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Shiny Review: Noise-Cancelling earphones - they have literally never been this exciting

Anna Leach — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:40 GMT

We look at the cheap and chirpy RadioPaq Dots and the serious cartilage-squishing BlackBox i10s. Is Anna's ear the wrong shape? RadioPaq Dots (£14.99, Amazon) BlackBox i10s (£79.99, Amazon)....

Shiny Review: LeWhif breathable chocolate stick

Anna Leach — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:40 GMT

Is is an inspirational new way to eat chocolate or just a funny-looking plastic stick? LeWhif - £1.99 from Selfridges...

Video Review: the Bamboo Fun Graphics Tablet

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:33:34 GMT

Anna demos the Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch tablet from Wacom. It's a USB pad that lets you draw directly onto your computer. What does Toy Story 3 have to do with this? What is Anna actually drawing? Available on...

Amazon's new Kindle: cheaper & better

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:15:54 GMT

This new Kindle. It's half the price it was a month ago and going by the specs, it's way better. What can we say except that we're seriously considering it. I only wish the exchange rate with the dollar...

Not for the kids: Sexopoly board game brings a little adult fun to Monolopy

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:57 GMT

From kid-friendly games to games that are about as kid-friendly as the Dr Pepper Facebook campaign... With Sexopoly the clue's in the name. It's like Monopoly but about the sex industry, not real estate. You can chose to buy...

Not for the kids: Sexopoly board game brings Monolopy to the adult industry

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:54:12 GMT

Kid-friendly app Touch of Fun makes good use of the iPad

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:18:40 GMT

Playsoft have extended into the field of iPad apps with a creative play-with-the-kids app called Touch of Fun. Touch of Fun contains 8 different games and makes full use of the iPad's multitouch facilities - the games are for...

Wide Open Facebook: 4 moves that have pushed private data into the light

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:43:21 GMT

Facebook has been creeping towards openness for a year or two, taking several key steps towards pushing more content into the public domain. Today, a certain Ron Bowes of site Skull Security got a lot of attention for publishing...

Video Review: Nintendo 3DS hands-on

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:25:28 GMT

Gamers - welcome to the next dimenson: TechDigest's Gerald had a hands-on with the new Nintendo 3Ds. His verdict..? NB: Nintendo wouldn't let us film it with the screen on, as they feared the 3D effect wouldn't come across properly....

Digital radio got sexier, retro Marshall Radio from Pure now has iPod connection

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:45:09 GMT

Those who like their audio equipment retro will appreciate the black vinyl, brass control panel and cursive logo of Pure's new EVOKE-1S Marshall radio. A scuffed black outcase, cream button panel and a "fierce" yellow on black display give...

Sky 3D channel launching from 1st October. Poll: are you excited?

Anna Leach — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:16:21 GMT

Sky's 3D TV channel will start broadcasting from the 1st October. Those with a 3D HDTV set and the Sky HD+ box will Pubs will be one of the main beneficiaries of the channel launch, 1500 of them got...

Celebrities who don't know anything about computers #1: Eminem

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:44 GMT

No, it's not really Eminem on his Twitter account - he doesn't even know how to use a computer. The rapper told contact music that he was completely computer illiterate. He says, "If I learn how (to use a computer),...

The iPad can multitask! as a plate..

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:25:25 GMT

Nothing I like more than people using very expensive pieces of technology as plates. And iPads are perfect for being used as plates because they're so flat and plate-sized. Using your iPad to eat off means that - finally...

Mouse Wars: Microsoft's Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000v2 vs Apple's Magic Mouse

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:50 GMT

It ain't magic and no, it isn't shaped like a prehistoric axe-head, but it is a well-priced wireless mouse and if you want, you can cover up the Microsoft logo with a sticker. Microsoft have just launched a wireless...

App Review: iHurt - Loony Tunes smack'em up game for iPhone is really quite exciting

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:39:45 GMT

If you're into goofy action cartoons and watching animated characters getting bashed up, this is the iPhone game for you. iHurt takes inspiration from Loony Tunes and cartoon violence to create a game where the more you hurt yourself,...

Erasers shaped like sushi & 7-blade scissors? Japanese Stationery from JetPens

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:47:08 GMT

If you can persuade your boss to make the office stationery orders a bit more of a financial priority, then you might be able to persuade him/her to get their pens and paper and sushi-shaped erasers from Jet Pens, our...

Travel iPod speaker good for days out in the park

Anna Leach — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:54:12 GMT

We like the look of these Travel speaker from Griffin - great for Sunday afternoons in the park when you want to bring a little MGMT or Dizzee Rascal to your patch of grass. The Griffin Travel Speaker doesn't...

Shoot films in 3D - Panasonic release handheld consumer 3D camera

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:05:45 GMT

Dreaming of making the next Avatar? Get cracking with a consumer 3D camera, officially announced today by Panasonic, 28th July. Their HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder is aimed at the consumer market and uses a 3D conversion lens that captures right-eye...

Yes, it has 12 cores: Mac Pro gets uber-powerful new chip

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:32 GMT

It's a Mac Pro and it has 12 processing cores. Gulp. There's not much more we can say. Dual core chips became industry standard a few months ago and significantly increased the processing power of the average laptop/desktop computer....

Top Five Android Phones to Rival iPhone 4

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:25:34 GMT

With an Operating System that was more popular than Apple's last time we looked - Google Android phones are big and growing quickly. The software is made by Google but gets embedded in phones from all over the price range....

American Billions are different to British Billions: so the human race is 1000x smaller than I thought

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:37:14 GMT

Just a little Tuesday maths. I remember being taught, back when I was in Primary 6, that a billion was equivalent to a million millions. 1 million = 1,000,000,000,000 or 1012 It's not surprising that that's what Mrs Marshall...

American Billions are different to British Billions & why there are 1000x fewer people than I thought there were

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:19:42 GMT

Google Image Search just got amazing (by copying Bing)

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:19:42 GMT

Thrilled to see that Google Image Search has got a such a beautiful makeover. As of today, it has stripped out the unecessary text, made the search results much more visual and provided lots more of them. A nice...

Did you know: American Billions are different to British Billions

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:51 GMT

New dating app for Facebook promises most compatible matches ever

Anna Leach — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:33:28 GMT

There have been dating apps on Facebook for a while: Zoosk, Are You Interested and Flirt Wall for example, indeed some would consider the entire network of Facebook to be a giant date facilitator. However another one officially launched...