SHINY VIDEO: Shooting guns down the Las Vegas Gun Store

It’s not all work, work, work when you travel to Las Vegas for CES and if the show floor disappointed in any way, shooting my first sawn-off pump action shotgun certainly didn’t. It may not be a big deal if you’re from the US but as an Englishman, the first time I cocked that sucker and heard the echo of the empty cartridge against the shooting range floor…

TECHNOLOGY DEATHMATCH: Notebook vs Netbook

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It was just over a year ago now that netbooks first hit the scene. Of course, we didn’t know them as netbooks at the time. They were Eee PCs, until the world and his wife brought their own versions out and suddenly we needed to invent a new category.
We toyed with sub-notebook for a while and you’ll still see me drop it in the odd post when I’m searching for another word for netbook but this isn’t the point. The point is that they’re here now. The game has changed. The paradigm has shifted and now that the dust is settling is the novelty wearing off?

So, today here on Technology Deathmatch, I’m affording you an entirely subjective view on the matter with the odd bit of balance thrown in. It’s George vs the Dragon, David vs Goliath, Jonah vs the Whale – yes, NOTEBOOK VS NETBOOK!…

Seriously cheap TalkTalk Broadband and landline package at the Carphone Warehouse

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Red hot bargain alert! Red hot bargain alert! The Carphone Warehouse is offering free TalkTalk broadband for 12 months and unlimited evening and weekend calls for the credit crunchilicious price of just £10.50 per month. I’m calling that free because that £10.50 is the cost of the line rental. Stick that one in cash flow projection and smoke it.

The contract is for 18 months…