Author: Gary Cutlack
Salvation 1 Micro Controlled Helicopter – as-seen-on-TV
The Salvation 1 is a small helicopter that’s being pitched as an executive toy, forgetting the fact that if you’re an executive and you’ve got spare time to muck about in the office with toy helicopters you’re not really doing your job properly.
The Arcam DiVA AVR280 Cinema & Music Receiver
See that product name? Has a small ‘i’ in it. Now that’s cool. The price is perhaps a little less-cool at £1200, but you’re getting one very important thing – loads and loads of little silver buttons.
Manhunt 2's not going to hurt anyone, you idiots
Hello, murder-crazed video gamers! Are you all angry from the hot, sticky weather, and ready to snap into violence at any second? Jesus, I am. I could literally pick up a baseball bat, walk out of the door and…
The Germans love Futitsu Siemens' ESPRIMO PCs
And they love the ESPRIMO range because of its environmentally friendly features. They love them so much they have, as a nation, awarded them the “Blue Angel” certificate – a consumer flag that lets buyers know the products are nice and good to the world.
Couple to get married in a HUMMER
And another poor girl’s dream of a special day are obliterated in the pursuit of cold, hard, endorsement cash and photo opportunities.
The iRiver NV – a GPS-enabled TV/radio/MP3 superbox
Well this is aspirational. The iRiver NV pretty much does it all, and could replace everything you’ve ever spent too much money buying and subsequently leaving in a pub for the landlord to find and stick on Ebay.
IOGEAR portable Bluetooth speakerphone
If you’re one of those people who’s so important you have to do business with your mouth while your hands are doing something else, the IOGEAR GBHFK201W6 (!) portable Bluetooth speakerphone could be for you.
Blu-ray loses less momentum than HD-DVD
The so-called “format war” between HD-DVD and Blu-ray* looks one small step nearer its conclusion today, as Blockbuster announces it will only stock Blu-ray discs in the majority of its US branches.
Doro flashes 525 Pink DECT phone
Time to get excitied, ladies! The Doro 525 is pink, which means it’s for you. He’s not allowed near it. His big, dirty hands would crush it in seconds and leave a nasty brown residue down the side of its sleek, curvy buttons. He would also make it smell of sweat and feet AND take it into the toilet.
Robot marries man in permissive South Korea
And woman. Together. For ever, or at least for a couple of years until they get fed up of each others’ breathing sounds and snoring, then file for a fully automated divorce.
The wedding took place in South Korea and, apparently, marks the first ever time a robot has assisted in a wedding. Not quite in the same league as the first trans-Atlantic…