Tag: tech Digest
YouTube Video of the Day – Michel Gondry solves a Rubiks Cube with his nose
Does exactly was it says on the tin. Michel Gondry solving a Rubik’s Cube with his nose. Enjoy.
Offensive word taken out of Mario Party 8, Wii game re-released August 3rd
Your poor, frazzled, politically correct soul can rest easy tonight, as WiiWii has reported that Nintendo just removed that naughty word from Mario Party 8, and it’ll be re-available from August 3rd, something which will no doubt please Martha Stewart, who turns 66 that day. As we know she’s such a fan of the Wii, after all…
The iPhone has crashed! The iPhone has crashed!
As you probably gathered via the header, the iPhone has crashed! The iPhone has crashed! My, it’s a good day for Microsoft fans (admittedly there’s only two of us on this site, the rest worship at the temple of Jobs, but we’ll brainwash ’em one day soon, promise).
Well, maybe. The site which first published the photo of the burnt-out iPhone claims it was on display in an Apple store…
Shiny Video Review: Acer, Toshiba, Samsung and Fujitsu Siemens laptops/notebooks
Our latest round-up for this week revolves around laptop computers. Or notebooks, if you like to call them by their ‘trendy’ analogue name. I’ve enlisted the help of Katie, so if you’re in the market for a new laptop/notebook, or simply like to dribble at new pieces of kit, take a look at the above video…
Style yourself ghetto-fabulous and abuse yourself crazy with Tomy's Mock U Rapper toys
If you don’t get abused enough as is in the office environment, then the sadists amongst us will be probably wanting to head over to the Tomy website to pick up one of their new Mock U Rapper toys.
Choose between birds, monkeys or cows, who are all sat in trees bizarrely, and simply record a short message into the device, then et voila! The animals…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 25-July-07: QANTAS, SMS, iPhone, Suda51, WoW
– QANTAS to offer in-flight internet and laptop power in new Airbus A380s planes (Daily Tech)
– Text messaging turns 15 years of age this year (Engadget)…
Shiny Video Review: Swarovski bling flash drives from Philips
Back when I was on Shiny Shiny and more concerned with sparkly, pink and fluffy gadgets than robots and all things geektacular, I went to the launch of the Swarovski and Philips flash drives. You’ll be pleased to know, months later, that they’re finally launching in the UK this week (Harrods, to be precise), and that Zara recently got all hands-on with them. Boys, forget diamonds – if you want to get jewellery for your geeky girls, head on down at the end of this week, where prices start at £50…
Opinion: DAB radios are BAD radios
Gary Cutlack writes…
Today’s column is about DAB radios.
Specifically – what is the point of DAB radios? I know they’re supposed to be better in some way, but is it really necessary for radio to get any better?
Radio is for listening to in the background. Listening to while painting a wall, or plastering over a mouldy bit of wall, or doing the washing up you’ve been ignoring for a week…
It's not quite a green-painted toe, but these Big Lebowski Urban Achiever Action Figure sets sure are Dude-worthy
Whether you love the film or hate it, any opportunity to drink White Russians is sure to be a welcome reprieve from this ‘blistering’ summer we’re facing in London. So, if you can make your way down to ye olde London Towne on the 30th of August, you’re in for a treat worthy of the finest Dude around. Yep, the Big Lebowski Festival is coming to town!
Sadly I’m in Berlin that weekend covering all things IFA for you, so I’ll have to contend with one of these Big Lebowski Urban Achiever Action Figure Sets when they’re released come October, for $33.99. I’m sceptical about whether a pair of bowlers can be classed as action figures…
Destroy your Mac laptop and use it to control Pong's paddles
You’d be forgiven for thinking Tech Digest had turned into a blog focussing purely on ways to hack the game Pong and play it through various mediums other than your arcade or Atari systems. No, we’re not renaming ourselves Pong Digest, much to the distress of these guys, sorry.
One such Pong-enthusiast has created a version of the game to run on his Mac laptop using the sudden motion sensors and microphone. People who smother their Macs in protective laptop cases or daren’t take it out into the wild should avoid this game, as it actually involves ohmygod tilting your laptop vigorously and potentially harming your laptop’s microphone by screaming into it. Tilting the laptop controls the direction of the paddle as you’d expect, and raising your voice, by say, screaming into the microphone, actually increases the size of the paddle.
Take a look at the video under the jump for some Apple/Pong-hybrid humour, and the link where you can actually download the game for yourself…
