If you’re feeling miserable and can’t get The Smiths off repeat play on your CD player*, get blogging (or log on to a social networking site) and you’ll soon be breaking out the Kylie, stripping off your top and whooping around the house with unbridled joy.
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Mike Slocombe
Blogging Cheers You Up: Official. Ish.
Tangent Quattro MK2 Retro Internet Radio
If you find yourself pining for the smooth wooden lines of your Gran’s old radiogram and great chunky, old-school rotary dials still get you moist, then prepare your heart for a boost in the thumpa thumpa department as you set eyes on the Tangent Quattro MK2 Internet Radio.
(more…)Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard: Review (Part 2 – 85%)
Yesterday we looked at the layout of the keyboard and battled with the installation.Behold! Let the light show begin!
Once we started using the keyboard, we quickly forgave its installation quirks, and marvelled at the space age glowing lightshow on our desktop.
(more…)Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard: Review (Part 1)
We’re not quite sure it lives up to Logitech’s “World’s most advanced keyboard” claim, but if you’re looking to cut a stylish dash at your desktop, then you won’t find many keyboards as likely to impress as the Logitech diNovo Edge.
(more…)Yahoo! Launches onePlace Mobile Content Manager
Fresh from a deep mining expedition into the Buzzword caves, Yahoo’s PR team have returned with an impressive collection of hyperbolic nuggets for our delectation.
(more…)Mobile Phone Sales Slow In Mature Markets
Despite rip-roaring, cash-churning global mobile device sales of 1.15bn units in 2007, analyst-spod types Gartner are predicting sales to drop by around ten per cent in mature markets this year.
(more…)Facebook Boosts Music Service; MTV And MySpace Launch TV Show
Oh great. There’s yet another social networking service arriving on an already crowded landscape, and this time it’s Facebook ripping off MySpace by offering their own full-on dedicated music service.The feature set appears to be a note for note copy of the basic MySpace services, so bands or musicians can create their own homepages, add songs and videos, post up information about gigs, blog updates and news, yadda yadda yadda.
(more…)Microsoft Vista Prices Slashed
Microsoft has announced that it’s set to cut the the price of Vista, with online discounts rumoured to send versions of Vista tumbling down to around half price.Billy and his bog software gang plan to dish out the cheapo deals when Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) reaches retail, and that’s expected to arrive in around two months time (but don’t quote us on that).
(more…)Intel Atom Processor Announced
After a furiously frenetic flapping of flipcharts, Intel’s PR department have come up with the family name for their new range of processors destined for mobile Internet device (MIDs) and low-cost PCs.First to get the new name will be Intel’s Silverthorne chip, designed for MIDs, and Diamondville, destined for cheapo PCs such as the hugely successful Asus Eee PC.
(more…)Philips Xenium 9@9j Mobile Packs AAA Battery Backup
Sporting one of the daftest names we’ve seen for some time, Philips’ new Xenium 9@9j mobile phone maybe not exactly roll off the tongue, but when it might be worth learning the pronunciation if you’re after a phone with a King Kong-sized battery life.
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If you find yourself pining for the smooth wooden lines of your Gran’s old radiogram and great chunky, old-school rotary dials still get you moist, then prepare your heart for a boost in the thumpa thumpa department as you set eyes on the Tangent Quattro MK2 Internet Radio.
Yesterday we looked at the 
We’re not quite sure it lives up to Logitech’s “World’s most advanced keyboard” claim, but if you’re looking to cut a stylish dash at your desktop, then you won’t find many keyboards as likely to impress as the Logitech diNovo Edge.
Fresh from a deep mining expedition into the Buzzword caves, Yahoo’s PR team have returned with an impressive collection of hyperbolic nuggets for our delectation.
Despite rip-roaring, cash-churning global mobile device sales of 1.15bn units in 2007, analyst-spod types Gartner are predicting sales to drop by around ten per cent in mature markets this year.
Microsoft has announced that it’s set to cut the the price of Vista, with online discounts rumoured to send versions of Vista tumbling down to around half price.
After a furiously frenetic flapping of flipcharts, Intel’s PR department have come up with the family name for their new range of processors destined for mobile Internet device (MIDs) and low-cost PCs.
Sporting one of the daftest names we’ve seen for some time, Philips’ new Xenium 9@9j mobile phone maybe not exactly roll off the tongue, but when it might be worth learning the pronunciation if you’re after a phone with a King Kong-sized battery life.