November 27, 2008

Beatles and Apple Store not happening, yet

Fans of the Beatles were expecting to being able to download their favourite tracks from the Apple iTunes store as the deal seemed to be going ahead with no problems, but now that seems to have all changed.
 
The deal or possible no deal is now virtually nonexistent as the two sides fail to reach a [...]

November 25, 2008

Pepsi comes in all colours

The Japanese are so cool, they get all of the latest technology before us and they seem to always get different products too, like Pepsi. We have to do with the standard Pepsi, granted it may come in diet and other variations, but it is nothing like the Pepsi that is on sale in Japan.
 
Pepsi [...]

November 24, 2008

Children with drinking problems

Shops and stores that sell alcoholic drinks are coming under increasing pressure due to the amount of children and teenagers who are drinking alcohol to excess.
 
At such a young age, these young drinkers are at a higher risk of suffering from liver disease and cancer. This would normally be expected in adults who drink heavily [...]

November 21, 2008

Chinese shopping around for car companies

With the current financial conditions comes opportunities for cash rich businesses to take over companies at a much lower price than they could have done a year ago, one such industry is the car industry, these companies were in bad shape before the credit crunch, so it is a wonder that they are still running [...]

November 20, 2008

Early MacBook goes on sale

There is one thing about the online auction site eBay and that is you can buy almost anything on it, but one unusual item has appeared for sale, an Apple MacBook Air prototype, listed on the auction under the guide condition of “As is” it was eventually sold for $730.
 
But this equipment was only ever [...]

November 18, 2008

Secret sites for GM crops

Once again, the government have selected sites where the trials of genetically modified (GM) crops will be trialled, at the moment there are no trials going on within the UK, but this will change when the trials restart at secret locations and possibly a government military research facility at Salisbury in Wiltshire.
 
In the past when [...]

November 14, 2008

Japan gets white label McDonalds

These days we have almost got used to what labels for most products, but in Japan, one of the most famous trademarks and business names is going for a low profile.
 
McDonalds have spent the past few decades building up a brand, which is recognisable, virtually any around the world, but are they about try something [...]

November 12, 2008

Lego that can be eaten

At last toys that can be eaten, this is not from the makers of lego as such, but if they actually put this into production, it would just have to be a winner for the company. Some of the toys around at the moment could be made into edible toys, which is good especially as [...]

November 10, 2008

Anonymous internet users are finished

Are we looking at the end of the being able to say what we say on the internet without the fear of being tracked down and arrested or worse!
 
It would seem so and it comes from across the pond where the military are being slightly fed up with having to cope with hackers and [...]

November 6, 2008

Underwear fitted with GPS

This could be a either a good thing or potentially a bad thing depending on your point of view, this is a new type of underwear which has been fitted with GPS tracking.
 
Now, for some people it would seen that somebody who was really possessive could in fact keep track of their partner’s movements, whereas [...]

November 5, 2008

Just how much ink is left in the cartridge?

Anyone who has a printer be it at home or in a small business have all experienced the message that say you are running low on ink. So faced with this warning what do people do?
 
Some get out those new cartridges and throw the old ones away, while there are those who do not have [...]

November 3, 2008

Will laptops will be £50

For a long time, there has been talk of very low priced laptops coming onto the market initially to provide youngsters from deprived regions with a computer to enable them to study better and make a different life for them.
 
But this idea seems to have been hijacked slightly by commerce, these cheap computers have become [...]