Month: August 2006
Picture this — Websites as Graphs
In case you are wondering what the strange spidery image on the left is, it’s Propellerhead, or at least that’s how it looks to Websites as Graphs. Simply type in the URL of a website and it converts it…
New Vista Key, but Where Will it Go?
One of the most eye-catching features in Windows Vista is the 3D Flip task switcher, where you scroll through a stack of open windows using the Winkey + Tab key combo. It surely won’t take long for keyboard manufacturer’s to…
Pink DS Lite coming to Europe
We’re having a bit of a pink console overload this week as Nintendo has now announced that the pink version of the DS Lite is arriving in Europe in October. One of those with match your P!nk PSP and…
EIEF 2006
The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival wrapped up on Tuesday evening after two days of thought provoking discussions of important topics affecting the games industry right now. Unlike the more famous games conferences, such as the now defunct E3, TGS…
The high cost of inking
Today I was shopping for sand for my Zen garden when I saw some Lexmark printers for £10 each, including a colour cartridge and a black one. However, in the ink aisle, the cartridges alone cost £15 for the black or £20 for a black one and a colour one. An old story, but a nonetheless compelling one when one’s editor at Hippyshopper and have to decide between having three printers, three colour cartridges and three black ones, or one printer, two colour cartridges and one black one for the same amount of money. Gadgetress writes on the same subject, plus the ink refill aftermarket in her own blog, then a piece on how Cheaper ink refills making their mark. Basically, the aftermarket refill machines are about half as expensive as the brand-new cartridges, but unlike the old-school syringe kits, they don’t seem to suck. [GT]
Why does printer ink cost so much?
Website of the Day: iNik
Today's Website of the Day is iNik, described as 'A pathetic waste of high technology' but actually quite an interesting Mac-focused blog that also links to some AppleScripts to help implement the Getting Things Done system. There are some interesting…
Yay or Nay: Logitech ChillStream
This week's Yay or Nay is the Logitech ChillStream controller that's designed to keep gamers sweaty hands cool whilst they're engaged in serious PC gaming action. Logitech's exclusive ChillStream technology has a built-in 40mm fan that pushes up to…
Microsoft gets tough with domain cybersquatters
Microsoft is set to get tough with people it sees as cybersquatting on domain names and trying to make money out of them. Their attorney Aaron Kornblum has said that placing a high profile or pop culture trademark in…
Nearly half of UK homes without Internet access. What do they do all day?
The Office of National Statistics has surprised me today – and that doesn't happen very often. It's come up with a statistic (that's not the surprise): 43% of UK households don't have any access to the Internet. Of these: About…
Tesco rule online as well: tops Internet grocery sales
What a surprise. Not only are Tesco the biggest supermarket offline (you know, those big buildings you have to drive to and walk up and down aisles of food and drink) but they're also king of the Net when it…