Summer is undoubtedly the time of BBQ goodness and the greasy food that goes with it. And you always find yourself needing a hefty supply of tissues to wipe your hands on afterwards (especially if you’re the person who smothers their kebabs in sauce). Well, kiss goodbye to the days of sucking spilt tomato ketchup [...]

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As you’ve probably noticed by now we’re big fans of robots around here, so one to cut our grass sounds just dandy to us – enter the Automower260 ACX from Husqvarna….

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If you’re strapped for cash on the weekends, here’s an idea that may help pay for your next few rounds at the pub. By doing a quick search online, you can find a range of companies that recycle your old mobile phone or MP3 player, and pay you for the privilege of your old tech. [...]

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Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu released the latest version of their OS, 9.04. Improvements that we see in this release, according to Canonical are improved boot times, enhanced suspend and resume functionality, and better support for 3G and Wi-Fi switching, plus better 3G support.

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While this may not technically be gadget-related, we are in a recession which is a time when freebies are particularly desirable. Especially when that freebie is a brand new car. Peugeot are looking to give away a 107 Verve, which is something that would look quite nice in any garage. All you have to do, [...]

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A little late I know but back at The Gadget Show Live, we managed to get a sneaky video demonstration from the staff at the Sonim stand on how they claim their phones are “indestructable”. The phones were the new XP3 Enduro’s. For the public, there were several work benches set up around the Sonim [...]

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Researchers have uncovered what they seem to think is a flaw in Windows 7 that has no fix. At the Hack in the Box Security Conference in Dubai, Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar demonstrated their Vbootkit 2.0 software, and used it to take control of a computer running Windows 7 at boot time.

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If someone says camcorder to you, I bet you automatically think of big bulky things that you need a special little bag to carry around, not to mention arms of steal to hold in place for any length of time. Even the supposedly small ones are sometimes a big hassle to carry with you, so most people will settle for a digital camera, and leave the camcorder at home unless they know for sure they’re going to use it.

Well, those days are well and truly drawing to a close with the recent launch of the Flip Mino HD. When they call it the worlds smallest video camera, the weren’t kidding.

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