For ages now, we’ve been able to get our DVDs, games and Blu-rays on-the-cheap from Jersey, thanks to a little tax loophole called LVCR. Of course the government has been clamouring like a fat kid after cup cakes for all that missed tax. Now it’s been given the go-ahead to crush LVCR, meaning discs are going to get pricier from next month.
Going to the cinema these days is expensive enough, but it doesn’t half cheese you off when you get a massive extra fee of up to £4.20, just for booking online with your bloody card. Thankfully it seems someone’s finally wised-up to the fact that we’re just not having it any more, as Cineworld’s dropped all card charges.
Yesterday we heard that the humble Hobbit pub in Southampton was being threatened by the legal hounds of Mordor over the use of the Hobbit name and imagery from the fantasy saga. Now it seems Saul Zaentz Company has come to it senses after much media pressure, meaning that the southern boozer is saved.
"You mean it wasn't out of print already?" That's our first reaction to the news about the print edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica being discontinued. Our second is, "What's for dinner?" Because the emotional impact of the announcement is fleeting -- how did this publishing dinosaur manage to limp so far into the 21st century?
Trust the Swedes to take big and busty to the limit. As part of a Swedish channel’s jungle-based reality TV show, Djungelns Drottning (Queen of the Jungle), one of 10 "beautiful big city girls" suffered a breast implant explosion. Apparently the mud wrestling challenge was too much for the mammary-maximiser.
Jumping over a bunch of stuff riding a mountain bike is a lot of fun. Do you know what is a lot more fun? Jumping over a bunch of stuff riding a mountain bike while some dude spits fire all over you!
It's iPad Day! Hurray! All your favourite iPad apps, made retina-displayable! Hurr — not so fast. If what Instapaper godfather and iOS dev guru Marco Arment says is true, we might be waiting just a bit longer before we see many retina-caliber apps making their way onto the new iPad.
Microsoft showed-off the ability to use Xbox Live to take your gaming from Windows Phone back onto your Xbox way back in 2010, but we’ve yet to actually see a game come out that supports it. It looks we might finally see it though with the incoming Sonic 4: Episode 2, according to Sega.
"We should probably go get the Big Red Key", I said, referring to the battering ram in the caged van. "The lift's broken, isn't it?" Pete said, before taking a step back, and give the door an almighty kick.
Science may attempt to offer a solution to all of life's problems, but it can have some fun along the way, too. So, if you're not put off by the idea of genetically modified food, here's how to go about making sushi that glows in the dark.
We’ve seen our fair share of crazy mountain bikers, but this one is just insane. The sheer speed, crazy agility and immense skill – this guy is simply a legend.
