Archive for June, 2008
Are you still a high tech junkie? Prove it!
Ever since you were old enough to open a bank account you’ve been splurging cash on new technology. You were the first bloke in your street - no, in your town - to own a plasma TV, a PlayStation 2 and a 1G iPod. You queued all night to get an iPhone (you still have the mugging scars to prove it). But are still as down with the tech-heads as you think you are? Let’s see how many of the statements you agree with…
The best and worst convergence gadgets
Ah, convergence - that lovely marriage of previously separate things to create a magical third - think peaches and cream, Batman and Robin, Linux and the Eee PC. When convergence works (step forward iPhone) it’s wonderful, but some arranged marriages go very badly wrong - just look at the Amstrad Em@iler. Here are some great examples of the best and worst in convergence tech
Aircraft passengers to fly in mobile-friendly skies?
UK and European airlines look set to lift the ban on mobile phone use, thanks to changes being proposed by telecoms regulator Ofcom
Ian McCulloch: the ‘best band in the world’
Another clip from SkyArts’ Songbook, featuring Echo & The Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch: writing ‘Rescue’
Here’s a clip from SkyArts TV series Songbook, which featured a 50-minute interview with Ian McCulloch, singer with Echo & The Bunnymen
CEDIA Expo 2008: the greatest show on earth?
Gadget makers from Apple to Toshiba are fond of telling us how their gadgets can put the style into ‘lifestyle’, but only at one tech show does that really hold true - the UK’s annual Custom Electronic Design and Installation (CEDIA) Expo. Here’s why…
The Smiths - The Draize Train [Nottingham '86]
More Johnny Marr genius. Just couldn’t resist
Neil Finn + Johnny Marr - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Saw this and it almost made me cry. Sublime
21 of the stupidest high tech predictions
“They couldn’t hit an elephant from that distance.” So said Major General John Sedgewick in 1864 just before being hit by the bullet from a Confederate sharpshooter. He’s not alone in making bad predictions, the history of the tech industry is littered with them. Here are 21 of the worst
iTunes movie downloads: over-priced, over-hyped and over here?
Movie downloads have finally come to iTunes UK, so how does Apple’s offering compare with its arch-rivals on choice, compatibility and price. Let’s find out, shall we?
