Month: May 2009
Carol Vorderman aims to get you Active on the DS
Ah Carol, mistress of so many things, from strange detox diets to complicated calibrations of the Countdown kind. She's using her many talents to support Britons getting fit, by teaming up with Nintendo to launch Active Health on the DS. The game follows in the same vein as the soon to be released EA Active…
ContactPoint for kids: Helpful or harmful?
Q: What do you call a UK database of children's details? A. A disaster waiting to happen. See, you didn't even need a multiple choice answer for that one. OK, there may be a certain amount of mass hysteria involved in the launch of ContactPoint, a UK database that contains ALL the information available about…
Do you suffer from Blog Envy?
It seems everyone has a blog nowadays, from your postman to your mum (eek!) but what really makes one stand out whilst other fade into oblivion? Having a great design definitely helps, as well as making sure you've laid out your site efficiently, but I tend to think the real success of a blog is…
The Parrot SK4000 helmet lets you chat away Judge Dredd stylee
If it's a bad idea to talk on your mobile whilst driving a car, it's surely a hundredfold worse to do the same on a bike, quite apart from the fact you'll be steering one handed. This is here the SK4000 comes in, a hands-free Bluetooth kit designed to be worn with a bike helmet.…
TuneUp keeps your songs in shape!
Now TuneUp is not a new service, but if you haven't yet heard of it you're going to find it a serious musical lifesaver- and they've just updated their UI! In these modern days of download people don't *ahem* tend to purchase that much music anymore, just stream it from Spotify or download from BitTorrent.…
Geek Chic of the Week : Albano Sunglasses from Giant Vintage
The sun is poking its head out from behind a veil of clouds, and its time for us girls to get our geek on with some stylish yet funky looking sunnies. I'm loving this retro style from Giant Vintage and think the red frames are the perfect accompaniment to a long bout of Street Fighter…
Shiny Review: Sony Ericsson W715
It seems like ages ago we told you all about the Sony Ericsson W715, but we finally got our grubby hands on it and were pretty impressed with what it had to offer. For such a small phone it's jam packed with features, and with everything from Google maps to music on board it looks…
Tech prediction: Could Break-Dance Hero join the Guitar Hero games?
Guitar Hero has been around since 2005, letting frustrated rockers and wannabe popstars strum out to their hearts content with the plastic shaped peripheral. Rock Band joined in the fun with a drum kit, and there are mic options for wannabe warblers. Up till now, these options were pretty much all you got, even though…
DJ Hero to join the Guitar Hero franchise: All to be revealed at E3 in June!
If you're a fan of Rock Band and guitar Hero you can't have avoided the murmurings on the net about another piece of hardware to join their family, the much touted DJ Hero. This piece of kit emulates the decks we see DJ's use at clubs and gives you the option to play the game…
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood set to be the FPS game of the summer
If you thought Will Smith in Wild Wild West and Call of Juarez version 1 was the bees knees then the latest installment in this first person western shooter will have you weak with excitement. The game features the McCall brothers teaming up to find the legendary Gold of Juarez, and you follow their journey…
