Shiny Video Review: Tech Digest throws waterproof gadgets into the Thames, but do they survive?


I’m down at the Thames River in London, soaking up the non-existent sun, and have just tested a bunch of electronics which claim to be ‘waterproof’. This was an extremely nerve-wracking video to film, namely because it was my personal mobile phone and PSP within those OverBoard cases, along with a recently-announced 850 SW camera from Olympus,…

Shiny Video Review: Medion MD 96625 budget laptop


At a sliver under £500, this laptop is officially ‘budget’ however there’s a few commenters on our YouTube channel who claim in usual YouTube speech, ‘£500 no way is that a budget price’. I’d say for you tech-savvy readers however, you’ll agree with me when I respond to the YouTube commenter ‘yuh huh it so way is a budget price. n00b’. Check…

VIDEO: Traditional battery rejuvenation techniques

Hey everyone. This week’s video is about those improvised battery recharging techniques we all use from time to time. You know the ones I mean – blowing on them, rubbing them, swapping them over or jiggling them about to get a few extra minutes of use out of a dying pair.

But do any of them work? Let’s find out! And let’s also video it. And then let’s put the video here: