http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/feedback-loop/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/feedback-loop/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:06 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166684 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/feedback-loop/feed/ 27 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-do-your-food-shopping-online/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-do-your-food-shopping-online/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:57 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166782 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? By tying-up with Ocado, Morrisons became the last big-chain supermarket in Britain to start offering online shopping. The deal has put the cat [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-do-your-food-shopping-online/feed/ 41 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-pay-2-a-week-for-the-sun-online/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-pay-2-a-week-for-the-sun-online/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:30:40 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166137 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? It’ll launch on August 1st, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-pay-2-a-week-for-the-sun-online/feed/ 22 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-do-you-want-google-to-announce-this-evening/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-do-you-want-google-to-announce-this-evening/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:09 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166044 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? A shiny new version of Android? Updated web services like Maps? A unified chat system to end them all? A Spotify-like streaming service? New hardware? Or something else [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-do-you-want-google-to-announce-this-evening/feed/ 38 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/will-you-buy-nvidias-awesome-looking-shield-portable-android-console/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/will-you-buy-nvidias-awesome-looking-shield-portable-android-console/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:49 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165977 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? Nvidia’s put up Shield for pre-order in the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/will-you-buy-nvidias-awesome-looking-shield-portable-android-console/feed/ 18 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:45:26 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165723 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-eat-a-test-tube-made-burger/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-eat-a-test-tube-made-burger/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:20 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165330 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-eat-a-test-tube-made-burger/feed/ 36 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/where-do-you-chat/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/where-do-you-chat/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 20:00:51 +0000 Lily Newman http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165155 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/where-do-you-chat/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-simple-gadget-has-made-your-life-a-bajillion-times-easier/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-simple-gadget-has-made-your-life-a-bajillion-times-easier/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 11:00:58 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165063 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. So lets [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-simple-gadget-has-made-your-life-a-bajillion-times-easier/feed/ 33 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/if-nintendo-made-a-mario-game-for-iphone-and-android-would-you-buy-it/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/if-nintendo-made-a-mario-game-for-iphone-and-android-would-you-buy-it/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:15:29 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164151 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/if-nintendo-made-a-mario-game-for-iphone-and-android-would-you-buy-it/feed/ 26 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:15:27 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163829 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/would-you-buy-a-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-an-optical-zoom/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-this-glasshole-on-a-phone-really-a-vision-of-the-gadget-apocalypse/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-this-glasshole-on-a-phone-really-a-vision-of-the-gadget-apocalypse/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 09:00:35 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163679 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. Apparently if you have #googleglass [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-this-glasshole-on-a-phone-really-a-vision-of-the-gadget-apocalypse/feed/ 30 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-your-grubbiest-tech-confession/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-your-grubbiest-tech-confession/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:59 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163522 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. Image from Reddit]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-your-grubbiest-tech-confession/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-is-the-prettiest-gadget-you-own/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-is-the-prettiest-gadget-you-own/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 08:00:21 +0000 Eric Limer http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163329 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 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/what-is-the-prettiest-gadget-you-own/feed/ 35 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-run-anti-virus-on-your-mac/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-run-anti-virus-on-your-mac/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:30:07 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163126 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, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/do-you-run-anti-virus-on-your-mac/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-google-now-nuking-your-iphones-battery/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-google-now-nuking-your-iphones-battery/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:20 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162810 Now that Google Now’s on the iPhone, constantly being helpful in the background, there are rumours flying around that it’s nuking phone batteries because it’s hammering Location Services. Google says that’s not possible, but what are you folks seeing? In a statement given to LifeHacker, Google basically said that significant battery drain wasn’t possible. Although [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/is-google-now-nuking-your-iphones-battery/feed/ 18 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:45:06 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162722 This morning, I was in the middle of a proper writing groove — coffee brewed, tunes blaring and email inbox set to off — and all was looking well. Third story of the morning, here I come! But no. Windows had decided, in its infinite wisdom, that its arse-shagging auto-updates were more important, so it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/whats-the-most-annoying-thing-your-computer-does/feed/ 81 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/should-it-be-illegal-to-exploit-a-video-poker-bug-and-win-big/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/should-it-be-illegal-to-exploit-a-video-poker-bug-and-win-big/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:17 +0000 Jamie Condliffe http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162653 A Las Vegas District Court judge is currently weighing a big question that you may have opinions on: is exploiting a bug on a casino’s video-poker machine illegal or not? Wired reports that a pair of gamblers, John Kane and Andre Nestor , stumbled upon a bug while playing video poker in a Las Vegas [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/should-it-be-illegal-to-exploit-a-video-poker-bug-and-win-big/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-many-texts-a-day-do-you-send/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-many-texts-a-day-do-you-send/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:30:47 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161858 Apparently messaging apps like WhatsApp have finally overtaken SMS as the medium of choice for burst-fire messages. According to new stats, 1.4 billion more chat-app messages were sent than texts last year, marking the first time the humble SMS has been beaten. Looking at my own usage, I send a lot of “texts”, but almost [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-many-texts-a-day-do-you-send/feed/ 36 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/whats-the-biggest-internet-shopping-risk-youve-ever-taken/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/whats-the-biggest-internet-shopping-risk-youve-ever-taken/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:30:23 +0000 Lily Newman http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161628 There are some things you should really see/inspect/measure before you buy, but in the age of item reviews and free return shipping, laziness often dictates that we just take a best guess and see how things play out. Recently I ordered a wetsuit even though I know nothing about wetsuits. Return shipping was £10 so [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/whats-the-biggest-internet-shopping-risk-youve-ever-taken/feed/ 26