Month: November 2010
Virgin goes all glossy pink with Nokia 6700 Slide for only £8.50 a month
With most phone contracts these days spiralling past the £25 mark, it's quite nice to see something for £8.50 a month. However, with the Nokia 6700 Slide on Virgin you're not getting much for your £s - £8.50 only gets you 100 minutes and 100 texts a month and it's a 24 month contract. Still…
Mouse shaped like strawberry? – yes please!
Yes, I'm a sucker for computer accessories shaped like fruit. What of it? So this strawberry-shaped mouse looks great to me. It's a simple plug and play USB mouse from Gadgets4all, uses optical tracking, and does all the basic mouse stuff but looks like a strawberry. And yes, it glows in the dark. $14.99 from…
Christmas Presents for Geeks: T-Shirts from ex-Boyfriend + special dicount for Shiny readers
If a T-Shirt with a picture of an astronaut riding a shark is the sort of thing you or the other the geek in your life would like, then you should check out the exBoyfriend label which makes t-shirts catering to geeks. There's a whole range of different designs, most come in different colours and…
The problem with Cyber-Bullying is the Bullying not the Cyber bit, says social researcher Danah Boyd
Perhaps it's an obvious point, but researcher Danah Boyd makes it well on her blog Zephoria.org: the problem with cyber-bullying is not the cyber bit, it's the bullying. Behaviour online is usually a continuation of real-world behaviour she says. And the answer isn't technological - it's interpersonal, it's about teaching empathy. She says: "technology is…
Naked Scanner pictures end up on Gizmodo: AIRPORT SECURITY FAIL
If you've ever been worried that the naked pictures airport scanners take of you will end up somewhere inappropriate, you'll be delighted to hear they're now in the careful hands of tech blog Gizmodo. Gizmodo have posted scans of over 100 US citizens in the nude all over the internetz, in the interests of investigative…
You want me to pay £18 for what? Beatles on iTunes are £10 more expensive than on CD
Apple's "world-changing" announcement today was that they have finally, after years of wrangling got the Beatles on a digital music store. So yes, you can now download Beatles songs and albums from iTunes. But... aside from the fact that most Beatles fans have already invested in the album, iTunes prices are staggeringly over the odds.…
Shiny Poll: How Do You Get Your Music?
It's a time of upheaval for the music industry, and we doubt that even the arrival of the Beatles on iTunes is going to perk it up very much. But it's not all bad, and from a user's point of view, it makes it a lot easier to listen to music than ever before. We…
The Injuries Begin: Videos of people getting hurt playing Kinect make Youtube happy
The Xbox Kinect is slated to be a big seller this Christmas, but the motion game controller that tracks your movements to control your character in the game has been shown to have its dangers as well as its thrills. The first video of a Kinect injury has hit Youtube. A man waving his arms…
Apple bring the Beatles to iTunes, Girl Talk give album away for free: which announcement is more important?
They haven't been sold on any online music store but that's hardly a problem if you're the most succesful band in the world and made your bucks back in the days when people used to pay for music. But - it seems like the Beatles are finally coming to iTunes. Steve Jobs is making an…
Linked-In wants to help you with Your Personal Brand
You have to be careful with the phrase "personal brand" - if you use it too much, people will think you're a wanker. Especially in phrases like "I can't just tweet about 'Marley&Me', it would damage my personal brand". But whether you like the comparision to advertising or not, the idea of putting yourself across…
