June 3, 2009

The most pirated films

The top ten in pirated movies this week according to torrentfreak.com have been mixed up a little with the introduction of a couple of new arrivals. X Men Origins: Wolverine is still doing better than its main rival Star Trek.
So what are the top ten in downloaded films on BitTorrent:
1 (…) Coraline
2 (6) Push
2 (1) [...]

May 28, 2009

Think about what printer you buy

When we go to the store to buy a new printer, we look at the features that are available compared to the cost; our decision is then made on that basis. However, according to recent research some printers should come with a government health warning.
In a study produced by Lidia Morawska, a physicist at Queensland [...]

May 19, 2009

New Palm Pre due for US release on June 6th

At last, the new Palm Pre will be launched on the 6th June or so it is rumoured, but unfortunately, this cool looking device will only be available in the US for the time being, when this device happens to get across to these shores is not known yet.
The Palm Pre will have a $200 [...]

April 28, 2009

The largest purchaser of green power

There are many reasons for using green power, saving money and looking after the planet are the main ones. However, for business, the reasons are different, although there is the element of cost involved their choices, reducing their carbon footprint is an important factor.
In the US green power is a hot topic and even during [...]

March 17, 2009

The pizza vending machine

During the eighties and nineties there was a surge in the use of vending machines, these machines were providing more or less everything that a hungry worker could want and even provided microwaves to heat the food up in.
However, that soon faded with the healthy eating brigade claiming that food from these machines were no [...]

March 6, 2009

Sci Fi fans would love this clock

Imagine the spotting this in your bedroom in the night as different lights casts its shadow across the room, from some fans that would be great. This is a cool clock that looks as if it has just forced its way through the wall as it has the appearance of sticking out giving a real [...]

March 6, 2009

Great fan for the bedroom

During the summers nights the heat can sometimes get too much and this just ruins the night and spoils the next day, which can be difficult when the next is a work day. All of this hassle can be avoided quite simply by this fan that is powered through the USB port of your [...]

March 6, 2009

Is bartering coming back?

It seems that sometimes the old way are best, especially in times like we are living in today with people worried about their futures and hardly anyone trusting the banking system, the 21st century has let many people down and perhaps it is time to change.
These changes are already taking place in certain parts of [...]

February 25, 2009

Is eBay infected with malware?

The website that offers consumers auction tools to be used on eBay has been highlighted as being infected with malware. The Trojan horse software has been found on the servers at auctiva.com and has been known to have infected users computers.
It was the malware warning system provided by Google that highlighted this problem, as users [...]

February 18, 2009

Netbooks out selling Laptops

The introduction of the smaller and cheaper mini laptops is having a serious affect on the sale of PC’s and full size laptop computers, this could have some serious long term effects on the development of new hardware in the future.
Not only that software providers such as Microsoft are also suffering as these handheld computers [...]

February 13, 2009

Windows 7 could be bad for Vista sales

It seems that ever since the first signs that Windows 7 was on its way, sales of Vista have started to stall and it is not as if consumers were beating their way to Microsoft’s door in the first place for a copy of Vista either.
It looks as if the amount of businesses and consumers [...]

January 30, 2009

Rude apps banned from App Store

Ever since the iPhone was brought out by Apple they encouraged developers to produce their own applications and sell them through the App Store, which many have done very successfully, but this success has also interested those developers who like to produce rude apps.
These applications take many different forms, some are amusing and funny, but [...]

January 26, 2009

Apple celebrating 25 years of Mac sales

For twenty five years, the Apple Macintosh has been on the shelves of computer stores and things could not be any better for Apple, but it was not always like that.
The original Mac was a 128K machine launch on the 24th January 1984 and although Lisa was launched a year earlier, it is the Mac [...]

January 7, 2009

Cars to get microwaves

This just cannot be a good thing, a new product is about to hit the market and will no doubt change the way people choose to eat while on the move. This product is a 12 volt microwave; it plugs into the cigarette lighter and will mean that hot meals are a reality for drivers.
In [...]

January 5, 2009

Vinyl records sales soar

For most people the thought of buying a vinyl record is something that happened around twenty plus years ago, but with the introduction of digital recordings, the famous black vinyl records began to fade away into the history books.
 
However, as with many products, if they are good enough they just keep coming back and this [...]

December 22, 2008

LED’s to save the world

Could something a tiny as an LED actually have a lot to do in saving the world? Well there are some people who believe so.
 
If these bulbs replaced all of the conventional light bulbs in homes and in business, the saving would be in the trillions, simply because of the fact that these lights use [...]

December 16, 2008

Nintendo sued over Wii

There is a class action law suit in the US, which could mean that the Nintendo Wii said to be the biggest seller this Christmas, being blamed for the damage to televisions.
 
The £3 million case has been started by Molly Elvig, whose son threw the controller into the TV set while playing a game of [...]

December 12, 2008

The strange things found in lost property

People tend to leave some very strange stuff on trains, which if goes unclaimed these items will end up going to a good cause or an auction.
 
One railway company CrossCountry Trains who run lines across the entire UK serving Aberdeen, Penzance, Stansted Airport and Cardiff. They have found some surprising items left on their trains [...]

December 9, 2008

Will Apple be able to beat Sony and Nintendo?

Apple has been diversifying their product range for a very long time and they have seen some serious success rates like that with the iPod, iPhone and other products too.
 
However, the games market has eluded them until recently that are, there has been a huge range of applications on the Apple Store website, and in [...]

December 3, 2008

The top Wii games

The Wii games console by Nintendo is set become one of the big sellers this Christmas, in fact there are feelings that the Wii could well become one of the all time greatest games machines in history to date.
 
It has definitely been a rocky road for fans of the company and in some cases, they [...]

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