http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:39 +0000 Commenter Nick Allen http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166479 The “great unwashed” is now aware of 3D printing — they’ve read about it in the papers; on blogs, or seen it on TV. They think that it’s as simple as downloading products or making them themselves, using CAD programs, apps and 3D scanners; printing them out at home or in localised print shops. But [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/why-3d-printing-is-just-like-daft-punks-latest-album/feed/ 32 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-mixed-blessings-of-html5/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-mixed-blessings-of-html5/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:38 +0000 Commenter Matt Hindle http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164749 The last few years have seen some huge developments in the world of online technologies. Flash is a dying platform, abandoned now by Android and relegated to a selection of whitelisted sites by the modern version of IE10, and HTML5 is becoming the norm for rich interactivity. This must be a boon for developers of [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-mixed-blessings-of-html5/feed/ 20 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/spiel/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/spiel/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:07 +0000 Commenter Magicguppy http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=158874 “What’s the wreck we’re heading for?” I asked. I had never dived a shipwreck before. Something about the swinging boat; the fried breakfast and the fearsomely cold and inhospitable conditions made me wonder if I really wanted to. We were still thirty minutes out and the skipper was offering us a cup of tea. I declined. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/spiel/feed/ 22 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/do-you-actually-need-to-spend-more-than-100-on-a-smartphone/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/do-you-actually-need-to-spend-more-than-100-on-a-smartphone/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:39 +0000 Commenter Resis http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=157209 You have absolutely no spare cash. You don’t want a contract. You’ve got a sellable old phone. You want a decent smartphone. And yes, you’re a cheapskate. Can you buy a perfectly usable smartphone for the princely sum of £100? Just over two years ago, I owned a Nokia N95. My contract was up. I [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/do-you-actually-need-to-spend-more-than-100-on-a-smartphone/feed/ 56 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/top-10-questions-asked-of-an-it-guy/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/top-10-questions-asked-of-an-it-guy/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:36 +0000 Commenter Thedomsta http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=157123 Many professionals will tell you that they get asked the same questions over and over and over again. Vets get asked about sick pets; accountants get asked about how to legally dodge tax and, like me, IT technicians get asked about all things tech. Here’s my most commonly-asked tech questions (in no real order) and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/top-10-questions-asked-of-an-it-guy/feed/ 53 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-idiosyncrasies-and-character-flaws-flying-brings-out-in-me/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-idiosyncrasies-and-character-flaws-flying-brings-out-in-me/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:27 +0000 Commenter Jow7 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=155394 On a long-haul flight to Chicago recently, I realised something: Flying brings out the extremes in my already tedious personality. I don’t know exactly what it is about being cooped up with 200 strangers in a tin tube, but facets of my personality normally kept under control, safely within a locked room somewhere in my [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/the-idiosyncrasies-and-character-flaws-flying-brings-out-in-me/feed/ 23 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/see-you-in-20-years-time-3d/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/see-you-in-20-years-time-3d/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:00:23 +0000 Commenter Jchambers http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=154012 It’s not too often that I make a tech prediction that actually comes true, although like many people, I prefer to think I’m better at it than I really am. Still, when one does come out as I foretold I am not immune to rubbing my hands with glee and smiling with a cheeky grin, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/see-you-in-20-years-time-3d/feed/ 25 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/that-time-i-interviewed-gaming-god-nolan-north-on-a-payg-phone-for-12-minutes/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/that-time-i-interviewed-gaming-god-nolan-north-on-a-payg-phone-for-12-minutes/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:00:15 +0000 Grant Howitt http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=153042 I know how it is. You look at me, and you think, “this guy’s got it made. This guy knows what’s going on.” Well, it’s an act. I have no idea what’s going on at any time. Most days I can barely remember to put on trousers. See, games journalists don’t get what you’d call [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/that-time-i-interviewed-gaming-god-nolan-north-on-a-payg-phone-for-12-minutes/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-readers-demise-is-no-bad-thing/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-readers-demise-is-no-bad-thing/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:43 +0000 Commenter Woolcott http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=151579 My job, believe it or not, is to watch TV (albeit news channels); read the papers and generally be a bit of a media junkie. I’m a huge media nerd; can quote back the names of major correspondents, editors, and tell you which Government ministers are less inclined to dodge questions in front of a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-readers-demise-is-no-bad-thing/feed/ 20 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/panasonic-headphones-event/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/panasonic-headphones-event/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:12 +0000 Grant Howitt http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=151142 “So,” I say, shouldering my way through the crowd, “Job one is we find ourselves the bar. And job two is we try out some headphones. Sound good?” “Sounds good,” Chris replied. “’Scuse me mate,” I say to a man wearing a shirt that clearly cost more than my entire week’s food budget, “Is the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/panasonic-headphones-event/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/why-im-building-a-new-social-platform/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/why-im-building-a-new-social-platform/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:00:51 +0000 Commenter MarkStephenson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=148311 Social network sites are big money. Facebook, with its $104 billion IPO and $1b profit (2011); Twitter valued at around $10-$11b; newcomers Pinterest getting $200m at a $2.5b valuation, and the behemoth Google gaining traction with G+. With these and a plethora of other international and niche networks, why would anyone bother trying to launch [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/why-im-building-a-new-social-platform/feed/ 74 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/a-programmers-guide-to-the-real-world/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/a-programmers-guide-to-the-real-world/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:00:11 +0000 Commenter Minignong http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=148363 It’s hard work being a geek. In fact it’s exhausting. What I present to you here, dear reader, is a defensive piece on the side of us poor geeks caught observing the world through a slightly-altered version of what regular people see. Being a programmer, my job is to solve problems; to make things efficient, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/a-programmers-guide-to-the-real-world/feed/ 52 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-the-ghost-town-thats-advertising-for-tenants/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-the-ghost-town-thats-advertising-for-tenants/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:00:36 +0000 Commenter Glenbot3000 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=146912 The very utterance of Google+ is enough to garner a collective sigh by many, however it’s recently been getting headlines for all the right reasons. Google+ is maturing into something interesting and engaging, and here’s why I believe you should be one of the 340,000,000 people using it. Spoiler: I’ve even convinced the Giz UK [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/google-the-ghost-town-thats-advertising-for-tenants/feed/ 58 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/working-in-the-advertising-industry-aint-easy/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/working-in-the-advertising-industry-aint-easy/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:00:58 +0000 Commenter Stopthinkcj http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=144925 Often, when I tell people what I do, their eyes narrow into an expression that roughly communicates something along the lines of “You’re the prick responsible for ramming crap in the way of my Hollyoaks omnibus, and telling my girlfriend that she’s fat and needs a new toothpaste”. Then again, I could be lucky enough [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/working-in-the-advertising-industry-aint-easy/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/would-you-like-to-write-for-gizmodo-uk/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/would-you-like-to-write-for-gizmodo-uk/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:15:18 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=143981 I’ll warn you upfront: these two opportunities are unpaid, but if you’re a young ‘un wanting work experience, or someone merely wanting to spout off about their chosen subject in under 1,000 words, we want to hear from you.   Work Experience Many of our interns have gone on to incredible jobs at the Metro; [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/would-you-like-to-write-for-gizmodo-uk/feed/ 70 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-valentines-day-rebound-why-cant-we-date-online/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-valentines-day-rebound-why-cant-we-date-online/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:00:32 +0000 Commenter Alex Kennedy http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=143342 The day after Valentine’s Day. That day so many singletons take the plunge and turn to what is (apparently) their last hope — the internet. And not for porn. Not this time. This time, it’s to sign up to a dating site. I know exactly what some of you are thinking: “that reeks of desperation.” [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-valentines-day-rebound-why-cant-we-date-online/feed/ 52 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-heroic-saga-of-upgrading-to-windows-8-guest-starring-microsoft-live-support/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-heroic-saga-of-upgrading-to-windows-8-guest-starring-microsoft-live-support/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:55 +0000 Commenter Jack Butterworth http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=141502 Six days, 22 hours and 9 minutes later, I’ve finally managed to install Windows 8. I don’t know what I did to upset the god of Windows Vista. Maybe he’d thrown a tantrum at getting fired on his birthday. Maybe somehow he knew I was going to write this column. Maybe there just Is No [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/the-heroic-saga-of-upgrading-to-windows-8-guest-starring-microsoft-live-support/feed/ 20 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/you-mayve-lost-your-gift-voucher-but-i-lost-my-job/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/you-mayve-lost-your-gift-voucher-but-i-lost-my-job/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:00:34 +0000 Commenter Caitlin Leyshon http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137708 On Christmas Eve 2008, I found out I would be losing my job. There is no day of the year to find out something like that, but it seems that Christmas Eve is a particularly bad one. I remember it very clearly, even down to what I was wearing. I was packing to go home [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/you-mayve-lost-your-gift-voucher-but-i-lost-my-job/feed/ 112 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/136832/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/136832/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:00:56 +0000 Grant Howitt http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=136832 I am getting my nails done. I am a big man with shaggy hair and a beard and I am getting my nails done and drinking glass after glass of red wine because Nintendo wants to sell more games and they figure this is the best way to do it. This is my job. Technically. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/136832/feed/ 24 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/21st-century-bands-dont-need-hmv-or-musty-record-stores/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/21st-century-bands-dont-need-hmv-or-musty-record-stores/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:00:21 +0000 Commenter Bhenn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=136367 So it’s official — with the news that HMV has gone into administration, very soon we’ll have no way of buying music on the high street. While I feel bad for those affected by the closures that are set to come, forgive me if I don’t shed a tear for the demise of HMV (and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/21st-century-bands-dont-need-hmv-or-musty-record-stores/feed/ 32