Tag: competition
WIN! WIN! WIN!: 30 Kingston 4GB microSD multi-kits to give away
I just hate those competitions with one big prize. Don’t know about you, but I never win. So, when the good people of Kingston Technology offered a whopping great memory card kit to give away, I said, “no.” Instead, we have a whole 30 of the suckers as competition prizes except just a little smaller.
The Prize
30 x 4GB Kingston Multi-Kits. Only one kit can be won per person and that kit includes:
- 4GB microSD card
- SD card adaptor
- mini-SD adaptor
- USB reader
How to win
Good question. I hadn’t actually thought that far ahead. Send your entry to our Tech Digest competitions email, I can tell you that much. And, as for the question…hmmm…tricky…ah, yes! I have it. The question is this:
The Nokia N97 is coming out very soon indeed and it looks like it’s going to have more memory potential than an other handset so far. So, exactly how much memory could the N97 possibly have at its highest as of what is commercially available today? Not as easy as it sounds, that one. So, do your research and let me know.
Get your answers over to me before the first light of day on Wednesday 3rd June and I’ll pick 30 e-mails out of the hat at random. Make sure you include your name and address, so I can send out your prize should you be chosen. Ts & Cs over leaf.
Terms and Conditions
1. The prize is 30 x 4GB Kingston Multi-Kits (one prize per person)
2. Only open to UK residents, over 18 years old.
3. One entry per person.
4. Promoter reserves right to disqualify any entrant deemed to breach T&Cs.
5. Prize subject to availability and at the discretion of Promoter.
6. Promoter reserves right to cancel/amend prize draw at any time without prior notice, or substitute prize with that of equal/greater value.
7. Prize non transferable.
8. No cash/credit alternative will be offered.
9. Taxes, insurances, travel and other expenses unless stated by the Promoter, are winner’s sole responsibility.
10. By entering the winner agrees to take part in event publicity upon request, including use of name, address, image and audio/audio visual recordings.
11. If you don’t wish to be added to the Tech Digest mailout please write DON’T SUBSCRIBE in the subject header.
Gadget Show Live Competition Winners Announced!!!
The votes have been counted, the correct entries sorted from the incorrect ones and I can reveal the 10 lucky winners of the Gadget Show Live competition for pairs of tickets to this weekend’s event.
So, without further ado, congratulations to Mohd Imree Azmi, James van den Bergh, Gavin Bond, John Thomson, Steve Hamilton, Shane Day, John Ross, Andy Cook, Sue Fraser and Melanie Clark who’ll all have tickets in the post. If you don’t get them in time, the let me know. Oh, and make sure you come and say hello.
Gadget Show Live
WIN GADGET SHOW LIVE 2009 TICKETS!!!
Right you lucky people, listen up because I’ve got 10 pairs of tickets to give away to the sold out Gadget Show Live 2009 tech extravaganza taking place at the Birmingham NEC the weekend after next – that’s 17th-19th April for those without their calendars to hand.
There’ll be all sorts of interactive treats on display including a gaming zone, Segways test track, Super Theatre featuring the Channel 5 show’s stars and the amazing How To Theatre with us, the Shiny Tech Crew.
“So, how do I bag myself these tickets hotter than the sun on a paritcularly hot day,” you’re asking yourself. Well, the answer is simple. All you have to do is answer this very simple question:
On what date does the Vodafone HTC Magic (G2) go on sale in the UK? Is it:
a) 1st May 2009
b) 1st June 2009
c) 1st July 2009
A good place to have look would for the answer would either be the front page of Tech Digest or our mobile phone section.
Send your answer along with your name and address to our competitions e-mail account before 11:59pm on Monday 13th April. I’ll chose 10 lucky winners at random and get you your tickets in time for the show. Good luck.
Terms and Conditions
1. The prize is one pair out of 10 day tickets to the Gadget Show Live 2009 17th-19th April
2. Only open to UK residents, over 18 years old.
3. One entry per person.
4. Promoter reserves right to disqualify any entrant deemed to breach T&Cs.
5. Prize subject to availability and at the discretion of Promoter.
6. Promoter reserves right to cancel/amend prize draw at any time without prior notice, or substitute prize with that of equal/greater value.
7. Prize non transferable.
8. No cash/credit alternative will be offered.
9. Taxes, insurances, travel and other expenses unless stated by the Promoter, are winner’s sole responsibility.
10. By entering the winner agrees to take part in event publicity upon request, including use of name, address, image and audio/audio visual recordings.
11. If you don’t wish to be added to the Tech Digest mailout please write DON’T SUBSCRIBE in the subject header.
Intel launches Digital Artist of the Year competition
In an art gallery on Pall Mall in London last night, Intel launched its search to find a Digital Artist of the Year. Digital Artist 2009 will be searching for the UK’s most talented artists in thirteen categories.
One of those thirteen is a ‘Rising Star’ award, which will be given to five entrants under the age of 25, and other categories include Architectural Visualisation, Motion Broadcast, Digital Painter and Ethical Design.
To celebrate, an exhibition of the digital art world will be on display at the Galleria from the 2nd to the 8th April. There’ll also be a number of ‘masterclasses’ held across the UK for aspiring digital artists. For full details, or to enter, see the competition’s homepage at www.digitalartistawards.com.
Gadget Show Live 2009 – completely, utterly sold out!
Ladies, gentlemen; gadget boys and gadget gals, the Gadget Show Live 2009 is officially sold out. I have just been informed by the event organisers that there are precisely zero pairs of tickets left for both the Super Theatre and even access to the main show.
To those that have their hands clutched around a pair like Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe, then congratulations, for those that haven’t, well, there might just be a competition on Tech Digest very soon indeed because I happen to have a bunch burning a hole in my drawer at the moment and I prefer my drawers without holes in.
Keep ’em peeled and I’ll see you down at the NEC at the How To Theatre along with the rest of the Shiny Tech Crew from 17th-19th April. Good luck.
Gadget Show Live 2009
Capcom challenges you to find body parts in central London
Fan of Resident Evil 5? Fan of body parts? Fan of central London? Combine your passions tomorrow morning, Thursday March 12th, as Capcom leaves miscellaneous body parts strewn around the area near Trafalgar Square.
Entrants will be required to find as many body parts as possible, and take them to Westminster bridge by 11am, where you have to hold them over your head and shout “Kijuju!”. Points will be allocated for each body part found – 2 for an arm, 2 for a leg, 3 for a torso and 5 for a head.
The players with the most points at 11am win a “trip of a lifetime” to Africa. Tech Digest will be there in force, trying to win it for ourselves, so we’ll see you there!
(via Capcom)
Google changes favicon again – much nicer than the lowercase purple g
It seems like only yesterday that Google shifted its favicon from an uppercase G to a purple lowercase g. Well, although the little purple g is still in place, on my computer at least, at the moment, a post on the Official Google Blog suggests that it’s about to change again, to the icon over to the right.
The new icon is a reinterpretation of a submission sent in by a user, one André Resende – a computer science undergraduate student at the University of Campinas in Brazil. The lucky chap, along with the rest of us, get to see a modified version of his creation (left) twenty thousand times a day as we destroy the planet. What do you think of the new logo? I’m quite a fan…
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Dell to launch 'Adamo' MacBook Air competitor?
Mac fanboys aside, most of us realised that the Macbook Air was a crystallisation of everything that Apple does – it was an archetypal Apple product. The ridiculous price, the underperforming components, and lack of features, but OH SO PRETTY! That’s why I’m a little nervous that Dell are trying to emulate the machine.
The New York Times, after noticing a few ‘Adamo’ trademark filings, did some digging on Google and eventually confronted Dell’s vice president in charge of consumer sales and marketing, Michael Tatelman, asking him if there was an Air-like product in store. His response? Click over the jump to find out.
WIN WIN WIN! – Nintendo DS and a copy of Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance – last day!
Just a quick reminder that today’s the last day to enter our Nintendo DS competition. Want to pretend that your stylus is a mini-lightsaber? Now’s your chance!
It’s ridiculously easy to enter. Go here, fill in the form, and hit okay. Go do it now, in fact. Imagine how jolly your little kid (or you, if you’re sprog-free) will feel on Christmas day when he or she unwraps it.
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FLASH GAME CHALLENGE: Metro Rules of Conduct
If you’re a commuter, or if you’ve ever used the underground in London during rush hour, then you’ll be familiar with the horror of having millions of people around you, without being able to look at any of them. Instead you’re forced to stare vaguely into space down the carriage.
This game perfectly simulates that experience. Use your arrow keys to look around, look at people’s stuff for points. But don’t get caught looking! That’s a recipe for someone thinking you’re some kidy of stare-y weirdo. I got 8968 points. What’s your best score? Tell us in the comments.
Metro Rules of Conduct (via RPS)
