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The worst driving gadget in the world: a steering wheel laptop desk

Don't even buy this for your worst enemy. While a gun might be more obviously life-threatening, this laptop steering wheel rest really is almost as dangerous. As suggested by the wise writer on RedFerret.net, attaching your laptop to your steering...more

Mobile phone apps

The 10 iPhone apps we'll be using in 2012

I can only associate 2012 with the London Olympics and that disaster scenario movie 2012, however some people are gazing into the future with clearer eyes than me... and can see what mobile apps we'll be using in that far...more

Cameras

Casio's Exilim-G1: shock resistant and delightfully slender

Casio's new Exilim, the EX-G1 claims to be the slimmest shock resistant camera ever. 19.9mm thick, it's waterproof, dustproof and doesn't break when you drop it from a height of 2.13 meters (7 feet) onto lauan plywood from any of...more

Web Stuff

New Youtube Shows section gets full-length Channel 4 shows

Finally a big TV company gets serious about internet TV - Channel 4 has decided to stream whole shows on Youtube, giving UK users legal access to programmes on demand. FTW, as they say. It seems that Google has persuaded...more

Facebook

Louis Gray blames Facebook for not telling him his sister had a baby

A-list geek and FriendFeeder Louis Gray has blamed Facebook for not telling him that his sister had had a baby. Relying on Facebook rather than the telephone to get news out to friends and family, his sister and her partner...more

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Nikon S1000pj: World's first projector camera

Want to show your digital snaps to friends without you all having to gather around a tiny LCD screen or mess around hooking up the camera to a big screen? Nikon has the answer. It's the world's first camera with a built in projector.

Gadgets

The USB missile launcher

In a lot of ways, I am a usb gadget journalist. Despite a little existential quiver about this fact yesterday, I do accept my role with devotion and yes love. Without any more ado, this is the USB missile...more

Mobile phone apps

Mplayit launch iPhonearcade - a Facebook app for ranking mobile phone apps

Okay concentrate: this is an app for ranking apps. It's a Facebook app for ranking mobile phone apps. iPhonearcade will make use of your social network on Facebook to let you share comments and reviews with your friends and see...more

Mobile phone apps

Rough Guides travel books to become Vodafone apps

Rough Guide travel books will soon be available as Vodafone apps. Each guide costs only 49p or 49 euro cents, it's a good deal compared to the books which retail at around £6-7. Featuring background information for each destination, 'things...more

Web Stuff

Virus scam targets Twilight fans

Looks like fans of the Twilight film series are suffering more than unsatiated desire in the run-up to the release of New Moon on Friday. An internet scam preying on fans of the series has leveraged a fake virus alert...more

Web Stuff

Zazew - a social network for aspiring writers

A new social networking site has been set up to help people write books online. Despite the new forms of writing on the internet -blogs etc - books continue to hold sway over people's minds. As such, this e-Publishing House...more

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The warming, vibrating USB burger - your life is complete

I don't know why I even pretend to be surprised any more at the kind of USB gadgets that get invented. Every week some queer product is presented to the USB port. Who imagines these things.. let's make a vibrating...more

Reviews

Fingertips v Netvibes: which personalised news site is better?

New site Fingertips creates free bespoke news services for its users. The site can combine story feeds from different news sites according to your particular taste and need for certain kinds of news. Fingertips.net claims that it "lets you create...more

Network providers

Orange lets you send pictures to Twitter over text message

Orange today announced a partnership with Twitter, which will enable customers to send photos to Twitter via MMS (multimedia text messages). The service is called snapshot and is only available to UK Orange users. Orange also say that they will...more

Features

Sonic Fabric ties play music and actually look good

Ties that make music are usually tinny, cheap novelty affairs, they probably play Jingle Bells and have LEDs on them as well. So it's a pleasant surprise to find a musical tie that's actually quite a classy and haute proposition....more

Web Fun

Play the Climate Challenge with Dr Who

Everybody's favourite TV geek crush, David Tennant of Dr Who fame, has joined up with Oxfam to offer an online climate challenge. You must guide David to answer questions about climate change, and pick the correct option out of three...more

Web Stuff

Get translation advice BEFORE naming your baby, think of its google rankings

If you're thinking of calling your child anything more exotic than John or Mary, then maybe you should check out this pricey but unusual service which offers a "name translation check" pre-christening. TodayTranslations go through pretty well most languages in...more

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