Author: Daniel Sung
MTV and HP's Pavillion dv2800t Artists Edition: looks terrible, sounds great
This notebook is completely hideous, but then it isn’t made for the likes of me. The HP Pavillion dv2800t Artists Edition is not only one hell of a mouthful but also the only MTV/HP fusion…
The world's most desirable microwave – a Martin Zampach concept only, I'm afraid
When Captain Kirk reheats his king prawn bhuna, I’ll bet it’s in a microwave like this. No person in the future will be caught dead without one these exquisitely designed appliances set to become more of a fashion statement than a food-nuker.
So smooth and minimalist is Martin Zampach’s design…
Jakob Nielsen: getting old makes you slow! Really, wow
For every year you grow older, you go to 0.3% more web pages to find what you’re looking for and spend 0.5% longer trying to find it when you get there. That’s according to the results of a new study by web usability boffin, Jakob Nielsen…
Christina Aguilera is "dead to me", whines Perez Hilton's sorry, Sony-sued arse
Perez Hilton has announced that all of Sony/BMG’s artists are “dead to him” in reaction to the label’s lawsuit against the celeb blogger.
The site will now be boycotting Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera…
Pole dancer alarm clock – funny for about minus five seconds
A sexy alarm clock could make it a little too hard to get out of bed in the mornings but fortunately there’s nothing remotely erotic about the pole-dancer on this timepiece…
Mod modders delight – Pink Floyd 'The Wall' PC case mod
The hammers, the bricks, the screaming face, there can only be one theme to this hot rod, case mod. That’s right you PC Pink Floyders, I feel you tremble, this is indeed a “The Wall” inspired tower…
The Byron Report part 2 – Brown asks child psychologist for a four-year follow up
Impressed by her recent work and her sensitively-angled head, Gordon Brown has asked Dr Tanya Byron to compile a follow-up paper to her recent report on online child safety.
“The prime minister has asked if I would come back in 2011…
Government to release social networking guidlines for parents
The Government is set to publish guidelines on Friday on the dangers of social networking sites for children in the latest move to scare the bejesus out of parents all over the UK.
The 79-page document makes recommendations that sites like Facebook, Bebo and the other usual suspects should be forced to carry adverts for the 999 emergency service…
Re-Write Radiohead – competition to remix their new single, Nude
First they give you their music for free, now they let you play around with the songs as well. Yes, the publicity machine behind Radiohead has cranked it on up into overdrive once more for the release of the band’s new single, Nude.
The track has been split into five “stems” of vocals, drums, guitar, bass and strings/fx and hurled up onto iTunes where they can be downloaded for 99 cents each and remixed…
Musicovery: interactive web radio, tailor-made to suit the mood
Picture the scene, you’ve stumbled back in from a big night out. You’ve got your boozing buddies in tow. Whoever you live with is going to kill you but sod them, you’re drunk, who cares?
More to the point you’ve got to get the music on but you can barely see, let alone follow the trail of empty CD boxes to find a disc that’s actually there. What you can do, however, is go to Musicovery.com and click just once to get a play list long enough to last until dawn.
This fantastic, flash-based, interactive web radio is quite simply the best thing I’ve seen all year…
