Warm your shivering hands with Xmas USB gloves

As the icy November winds howl over your keyboard, and you stop being able to use the enter key properly because your little finger has basically frozen stiff.. wouldn't it be nice to have some way of keeping your hands warm - like a sort of glove-shaped electric blanket? Breathe deeply. The time has come.…

The Rick Astley iPhone worm – can he ever escape?

Can this poor man ever escape? All he wanted to do was make commercially successful music in the late 80s and early 90s. Other retired rock and roll stars get an easy ride, some royalties money, a holiday home and a few tours. But for Rick Astley, British singer who had a hit in 1987…

How to be a Human Online

Lovely blog post from social media guru Chris Brogan on how to be a human online or "at a distance" as he puts it. Aimed at corporates trying to be friendly on social media, there are also some useful tips for the average geek wishing to communicate their personal charm a bit better... get friends,…

Ribbit – a phone network for web 2.0

A silicon valley company have set up a mobile phone network - it's smart, user-friendly and it aims to change what we expect from phone networks - forever. Yes, Forever. In the rapidly morphing world of telecomm it's sometimes hard to categorise the new products that crop up. Ribbit is one of those services. Part…

iSkin FX SE, the iPhone skin with geometric ripples and a mirror screen

Another day, another iPhone skin, this time it's matte and embossed and in three different colours: Onyx (black), Cosmo (pink) and Ice (white). Cosmo works best with a white phone of course. The iSkins aren't chunky phone-swaddling protectors but they do offer increased protection as well as an interesting feel and the look, which I…

Take That comes to SingStar

Ooo, Take That comes to the Singstar catalogue tomorrow. Fans around the world can now sing / howl tunelessly to the boy band's energetic pop tunes and soulful ballads. The latest addition to the Singing game's catalogue includes 25 of the classics and a few more off-beat hits. (more…)

Parallels Desktop 5 lets you Pic'n'Mix Operating systems and run Windows on Macs

New software from a little Washington state company could upset computer giants Apple and Microsoft by letting users pick'n'mix their operating systems. Parallels launch their Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac today - and it allows you to run Windows seamlessly on an Apple Mac computer. Not only can you switch screens from the Mac OS…

Will Twitter break the 500 person lists limit?

As individuals start the dividing their Twitter Following sections into lists, companies specialising in social media are going even deeper and one - SimplyZesty have decided to split up Twitter users by country starting with England and Ireland. Currently limited by the amount of users you can have in one list (500 at the minute)…

Vuzix Wrap Video Eyewear – watch films on a visor

Films are moving from the TV screen to visors. Like something out of a sci-fi flick, you can now watch films on what looks like a pair of sunglasses. Plug the Vuzix Wrap Video Eyewear into your laptop, DvD, games console or even mobile phone and watch videos on what appears to be a 44…