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…
MySpace launch ad-free music streaming channel to rival Spotify
I haven't gone to MySpace to listen to music for a while. When you can stream tracks from places like Spotify, Youtube or Last FM, why would you listen to a few odd songs from pages that are buggy and take a long time to download? You don't, and apart from Facebook dominating the social…
Motorola Milestone marks out new territory for Androids
Bearing the epic name of the Milestone, Motorola's new top-end smartphone has the qualities of a very serious new contender. The first phone to run Google Android 2.0, the Milestone has a QWERTY keyboard, a slender slider screen, high resolution graphics (better than iPhone) and square masculine corners. Similar to Motorola's previous Android phone, the…
The Hello Kitty vibrator: sort of cute, sort of creepy
Sex blog TheFrisky.com - which runs a steady stream of vibrator reviews - summed the conundrum of Hello Kitty dildos this week by including it in both their list of most adorable sex toys and also their list of creepiest sex toys. They say: "Hello Kitty, good-bye innocent childhood friend." We say: yes, there is…
How do you carry a laptop while being fashionable? Asus want an answer
ASUS - the laptop makers famous for their Eee PC netbooks - are looking around for new ways to carry laptops. And they're looking to you. A bit more than just a "design a bag" challenge Asus has partnered up with a fashion industry group called Fashion Capital and launched a competition to find an…
RedEye – turning your iPhone into a universal remote control
A system called RedEye will let you turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote control for your TV, stereo, cable box and DVD player. It will also work for any other device that receives standard (infrared) signals. As makers Thinkflood say, no more hunting around down the back of the sofa for…
Slidz Playlist: an iPhone app that lets you create music videos
We're not talking high-end award-winning music videos - but Slidz Playlist, an app from Smartphone Technologies lets you create a slide show of images that sychronise with your music. New paid for app Slidz Playlist Pro is a full-featured update to the freebie Slidz Playlist Lite. How-to: Add songs from the iTunes on your phone…
Harman Kardon's cut-glass speakers: play Spotify out of artworks
These top-end speakers from Harman Kardon look and sound stunning. Like an ice-sculpture or some concave-cut diamond these pieces could be display art in themselves. But as you might expect they house a pretty impressive sound system. They say: "Crisp soundscapes are delivered through the system's powerful AtlasTM woofers and crystal-clear CMMD tweeters. The GLA-55…
