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iPhone Game App – Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes

Hour of HeroesMany games released for the iPhone have unfortunately been same old same old adiditions, swanky remakes of old cassics with better graphics more than anything new or innovative.

Apple however have today announced that the popular Brothers in Arms series have released a 3D World War 2 First Person Shooter game for the iPhone and iPod touch!

This fantastic World war 2 FPS gives the users a huge range of weapons, several vehicles you can steal and control, 13 missions and intuative controls to… Continue Reading»

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How to get High Definition YouTube HD

There have been rumours of a high definition version of YouTube being released for some time now, many predicted it was rumour, but today a hack has been announced for HD Youtube.

So how do you hack you tube to get HD quality video?

Simply add ‘&fmt=22′ to the end of the URL.

Doing this on any video uploaded in High Definition will provide you with a fully compliant HD Youtube Video!

Of course the HD version of youtube can take much longer to load teh same clip, when we tested it the loading time was near 15 minutes longer ona 1 minute long… Continue Reading»

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New Blackberry – The iPhone Clone?

Blackberry StormThe New Blackberry Storm has just been released and has been flagged as the first real iPhone killer (Like we haven’t heard that before!)

But this one may actually stand a chance.  First things first though, the internet, one of the iPhones most endearing qualities is available in a html browser via 3g. Unlike the iPhone  however the Blackberry Storm has no WiFi capability, a massive drawback for  a device supposedly centered on the internet.

The next huge difference in the Blackberry Storm vs iPhone debate is the touch screen.  I… Continue Reading»

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My Top Blogger Templates

For those of you who have started their own blog on Blogger before I am sure you are aware how bland and boring their default templates are.  For this reason I have started collecting my favorite templates from across the internet into one comprehensive website, Free and Easy Blogger Templates.  On this website I have compiled a collection of my favorite free blogger templates for my readers to use on any blog they decide to create!

So if you are starting up your own blog on Blogger take a look… Continue Reading»

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Worlds Smallest PC Running Windows XP

Worlds SMallest PCThere are thousands of products out there claiming to be the worlds smallest, greatet or quickest. I usually discount this as the usual tosh you end up reading on advertisements, the FIT’s claim to be the Worlds smallest PC running Windows XP however seems to hold some merit.

The Fit-PC an an astounding 10cm wide by 11cm long and only 3gm deep. In this box you have everything you need, from wireless capability to USB comptability, all running on the latest version of Windows XP. This does actually eem… Continue Reading»

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Phorm – Good or Bad?

Phorm, for those of you who don’t know, is the logging of personal information to provide targetted adverts to the user.  In recent years this has been hotly debated across the EU as to wether or not it is in fact legal.

Many people do not like to have their search information recorded, but lets face it, it’s not just the internet that does this.  Your local supermarket, be it Tescos or Walmart will be recording what you buy and when you buy it so it can send out advertising to you on the right day about the right products.

Personally I… Continue Reading»

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Google Chrome Review – Why I Love and Hate Google Chrome

Googel ChromeGoogle Chrome is Googles second foray into the world of Internet browsing software.

Google Chrome itself was released yesterday and is available to download at http://www.google.com/chrome for free.

The best thing about Google Chrome is undoubtedly its new Back End, unlike nearly all other internet browsers Chrome has the unique feature of running each tab and window with its own process, this has several significant benefits.

  • Memory Usage
  • Browsing Speed
  • Crash Protection (Not Recovery)
  • Visual Management
  • Security
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