Month: March 2010
Send an email from your elbow to your wrist? Scientists can send Broadband through Skin
Okay, not exactly.. but scientists have discovered a way to send data through a person's skin. And it works better than Bluetooth. Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have transmitted data at a rate of 10 megabits per second through a person's arm, between two electrodes placed on their skin 30 centimetres apart. Having internet…
Spotify comes pre-installed on Sony Ericsson Vivaz
Music service Spotify will come pre-installed on all Sony Ericsson Vivaz phones sold on the Three network. Three announced today: "Sony Ericsson Vivaz on 3 comes pre-installed with the Spotify for Symbian application which means you can search and play songs from a list of 6 million when you're on the move." Spotify is service…
Mmm multitasking.. iPhone 4.0 rumours
iPhone 4.0 isn't out for a few months (it will be out with the new handset in June) but that doesn't stop iPhone users sending themselves wild with speculation about what this little box of joy will bring. Multitasking is top of the list and AppleInsider have worked geeks up into a froth by promising…
How to get an iPad before they go on sale in the UK…
A great idea on how to grab an iPad before they go on official sale in the UK. Currently neither the UK price nor the UK preordering has been announced, though the iPad can be ordered for American addresses, through the American store. But instead of sitting around twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the…
App Fluff: the Witty Kitty iPhone app cat makes puns when you stroke it
As pointless apps go, this is the sort of pointless app that will appeal to people who like cats, and puns. Oh that would be me then. Yes. Witty Kitty is an app that lets you stroke a (virtual) cat while it writhes around and makes cat-based puns every so often. You have to stroke…
Google want to catapault America into High-Speed broadband: and will piss people off till they do
High-speed internet will be as important as roads and clean water said Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a strongly worded blog post on the Google Official Blog. It's the latest broadside from Google in an attempt to get more of America on high-speed internet. And Schmidt doesn't pull any punches: America is falling behind, America…
Strap battery onto your wrist: the Universal Gadget Wrist Charger
Need a spare battery? Strap it on your wrist. Like a watch but actually a phone-charging spare battery, the Universal Gadget Wrist Charger from ThinkGeek is a pratical way to keep your gadgets in power. We're not saying it's good looking, but portable batteries aren't ever designed for their looks are they. Charges pretty much…
New mobile battery will last four times longer
Great news for anyone who uses mobile gadgets (which would be, err, most people) scientists at Stanford have just created a battery that lasts four times longer than current models. The prototype uses lithium-sulphur in place of the lithium-ion technology resulting in 80% more capacity. Not likely to be commercially available for a few years…
Top 7 all-in-one desktop computers
All-in-one PCs are, in my humble eyes, the indisputable future of home computing. Soon gone will be the days of the cumbersome tower. The tower was necessary in the early days of home computing to house oversized hardware, and allow for easy DIY expansion; adding a wireless card, or new hard drive to a tower…
Top ten hottest new websites and iPhone apps of 2010
I thought it was time to do a little round up of ten social media apps and sites that may just become the next big thing. It is interesting that while the first wave of social media sites focused on networking, these have a slightly different approach. Many have strong networking elements, but they also…
