Archive for March, 2008

French Maid PC Mod: "Oo La La!"

Not as retro as the VW Bus PC nor as insane as the Steampunk PC, but you’d have to say that the French Maid PC Mod will certainly raise an eyebrow or two. …

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Gameboy Boots For Gamers On The Go

Seeing as the boys just got their fantasy dose with the French Maid PC, here???s one for game-loving girls: The GameBoy Boots.

Combine your love of 1970s platforms with the still popular GameBoy handheld by sticking …

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

French Maid PC Mod: "Oo La La!"

Not as retro as the VW Bus PC nor as insane as the Steampunk PC, but you???d have to say that the French Maid PC Mod will certainly raise an eyebrow or two. …

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

BEDUP: How To Maximise Your Bedroom

Having lived in a variety of shoe-box bedsits, I really appreciate having some space these days.

For those still struggling with limited living space, a new space-saving concept called BEDUP, brings a novel bedding solution to small …

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Playmobil Security Check Point: Toys Get A Reality Check

What times we live in. There was time when your kid’s play toys included firehouses, hospitals and police stations but that’s just so 1950s now, which is why Playmobil have released the Security Check Point.

I’m …

Friday, March 14th, 2008

The Handbag TV From HANNSpree

Those oddballs at HANNSpree, who like nothing more than making wacky TVs, have been a little quiet of late. Sure they’ve launched some displays and TVs, normal by HANNSpree standards, but nothing too off the wall. …

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Alien Speakers Bring Curves To Your Hi-Fi

I like the way that designers play around with speaker design. After all, rectangular can get a bit boring but, I’m sure that I’d never get bored looking at the Alfa [or Alpha] loudspeaker system …

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

IXOS PowerStation Cleans Up Your Electricity

This attractive [ahem] slab of hardware is the designed to clean up your electricity in order to make the images of on your expensive HDTV look even more magnificent.

For a long time I never …

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

IXOS PowerStation Cleans Up Your Electricity

This attractive [ahem] slab of hardware is the designed to clean up your electricity in order to make the images of on your expensive HDTV look even more magnificent.

For a long time I never …

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

BBC iPlayer Hits iPhone

As expected, The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

This is the first time the hugely popular download TV service has been extended to …

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Padded Lamp Posts For Silly London Phone Users

There are many ways to hurt yourself on today’s streets but walking into lamp posts isn’t one that crops up too often. Until now.

Now, for those phone users who just can’t stop walking into them while ‘walking and texting’, there’s a solution. No, not some …

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

World’s Smallest Bling Bling Handgun

Handguns have become fashion accessories in certain US states and what harassed celeb wouldn’t want their very own, teeny weenie diamond-studded lethal weapon?

This handgun is a blinged up version of the tiny 0.7oz Swiss MiniGun, measuring just …

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Cebit 2008: OCZ Pushes Mind-Controlled Game Technology

We have come across the promise of mind-controlled game systems before, like the one from Emotiv, but now PC component and peripheral outfit, OCZ Technology Group, is getting in on the act.

The company has …

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

World’s Smallest Bling Bling Handgun

Handguns have become fashion accessories in certain US states and what harassed celeb wouldn’t want their very own, teeny weenie diamond-studded lethal weapon?

This handgun is a blinged up version of the tiny 0.7oz Swiss MiniGun, measuring just …

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Cebit 2008: OCZ Pushes Mind-Controlled Game Technology

We have come across the promise of mind-controlled game systems before, like the one from Emotiv, but now PC component and peripheral outfit, OCZ Technology Group, is getting in on the act.

The company has …

Monday, March 10th, 2008

CeBIT 2008: The Golden Age Arrives For A £20,000 MacBook Air

The anorexic MacBook Air has barely had time to float away on a gentle breeze before somebody has decided that it needs some gold and Swarovski pretties to tie it down.

This is the …

Monday, March 10th, 2008

CeBIT 2008: Samsung Ships First 500GB Laptop Hard Drive

It wasn’t so many years ago that laptops were sniggered at by PC users waving their big fat HDDs around. Today, all of that is well and truly over as Samsung becomes the first company to ship …

Monday, March 10th, 2008