Archive for February, 2009
Motorola: Are They Back?
Motorola’s mobile phones division has been….how can I say it….awkward for a while now, you know what I mean. They hardly release any new phones, and those that they do decide to release appear to be either outnumbered by other companies releasing more than one handset, or they are kicked into the dust by the [...]
Apple Laptop Explodes in London Office
Talk about a smoking start to the weekend, the owner of this Apple PowerBook was lucky to get out of the way with their eye brows still in tact.
The laptop first caught the notice of employees in a London marketing company when it started producing smoke from the battery compartment.
When the company’s IT manager [...]
Naruto wannabes unite! Decorate your fridge with Throwing Star magnets
Ninjas are eternally fascinating. They’re just so much cooler than any of our Western alternatives will ever be (Pirates Vs Ninjas? Please- the Ninjas would win every time, no matter how hot Johnny Depp makes Pirates). And our need for all things Ninja is at an all time high with the success of recent video games and certain animes. I even have a ninja tattoo (it’s a theatre thing- long story!) so Ninja addiction is very real and very here.
Unfortunately, most of us can’t pull of stalking around in black with our faces covered, and carrying a katana is likely to get you thrown in prison, so how do you express your Ninja alter ego without looking daft or making friends with the boys in blue?
With Core 77’s Secret Throwing Stars Magnets of course.
Rubiks cube to get high tech make over
Say what you will about the Rubix cube, but it’s really stuck the test of time. Ok, so it might be the worlds most annoying puzzle, and they might be neigh impossible to solve (even with the help of the many YouTube videos on the subject) but whether you were born in the seventies when it was first invented or not then you’re bound to recognise the iconic design and deceptively simple mechanism.
Well, now the Rubiks cube is getting overhauled not once but twice for the naughties and it’s weirder than ever.
Dell 10in Inspiron – not so inspiring?
Dell is to release its new 10 inch netbook on Thursday. Initially it will have XP installed, have 1GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive and a 1.33GHz Intel Atom CPU. You also get Wi-Fi in the form of 802.11 b/g. In the future, you will be able to buy the netbook with faster CPUs, [...]
Facebook Attire: Wear your Status on a T-Shirt
Facebook has started to move from the online sphere into real life. Now you don’t need to log-on to tell the world how you’re feeling or what you’ve had for lunch; instead just take your sweater off.
Status King have created the Status T-Shirt which allows you to wear your status loud and proud. It may [...]
British Airways holds its very own ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Show
After all the doom and gloom in the press about the credit crunch, it always nice to hear how companies like British Airways are helping to offer a one way ticket to success to anyone with talent.
How? Well, London 2012 partner British Airways has launched a £500,000 fund to help talented young people achieve [...]
The Selk Bag: Because it’s always cold outside, even in summer.
I remember the good old days, back when I was Girl Guide. Camp fires, crafts, badges, chasing Boy Scouts… ah, good times. Unfortunately along with those came camping out in the freezing cold in a tent. A good sleeping bag was essential, and anyone who enjoys camping will tell you the same. Sadly, sleeping bags just aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. They get twisted around you in the middle of the night, and the ones with the built in hood pillows will inevitably smother you. And then there’s the issue of having to get up while it’s still cold. They might be awful to sleep in, but once you’re snuggled up nice and warm, rabid Brownies couldn’t drag you out of your sleeping bag.
This is why Selk Bags were invented. They’re sleeping bags Jim, but not as we know it…
Google Mail Down, Has this opened your eyes?
I’ve been trying to access my gmail account all morning, and it appears that both my personal account and Gaj-it.com mail account are down. According to the BBC the service went offline at 0930 GMT with Google saying its was “working hard to resolve this problem”.
More than 113 million people use Google mail worldwide, according [...]
USB Panic Button: Play Games at Work
How often do you get so annoyed with work that you just have to go and surf the net to keep your sanity in tact? Well if you’re on this site now, chances are that you do this quite a bit. The USB Panic Button is an ingenious device that will let you surf and still save your job.
