Month: July 2006
Nudge nudge, The Who's retro fruit machine is on eBay
Forget pinball wizards: we're more impressed with this fruit machine that our Bayraider blog found this morning. It's a 70s retro model formerly owned by the late John Entwistle, who was the bassist in The Who. £750 sounds like…
Mobile phones: we're dependent and it's changing our relationships
Observe any train carriage, bus, pavement, pub, burger bar, shop, someone will be texting or chatting or taking a photo. Brits are obsessed with their phones, to the extent that 90% said they couldn't go a whole day without…
Sometime, you can love the internet too much.
The internet has been a wondeful thing. We’ve all suffered from that nagging voice saying "go on… check your emails…" when really, we should be doing something more fun. Most of us manage to resist the urge, but some can’t…
Zune: Microsoft's new "iPod Killer"
No secret there's a few companies that would dearly love to knock iPod off the top of the digital music player mountain. SanDisk have mutilated a lot of sheep since the rumours of Microsoft launching a white-earbud-killer surfaced -…
Nokia's N73 3G handset hits the stores
You may remember we were suitably impressed with Nokia's 3G N73 handset when it was launched back in April. Well, we're pleased to report that you can now get your hands on one, as the N73 hits the shops…
Wi-Fi detecting pen
Small W-Fi detection devices aren’t new (check out this keyring Wi-Fi seeker), but I think this is the first time I’ve seen an everyday item with a Wi-Fi detector built-in, as is the case with this Wi-Fi detecting pen,…
Linde Werdelin Biformeter – a classic analogue watch with clip-on technology
Here’s a novel idea – a classic, Swiss made analogue watch for daytime and evening, with accompanying sports device to aid you in extreme conditions. Except that you just need the one watch strap with the Biformeter from Linde…
MTV Flux: New social networking channel will allow user-generated content
From September 6th there'll be a new kind of TV channel on the block. MTV Flux is MTV Network's first dip into the social networking arena – currently dominated on the web by the likes of MySpace and Bebo…
Which celebrities do we want on our sat nav systems?
Personally I'm not bothered which voice on my sat nav system tells me the way to my destination as long as I get there. But it seems like I'm in a minority, with the great British public enjoying a…
LG's MFJM53 portable media player now available in the UK
We covered the LG MFJM53 8GB portable media player a couple of months back, when it appeared with limited detail on the LG website. If that got you thinking about buying one, you'll be pleased to know it's now…
