Month: August 2010

AKG 242 HD headphone review

The audiophiles choice. Design The AKG K242 HDs are sexy set of phones. Not exactly the type you'd wear on the bus, but nevertheless there is something undeniably attractive about them. With the broad headband and huge round cups there is something pleasingly retro about them. The plastics are nicely textured and the cups themselves…

Vodafone offers iPhone 4 on Pay As You Go

Laura Yates writes Vodafone is to offer the iPhone 4 on a Pay As You Go tariff. Also adding in a few extra incentives up until November this year, Pay As You Go iPhone 4 Vodafone customers can enjoy one year's worth of data which will be capped at 250MB a month in addition to…

Flipboard – has the novelty worn off already?

A couple of weeks ago Flipboard for the iPad launched to the type of fanfare that probably made its owners blush. From Scoble's rave review through to a thousand blog posts it seemed as if everyone loved the app. Here was what the iPad was built for. The demand was so huge that the company…

Look out Spotify! Mog is coming to the UK

Laura Yates writes When it comes to music streaming services, the market is certainly becoming somewhat crowded. Spotify is probably the most intimidating major player out there, but could American streaming MOG.com, soon to launch in the UK, be the one to watch out for? Launched in December 2009, MOG is a relatively new online…

BBC loses over £200k of phones and laptops

A Freedom of Information report has revealed that £241,019 worth of gadgets including laptops and gadgets have being stolen from the BBC over the last two years. To be more specific, BBC staff have reported the loss of 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 Blackberry devices between April 2008 and March 2010. All has…

Review – Vexia Econav 380 sat nav system £150

The irony with advice is that while everyone loves giving it, so few us are actually up for receiving it. No matter if it does make our lives easier, saves the planet or keep a few extra quid in our pocket, quite often we simply don't want to know. So the Vexia Econav, a clever…

Test Drive: Nissan Leaf electric car

If you thought that electric cars were just teeny, tiny little things like the G-Whiz which look like they'd turn over if you blow on them, then think again. The latest crop of electric vehicles (and we're not talking hybrids here) are proper cars that look - but don't sound - like the real thing.…

Why iPad won't be the Saviour of Magazines

Interesting side point from Jeff Jarvis over on Buzz Machine today, in a post counselling magazine magnates how to steer their empires through the crisis of print. It was a warning about Steve Jobs and falling for the iPad. Sure it looks pretty, Jeff points out, but it is not the saviour of magazines. Why…

Google Wave is dead – five alternatives

Google pulled Wave last night, announcing they are no longer going to update it. So where the hell are you going to do your complex collaborative editing tasks now? We have five alternatives for you. Google Wave was almost too beautiful for this world - with its deep capabilities and very complex layered conversations proving…