Tag: christmas
Project Natal launch confirmed for October
Project Natal, Microsoft's Xbox 360 motion controller, will be launched in October. Microsoft's Syed Bilal Tariq confirmed this week that the launch will be just in time for Christmas and the busiest games buying period of the year. The Natal…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010: Day 2 Round-Up
It may have gotten off to a dull start thanks to the lacklustre showing from Microsoft, but CES 2010 today threw up some really nice surprises. Keep an eye out for the Light Blue Optic's Light Touch here in today's…
Grandparents want laptops, iPods and other gadgets for Christmas
New research conducted by Logitech shows that the next-gen Nan is fed up of receiving boiled sweets and a Paul O' Grady autobiography for Christmas. Gadgets are in this season for geriatrics it seems. OK, the survey was for…
23% of Britons use the net to take a sneak peek at their Christmas presents
A recent survey of 1,000 people conducted by web analytic specialists Webtrends has revealed that one-in-four of us will take a sneaky peek at what our partners have bought for us online this Christmas. No present-shaking guessing games for us…
Pick up Shadow Complex on Xbox Live Arcade for just 800 MS points (£6.20)
Each week the Xbox Live team put up a couple of offers to entice Gold subscribers to start flashing the moolah. Sadly, more often than not the games they pick to discount are rubbish. Not this week however. For…
Christmas Apps Part 2: Festive food, sexy Santas and…er…present tossers
We did a post on festive apps earlier on in the month, but it seems you lot just cant get enough of them! So here are five more apps to get you into the Christmas spirit. BBC Good Food Festive…
Video of the Day: Christmas Lights Guitar Hero hack
Remember that scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, where all of Chevy Chase's festive struggles come good when his ridiculous fairy light system shines brighter than the sun? Well some bright spark has gone one better. Or should that…
Lego digital camera available now from IWOOT
Excellent little Christmas present this one; I mean, who wouldn't want a camera made out of Lego? I'm pretty sure I tried building one myself as a kid, but just didn't have the electrical engineering knowledge (or patience) to finish…
£100 Christmas budget for a third of Brits
Of the 1,400 people surveyed, 39% were looking to spend less this year, with 50% doing the majority of their shopping online in order to dig out the best bargains. Voucher Hub also claim that a third of Brits will be spending no more than £100 on presents this year, with another third placing simple grocery vouchers at the top of their Christmas lists.
