None other than Chad Kroeger of Canadian post-grunge outfit – and soundtrackers of the DFS furniture sale adverts – Nickelback raised his shaggy head above rock’s parapet to rail against a generation of youths wasting their time playing games like Guitar Hero when they could be out playing actual guitars and recording soundtracks to their own furniture adverts.
January, 2009
A job ad from Apple hints that the firm’s looking to upgrade the iPhone’s innards, adding HSUPA capability for faster mobile uploads, and maybe even video conferencing on the move.
The Asus Eee Keyboard has been a mystery since its surprise unveiling at CES last week. But now we know exactly what’s inside that aluminium shell, and it’s more powerful than you’d expect.
The Carphone Warehouse has cut the price of Nokia Comes With Music, offering the 5310 XpressMusic for just £82.18. That’s a reduction of £45, and still includes all the music you can download for one year, that’s yours to keep forever!
Palm has announced that the Palm Pre will have its own online store selling webOS apps. So that’s a Store that sells Apps – where do you even begin trying to think up a name for something like that?
Obviously you would call it the App Catalog, wouldn’t you? Well Palm is, anyway.
Cisco is about to open a can of wireless whoop ass on Sonos as it trots out its music streamer. The new kit can send sounds around the house just like Sonos, but also hooks up to other kit without cables.
Bank Panic is a fair stab at replicating the classic Game & Watch electronic games on the iPhone, with a (slightly) satirical twist.