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 distant year. Gartner are an internet research company and they have worked out, based on…

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 26 different angles. That's how you test if a camera is shock-resistant apparently. Built for…

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 TV companies that they can make money out of internet advertising, in a very similar…

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 had updated their status all the way through the labour and the birth. Unfortunately thanks…

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 launcher webcam. Yes, it launches foam missiles for a distance of up to 15ft, with sound…

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 what they're downloading. It will soon include Android and Blackberry apps as well. Instead of…

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 not to miss' plus the best places to eat, shop and drink, these mini guides…

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 to get people to hand over their credit card details. A google search for "Stephanie…

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 could be quite successful. Zazew - set up in Suffolk - is free but there…

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 dinosaur drinks holder! An USB egg heater? A nodding toy of Shakespeare that repeats Hamlet…