Archive for July, 2010

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Apple Trackpad

Image Source: Guardian

With Apple’s new trackpad coming on to the market, it seems that this is a ‘hello, goodbye’ situation to their ever evolving technology. The trackpad was first introduced to us back in 2008. These Magic Trackpads have just gone on sale, coming in at £59. They can work from 10 metres away (not that you could still see your screen if you were 10 metres away) and are also wireless. (more…)

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Chasing Down Apple

Image Source: Engadget

Microsoft has a history of following Apple’s footsteps starting from the introduction of the PC. Though it outperformed Steve Jobs’ Apple in popularity and growth with its flagship product Microsoft Windows, Steve Jobs and Co. are still far ahead when it comes to innovative products and ideas. (more…)

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Youtube Logo

Image Source: Mac Forums

If you’re used to shooting videos longer than 10 minutes in length and are annoyed to have to split them into parts to upload them on to YouTube, well then here’s good news for you. (more…)

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Crowdsourced Massage Jacket

Image Source: Gizmag

We’ve had some interesting wearable’s here on this blog but this one is very interesting and more useful than others. If you take a lot of stress while at work or home, this SOS (Stress Outsourced System) massage jacket created by female students at MIT should interest you.

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Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Image Source: Facebook

Just as the talks about Facebook’s privacy issues seemed to have died down a little, a Canadian security researcher Ron Bowes has  sparked a debate and revived the hype surrounding this social networking site. He did this by releasing 100 million Facebook users’ data on to the popular BitTorrent search engine, Pirate Bay.

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Thursday, July 29th, 2010

mouse2house

Those eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that we have changed our logo. Something that we feel is a lot more modern, fresh and fun for the site. What do you think? Heaps better than the old one!

We’ve also redesigned the search bar so that it makes it easier for you to find the products you want. You can now (more…)

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Sky 3D Channel

Image Source: Engadget

After 3D broadcasts of football, rugby union, cricket, rugby league and darts to more than 1500 pubs in the UK, Europe’s first 3D TV channel, Sky 3D, is about to come to home viewers from 1st October with a range of 3D movies and sports events.

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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Amazon Kindle

Image Source: Engadget

We knew this was coming after the huge success of the iPad. Amazon is releasing an upgraded version of its e-reader ‘Kindle’, with a heap of Ebooks for the UK market. The company is expecting a massive boost in the sales of Ebooks in the coming years.

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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Ranger Robot

Image Source: Wired

This robot walked an impressive 14.3 miles, all by itself. Humans accompanied the little fella on it’s walk but it wasn’t touched the whole 10 hours, 40 minutes and 48 seconds it took to walk this distance (more…)

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Google Docs is no longer in beta form and is well poised to snatch a portion of the market share, typically commanded by the Microsoft Office software suite. Google Docs is providing an unparalleled online document, an editing and collaboration platform for the masses. Developers at Google are adding and improving features to an already overflowing list of document tools.

Despite Google Docs’ easy-to-use interface, there are some tips to remember when working on your next project. We’ve picked out four great ones from the official Google Docs blog and listed them here.

1. Translation and undo smartquotes in Google Docs

Image Source: Google Docs

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