Category: Websites
Free Internet Phone Rival For Skype
Skype pretty much rules the roost when it comes to Internet telephony and its free PC-to-PC service has millions of fans but there's a new kid on the block called the Gizmo Project. The basic software is free, just…
Monday interview: Channel 4's Steven Forde on their innovative Lost Experience
For many fans of Lost, the guessing games don't stop when the TV show's credits roll. Forget your bog-standard 'Cast Bio' websites: Lost has an innovative online game called The Lost Experience where players have to follow clues, crack…
WOTD: Retro Thing
Today's Website of the Day is Retro Thing, the independent guide to vintage technology. Its latest posts include Retro Camera Art; Online Issues of ST-Log Magazine; The Luxo L1 lamp – star of desk and blockbuster movies; ZVG vector…
Opera 10: Vision of open Internet on any device
The Opera web browser is planning an assault on Internet Explorer 6 and (soon) 7 users, highlighting its enhanced security, customisability, and cross-platform support. Since Opera 9 came out last month, hundreds of widgets have been produced – little…
WOTD: Hip Tech Blog
Today's Website of the Day is the Hip Tech Blog, an interesting gadget and tech blog written by Leon Huang. Latest stories include: Soon, We Can All Climb Walls Like Spidey; Intelligent Carpet that Knows Your Sex; Recharge Cell Phones…
Grab a Willy Wonka scooter on eBay
Bayraider’s been busy today, they’ve turned up a scooter driven by oompa loompas in the recent Charlie & The Chocolate Factory remake. Its starting price is £1,450, although strapping six-footers need not apply. They’ve also had a scout for…
Microsoft to push IE7 as high priority update
The latest version of Microsoft's 'love it or hate it' web browser, Internet Explorer 7 – due to launch towards the end of this year – will be a 'high priority' update, according to Microsoft. What this means for…
WOTD: Geeks are Sexy blog
Today’s Website of the Day is Geeks Are Sexy, which covers some of the latest tech news, combined with humourous videos, commentary and geek tips. It’s written by a collective known as "The System Administrator", "The Web Monkey", "The Gaming…
Opera web browser gets widgets
Opera have launched Widgetize! which works as part of their latest browser software (version 9) and allows users to set up desktop widgets using a simple web interface. At present there's a very limited selection – two news feed…
WOTD: Kartoo: Search engine
Today's Website of the Day is Kartoo, a rather different search engine. It's been nominated by David who says it's still one of his favourite search engines. If you're used to Google and nothing else, you might be in for…