Author: Lucy Hedges
HP's Mini 2140 netbook gets UK confirmation
Amongst all the chaos surrounding CES this year, Zara got wind of HP's plans to expand its UMPC range with the Mini 2140. Details of a UK release date were obscure, so we weren't entirely sure it'd be heading to our shores, until now. The blogosphere tells us the HP Mini 2140 now has UK…
GotYourPriceCheck has got your back when you're feeling frugal
When I think of price comparison services, rather annoyingly, I get the theme tune of car insurance comparison site Compare the Market.com wedged in my head (I bet I'll still be humming it tonight). But infuriatingly annoying jingles aside, price comparison services are a handy and helpful way to ensure you're getting the best deal…
The Fujitsu Siemens zero-watt PC keeps energy consumption to a minimum
There's probably more than a few of you with money saving new years resolutions that you plan on executing throughout the year (good luck with that) or until you can't bear the thought of bringing your own lunch to work again for the 50 thousandth time. It helps when there are energy saving gadgets to…
Nokia's XpressMusic range just got bigger with the 5730
This is the newest member of the music-orientated XpressMusic family. You may be holding out for the Nokia 5800 (aka The Tube), but if it's getting to the point where enough is enough and your impatient side has occupied your soul (thanks to having to wait for what seems like faaaaar too long for a…
The Obama paraphernalia onslaught continues: the Obaba belt buckle/spy camera
On what will go down in history as one of the most important, influential and inspiring inaugurations of our time, will also be marked by a flood of people eagerly hoping to cash in on Obama mania. Take this for example. The resemblance between this spy camera belt buckle and the soon to be president…
The FunFlyStick – for kids or the easily amused
To a child, the Fun Fly Stick is a magical wand with the ability to bamboozle their little minds. To adults, it's a battery powered baton utilising the power of science by generating an electronic charge (a Van de Graaff generator to be precise) to repel the FunFlyers - that'd be the five tinselly things…
Youtube moves into downloadable territory
I want you to visualise all of your YouTube video favourites. Are you visualising? Now, I want you to forget about picturing your YouTube faves, as this is something you won't have to do for much longer thanks to YouTube's new downloading capabilities. However, this isn't completely concrete just yet. The ability to download videos…
Modern mobiles are bamboozling more than an average amount of us
Confused? Perplexed? Bewildered? Conundrum -ified (ok, I made that last one up?) Are these all emotions you're familiar with when it comes to functioning modern day mobile phones? You're not alone. 'Modern mobile phones' (which I'm going to class as anything post 2002) are causing a bit of a stir amongst the average phone user,…
Vopium offers pocket friendly international calls to your foreign pals
Hands up who has mates in a far away place, i.e. abroad? Wouldn't it be nice to talk to them much more than once every blue moon? Vopium, a mobile VoIP service is on hand to provide you with "cheap" and "reliable" calls so you don't have to cut conversation short after a few minutes…
Is the Palm Pre going to be hot Vodafone property?
The web is rife with rumour today. Firstly, Nokia's N97 gets a UK release date, and then it's believed Apple could have a 15-inch Macbook Pro on the cards, and now the latest rumour concerns the Palm Pre and Network ownership issues. As well as being tipped for release in the vaguely described "first half"…
