Archive | December, 2009

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RC Space Insect – creepy…

Remember the RC anti-gravity car that was so popular last year, thanks to Top Gear’s GMTV prank? Well, this is that in insect form. Weighing just 46g, the remote control ladybird or spider can climb up walls, across mirrors and even upside down across the ceiling! (Note – DO NOT walk it across the mirror [...]

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Firefox 3.6 Won’t Surf Until Spring

Looks like Christmas caught up to the guys over at Mozilla a bit quicker than they anticipated. Instead of the latest release of Firefox hitting our screens this year, we will now have to wait until the first quarter of 2010 to bask in its benefits. Mozilla’s wiki shows that its goals have changed to [...]

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Most Popular Broadband Bundles

There are literally hundreds of broadband deals out there at the moment, and it can be quite a daunting task to compare broadband deals if you don’t know what you are looking for. Here is the list of the top 5 broadband bundles as voted for by the general public: 1. BT Broadband Option 1 [...]

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Review: Sandberg StreetBlaster Headphones

I would like to start by saying that this review is aimed at the trendy section section of society. The ones who can pull off a mullet, and not be embarrassed wearing skin tight jeans, and a blazer. The focus of today’s review is the Sandbergs StreetBlaster headphones, which at an RRP of £35.99, might seem a reasonable amount of money.

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Twitter Goes Geo: Buys Mixer Labs

Everyone’s favourite micro-blogging site looks set to increase its locational capabilities with Twitter’s latest announcement that it has acquired Mixer Labs. Mixer Labs is a tracking location start-up founded by two ex-Google employees. It is responsible for Twitter’s GeoAPI, which is an easy to use geo world-search. If you’re looking for a coffee shop in [...]

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Small Rivers – Let the Blog Content Flow!

As a blog we are always on the hunt to find new and interesting content to talk and write about which will interest anyone who is reading our site.  However, content like this doesn’t simply come by putting pen to paper but it is takes hours of research to find the right content for you.  [...]

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The Rise and Fall of the Netbook: Will Apple’s Tablet Become King?

As we approach the end of 2009 let us whisk back quickly in history to the end of 2007. Just two years ago Asus launched the Eee PC 700 and 701 and started the netbook revolution. Previously the PC industry had been moving ahead with only one aim, bigger and bigger, faster and faster. Then Asus realised that you don’t need a dual core processor with 4GB of memory to read your email. And so they launched the small 7 inch screen Eee PC range and started a revolution. But now the same “bigger and faster” disease has hit the netbook and new devices like the fabled Apple Tablet could take their place.

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Amazon Kindle Copyright Hacked: PDF Books Up for Grabs

In the spirit of giving, hackers have claimed success in cracking copyright protections on Amazon’s Kindle eReader, allowing eBooks to be exported to other devices. The eBooks will take the form of a pdf file, allowing it to be easily shared around the Kindle community and other file supporting devices. Israeli hacker Labba is taking [...]

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