Month: July 2010
The Crazy Story of Digital Highs & why MP3 files really aren't drugs
A Daily Mail article claiming that MP3 files are drugs has caused a heap of derision from online commentators. Their article from this morning"I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting 'digitally high' from music they download from internet" claims that teenagers are getting drug-like highs from listening to repetitive drone-like music only available online. We quote: "This…
Cineworld makes a film listing iPhone app: is it better than Google Mobile?
Wondering if you can catch a late-night showing of Inception? Cineworld have become the first British cinema chain to release an iPhone app that lists times of showings and lets you buy tickets. It's a free app, on sale from today that lists all films in Cineworld's 72 UK cinemas. Features: - use the app…
Joking Computer wants you to rate its puns
If you think the world is full of enough people making bad jokes, then you may not be delighted to hear that Scottish scientists have just invented a computer (and website) that makes bad jokes too. The Joking Computer software is programmed to make jokes and then it gradually learns to make better jokes using…
New top-end home cinema projector – Sanyo's PLV-HF10000L
If you are a home cinema fanatic who takes your projectors really seriously you may well be interested in Sanyo's latest top-end projector offering. Professional in quality, the PLV-HF10000L is their top product in a new line of projectors just released. With a phenomenal 10 000 lumen brightness and a contrast ratio of 3000:1 it's…
Green chargers reduce "Vampire Power" energy waste
There was me thinking "Vampire Power" was what made Robert Pattinson so sexy! No, friends that's not what it is at all. It's actually a term people in green tech use to describe power wastage. When you leave your charger plugged in but you're not actually charging anything for example. The electricity dribbles out of…
What if Stalin was on Twitter? Best complaint about the internet this week
Not everyone understands the internet and why should they? I mean I don't really understand it either, I just know I like it. The best thing though, is when people who don't understand the internet at all complain about it in vague but threatening letters where they mention Hitler. A gem below: This guy's smart…
Day 4 headphone week — AKG K 340
Welcome to Shiny Shiny's headphone week 2010. Everyday for the next fortnight I'll be reviewing a different set of headphones eventually culminating in the definitive league of personal audio. Catchy right? Day 4: AKG K240 Literally the loudest buds we've ever heard. Design The AKG K340s are simple looking set of buds. A nice rubberised…
Antenn-Aid for iPhone 4: the antennae jokes don't stop
Is there anything the human race won't stick on the side of an iPhone? We've seen duct tape, pistol-shaped plywood, forks and vinyl. And now, this. Well TBH, the release of an iPhone 4 sticking plaster isn't much of a surprise. So meet Antenn-Aid, iPhone 4-correcting and amusingly designed to look like a plaster. Americans,…
CCTV + Face Recognition Software + Foursquare = gulps
UK citizens are very used to surveillance cameras - CCTV are commonplace on city streets - but software that lets cameras automatically recognise your face is new. Venture capitalist Mark Cuban blogs that he has just put money into a company that does just that. These cameras wouldn't just film you, they'd recognise you coming…
Where will all the little Kins go…? Microsoft Phone heading for the dump
We knew that the little phone with big expectations - the Microsoft Kin - has been discontinued before it even hit Europe. After mere few weeks of poor sales, it was whisked off the market, Microsoft rolled the Kin team into their Windows 7 phone staff and now news comes that Microsoft are withdrawing it…
