Get Online @ Home offers computer, year's broadband for £160
LaptopsDo you know someone who isn't on the Internet yet? Whether it's an elderly relative, a friend who doesn't have the cash for a flash computer, or just someone who hasn't got round to it yet, a new deal from Microsoft and TalkTalk could get them online while saving a serious chunk of change.
Get Online @ Home is a scheme backed by Microsoft, TalkTalk, BT, Three and the Post Office to provide cheap computers. The new deal sees a discount on broadband as well as your computer or laptop, adding up to as little as £160 across the year -- or less if you're on eligible benefits. Continue reading...
Apple's Jony Ive knighted, discusses 'quest for simplicity'
Mobile PhonesApple's design guru Jonathan Ive has received a knighthood, with the 45-year-old British designer behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad opening up about Apple's design philosophy in an interview with the Telegraph.
"We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable," Sir Jony told the paper. "That leave you with the sense that that's the only possible solution that makes sense."
The Chingford native says Apple's products are tools, "and we don't want design to get in the way. We're trying to bring simplicity and clarity."
If you tried to describe Apple's familiar design aesthetic, 'minimalist' might be the word you'd reach for. But Sir Jony says simplicity isn't as simple as just clearing space.
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Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle in possibly unwise move
GadgetsWaterstones is to start selling Amazon's Kindle ebook readers in its bookshops, apparently shelving plans to construct its own Kindle-rivalling gadget.
As well as flogging Amazon's rival device, Waterstones says this year it will set up 'dedicated digital areas', as well as free Wi-Fi access in its stores. Continue reading...
Guinness submarine sets sail for an underwater pint
GadgetsUp pour-iscope! To celebrate its 250th anniversary, Guinness has set sail with a bar in a submarine. No, really. A pubmarine, if you will.
Lucky winners of a competition got to play submariner aboard the Guinness mini-sub, which is constructed from glass-reinforced plastic and contains a working bar inside. Continue reading...
Paralysed woman controls robot arm using tiny brain implant
GadgetsResearchers at Brown University in the United States have enabled two people with tetraplegia to take control of a robot-powered arm using a tiny implant on the surface of their brains, CNET reports.
The 96-electrode 'BrainGate' implant allowed one participant -- who'd had the tiny sensor implanted five years prior -- to use the study's robot arm to take her first independent sip of coffee in 15 years. Continue reading...
Steve Jobs movie to be penned by Social Network scribe
GadgetsAaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning writer behind Facebook movie The Social Network, will be writing a film about Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures, Slashfilm reports.
Sorkin was previously reported to be 'strongly considering' taking the writing job, which will see the late Jobs' life transformed into a silver-screen biopic. Continue reading...
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Steve Wozniak doesn't have home broadband. Woz going on?
GadgetsHe may have co-founded the defining tech company of our age, but Steve Wozniak doesn't have broadband at home, News.com.au reports. That's right, the Woz has no high-speed Internet reaching his home in Los Gatos, California. Think of all the time he must have on his hands.
Speaking to a business forum in Australia, the Apple co-founder said, "I don't have broadband at my home". Perhaps sensing the surprise in the audience, he went on: "I, Steve Wozniak, don't have broadband at my home." So why not? Well, apparently he just resides on the wrong side of the tracks. Continue reading...
UK broadband 42% slower than advertised, study says
GadgetsUK broadband is over 40 per cent slower than advertised, according to an investigation by The Guardian.
The newspaper held an online broadband speed test, with more than 3,000 readers taking part in three days. The results showed quite a disparity between advertised speeds and those actually recorded. On average, us Brits are paying for 12Mbps but we're actually getting 7Mbps. That's a gap of 42 per cent. Continue reading...
See Ashton Kutcher in Steve Jobs' signature outfit
GadgetsLooks like Ashton Kutcher is getting into character as Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic.
TMZ has a series of snaps of the 34-year-old actor in Los Angeles dressed in the Apple co-founder's black polo neck, stonewash denim and New Balance trainers. And it's not a bad likeness. Continue reading...
Man puts magnets under his skin to hold iPod Nano
GadgetsFile this one under extreme fanboyism -- a man has performed his own surgery to put magnets under his skin in order to hold his iPod Nano in place like a watch. Evidently nobody told him they make straps that do the same job.
The bloke in question is Dave Hurban, a tattoo artist working in collaboration with Kaleidoscope Kreative. His background in all things pointy, ink-filled and painful means that he's at least used to foreign objects invading his person, but this really seems a step too far. Continue reading...
Steve Jobs appears in 1984 Ghostbusters spoof video
GadgetsNot content with being president of the US, Steve Jobs also appeared in an 80s Ghostbusters spoof video made by Apple, targeting its then main competitor IBM.
The video -- unearthed by Network World, the same guys who brought us Steve Jobs as FDR -- begins by showing a man in a lovely bow-tie becoming increasingly frustrated with his IBM computer as it oozes green slime over the keyboard (as was the style at the time). When this happens, who you gonna call? The Blue Busters, of course. Continue reading...
Google Project Glass high-tech specs first hands-free photo
GadgetsThe opposite sex don't like specs -- but who can resist Google's augmented reality glasses with built-in camera? Google has shown off the first picture taken by the Project Glass high-tech specs. Look mum, no hands!
Googlebod Sebastian Thrun posted the picture of his son Jasper in mid-flight, taken with the Project Glass AR specs. Posted on Google+ -- where else?! -- the snap was taken by the face-mounted wearable AR unit, even though both Thrun's hands were occupied. Continue reading...
The Lasersaber is a real-life lightsaber
GadgetsIt's not an official George Lucas-endorsed product, but the Lasersaber is about as close as you can get to a real-life lightsaber.
It's a 32-inch polycarbonate blade with a light that extends from the anodised aluminium base when it powers up, just like the real thing. Oh, and it's very dangerous. Check out the video below and feel your inner fanboy swell with pride. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S3 cases, docks and speakers snapped 
Mobile PhonesBored with ogling the Samsung Galaxy S3? Why not check out some S3 accessories! Cases, charging docks and speakers that were on show at last night's launch get the photo treatment in the gallery above, so click through to treat your peepers.
Fancy giving your new S3 pride of place within your domicile? You need the Premium Audio Dock, which sports a vacuum tube amplifier, poking out the top of the system. Continue reading...
Classic movie script ebooks released, packed with extras
GadgetsWarner Brothers has released a series of classic movie scripts as ebooks, crammed with images, diagrams and facts to please movie buffs.
Impressively, the digital scripts are available on Amazon's Kindle store, which means you can also read them on iOS devices via the Kindle app. If you fancy going through Apple's digital book shop they're also on the iBookstore. In the US, the scripts will be available for the Nook ebook reader. Continue reading...
Apple pioneered tax avoidance tactics, report claims
GadgetsAn in-depth report in the New York Times claims that Apple pioneered ways to pay as little tax as possible. It also says that technology companies are uniquely placed to take advantage of outmoded tax laws that haven't kept up with today's digital products.
Apple, for example, set up a small office in Reno -- just 200 miles from its Cupertino headquarters -- to collect and invest its profits. Why? Well it wasn't just because Tim Cook loved the biggest little city in the world. It's because Nevada's corporate tax rate is zero, compared to California's 8.84 per cent. Continue reading...
Cheers! Electronic beer fridge only opens when all work's in
GadgetsIf you're anything like me, when Friday rolls around you've probably got one eye on the clock and one eye looking forward to a refreshing post-work beverage. Spare a thought then for these office-dwellers toiling hard to finish -- their beer fridge only unlocks when the last bit of work is handed in.
The Drink Time Sheet is a fully-stocked fridge of brewskis, which is electronically locked to the time sheet system at Brazilian marketing agency Casa. It only unlocks when all of the week's time sheets are turned in, which seems like a heck of an incentive not to put anything off until next week. Continue reading...
Planetary Resources to mine asteroids with robots
GadgetsPlanetary Resources, the brand-new company that wants to create an industry out of purloining metals from asteroids, has outlined its plans to use robots to evaluate potentially valauble space rocks.
Backed by ambitious bigwigs including James Cameron, Google execs and space flight entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, Planetary Resources went official yesterday. Its website states, "Asteroids are filled with precious resources, everything from water to platinum". Continue reading...
Sony pulls games from PSN to avoid hacking
Games and GearSony has removed another hacked game from the PS Vita's store, following the removal of two similarly compromised titles last month.
Tetris lookalike Super Collapse 3 is the latest title Sony has pulled from sale on the PlayStation Store for the PS Vita, The Verge reports, following Vita hacker Wololo's announcement about the game's security holes. This tactic from Sony follows a similar move last month when Everybody's Tennis and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge were pulled for the same reasons. Continue reading...
Sitting all day at a computer could take years off your life
GadgetsAre you sitting comfortably? Bad news, I'm afraid: sitting down all day in front of a computer and all evening in front of the TV is killing you.
That's according to new research, which reveals that those who sit for longer have a far greater chance of dying than those who don't sit as long. Continue reading...
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