Tag: $25
Red Nintendo Wii revealed to mark Mario's 25th birthday
25 years of age is quite the landmark for anyone, but when you happen to be a pixelated plumber that paved the way for console gaming as we know it, that birthday takes on a little more resonance in the…
Tech Trumpet: Mac25
Welcome to Tech Trumpet, where I attempt to make vaguely musical (and festive) sounds using a variety of gadgets and computers.
This week, by way of a very understated celebration of the Apple Macintosh’s 25th birthday on Saturday (today is when the iconic “1984” SuperBowl ad was shown), I’ve composed a short piece based on Mac System 7 operating system sounds…
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy – Family Guy creator's first AdSense episodes
A few months back when summer had just begun and we were expecting sunshine in the weeks to come – oh those heady days! – Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, announced that he'd agreed with Google to make some animated comedy for the internet steam roller to use in its AdSense campaigns, and look, that's exactly what he's done!
So, here for your enjoyment is the first of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Comedy and this is apparently what really happens at the end of Super Mario Bros…
Fujitsu launches 2.5-inch 320GB hard drive with AES 256-bit encryption
Following last month’s launch of the MHZ2-BJ hard drive comes the MHZ2-CJ, which along with a substantial 320GB storage capacity features automatic hardware-based encryption to secure data against loss or theft…
Forbes linkbaits whole internet with their top 25 web celebs of 2007 list
Forbes, in their ever-increasing attempts at winning the googles with their top [insert random number depending on how many they could either be arsed with, or stretch to] lists has just released what is, admittedly, a pretty exciting feature.
THE 25 WEB CELEBS OF 2007! WOO! How could we…
Creative has sold 25 million MP3 players now, according to…Creative
For a company battling the MP3 giant Apple, 25 million MP3 player sales is extremely impressive stuff. Staff in all the Creative offices across the world are popping the Cava over the news, and Waitrose has already reported profits rising by more than 40% in the last 24 hours for bubbly.
Recognised as the second-largest supplier of the gadgets, the announcement “marks a major milestone in Creative history, as our player unit volume exceeds the combined unit sales from some of the biggest names…
Break out the lambrini, it's the emoticon's 25th birthday today
Emoticons. Love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t deny you’ve used them at least once, even if it was ironically. Can you believe they were first documented 25 years ago? I bet all the 🙂 and even the 🙁 are out on the town today, boozing hard and fast, falling in and out of nightclubs as they celebrate their 25th birthday. Expect to see some very hung-over emoticons online tomorrow…
Apparently in a forum discussion on September 19th, 1982 (I didn’t even think the ‘tinternet was around then for civillians, let alone had ‘forums’)…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 17-Jul-07: Radiohead, DVR, Computer viruses, X-Files, Sony Crackle
– Stereogum coerces popular musicians to record covers of Radiohead’s OK Computer to mark 10th anniversary (Stereogum)
– Acronym DVR (Digital Video Recorder) wangles way into Merriam-Webster dictionary (Gizmodo)…
