Author: Gary Cutlack
Happy Birthday, Google Chrome – 1.0 today
The browser the world didn’t demand has come out of beta today, with Google releasing a “1.0” version of its Chrome web toy for a largely disinterested world to not bother with once again.
You’re probably reading this in Firefox or Internet Explorer, so it won’t mean much, but the few Chrome users out there will be pleased to know that Google reckons Chrome is now less buggier, up to 1.5 times faster at loading Java…
Xbox 360 beats Wii! (in teenager's Christmas present 2008 wish-list survey)
A poll conducted by impenetrable-if-you’re-over-20 online cyber-fortress Habbo has found that games consoles are this year’s hottest-to-have Christmas present, beating mobiles, MP3 players and even wooden train sets, with 39% of the 4,500 kids polled demanding a games machine or a PC off mum and dad.
Incredibly, Microsoft’s machine beat Nintendo’s fashionable Wii for once, with 20% of the game-wanting Habbo youths asking for an Xbox 360 – and only 19% plumping for a Wii. Probably because most of them got one last year. As ever, Sony’s PS3 is LAST – 15% are asking for one of those off poor Santa…
eBay Nutcase of the Week: Turkey-slaughterer selling "famous" turkey killed during Sarah Palin interview
Lots of things get killed whenever Sarah Palin opens her mouth – the English language, common sense, hope and dreams – but the most famous was this poor turkey, butchered in the background of a news report as Sarah ‘Gee, Mom!’ Palin rambled incoherently about America for ages and ages.
The famous deceased turkey is now available on eBay , with the seller promising “the official turkey from the video which comes with a letter of authenticity…
VIDEO: Energy & Efficiency, episode 12
Energy saving doesn’t have to be boring and about compromises. Here are a few ideas for FUN GAMES you can play, to enjoy yourself while also getting the smug feeling that can only come from doing your bit to save the world.
So come on, everyone! Let’s have fun and save energy!
If you have any ideas for additional energy saving games…
SEGA launches marginally disappointing online "casual" gaming portal PlaySEGA
The once-mighty SEGA has nailed its colours to the “Casual, internet” gaming mast, with the launch of PlaySEGA – a little portal rammed with simple games and colourful logos that might just hold the average teenager’s attention long enough for a game to finish downloading.
It’s not just about trading on former glories, PlaySEGA’s got actually NEW stuff on there to play that’s been made specifically for the service, should you, for some odd reason, be tired of slogging through Sonic 2 or Golden Axe on your emulator of choice.
As is fashionable these days, users are encouraged to sign in and create a wacky and possibly zany avatar symbolising their unique personalities, with “Escape Areas” – personal profile pages based around visual…
Deafness charity finds 67% of you lot are listening to music TOO LOUDLY
A survey conducted by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People discovered that two-thirds of us are listening to MP3 players at dangerously loud volume levels that could break our earholes for good.
The RNID accosted 246 people in the streets of Edinburgh and plugged listening gadgets into the headphone sockets of their MP3 players, testing the volume output levels. The level considered safe for blasting music…
The Discriminating Metal Detector – for the discriminating metal detector
If you live in or near the odd fringe area of society where it’s acceptable behaviour to spend six hours pacing up and down a beach in the hope of finding a 5p coin someone dropped yesterday and couldn’t be bothered bending down to pick up – THIS IS FOR YOU.
Only joking – metal detectors are awesome. The idea of spending a whole day methodically covering a surface area the size of three football pitches in the hope of finding some old Roman coins, a bit of a crashed Spitfire or just a rusted piece…
Pano selling what appears to be an empty box – the Pano Zero Client cloud computer
It’s not often we can feature a photograph of a computer at very nearly life size here on the main page, but the Pano Zero Client has helped fulfil that minor ambition.
It’s a tiny little computer designed entirely around streaming “cloud” apps via the internet or from an internal network, hence its small size – there’s nothing in it apart from the bits the Ethernet, VGA and USB ports plug into. It only uses 5 Watts, so it’ll be fine to leave it on doing whatever it is that it does all night.
According to Pano, the Zero Client has “no CPU, no memory, no operating system…
Sexy dancing robot ladies look at you, in some clever artistic commentary on CCTV society
If you want the thrill of seeing a woman dancing on a stage but without the risk of being seen entering the establishment or having to make eye contact with a live female, here’s a perfect futuristic solution.
This collection of moving, gyrating, female-like components can be seen in action at the Mutate Britain exhibition, where you can stare all you want without being made to feel sad or guilty because…
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing – a potentially lethal fake imported Nintendo DS
Don’t ruin Christmas by purchasing a cheap fake Nintendo DS off the internet and have it explode and burn down your Christmas tree and, subsequently, the entire house and a bit of the neighbour’s house.
That’s the slightly over-dramatic warning being issued by HMRC today, which says it’s intercepted “hundreds” of fake Nintendo products on their way into the UK, including the old DS and the lovely DS Lite – products that include…
