Tag: sport
Walkstation workstation: jog on a treadmill as you blog
Hands up – how many people would purchase this Walkstation, thinking they’d be able to fit in at least an hour’s exercise each day as they plough through their RSS feeds, but after a week, it’s start accumulating dust as the couch in front of a Hollyoaks episode is more appealing than jogging whilst surfing.
Priced at $6,500, you’d think consumers would be able to afford a personal trainer for that amount of money, but…
Ultimate Fantasy Cue: Hopeless for playing pool, great for looking tough
McDermott, creators of handcrafted pool cues, has come up with "the Ultimate Fantasy Cue", a scary 3D piece of collectible art featuring four bold bladed wings, a genuine Italian obsidian gemstone sphere, and all set in a solid piece of…
Sky HD reveal the worst ever football kits of all time
With the Premiership kicking off this Saturday, Sky is proudly boasting about all the matches it’s squeezed money out of its subscribers to be able to show in high definition.
They’ve also found time to compile the top 10 worst football kits of all time, based on a survey of one thousand UK footie fans.
In first place is the 1992-93 season home shirt for Hull City, whose creator took their “tigers” nickname too literally.
In second place, the infamous grey “our players are camouflaged” 95-96 away strip for Manchester United, which was blamed for their 3-1 defeat at Southampton.
In third place, a variety of strips used by Mexico in the 1990s.
Read on for four to ten.
Garmin reveals UK launch date / price for Forerunner 50 GPS fitness watch
We picked up on the US announcement of Garmin’s new Forerunner 50 fitness watch last night, but the company has now revealed the price and launch date here in the UK. It’s an innovative gadget that lets runners and walkers track their training programmes using GPS and wireless connectivity.
Virgin Media to offer streaming Football League matches via broadband and mobile
Virgin Media has announced that it has struck a deal with the Football League to stream match action via broadband and mobile to its customers.
It seems as if selected matches will be streamed live, while highlights will be available for a week after the transmission. The service will start ahead of the Coca Cola Championship.
Top 5 gadgets for F1 star Lewis Hamilton
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Guess the mobile phones sportsters Lee Westwood and Alex McLeish are holding
Something to stretch the minds this Tuesday afternoon as you while the hours away skiving whilst your boss’s back is turned – guess the mobile phones English golfer Lee Westwood is sporting here, and Scottish footballer Alex McLeish has in his sweaty little palm under the jump…
Revamped ITV.com will offer exclusive broadband content and online programme archive
The latest thing every broadcaster has to do is to get some of its content online for users to digest after the event.
The BBC has had the go-ahead to launch its iPlayer service (though we don’t know when it will go live), and Channel 4 seem very happy with 4oD take up.
Now it’s ITV’s turn.
England cricket team get coaching via iPod
Coaching staff for the England cricket team are loading bowling actions onto the players' iPods, so that they can analyse their own techniques and those of the opposition. England bowler Liam Plunkett told reporters, "I have to practice the next…
Mobile phones to be banned from British Open golf tournament
Following complaints from players during the 2006 British Open in Hoylake, organisers of this year's event at Carnoustie will be banned from taking their mobile phones on to the course. Director of Championships for the Royal & Ancient organisers said,…
