It's Friday afternoon, and as our attentions turn to those more off-topic, we thought you might like our brand new weekly Chatroom+, where instead of us asking the questions, you ask the questions and help each other out with the answers. This week, Rik from Southampton emailed asking for our hay fever tips -- can anyone recommend anything that actually kills the sodding thing off? Read More >>
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"I use Cetirizine Hydrochloride and it really works great. Also a nasal spray. I get insanely bad hayfever but these things keep it more or less at bay..." More »
Following the news that Morrisons is going to start delivering food direct to your door courtesy of Ocado, it begs the question, how many of you actually do your food shopping online? Read More >>
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"I've used Asda and Sainsbury's online for my weekly online shops. Asda was cheaper for the most part, but Sainsbury's has only one hour delivery slots..." More »
The Sun, that bastion of quality news journalism and tits on page 3, is planning to erect a paywall for its online offerings, in something it's calling Sun+. Basically, you pay two quid a month for access to the paper and "near-live" TV clips of Premier League footie. Tempting perhaps? Read More >>
Featured comment by Tom Pritchard:
"Since you don't seem to understand the art subtly then let me rephrase so you'll understand unless you've written any form of tabloid journalism then ..." More »
Google's I/O event kicks off today, and with it will come a slew of announcements about new products and services. But what are you most excited about? Read More >>
Featured comment by Bhenn:
"I assumed you meant you were going to put it in a box and forget about it! Best of both worlds is definitely the way to go." More »
We've got Ouya for the home, but what about serious gaming on the go? Nvidia wants to beat Sony and Nintendo at their own game with the Android-powered Tegra 4-packing Shield. But will you really buy it for about £240ish, or the price of a Nexus 4? Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr. T:
"Yes, exactly my thoughts! I've already spent buying and trying out plenty of games on my phone. Even though I can't use my ps3 controller without root..." More »
I'll be honest: I'm terrible at interpreting modern art. A soup tin is, well, a soup tin, and I won't get an extistential experience out of looking at it unless there's a plaque next to it, explaining why it's a symbolic representation of the downfall of society. That's why I'm kinda bummed the Tate is taking down all their explanatory plaques, leaving interpretation up to you (and the audio guide, of course). Read More >>
Featured comment by odysseus:
"This is the Tate Britain, not the Tate Modern. It covers all British artists from 1500 to the present day, so the amount of modern stuff there is min..." More »
Probably the most expensive piece of meat ever to exist is about to go under the grill in an undisclosed location in London. The £210,000-plus burger, made in a lab without ever seeing a real cow, is slightly bigger than a BK whopper and apparently tastes "reasonably good". If someone slapped one of these puppies on your plate, would you gorge yourself? Or is test tube-grown meat too much to stomach? Read More >>
Real-time chat has been everywhere for, you know, forever now and has swallowed everything in its path. Integrating chat platforms and finding a way to coherently deal with texting vs. chatting has become a major issue. Other than venting here in hallowed Gizmodo chatroom posts, how do you manage all the Google chat options, Facebook chat, Skype and everything else? Chit chat below. Read More >>
We're all looking for something that can solve every one of our problems. Unfortunately that's probably a futile effort. Chances are though, there are cheap, easy solutions to at least one of the annoyances each of us run into every day, it's just a matter of figuring out what the hell they are. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spoot:
"Yep. As a first year uni student with 2 laptops and an Android phone, Dropbox (and dropsync - amazing Android Dropbox syncing app) and OneNote have be..." More »
Nintendo's not doing so great as a hardware manufacturer. Its Wii U isn't really selling; the old Wii is still selling, but doesn't make much money, and there just aren't that many games actually being made for either console. So, what if Nintendo 'pulled a Sega' and dumped hardware for games? Mario on your phone would be awesome. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hyperstate:
"It's not the best controller I'll admit, one of those generic ps types with a dual-analogue. For some reason I couldn't get the full degree of movemen..." More »
Usually reliable internet sources claim Samsung's preparing another Android model, this one going by the name Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. The alleged phone shrinks the S4's screen size to 4.3" but adds a 16-Megapixel sensor around the back by way of compensation. It's less of a phone than the Galaxy S4 and less of a camera than the Galaxy Camera. Is it therefore a phone too far for our Korean Android overlords? [SamMobile] Read More >>
Google Glass is weird. It's not quite like anything we've seen before. It's the best. It's the worst. It's polarising. This picture of a Google Glass-wearing tube-rider showed up on Twitter yesterday, and sparked a Buzzfeed article that posits Glass will just bring on more of the distraction it claims to alleviate. Read More >>
Nobody's perfect. Some people Skype without a headset in public. Others insists on using Internet Explorer. Some weirdos even use Comic Sans without flinching. But what's your grubbiest tech confession? We're all friends here, so let it out. It'll be cathartic. I promise. Read More >>
Beautiful design isn't good design, and even the prettiest gadgets can still suck. But all that said, there's something to be said for devices that are just easy on the eyes, and if they're good too, that's a bonus. What's the prettiest gadget you've got hanging around. Or, if you're living in a trash-heap or something, what's the prettiest one you aspire to someday own? Read More >>
Featured comment by Frypot:
"Exactly my plan its just whether I want to take a risk on another K series engine. Got my head gasket sorted (hopefully) Friday, stuck some K-Seal in ..." More »
Just because there aren't many viruses infecting Macs, doesn't mean OS X can't be a vector. I run ClamXav, not really to protect my Mac from viruses, but to protect my Windows machines from catching malware from files on my Mac. So, do you Mac-using folks run any kind of AV software, and if so, which one? Read More >>