Dial Up makes a (Limited) Comeback and Provides a Blue Print for the Future of the Internet

Twighlight’s last gleaming? Dial up Internet access, broadband’s poor relation, has seen renewed interest as the world economy slides further into recession due to its low cost solution to users’ surfing needs.  The global financial situation has meant that at the sharp end, the disposable incomes of families, less money is available for ‘luxury’ services, such as telecommunications.  In some other recent posts (what the credit crunch means for the Internet, pt... Read More

The Greatest Skate 2 Bails of All Time

Skate 2 is probably the best skateboarding game ever made. It has a huge world to ride around in, an incredible control scheme, and is so realistic that you can do all the half 360 flippy trick varial slam jams that real skateboarders do. But let’s face it: the most fun in the game is the epic bails. Everyone loves seeing that virtual skateboarder slam into the ground at speeds that break the sound barrier, so we’ve collected some of the most entertaining crashes, bails, slams, accidents,... Read More

Sam & Max Roam the 360 for Deliquents to Pummel

Telltale Inc. further expands their Xbox Live Arcade arsenal with the lovable and wacky Sam & Max game series. Dog with hat and manic rabbit-thing are appearing for the first time on Xbox Live Arcade with the first two “seasons” of Sam & Max being released simultaneously. Both games will be released as full-season bundles, jam-packed with otherworldly mysteries to be solved and ass-kickery to be had. Season One, which takes the duo to the US Capital and the moon as they follow... Read More

Forecast says Sunny, but Cloud Computing may see Stormy Skies!

Many predicted that some day the “Network will become the Computer” – and the IT giants of Microsoft, Amazon and Google are investing millions to tell you that time is now! The “remote” computing revolution in its simplest form means that PCs will eventually become antiques and all of our files, documents and classified information will eventually be stored literally online. While weather forecasts aren’t always reliable, the digerati have come to depend on the... Read More

Gmail collapses in the UK

Google’s much vaunted email service Gmail was unavailable today for an estimated 33% of its UK account holders, causing what can only be described as chaos for hundreds of users.  Whilst to many of us the result was a mere inconvenience there has been a backlash by leading IT mangers at the idea of cloud computing and the feasibility of such services in the business environment without total infallibility.  Cloud computing, touted by Google as the future of business and personal computing,... Read More

8 Well-Designed Sites and What You Can Learn From Them

Making a website is a process that requires a good amount of technical expertise, but there’s one thing web designers should never forget: that it is the visitor’s experience that counts the most. For that reason, it’s sometimes good to look at web design from a perspective other than the technical standpoint, and take a look at what generally makes a website enjoyable for someone to visit. The websites we’re about to look at it aren’t necessarily supposed to be examples... Read More

Wii Gets Mature in 2009

The Wii had so much promise when we first saw it in stores. The possibilities were exciting and a few amazing games gave us hope for a bright future. Sadly, what we have seen is an exorbitant amount of crappy party games and family-oriented software. The hardcore games were few and far between; the mature games were almost nonexistent. I believe our cries have finally been heard, our calls have been answered. Not only are there a good number hardcore games being released this year that anybody can... Read More

Enso Powers Up Your Old Boring Keyboard

I am primarily a keyboard user. And i hate moving over to the mouse for little tasks. ‘Can’t i use just one gadget for doing most of my work?’, is the question that troubles me. Seems like someone heard calls and made Humanized Enso. Enso is not one thing, it is many. For a short description, it can launch folders, programs, do google, gmail searches for you, make maps, translate, handle your media player, count characters and words, lookup words from the dictionary or thesaurus;... Read More

What the Credit Crunch means for the internet Part Two

In the first part of this article I explored some of the ways in which the current credit crisis was going to affect the way people used the internet to spend money. In this next part I am looking at the ways in which the credit crisis and looming economic recession will increase the amount of people who use the internet to earn extra income. In times of uncertain economic climate studies have shown that people find innovative ways of making extra income: The batten down the hatches mentality which... Read More

You say you want an iPhone Music Revolution!

The way we listen to and access our music has changed over the years, but nothing in the music industry has steam-rolled quite as fast as what has transpired in the first decade of the 21st Century. As the Beatles’ rock anthem of the late 60s reminded a nation: You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution… And as we all know, the one constant in life is change. Just when we were all starting to feel real comfortable... Read More

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