and desktop platforms, but it lets itself down a bit with occasional crashes on iPhone when sending emails and loading the in-app browser.
3. Twitterrific (free/£2.99 for 'pro', universal)
At one point, Twitterrific was feature-packed but becoming more complex with every update. The developers bravely stripped everything back and started again. The result is an impressively usable and great-looking client - although you'll need to pay to go 'pro' on each device you want multiple accounts on.
4. Twittelator Pro (£2.99, separate apps)
Seemingly taking the baton from Twitterrific in terms of complexity, the iPhone version of Twittelator Pro is feature-rich, with great search, theming and drafting capabilities.
On the iPad version, theming is gone and there's a lot of wasted screen space, but the two-pane interface is usable, and in-stream images are handled deftly, although the lack of a built-in web browser is annoying.
5. Osfoora (£1.79 for iPhone, £2.39 for iPad)
It's one of the pricier clients and the default black theme is a bit harsh, but Osfoora (iPhone version, iPad version) has a good crack at marrying a clean efficient interface with plenty of features.
It's particularly worthy of consideration for anyone who wants a more flexible client than Twitter or Twitterrific, more stability than Echofon has to offer, and an app with better screen usage than Twittelator Pro on iPad.
6. TwitBird (free/£1.19 for 'premium'/£1.79 for 'pro', universal)
Oddly available in three flavours (ad-supported 'free'; two-account ad-free 'premium'; 16-account ad-free 'pro'), TwitBird is fully-featured, with some interesting themes and ideas.
The grid-based Espresso theme provides navigation akin to the Facebook app (which works nicely, and is more flexible than the standard toolbar model), and the client automatically placing the original tweet under a reply is useful.
7. HelTweetica (free, iPad-only)
HelTweetica is an iPad-only release which aims to be a "clean and modern take on the Twitter client app" and largely succeeds. It packs a lot of tweets into a small space, although this results in slightly fiddly buttons for performing various tasks. However, the app is fast and also has an efficient single-user view that automatically loads the user's recent tweets.
8. TweetDeck/TweetDeck for iPad (free, separate apps)
Aiming to bring the column-based Twitter client to iOS devices, TweetDeck (iPhone version, iPad version) is worth a look if you're married to the desktop version. It's great for sync and flexible personalisation, although be warned that this client is buggy and crashes quite often.
9. HootSuite (free, universal)
After a hateful enforced sign-up to the HootSuite service, the HootSuite app proves interesting. With its column-based approach, HootSuite almost resembles TweetDeck, providing the means to rapidly switch between feed types and lists, or columns with tweets based around sets of keywords. On iPad, the sidebar provides even quicker access to default and user-defined columns.
10. Flipboard (free, iPad only)
It's certainly not the most obvious means of browsing Twitter, but if you're more interested in linked content than 140-character notes from friends, Flipboard turns the service into a digital magazine. It also links with Google Reader and Facebook.
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Hackers now unbanning themselves on PS3
PS3 hackers have figured out a way of circumventing Sony's PSN bans on those that jailbreak their PlayStation 3 consoles, as the war between the hacking community and Sony rumbles on this week.Sony moved to block PS3 hackers from accessing the PlayStation Network recently, as TechRadar reported late last week.
Mere days later and a new jailbreak has reportedly been released that lets hackers unban themselves and continue accessing PSN's online services as before.
A jailbreak war of attrition
Jailbreakers were issued a message from Sony last week, which read as follows:
"A circumvention device and/or unauthorized or pirated software currently resides on your PlayStation 3 system. Immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from your PlayStation 3 system.
"Failure to do so will result in termination of your access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through your PlayStation 3 system."
Undeterred by Sony's swift moves to ban jailbroken PS3s from its network, Destructoid reports that the latest update to the PS3 jailbreak not only lets you unban yourself, but also ban other users, should you be so evil.
Expect a response and an update from Sony's anti-piracy specialists very soon on this, as the PS3 jailbreak war continues.
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Review: Black Rhodium Rhythm
One of Black Rhodium's most affordable cables, the Rhythm is a relatively thin and very flexible cable which, with its short-bodied plugs, is clearly a good choice for use in confined spaces. It uses good-quality materials, including a fairly substantial inner core of silver-plated copper, with PTFE insulation and a silver-plated copper screen. It's not marked for directionality and is connected identically at both ends.
The PTFE is quite thin and a good bit of the cable's bulk is the soft outer jacket. Thin insulation gives it a relatively high capacitance, about three times that of the other cables in this group, but there's no obvious reason why that should upset any modern equipment in the slightest.
Black Rhodium claims that the PTFE has been processed in some way that, among other things, improves the 'beat' of the sound – a remarkably specific claim but, well, we assume they've tried it and that's what they heard!
What we heard was certainly rhythmic sound and it was also sound with a detectable tonal character of its own. We've commented on a 'dark' balance in BR cables in the past, but that's mostly the company's silicone-rubber-insulated models.
In this case, the sound seems to be just a fraction on the bright side, but in a good way, bringing a quite delightful sparkle to music of all kinds. There's good detail, not quite the kind one might find in cables in the £200-upwards range, but very good for one at this price and imaging is good, too.
The very lowest bass is just a little lacking in impact, we felt.
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Apple set to refresh MacBook Pros this week?
Apple has stopped shipping its current MacBook Pro models online, suggesting that a refresh of the high-end laptop range is set to arrive in the coming days.Check out the Apple Store online today and you will see that Apple has increased its shipping dates to 2-4 days rather than its usual 24 hours.
Speed bumps and Light Peaks
Apple fans are, as ever, desperate to know what specification bumps and feature additions Apple will add to the new MacBook Pro this month.
The refresh announcement is expected to come from Cupertino on Thursday of this week, and we will of course be sure to bring you the full details the second the official press release drops into our inbox.
In the meantime, the most credible rumours we have heard about what's in store for the new MacBook Pro suggest that Apple will release five new laptops this week – two upgrades to the MacBook Pro 13-inch, two upgrades to the MacBook Pro 15-inch and one new version of the MacBook Pro 17-inch.
Light Peak in new MacBook Pro
There are also reports that we should expect a new high-speed connection technology from Apple called (internally) "Light Peak."
Light Peak is set to replace the multiple connectors we use for external peripherals and monitors, said to carry data at 10GB per second both ways at the same time (so a lot faster than USB 3.0 tech).
Mark February 24th in your diary if you are in the market for a new Apple MacBook. Or if you just want to remind yourself to check out the upgrades later this week.
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Apple set to refresh MacBook Pros this week?
Apple has stopped shipping its current MacBook Pro models online, suggesting that a refresh of the high-end laptop range is set to arrive in the coming days.Check out the Apple Store online today and you will see that Apple has increased its shipping dates to 2-4 days rather than its usual 24 hours.
Speed bumps and Light Peaks
Apple fans are, as ever, desperate to know what specification bumps and feature additions Apple will add to the new MacBook Pro this month.
The refresh announcement is expected to come from Cupertino on Thursday of this week, and we will of course be sure to bring you the full details the second the official press release drops into our inbox.
In the meantime, the most credible rumours we have heard about what's in store for the new MacBook Pro suggest that Apple will release five new laptops this week – two upgrades to the MacBook Pro 13-inch, two upgrades to the MacBook Pro 15-inch and one new version of the MacBook Pro 17-inch.
Light Peak in new MacBook Pro
There are also reports that we should expect a new high-speed connection technology from Apple called (internally) "Light Peak."
Light Peak is set to replace the multiple connectors we use for external peripherals and monitors, said to carry data at 10GB per second both ways at the same time (so a lot faster than USB 3.0 tech).
Mark February 24th in your diary if you are in the market for a new Apple MacBook. Or if you just want to remind yourself to check out the upgrades later this week.
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WIN! A Samsung Galaxy Tab from Phones 4u
We've teamed up with Phones 4u to offer the stunning prize of a Samsung Galaxy Tab , which comes with an entertainment package worth £200.The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an impressive piece of kit and does a fantastic job of cramming a multitude of functions into a very small space.
Running Android 2.2 FroYo it comes with full access to the Android Market as well as a load of Google goodies.
The Android-toting iPad rival also features a 1GHz processor, has a 7inch TFT-LCD touchscreen and Flash 10.1.
The £200 entertainment package includes downloads for 50 MP3s, 15 Movies, 7 Games and 5 eBooks.
The device also boasts a 3 megapixel camera with LED Flash on the back as well as a front facing 1.3 megapixel piece.
To win, answer the following question:
Which version of Android does the Samsung Galaxy Tab run?
a) 2.2
b) 2.1
c) 1.6
d) 3.0
Click here to enter the competition
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Please note that this competition is only open to UK residents over 18 years of age.
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