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The weekend is when you get your household jobs done. Whilst previous generations would spend their downtime fixing leaky taps, painting fences and completing all manner of small repairs around the house, nowadays we’ve added a plethora of digital jobs to the task list. My current favourite? Downloading...

When you buy a new ink cartridge for your printer, have you ever noticed the little envelope in the pack for recycling your old cartridge? Good! Now, do you use them? Even better! If you have a HP printer, that cartridge has joined over 320 million others which have been returned and recycled in the...

There’s a great guide over at How to Geek this week on enabling two-finger scrolling on your laptop’s trackpad. What’s two finger scrolling, you ask? Well, rather than clicking and dragging the scrollbar on the page, you simply slide two-fingers down your trackpad, and the page scrolls – neat! Whilst...

It’s a nightmare scenario. You’re out with family and friends, having a wonderful dinner when you suddenly remember that you forgot to set the DVR for tonight’s big game/film/soap (delete as appropriate). It starts in 10 minutes, and you spend five of them wondering how rude it would be to just leave...

I have a real soft sport for Brookstone – whenever I’m in the US, I have to sneak in to see the latest in Slanket technology, and find out what new household objects the company can apply a layer to Tempur to. I go in with a smile, and never fail to come out without buying something.

I’m next travelling...

2010 will probably be remembered as the year of the Cloud – cloud computing that is. It seems like talk of the Cloud is everywhere right now, and to join in the fun, Windows Live and Bing teamed up last month to host a competition for users to submit photos that illustrate how Windows Live connects...

Tricky situations in modern life #237: Using smartphones and other portable devices outdoors in the winter. Despite the best efforts of UI designers and engineers, it’s nigh on impossible to operate a handheld device with gloves on. In years gone by, that was probably okay – if it was a call on our...

It may have taken 31 years, but the British designer of the world’s first laptop has been honoured this week with a lifetime achievement award, according to the BBC.

Bill Moggridge developed the Grid Compass computer in 1979, taking a further three years to get the product to market. It’s black clamshell...

Dropping into my post box this morning were my first two Kinect games (other than Kinect Adventures, of course, which comes free with the Kinect Controller). As soon as I’m finished with work today, the family and I will be learning how to “be the controller”. Can’t wait!

Unfortunately, whilst our six...

Engadget’s dropped the news that Sling Media Inc have finally launched SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Phone 7.

Previously demoed back in October, the app allows Live TV to be streamed directly from a Slingbox Solo or Pro-HD connected to your TV at home over the air to your Windows Phone 7 handset, wherever...