It’s hard to believe, but 2011 has almost wrapped. Of course, the latest, hottest gadgets don’t stop for recantations of Auld Lang Syne or annual Hootenannies, and 2012 will be packed with even more incredible kit. From the Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Kinect sequel, here’s what on our radar for 2012.
You know what it’s like: the clock counts down and you feel compelled in your drunken state to text all and sundry a happy New Year. Not to mention tweeting. Then the lines jam and you realise that what you’re trying to send is a rambling slur anyway. Here’s how to avoid it this year… Read more
We all want to be better people in the new year, but sometimes you need an inspirational kick in the right direction. There’s no better place for inspiration than the web and no better place within it than blogs, some of which are grand or promising enough to give you a new lease on life. Here are 5 that you need to bookmark right now. Read more
Back to work? Depressing isn’t it? While your holiday may not have lasted quite as long as you’d imagined it would, there are ways and means of killing time until the next batch of time off. Here are our favourite time-wasters on the web… Read more
New Year, new funds and maybe a new console. But which titles should you be spending your cash on in 2012? Luckily, the next 12 months look to host a real gamut of future gaming classics. Here are our favourites… Read more
Got a new Amazon Kindle for Christmas, but spent all your cash on pressies for your friends and family? Fear not. The incredible Project Gutenberg is absolutely chock full of freebies: 36,000 to be precise. And among those thousands of gratis reads are some of the greatest classics ever written. So what are you waiting for? Dive in and we’ll take you through six stunning titles that you should download and read now.
Tech’s endless march looks set to continue in 2012, with stacks of new and improved technologies set to make life easier and more fun. From proper contactless payments coming to mobile phones and improved gaming systems to 3D printing getting the mainstream breakthrough it deserves, here’s our pick of 10 of the best new technologies to get excited about in 2012.
So you’re back home for a few days and are forced to use your parents’ old machine? Hang about… How the hell do they use this thing? They’ve fallen into every web trap going and it’s up to you to de-clutter it. Here’s how. Read more
