Month: May 2006
Freebies From NASA
That's right, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is giving stuff away. No rocket jet packs or free rides on the shuttle I'm afraid, but if you head over to the Glenn Research Centre website you will find a…
Office Football On Your PC
Apparently some sort of football tournament is about to happen and I'm not sure why decidedly non-sporty Propellerhead has been alerted to this new website, but just in case you've arrived here from our sister Word Cup site, or…
BT to offer Premiership football "on demand"
After a successful £84.3m joint bid with Sky, BT has won the right to show Premier League football "on demand", via its broandband TV service, BT Vision. The three year deal with the FA gives BT the rights to…
Fanimal – the World Cup ranting sausage
I've seen some strange World Cup gadgets recently, but this one really takes the biscuit – or should that be sausage? It's a Peperami Fanimal – ranting, sausage-shaped match-time buddy, which can express your pain through the most agonising…
Ten things I noticed while watching TV in HD
1 R2D2 needs some serious bodywork. In Revenge of the Sith seen on Sky Movies HD he appears to be covered in dents and scratches. 2 Nothing gets documentary film-makers more excited than the possibility of one animal chasing…
Cinedelica – the world of cult movies and TV online
Just launched is a new website covering the best of cult movies and TV from the throughout the years and across the genres – Cinedelica. The site will feature the best in cult movies, from long lost vintage classics,…
Real Time Virus Alert World Map
Propellerhead has just found something scary on the F-Secure website. The World Map of Viruses. It's just like a weather map but instead of fronts and anticyclones it shows waves of nasties like Netsky32 and Trojan Downloaders sweeping across…
Pure announces EVOKE-1XT Prestige DAB radio
Pure Digital is boosting its range of Evoke-1XT DAB radios by releasing a new range of the Prestige Edition models in time for summer. The EVOKE-1XT Prestige is hand-crafted from high-quality materials and receives not only DAB digital radio…
GEAR4's CruiseControl – remote control for any iPod model
There might be good reason why you can't reach your iPod – maybe it's in your bag or pocket and you can't be bothered fumbling around for it. Well, if there's any reason at all why you might need…
Sony Ericsson W810i, K510i and Z530i phones hit the stores
For anyone shopping around for a new handset in the coming weeks, three Sony Ericsson handsets should now be available with your operator of choice – the W810i, K510i and Z530i phones. The W810i is a Walkman phone, featuring…