published in April 2013; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming


Call of Duty: Ghosts

A Tesco listing, which has now been pulled, declared the name for this year’s Call of Duty release ‘Ghosts’. The listing also leaked the cover art for PS3 and Xbox 360, pictured above. Shortly after, Target released an advert offer involving a discount for CoD: Ghosts reservations, that stated the release date to be 5th [...]



Google Glass Explorer

Google has started shipping Glass to those lucky enough to be chosen as ‘Explorers’; given early access to the product we’ve all been waiting for. In order to get a nice database full of compatible apps in time for wider launch later this year, they’ve also released documentation for so-called Mirror API (geddit?) for Java, [...]



Creator, Eben Upton, beholding the RasPi

The Raspberry Pi. It needs no introduction at this point. Everyone who’s anyone is eagerly awaiting information on when, where, and how they can order one. Here’s how!



published in February 2012; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Desktop PC Components


Creator, Eben Upton, beholding the RasPi

You all know by now what the Raspberry Pi is. And you’ve all been long awaiting it’s arrival. Well, it’s here. Or nearly, at least. Manufacturing shoud finish by the 20th February, at which point they’ll be hauled back to the UK and we can all start massacring each other to get our orders in [...]



published in January 2012; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Apple, Mobile Devices


LandingZone MBA dock

Starting life as a Kickstarter-funded project, the LandingZone dock for MacBook Air is now going into production, having just been showcased at MacWorld | iWorld. The $199 device provides 4x USB, Ethernet, and mini-DP ports – as well as MagSafe. It works with a sort of clamping mechanism, to hold the MBA in place, and [...]



Apple Education Event

Apple’s ‘Education Event’ has been on our calendar for January 19th for a few weeks now, and I’ve been thinking about what exactly that might mean. Several people have been asking me, “When will the iPad 3 be launched”, and as Bloomberg reported, Foxconn has been working 24/7 to manufacture the new tablet, so a [...]



published in November 2011; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

MW3 has a lot of hype surrounding it.   We’re well accustomed to that from new Call of Duty games – with their hardcore following and franchise fanboys. What we might not expect however, is for one such fan to purchase a copy of the new game early (after being accidently sold by KMart) for [...]



published in August 2011; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Microsoft


Windows 8 file transfer dialogue

Microsoft have announced some new features to be found in Windows 8, ahead of the Operating Systems release. The video (after the break) explains all, but the crux of it is a nifty file transfer window, which allows you to pause, resume stop several different file movements. Most importantly – they’re all here in one [...]



published in June 2011; by Ollie Ford
categorised as: All News, Gaming, Mobile Devices


Sony PS Vita

  Sony has now officially unveiled the Next Generation Portable (NGP), and announced its consumer-facing name, PlayStation Vita. The upgrade to the ageing PSP will feature a 5″ OLED screen, with a resolution slightly over qHD at 960 x 544 as well as a quad core Cortex A9 CPU from ARM, and an SGX543MP4+ GPU. [...]



Apple announce Android style 'Notification Center'

Among plenty else at WWDC, Apple finally announced an answer to the embarrassment that was iOS notifications. Being Apple, there’s absolutely nothing understated about the solution, which is the aptly named -but cringe-worthy- Noification Center. Swiping down from the top of any screen brings up the Notification Center, which is a full-screen affair for iPod [...]