And it's a… iPad! Apple Tablet finally announced

Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's slender 10 inch touch screen device in Cupertino this evening. "It's a revolutionary magical product" Steve Jobs told a breathless audience, running through Apple's successes. "Is there room for a third category of device in the middle? Something that's between a laptop and smartphone." This device needs to be BETTER than…

App of the week: Time Out iPhone app for London

Time Out Communications have created an iPhone app for London, and it's available now for free with sponsorship from Smirnoff Vodka. It's practical, nicely designed and well-linked into the iPhone's capabilities. Each individual listing has the venue address linked to the iPhone Google Maps app and tap any of the telephone numbers provided and you…

Opinion: Apple tablet – most hyped product since the wheel

Apple have got us all thinking that the Tablet is going to be the biggest product launch since some hairy guy in a ferret skin whipped out the first wheel back in BC something-or-other. Apple are hype maestros, working the media and the internet into a frenzy of expectation with the slightest of touches. Of…

The Tablet Cynics: four reasons why they're like "meh"

While people all across the world are going weak-kneed and starry-eyed at very thought of the Apple tablet launch later today, some cynics remain. Cynics who say "meh" at the prospect of Apple's wundergadget, people who suggest that this web-ennabled handheld device may not be strictly equivalent to Jesus in the roll of human history.…

Shiny Competition: customisable laptop bags

Exspect offered us 3 of their MiBag laptop bags to give away to our lovely readers and we were like, "yes for sure". MiBags are available in 13" and 17" options and they have interchangeable fascias, ie. coloured fronts that zip on and off and change the colour of your bag. The 15" bags sell…

How a Swedish viral vid could teach you to love the license fee

Given that BBC are coming under flak for the the license fee at the minute, with a possible cuts if the Conservatives get in at the next election, they could do with a few ways to get us to love the license fee. How about a customisable viral video? That's the tactic that the Swedish…

Wii Dumbbells that won't disturb the sitting room's feng shui?

Yes it's a Wii Accessory but does it match your sofa? Or does it at least fit behind the sofa so you don't have to look at a mound of tilt-sensitive plastic when you have you some people over for drinks? It's a pertinent challenge for game accessory makers especially for Wii ones which tend…

Console Clubs – video games get the book group treatment

Previously you'd have been excused for thinking that a Video Game Group offered rehabilitation for people who couldn't be separated from their Xbox for longer than it takes to make a peanut butter sandwich and those who prefer World of Warcraft to sleeping. But no. Where old-school geeks have book group, new-school geeks have video…

Pope tells priests to get blogging and poking

The Pope is taking God to the blogosphere, by ordering priests and cardinals in the Catholic church to blog and social network in order to bear witness to God in what he described as the world of digital communications. In the Pope's message today he said: "priests can rightly be expected to be present in…