Author: Stuart Dredge
Skype strips users of London SkypeIn numbers
The PR disaster of Skype’s recent outage is still fresh in the memory, but now the VoIP company is courting further controversy by withdrawing hundreds of 0207 SkypeIn numbers from British users.
Good ol' Dukes Of Hazzard remote-controlled car
Yee-har! The original Dukes of Hazzard TV show was a key part of millions of people’s childhoods, even if the 2005 movie remake, er, wasn’t. But if you’re looking to forget the latter, why not splash out £29.95 on a remote-controlled model of the instantly-recognisable 1969 Dodge Charger from the TV show.
New Nokia patent looks like a Sidekick
Surely the idea behind patents is that you’ve got an idea that nobody else has done before? Maybe I’m too idealistic. Anyway, Nokia has just filed a patent in the US for a mobile device with a flip-out keyboard.
The seven Next Big Web 2.0 Things (according to Silicon Valley experts)
Twitter? Schmitter! Facebook? SO early 2007. iLike? Don’t make me laugh! All of these companies are OLD HAT when it comes to Web 2.0 buzz, if you’re a zeitgeist-surfing web evangelist looking for bleeding-edge new beta stars. Or something.
Beam your popcorn up to a Star Trek Home Theatre
Cor. Those of us who think a home cinema room consists merely of a projector, a screen and a Laz-E-Boy chair should hang our heads in shame. Check this home theatre, which has been modelled after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek: The Next Generation…
If Microsoft had made Gmail…
Clearly inspired by the legendary ‘If Microsoft had made the iPod’ viral video, Google Blogoscoped has been wondering what Gmail would look like if it’d been spawned in Redmond too. And they have Photoshop mock-ups as a demonstration. Genius!
T-Mobile selling unlocked iPhones in Germany for 999 Euros
No sooner has Vodafone won a court injunction to prevent T-Mobile selling the iPhone in Germany, then T-Mobile has responded with an announcement that it’ll sell unlocked iPhones to get around the ruling.
PlayStation Phone is on the cards, says Sony
Okay, so the iPhone has been out for ages, Google isn’t making a gPhone after all judging by the announcement of its Android platform. What mythical handset are we going to gossip about now? Ah, the PlayStation Phone…
eBay picks out Top 10 collectables that'll make you rich (possibly)
Antiques are where the money is. At least, that’s what you’d think watching the Antiques Roadshow, where people whose ancestors picked up trinkets for a song find out they’re now worth tens of thousands. How to ensure you do the same thing for the benefit of your descendants?
Tower Bloxx is the best Facebook game, bar none
If you’re at work, better get that important task done now before reading any further in this post. I’m about to torpedo your chances of ever getting anything worthwhile done during office hours. Really. It’s a Facebook application called Tower Bloxx…
