Many customers have found that the promised Usain Bolt-like performance of Virgin broadband has actually been distinctly James Corden-like in the real world. Over the last few weeks, some customers have been complaining that a crippled network has allegedly rendered browsing stalwarts such as streaming 240p video on YouTube an impossible, stuttering mess. Read More >>
Featured comment by PrinterElf:
"HDDs are faster than your 120Mb/s connection, and they're faster than you need to be able to stream the data to play it back again, so where's the iss..." More »
Are you jonesing for some 80's inspired computer fun on the cheap? Look no further than Paul Dunn's ingenious SpecBAS project, which just rolled out full support for the Raspberry Pi -- your pocket mini-marvel just became a ZX Spectrum, well, minus the tapes, of course. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"Dude you had a ZX spectrum? And you are taking the piss out of an Atari 800? Telling me it is hardly Deep Blue? WTF?" More »
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"Yeah, it was totally capable of running Gingerbread, rooted, and ICS wasn't an issue (I have one lying around). HW acceleration in JB was beyond it th..." More »
Thanks to the influence of a certain Cupertino-based company, sleek, well-designed gadgets are becoming the norm -- in fact, we're at a point now when almost all mainstream consumer electronics look eerily similar, amirite Samsung? Read More >>
Featured comment by Udimion:
"Oh yeah....sorry, misread the article and Amazon. But at least we get a fire even if they haven't given us US prime or the bigger device." More »
For most of us, not even a crippled global economy can temper our insatiable thirst for new technology. The noughties school of consumerism dictates that products older than 18 months are automatically obsolete and destined for nothing more than eBay or the landfill. Why not buck the trend and take a nosy at this collection of 10 upcycled gadgets, mercifully snapped from the icy grip of the grim reaper, and reimagined as new products entirely. Read More >>
Featured comment by marcuscowles:
"WOW, someone actually found not one but TWO things you can use a MAC for without violating the licence agreement or having to install iTunes! Impressi..." More »
Fancy yourself as the next John Hammond but can’t afford all that expensive prehistoric insect amber? Not to mention the cost of frog DNA these days. Read More >>
HOT NEWS IN WILTSHIRE! A 70-year old pensioner called Ken has discovered an effigy of everyone’s favourite extra-terrestrial hiding in a tree. Ken’s close encounter with the über famous grey happened whilst he was chopping wood with his wife Janet over the weekend (not a euphemism). Read More >>
Featured comment by Josh Giles:
"YAY my home town, oh wait this makes us look awful, hardly surprising. The adver is the most ridiculous pile of s**t calling itself a newspaper." More »
Pop-up ad haters of the world rejoice! Vimeo has finally peeked over the garden wall of iOS and cast its seed far and wide, simultaneously rolling out apps for both Android and Windows Phone. Read More >>
Featured comment by Dan:
"My Samsung TV has a Vimeo app on it. The Tumblr-esque channel layouts are done very well and it's a breeze to use compared to the appalling YouTube ap..." More »
Serial case modder Jeffrey Stephenson has done it again, producing this stunning Art-Deco case mod. The classily-named Aerodyne marries retro with modern by encasing a fanless mini-ITX board in wood and accenting it with slick aluminium details. Read More >>
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