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Dash For Speed, Test Your Connection
There are plenty of websites that test the speed of your web connection but few of them look as good or are as easy to use as the one Propellerhead has been road-testing at Speedtest.net. The dashboard design is…
Boeing Axes In-Flight Internet
Here’s some more bad news for travellers, Boeing has just announced that it is scrapping its Connexion division, which was behind the plane-maker’s in-flight Internet service. Boeing has spent upwards of $1.5billion over the past six years rolling out…
One Minute Video Review: T-Mobile's MDA Vario II the first HSDPA phone to go on sale in the UK
We have waited a very long time for HSDPA phones, but now they seem to be coming in droves. T-Mobile looks like it will win the race to be first to market with its MDA Vario II, which goes on…
One Minute Video Review: Fatman Referee Suit
Watch as the Shiny team (helped by some unwilling assistants) recreate the Ronaldo/Rooney World Cup fiasco, complete with fatman referee suit. The suit is available for £35 from BoysStuff.co.uk….
Title bar Clock
For the most part the title bar at the top of most Windows applications is just a waste of space, with just the name of the program on the left, the Minimise, Maximise and Close icons on the right…
Sony Batteries Investigated by US Safety Officials
Hard on the heels of the exploding Dell laptop battery story, already being dubbed ‘batterygate’, US Consumer Safety Officials are now investigating all Sony-made Lithium rechargeable batteries, according to Reuters. Sony makes laptop batteries for a number of other…
Review: Scala Rider Bluetooth Helmet Headset
The Propaganda You don't realise til you get a motorbike how much stuff you need to buy to make it work. There's all the clothing to minimise scraping off the road situations, there's the bags, boxes and the like…
One Minute Video Review: Oregon Scientific Smart Globe
Watch as Susi reveals she's not sure where Ghana is, and Gemma becomes strangely addicted to proving her own geographical knowledge. For a full review, click here. Alternatively, go and pre-order it for £130….
One Minute Video Review: LG U400 music phone
Katie and I look at the new LG U400 phone, which is chock full of music-related features. For an in-depth review click here. The phone is available free on a 3 contract….
August 8th Security Patch Causing Problems
A critical update released by Microsoft on the 8th of August ‘Patch Tuesday’ has been causing problems for some users. Update MS06-042 (918899) for Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, on Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP (SP1) causes Internet Explorer to…
