I have been following this News of the World / News International / News Corp scandal from day 1, however I honestly cannot keep up with the amount of revelations that keep coming our on a daily basis. People resigning, people being found dead etc. It’s just a little much for a one man operation. [...]
As a big consumer of all things food, I was excited to hear that the Nottingham Food and Drink Festival is back for 2011! The festival has been extended from the previously planned 4 days – to a whopping 12 days! That means 12 days of food food food between Wednesday 29 June – Sunday [...]
Tech giant Google has made a major step forward into the computer OS world with the release of the Google Chromebook! Normally you would use your computer to store all your images, music and videos – but this taps into the power of cloud computing which stores all of your data on a network. I [...]
“The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,” President Barack Obama has just announced. Almost 10 years after the September 11 attacks! This story couldn’t have possibly spread any faster than it did on Twitter tonight.. I was casually browsing when I saw one ReTweet, followed by an explosion on [...]
Sony, Sony, Sony. Look what you’ve gone and done now. Yea, you screwed your own customers! The community has spoken out against Sony following their decisions to pursue individuals that opened up the ‘secret codes’ of the PS3′s software. This hack allowed users to ‘jailbreak‘ their PS3 and play homemade/unofficial games. Sony didn’t like the [...]
Both Apple and Android are collecting data in user’s handsets regarding location and movements. Apparently, any phones using iOS or Android is constantly logging where the phone is and which networks it is connected to. This includes Wi-Fi networks as well as mobile phone masts. Although, at present there is no need to panic – [...]
This new footage is actually incredible! The tsunami can be seen way out in the distance, but look how far it comes within just a short few minutes. The Japanese are quick to rebuild though, just look at this road which was completely rebuilt just 6 days after the tsunami! Yet, we in Nottingham seem [...]
A three-storey penthouse overlooking Hyde Park has been sold for £136m – becoming by far the most expensive flat ever bought in Britain. The apartment comes complete with a wine cellar and access to room service at the neighbouring Mandarin Oriental hotel. If you’ve for £136 million to spare, look at what it might be able to [...]
“I’m so angry, I’m fuming! I’m fumigating!” – Nadia Almada “Do they speak Portuganese in Portugal? I thought Portugal was in Spain.” – Jade Goody “Is there chicken in chick peas?” – Helen Adams “Sherlock Holmes invented toilets.” – Jade Goody “If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be sweet and wipe the seat.” – [...]
It seems that there has either been an increase in the frequency of natural disasters around the world – or technology is making me hear about them more often.. I am going to have to assume, from the way it’s reported on the news that it’s something relatively new.. I can’t say it’s global warming [...]
