Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Mouse Is Soon To Be Extinct

The Mouse Is Soon To Be Extinct

Research company Gartner has declared the days of the computer mouse are firmly numbered, to be replaced by other more intelligent input devices and the proof is already in evidence. Far from being a distant …

More Sensitive Wiimote Coming Soon

More Sensitive Wiimote Coming Soon

And so the E3 wheels keep turning. Through the space of the day today, we learned plenty of stuff that we already knew – the Wii is the most popular next gen console and that’s …

Cleans, Hoovers, And Tidies Up Without Nagging – Time For A Part Ex?

Cleans, Hoovers, And Tidies Up Without Nagging – Time For A Part Ex?

OK, so it might look a bit like one of the giant cigarettes from the quit smoking adverts, but I’m reliably informed that the Care-O-Bot 3 will amply replace most housewives (erm…). By using billions …

Rubik’s Revolution – Infuriating And Fun

Rubik’s Revolution – Infuriating And Fun

The Rubik’s Cube was an absolute phenomenon in the 80s and has remained one of the biggest sellers in the decades since. With the release of the latest and most updated version of the Rubik’s …

The Unique Shape Up Alarm Clock

The Unique Shape Up Alarm Clock

Alarm clocks, for most of the reasonable people in the world, are badly designed. They go off, you momentarily wake up to hit snooze or disable it completely, and then fall back to sleep. Despite …

The Panasonic G450 Mobile Broadband Modem

The Panasonic G450 Mobile Broadband Modem

USB modems and mobile broadband is coming on in leaps and bounds in a very short space of time. Prices are already set respectably and by going on contract with any of the major providers …

Console News From E3

Console News From E3

Events like E3 are a bit of an odd mixed bunch really. For the most part they do little more than confirm the news that everybody pretty much already knew with the occasional bit of …

The Digital Golf Score Keeper

The Digital Golf Score Keeper

Sometimes that small scrap of paper and chewed pencile can just be too cumbersome when you need to keep score in golf. So, instead, swap them with a stylus and a digital score keeper that …

BT Announces The New Home Hub

BT Announces The New Home Hub

The new Home Hub from BT offers a sleek new look, improved connectivity, increased range, and a number of other useful features to boot. Released on Friday, it will come free as part of some …

Microsoft Announcements From E3

Microsoft Announcements From E3

While they didn’t announce that they would come round and fix the laser on my Xbox 360 drive, Microsoft did nevertheless have some pretty good news for gamers today. The E3 annual conference started with …