Up for action: The oldest working TV in Britain, maybe even the world

It would look great in Sherlock Holmes' stuffed home, this TV. 75 years old, what is the oldest working TV in Britain and possibly even the world, could now be yours. The Marconiphone 702 TV is thought to be the result of secret research into military radars - it now goes to auction on 19th…

iPad 2: THE QUEUE IN LONDON, WE GO & LOOK AT IT

Some people are crazy. We know - we saw them queuing up outside the Apple store 10 minutes ago, frothing slightly, at the mouth. Hundreds queued outsite the store in Regents Street, London despite the fact that within five minutes walk of the flagship shop, iPad 2s were sitting undisturbed on shelves in places like…

First Mummy Bloggers, now Mummy Entrepreneurs: why we all want our own websites now

This year sees a lot more small business starting up online and many of these new businesses are started by women. Brit start-up Moonfruit helps small businesses and amateurs build websites. They updated their site yesterday and we interviewed their founder - Wendy Tan. What she told us about Moonfruit is interesting for anyone wanting…

The iBoobs app – It's back!

For all you lucky Android phone owners out there - the iBoobs app is back. The app, which lets shake the breasts of the ladies in the pictures, was booted out of the Apple App Store back in 2008. But it seems Android has since seen sense and brought this glorious piece of software back…

LG Optimus 2X – first dual-core phone out in UK on sale this month

The first dual core phone to go on sale in the UK will start retailing this month. The LG Optimus x2 was slated for a release in February but that's slipped back a few weeks to March. We're excited: Gerald saw the Optimus 2X at CES and really fell for the speediness The LG Optimus…

LG Optimus Pad on sale in Japan: Has the iPad rival got what it takes?

Uh, yeah no word on when this Android tablet is going to hit the UK, but LG just emailled us to say they're now accepting pre-sale orders and that the device will hit shelves on 14th March The Optimus Pad has a lot of people excited as a serious rival to the iPad, though apparently…

LG Optimus Black gets a graffiti makeover from Keith Haring

LG are funking up their new flagship phone the LG Optimus Black by giving it a graffiti makeover. Special editions of the phone will feature drawings by Keith Haring on the back of the cases. Keith is a graffiti artist who did stick men, animals and weird surreal landscapes on the walls of New York…

Why mobile phones are wormholes through space and time

I've seen mobile phones marketed and described in thousands of different ways but never once have I seen them described as wormholes through time and space, but that's just how cyborg anthropologist Amber Case sees them. And it's a beautiful idea. In a talk at TED Case outlined her realisation that phones work like wormholes…

Ken asks the internet for help in winning back Barbie for Valentine's

It hasn't been easy for Ken these past few years, living without the perfect doll companion. Barbie left the smooth-looking fellow around this time seven years ago, following a 43 year-long relationship. Now Ken is hoping she will reconsider in time for their would-be 50th anniversary. Ken, or should we say his creators at Mattel,…