Category: Features
REVIEW: Quincy Jones Q350 in-ear earphones
When it comes to pop music royalty, names don't come much bigger than that of Quincy Jones. From humble beginnings as a travelling jazz musician to the stratospheric success he garnered working with the late Michael Jackson, there are few more respected producers in modern music than Mr Jones. He's recently put his name to a new AKG audio line, and we've got our hands on a pair of Q350 in-ear earphones. Do they live up to their namesake's legendary reputation?
REVIEW: AlertMe Starter Energy monitoring kit
In these penny-pinching times we need every bit of help we can get to keep our bills down. Is AlertMe the solution to keeping those electricity bills in check, or a needlessly expensive alternative to switching off the lights before heading on out for the day?
The Kindle is not a gadget, says Amazon
People don't buy Kindle e-readers because they are gadget buffs; "the reason people choose the device is that they love reading," Amazon's vice president of Kindle Content, Russ Grandinetti, said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. It's taken…
PREVIEW: Gatling Gears (XBLA, PSN, PC)
Twin stick shooters are having something of a renaissance of sorts right now thanks to the growing popularity of bite-sized downloadable games. We had the pleasure of playing one called Gatling Gears at a recent EA preview event, slated…
PREVIEW: Alice:Madness Returns (Xbox 360)
It's been ten years since the visionary American McGee turned his hand to a skewed gaming vision of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, but this summer will see us venture down the rabbit hole once more for the Xbox 360…
REVIEW: Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB external hard drive
The world's thinnest external hard drive may be catwalk-ready, but can it handle a load of full-fat files crammed into its svelte frame?
Enchantment under the sea: Richard Branson launches Virgin Oceanic deep-sea explorer
Jules Verne would be proud of Richard Branson's latest venture: the Virgin Oceanic submarine. The project aims to explore "the last frontiers of our own Blue Planet: the very bottom of our seas". Google is even involved with its…
ROUND-UP: Religious apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry
Smartphones: tools for chatting just to friends or potential hotlines to God? It's a bit of a leap for the imagination to imagine chatting to The Man Upstairs on your Jesus Phone, but that's not to say you can't…
INTERVIEW: Radio's Colin Murray on digital music, football streaming with BT Infinity and his love of Super Mario
Colin Murray, radio DJ, sports pundit on the airwaves and TV and generally-all-round-nice-bloke has partnered up with BT to help them promote their growing BT Infinity super-fast broadband network. He's created an online guide on how to get the…
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
