Space Beer? yes, it exists
Um fancy some beer that's been to space? Well, now you can get some. They're not left-over bottles from a space mission that didn't quite get drunk nor did Nasa specially fly out a few cans one year. No, not space beer like that, but the barley used to make the beer is descended from…
Changes to Facebook: more privacy control, less regional identity
Facebook is introducing changes to its privacy settings, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last night in a blog post that puffed the site's recently-relased massive user figures and announced 3 major new changes. 1. An end to regional networks Back when Facebook members were largely students it made sense to have specific networks for universities or…
The G-board: a keyboard just for Gmail
If you rely on G-mail, google docs and google calendar (or G-cal) to run your life, this could be a very handy extra implement that could speed up how you manage email. The G-Board is a supplementary USB keyboard specifically for gmail, costing $19.99 it's available from its own site. Of course it's not worth…
Android ad tells us: iPhones are stupid and girly
Android are getting dirty with their new TV advert for their phone operating system, and we don't like it very much. Instead of say, advocating the Android app store, the new 'Droid Does' advert decided to lay into the market-leading iPhone by characterising it as a silly bimbo. The ad doesn't explicitly say "the iPhone"…
Nerding Lady Gaga part two: beardy geeks do Pokerface
Can there ever be enough nerdy parodies of Lady Gaga on Youtube? I for one will never get tired of them. After a sweet girl called Molly did an uber nerdy version of Pokerface with some weird complicated and definitely nerdy instrument, a group of boy geeks have done a slick and semi-professional rip-off of…
Five Christmassy iPhone apps
Can iPhones enjoy Christmas too? Of course they can. Christmassy apps are doing a roaring trade in iTunes. Is it how Jesus would have wanted you to celebrate his birthday? Well head over to the app store, check out these parcels of festive software and decide for yourself what apps are appropriate to this season…
Five great Blackberry apps
The Blackberry app store is smaller than Apple's sprawling collection, but there are some useful applications on there. Often tilted towards the business-centric power-emailling demographic, Blackberry's apps tend to be a little less whimsical than your average iPhone app: fewer Wallace and Gromit cartoons, more email-sorters. Top basic apps are 7digital, a music store for…
Nintendo Wii is Britain's fastest-selling games console
We reported last week on the Nintendo Wii's success among the ladies, and now looks like it's getting a lot of success among the Brits too. (No jokes from Americans please). Nintendo's Wii has become the fastest-selling home console in the history of the UK, surpassing six million sales after just three years on the…
Farmville bigger than Twitter? that's a lot of virtual aubergine farms
A single Facebook app - Farmville - has more users than all of Twitter. Facebook released some new visitor statistics and yes, as you many expect: they dominate the world, and they weren't above sliding a quick jibe at their social networking rivals. "69 million active users are using FarmVille alone, that's more users than…
EasyMix – a Mixing Table DJ app for idiots
Fancy your talents as DJ? You don't need enormous expensive mixing gear to get started. Just an iPhone app - the answer to most of life's problems. Well we won't promise that this app will land you behind the decks in Ibiza but EasyMix from Buzzyteam lets you mix samples in five styles and it…
