Not really a gadget related news item, but something useful none the less.
Online bingo is growing in popularity and so are the prizes. I came across one site that said you could win a brand spanking new Audi R8 and all you have to do is play a game of bingo and if you are […]
Yachting really isn’t the cheapest of hobbies but even though high end models cost millions, prices in general are way down due in part to the state of the economy. Yachts are the first items to go in times of crisis and if you have a spare £10 million lying around, it has never been […]
Not really a gadget but something I felt I should mention here. I recently went on a track day driving experience at the Silverstone race track in Northampton. Now you can buy these for yourself or others so i guess it is a “toy” or “present” of some sort.
The car of choice at this experience […]
So what’s the perfect dodgy Christmas gift for the man this year? Well sit tight I’m about to tell you. It is in fact something that was made famous by Borat.
Yes, that’s right, the Mankini. A simply must have item for any bloke who likes getting the attention this will undoubtedly receive. It really is […]
Sony’s latest OLED offering, the XEL-1, has been tested by research firm DisplaySearch. After 1000 hours of constant playback they found the display had its overall luminance reduce between 7-13% - the blue luminance being the worst. Considering this is new technology that probably doesnt come as much of a surprise but when Sony claim […]
The SunView portable media player is the first commercially available ‘pico-projector’ available in the world. Pico-projectors are the next big thing for mobile devices, capable of beaming a display onto areas much larger than a standard mobile lcd display. Currently the SunView, developed by Sunlink International and iView, comes with a 3.5″ lcd display and […]
Iomega have just released the ScreenPlay HD - a 500Gb USB hard drive that also doubles as a HDMI mediaplayer. Currently supporting most formats (Mpeg 1 & 2, DivX & XviD) the player is capable of upscaling video to either 720p or 1080i resolution, and with a plethora of connection options including HDMI you’ll […]
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Researchers at Taiwan University have come up with a novel way to get children to brush their teeth by trying to inject some ‘fun’ into the equation. By using a camera and toothbrush with an array of LEDs attached to the handle they are […]
Nokia have now released their N-Gage platform with the official announcement coming on monday. Available at their website here and currently catering for the N81, N82 and N95 phones the platform is also going to be developed for the N73, N93 and N93i. The service provided by Nokia also allows for multiplayer gaming […]
Chief scientist Laurie Finchman of THX thinks so. Apparently he envisions a future where we will be able to go into a store and download the latest HD films directly onto a flash drive which, by the time Blu-Ray truly becomes the ubiquitos format, will be able to store 120Gb or more - enough […]