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To celebrate Wallace and Gromit’s 20th birthday, a Google ‘doodle’ has appeared featuring the much loved plasticine characters. The animated stars of the superb ‘The Wrong Trousers’ and ‘A Grand …
Google celebrates Wallace and Gromit Read MoreNow, we rather like the Beatles, but can’t say we’ve ever craved owning their entire back catalogue in the form of a removable USB stick stuck in a plastic green …
Beatles catalogue released on Apple-shaped USB Read MoreThere’s something curiously hypnotic about watching this video clip of the Adept Quattro robot packager in action. A parallel robot specifically designed for high-speed manufacturing, packaging, material handling and assembly …
Adept Quattro: the fastest packaging robot in the world Read MoreTo the sound of much gnashing of teeth from assorted ‘OMG! The Moon Landings Were A Hoax’ nutters, NASA has released some astonishing photos clearly showing the site of the …
Apollo 17 site photographed by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Read MoreShowing the kind of spirit that once made Britain the home of the Sinclair C5 and the Bouncing Bomb, engineer Iain Sharp decided to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the …
Lunar Lander rebuilt on Southwold Pier, Suffolk Read MoreSo we’re at Brixton tube station. And we’re late for a meeting. We rock up to the gates, slam down our Oyster card on the reader only to be greeted …
Official! Tube ‘Call For Assistance’ ticket button is pointless Read MoreWe like this. Rather a lot in fact, although we’re not quite sure why. Go to ‘Mystery Google’, type in any search terms you fancy and whatever you write will …
Mystery Google serves up mystery searches Read MoreWe’re hoping that Microsoft’s new operating system won’t fall over as easily as this, but click on to watch a video of 7,000 dominoes spelling out the logo for Windows …
Windows 7 in 7,000 domino toppling bonanza! Read MoreStar Wars fans. To be honest, they scare us a bit with their weird obsession with a series of children’s films that were cheesy to start off with and certainly …
Star Wars Uncut: fans to recreate entire movie online Read MoreAimed at ‘serious’ users, we’ve always liked Canon’s Powershot G range of cameras, with their rugged looks, no-nonsense black lines and full feature set. The recently introduced PowerShot G11 wisely …
Canon PowerShot G11 gets reviewed Read MoreNaughty. But funny. On the day that Windows 7 was launched, the assembled wags at Funny Or Die have released a video parodying the awesomely bad Windows 7 adverts we …
Host Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party! Read MoreEveryone knows that the file browser that comes with Windows is a bit on the basic side, so if you fancy yourself as something of a power user, it may …
Directory Opus v9.5: the king of Windows file managers Read MoreYes, we know we’d be hard pressed to describe the Cassini spacecraft as a gadget and you certainly won’t be able to buy one for Christmas, but these photos taken …
Saturn and its moons: awesome NASA photos Read MoreIf there’s one thing sure to set Mac fanboys into palpitations of leg-quivering, gusset-moistening excitement, it’s the ludicrous pretend ‘post-it note’ that Apple slaps on their site whenever a new …
Apple’s ridiculous ‘back soon’ sticky Read MoreNetbooks, schnetbooks. You can’t move for the ruddy things these days, and we get an inbox full of new look-a-like releases every week, but Acer’s latest AS1410 offering caught our …
Acer Aspire AS1410 ultraportable with netbook price tag Read More