If you like napping when you are travelling then the new NapAnywhere pillow might just be the next gadget on your shortlist. The new design is designed to support your neck, even when sitting straight up. Ideal for those plane flights. Some of our staff would feel right at home …
Read More »Apple investigate iPhone electrocution death report
A report has been circulating that a woman was electrocuted in China while trying to use an iPhone while it was recharging. Apple say they will ‘fully investigate' the claims. The 23 year old's brother has spoken out in an interview saying she was hit by a shock from the …
Read More »Microsoft and Blackberry drop Surface and Z10 pricing
Microsoft and Blackberry are both axing prices on their Surface and Z10 products in a bid to increase sales. Microsoft have cut the price of their Surface RT 32gb tablet from £400 to £279 in the United Kingdom. The 64GB model drops in price to £359. In America the cheapest …
Read More »Google taking efforts to stop back spammers – draws criticism
Google has announced via its blog, a new crackdown on website spammers that manipulate the back button in your browser, to send you to a page that looks convincingly like the search page you were just on, when in-fact, it's an ad filled mess. Well no more. To prevent this …
Read More »Apple struggling to develop iWatch inhouse
Sources have been speaking with the Financial Times claiming that Apple are aggressively hiring staff for the iWatch project. The news would confirm that Apple are stepping up the development of their wearable technology gadget. Earlier this month Apple hired the former boss of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent – …
Read More »Xbox one specs may get boost before launch
Rumour has it that Microsoft may be planning a hardware upgrade for the Xbox one, to compete better against the more powerful Sony Playstation 4. An anonymous source spoke to The Examiner and it would appear that Microsoft may be looking to increase the Xbox One processor speed. The processor …
Read More »Rembrandt anniversary celebrated by Google search
Google are celebrating the 407th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn with a Google image showing the Dutch artist's 1659 oil on canvas self portrait. This painting is stored in the National Gallery Of Art in Washington. It has been picked by Google to celebrate Rembrandt's birth in …
Read More »Digital Storm release powerful Veloce gaming notebook
Digital Storm are about to release a new Haswell gaming laptop called the ‘Veloce'. The Windows 8 notebook ships with a full HD display, hybrid storage capabilities and discrete Nvidia graphics. This tiny 13.3 inch laptop has a 1920×1080 LED backlit display and a powerful Nvidia GTX765M graphics card with …
Read More »Nikon to release smartphone?
The compact camera market is struggling thanks to the ever increasing quality of smartphone cameras. Nikon President Makoto Kimura told Bloomberg his company is aware of the trend and wants to create a series of new products aimed at the bigger market. He hinted that they may consider releasing a …
Read More »John Lennon’s 1965 Ferrari sells for £360,000
The 1965 330GT 2+2 Coupe that John Lennon owned after he passed his driving test was sold at Goodwood Festival Of Speed for a staggering £359,900. The car passed the estimated value of £180,000-£200,000. Legend has it that when Lennon passed his driving test, luxury car dealers appeared at his …
Read More »Americans are less enamoured with Apple and Google
You'd be forgiven for not really taking this research about Apple and Google seriously, considering how many smartphones and other devices each company has sold in the last year, but apparently it is the case. According to YouGov BrandIndex, Americans really aren't as fond of both firms as they were …
Read More »Currys and PCWorld predict Xbox One ‘top xmas gift’
All our polls show the opposite, but PC World and Currys are predicting that the Microsoft Xbox One will be the UK's best selling tech gift at Christmas this year. DSG, the parent group of both PC World and Currys were accurate with their predictions last year. They said that …
Read More »Ditch your mouse, get SKYMOUSE!
The traditional mouse we use today has been around for decades. While the optics have improved and the designs look more futuristic every year – the style of operation is still the same. The SkyMouse is a KickStarter campaign which is set to revolutionise the way we use a computer. …
Read More »Nerf Vulcan Sentry Gun can track targets and avoid fire
The good old days of summer holidays and running out shooting friends with Nerf guns. Why does life get less exciting as we get older? Britt Liv Ulrike Michelsen, a chemical and biological engineering student from Germany is taking the familiar concept of a nerf gun to the next level …
Read More »Girl hit with £3,800 mobile bill using Facebook on holiday
A girl has been hit with a staggering £3,800 mobile phone bill, just by using Facebook. The Metro ran a story that said Casey Snook was sending updates to friends as she enjoyed a holiday in the Big Apple. She was visiting landmarks such as The Empire State Building, Times …
Read More »Apple Store celebrates 5th birthday with free downloads
The Apple Store is celebrating their 5th birthday and the company are giving away 5 applications and games, free of charge to everyone. Apple have grown in the last 10 years to the world's most successful technology company. In 2007 they launched their first mobile phone and it was an …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Note III to get full HD screen
The Samsung Galaxy Note III as been the subject of many rumours recently and the latest indicates that a full HD display may be coming. According to the Korean manufacturers site the device has been officially listed, as well as some details of the screen. The information was seen by …
Read More »Xbox games division ‘just about broken even’
Microsoft are having an interesting year. They have seen Google and Apple stake a claim in the mobile device and internet services market. Yesterday they announced a thorough reorganisation at the software company around devices and services. It is true that the bigger the company, the more convoluted the staffing …
Read More »Nokia unveil the Lumia 1020 smartphone
Nokia has just unveiled the Nokia Lumia 1020. Boasting a second generation 41 megapixel sensor, it reinvents zoom, enabling people to discover more detail than the eye can see. With Nokia’s innovative PureView technology, including optical image stabilization, the device is able to produce some of the sharpest images possible …
Read More »Desura distribution platform bought by Second Life dev
Desura might often find itself playing second fiddle to Steam and second fiddle to GoG and second fiddle to Origin and second fiddle to GameStop's Impulse… which I suppose makes it fifth fiddle, but that doesn't mean it's not important or valuable. Why else would the developer of Second Life, …
Read More »Humble ebook Bundle II adds XKCD and more
The Humble ebook Bundle II is still going apace, despite not selling quite as many as the average gaming bundle. However now, if you pay above the average, you'll get a few extra ebooks added to your library, including volume 0 of the XKCD comics. The basic stack of ebooks …
Read More »PC shipments drop by 10.9 percent in Q2
The global PC market shows no sign of stabilising, latest reports from Gartner show that 76 million units were shipped in Q2 this year. This is down 10.9 percent from the 85.3 million systems shipped in Q2 2012. This is the fifth quarter highlighting continued declining shipments. The Gartner data …
Read More »‘Superman memory crystal’ could store hundreds of terabytes
The University Of Southampton have recently developed a new storage medium which is said to offer both long term data storage and outstanding data density. The new tech is said to resemble the ‘memory crystals' shown in Superman films, so it has been given the nickname ‘Superman memory crystals'. Right …
Read More »Google will spend $500 million marketing Moto X Phone
The Wall Street Journal have said that Google will be spending a whopping $500 million marketing their flagship smartphone of the Motorola Mobility unit. This figure is greater than the marketing budgets of both Apple and Samsung, the smartphone market leaders. The Moto X phone is due out sometime in …
Read More »Apple lose Ebook case – judge say played central role in price fixing
A year has passed since the government accused Apple of conspiring with major book publishers to raise E-book prices. A Federal judge has said that Apple played a ‘central role' in the price fixing when the iPad launched in 2010. The government was able to show that Apple and the …
Read More »Xbox 360 real money changeup increases game prices
Microsoft has today changed over all of its Xbox Live prices, from the traditional Microsoft point system, to dollars and pounds – depending which part of the world you reside in. However, this has resulted in some countries – the UK specifically – being hit with price rises for everything. …
Read More »Sega suing defunct THQ
Poor THQ. It struggles to stay afloat throughout 2012, finally announcing at the close of the year that it'll be shutting up shop for good, and it can't even rest peacefully in the grave. Along with several other creditors, Sega has announced its intention to sue the bankrupt publisher for …
Read More »BMW change first class air seating into ‘luxury islands’
BMW may be known for their luxury cars and to a lesser extent for their work on the Thermaltake Level 10 computer cases, but they have turned their hand to improving first class seating on aircraft. For those of you rich enough to afford first class aircraft travel, you may …
Read More »Next gen Kindle Fire will have sharper display, less weight
Amazon are due to release new Kindle Fires later this year, based on release dates for the previous two years. A new report claims that the new Kindle tablets will be improved. BGR leaked the news that Amazon will be releasing upgraded versions of their three tablets – The Kindle …
Read More »Dropbox continue expansion, claiming over 175 million users
Dropbox was launched in 2007 and has become one of the most popular online share platforms. The company now claim they have more than 175 million users worldwide. The company are not resting on their laurels and they plan to replace your hard drive. DropBox CEO Drew Houston spoke to …
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