http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 22 May 2013 09:36:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/shooting-challenge-16-the-winner-is-2/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/shooting-challenge-16-the-winner-is-2/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:50 +0000 Guest Editor Agnes Thor http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164137 Asking you to capture summer sun was a tough request given the weather doesn’t always match up to what you expect of a season, but a score of readers used a spot of creativity in their quest to win some summery prizes from Rekorderlig. As ever, there can only be one winner, however… Using the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/shooting-challenge-16-the-winner-is-2/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/reminder-klaxon-get-your-shots-in-and-nab-a-barrel-of-rekorderlig-and-asos-goodies/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/reminder-klaxon-get-your-shots-in-and-nab-a-barrel-of-rekorderlig-and-asos-goodies/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:15:50 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164116 Never have we had a more appealing prize for our fortnightly Shooting Challenge. Simply snap a photo of some summer sun (if you can find some!) and grab your chance to win a case of passionfruit Rekorderlig cider; £300 of ASOS vouchers, and a Lomography Diana Mini camera. [Shooting Challenge]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/reminder-klaxon-get-your-shots-in-and-nab-a-barrel-of-rekorderlig-and-asos-goodies/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/shooting-challenge-17-summer-sun/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/shooting-challenge-17-summer-sun/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:57 +0000 Guest Editor Agnes Thor http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=160158 Summer is on its way and we’re happy to hang up our woolies and reach for our shades. To help you guys make the most of the arrival of British summertime, Rekorderlig has collaborated with photographer and Beautifully Swedish Collective member Agnes Thor and are inviting you to join them in celebrating the sun.   [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/shooting-challenge-17-summer-sun/feed/ 19 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-and-bag-yourself-a-canon/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-and-bag-yourself-a-canon/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:15:01 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=152656 What are you up to this weekend? Watching TV? Going to the cinema? Well forget all that. Get your entries into our latest shooting challenge, Street Photography, and win yourself a shiny new Canon PowerShot S110 for your efforts. You have until Monday, March 25th, 6pm to get em in, so hurry up and get [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-and-bag-yourself-a-canon/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/shooting-challenge-15-street-photography/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/shooting-challenge-15-street-photography/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:00:55 +0000 Martin Snelling http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=148793 This week Gizmodo UK is celebrating the dreamers; the unsung heroes that many of us have never heard of. These are the people that work tirelessly for their art with little or no recognition in their lifetime. Not wishing to deviate from this theme, it didn’t take me long (about 30 seconds) to think of [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/shooting-challenge-15-street-photography/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/blue-raspberry-pi-helps-celebrate-indie-computers-1st-birthday/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/blue-raspberry-pi-helps-celebrate-indie-computers-1st-birthday/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:45:42 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=147683 The maker of the sensational Raspberry Pi has built a limited edition 1,000 unit run of blue-boarded versions of the tiny computer, to celebrate one year of disrupting the home computing scene. You can’t buy the blue one, though. It’s being saved for use as prizes and free donations to charitable causes. If know someone [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/03/blue-raspberry-pi-helps-celebrate-indie-computers-1st-birthday/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/even-james-bond-isnt-immune-to-data-theft-skyfall-competition-below/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/even-james-bond-isnt-immune-to-data-theft-skyfall-competition-below/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:30:22 +0000 Sponsored http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=143254 With society becoming increasingly mobile, the importance of keeping your data safe has never been more in the public eye. The issue is even spreading into popular culture, what with James Bond having to combat the leaking of every MI6 agent’s details onto the internet in his latest adventure Skyfall. Mobile phones, laptops and external [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/even-james-bond-isnt-immune-to-data-theft-skyfall-competition-below/feed/ 39 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/win-a-sony-xperia-z-by-poking-around-on-the-internet-for-a-bit/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/win-a-sony-xperia-z-by-poking-around-on-the-internet-for-a-bit/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:38 +0000 Sponsored http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=139304 To celebrate the imminent arrival of Sony’s stonking new Xperia Z smartphone, we have a competition for you. You can win an Xperia Z and a set of Sony SRS-BTV5 wireless speakers just by prodding a virtual Las Vegas for clues. The little online competition uses an Xperia Z to analyse the Vegas skyline. You zoom [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/win-a-sony-xperia-z-by-poking-around-on-the-internet-for-a-bit/feed/ 16 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/shooting-challenge-12-the-winner-is/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/shooting-challenge-12-the-winner-is/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:04 +0000 Martin Snelling http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=137622 While the snowy weather kept many of you entertained this past week, some of you took the challenge baton and ran with it. Boy did you run with it; making the job of picking a winner particularly challenging. On the surface, the brief was simple; take a ‘streetscape’ self-portrait in the style of celebrated American [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/shooting-challenge-12-the-winner-is/feed/ 46 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-5/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-5/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:45:01 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=136509 What could possibly be more fun than playing in the snow? Taking shameless selfies of yourself playing in the snow, that’s what. Added bonus: if you do manage to get some good selfies (they don’t even have to be in the snow) you could win this week’s Shooting Challenge, and then your life would be complete. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/reminder-klaxon-get-your-entries-in-for-the-shooting-challenge-5/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/according-to-you-these-are-the-hottest-gadgets-of-2013/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/according-to-you-these-are-the-hottest-gadgets-of-2013/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:00:34 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=132832 A couple weeks back we asked you all, under the cunning guise of a giveaway, to sell us your soul and reveal what gadgets you’re looking forward to in 2013. We took the numbers, and our team of slave-minion-analysts have been toiling endlessly since then to crunch the numbers and come up with the ultimate [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/according-to-you-these-are-the-hottest-gadgets-of-2013/feed/ 30 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/which-talentless-commenter-won-themselves-a-sony-xperia-go/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/which-talentless-commenter-won-themselves-a-sony-xperia-go/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:00:55 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=129819 In this last of our Crimbo Commenting Challenges, we invited you all — young, old, sick, lame, witty and banterless, to compete on an unusually fair and level playing field. Rather than relying on some modicum of skill, this challenge just needed you to leave one paltry comment in order to win. So, which lucky [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/which-talentless-commenter-won-themselves-a-sony-xperia-go/feed/ 17 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-another-sony-xperia-go-in-this-weeks-crimbo-challenge/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-another-sony-xperia-go-in-this-weeks-crimbo-challenge/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:00:20 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=128570 In our two Crimbo competitions so far, you’ve had to rely upon your Photoshop skillz (or lack thereof), or commenting prowess. This time, all that’s required of you is some basic knowledge of the world of technology — specifically, we want to know what gadget or tech you’re most looking forward to seeing in 2013. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-another-sony-xperia-go-in-this-weeks-crimbo-challenge/feed/ 243 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/who-won-our-crimbo-commenting-challenge/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/who-won-our-crimbo-commenting-challenge/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:00:24 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=128158 Last Monday, we invited (with no small amount of trepidation) the web’s best comedians to bring the cream of their acerbic wit and banter to bear on our site, with the promise of a spanking new phone for the comedic gem of the week. Well, time’s up, the phone lines are now closed; the winner [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/who-won-our-crimbo-commenting-challenge/feed/ 50 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/reminder-claxon-get-your-best-quips-in-for-our-chrimbo-commenting-challenge-pronto/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/reminder-claxon-get-your-best-quips-in-for-our-chrimbo-commenting-challenge-pronto/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:15:48 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=127987 Want to win yourself a Sony Xperia Go? You have till 9am tomorrow (Friday) morning to wow us with your hilariously, pointed commenting skills. Get that wisecracking wit going folks, not long now. Make us laugh and win.]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/reminder-claxon-get-your-best-quips-in-for-our-chrimbo-commenting-challenge-pronto/feed/ 55 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-go-in-gizs-crimbo-commenting-challenge/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-go-in-gizs-crimbo-commenting-challenge/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:00:07 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=126315 So your Photoshop skillz are a bit rusty, but you pride yourself on leaving acerbic barbs of wit in the commenting fields of Giz UK? Our next Crimbo Challenge is for you. To enter, all we’re looking for is the best comment left anywhere on the site this week. Our judges Sam, Chris and intern-Abi [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-go-in-gizs-crimbo-commenting-challenge/feed/ 102 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/crimbo-photoshop-challenge-results/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/crimbo-photoshop-challenge-results/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:51 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=126242 Last Monday, we asked you to peer behind you at the big tech stories of 2012, and Photoshop the heck out of one of them for a chance to win a Sony Xperia S. If you’re particularly fond of the sharp end of a stick being pointed Apple’s way, step on over… The four judges [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/crimbo-photoshop-challenge-results/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-s-in-gizs-crimbo-photoshop-challenge/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-s-in-gizs-crimbo-photoshop-challenge/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:00:36 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=124979 Every week in the run up to Christmas, the Giz Santa will rifle through her desk drawer and produce a different mobile for a good little boy or girl. But unlike the fat man who shimmies down your chimney, Giz Santa actually requires you prove your worth with a new challenge every week. This week’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/12/win-a-sony-xperia-s-in-gizs-crimbo-photoshop-challenge/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-winner-of-our-james-bond-themed-3d-printing-challenge-is/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-winner-of-our-james-bond-themed-3d-printing-challenge-is/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:00:06 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=122969 As expected, Skyfall stormed the cinemas; broke some records, and even had a few of us reaching for our tissues during that scene. While the rest of us are now looking forwards to The Hobbit, opening next month, one talented Giz UK reader will soon be receiving a pretty unique Skyfall souvenir — designed by [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/the-winner-of-our-james-bond-themed-3d-printing-challenge-is/feed/ 21 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/whose-photoshop-skillz-won-them-a-nokia-lumia-920/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/whose-photoshop-skillz-won-them-a-nokia-lumia-920/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:00:02 +0000 Kat Hannaford http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=119777 It’s a good thing the people at Nokia have a great sense of humour, because after seeing their beloved Lumia 920 dragged through the battlegrounds of Photoshop (and in some cases, MS Paint), I wouldn’t be surprised if they started feeling a little sensitive. Nonetheless, the winner is… …Rhiannon Griffiths, whose Dali-esque creation was chosen [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/whose-photoshop-skillz-won-them-a-nokia-lumia-920/feed/ 46