Stories by: Scott Nichols

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    Social network sites not just for teens 16/01/2009 06:06:00

    The common perception of social networking sites is that they are the exclusive realm of teens and college students. However a recent study conducted by Pew Research shows that every year, more and more adults are hopping aboard social networking sites.
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    Blu-ray dominates Christmas sales 06/01/2009 06:46:00

    Back before Thanksgiving I predicted that Blu-ray sales would suffer during the holiday season due to the high cost of both the player and HDTVs combined with the current economic recession, among other reasons. But after seeing the report from the British Video Association declaring Blu-ray sales have risen almost 400 percent for the 2008 holiday season over the same period of time last year, it is clear that I was wrong.
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    Man Tweets from plane crash 24/12/2008 07:54:00

    If you had just survived a plane crash, what would you do? Call loved ones to tell them you're okay? Check if your luggage survived? Twitter? Mike Wilson, a passenger on the Continental Airlines flight that skidded off the runway in Denver over the weekend chose option C, tweeting his experience for all to read.
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    Android G2 Rumors Blaze 23/12/2008 05:45:00

    The T-Mobile G1 phone has been fairly successful so far, although it hasn't yet approached usurping the iPhone from its lofty consumer throne. And so the rumours have already started about the possibility of an Android G2 phone.
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    Artist wants cyborg webcam eye 19/11/2008 05:35:00

    Sometimes people use technology such as artificial limbs to regain capabilities that they have lost. San Francisco artist Tanya Vlach lost her left eye in a 2005 car accident. Since then she has used a prosthetic eye, but now she wants something more.
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    Apple's Brick rumored to be new manufacturing process 07/10/2008 12:23:00

    The rumor mills have been running at full capacity to figure out the mystery behind a new Apple product called the MacBook Brick. Over at 9to5mac an (undisclosed and unspecified) Apple insider revealed that the Brick is in fact a new manufacturing process. This new manufacturing process is based around using lasers and water-jets to carve a single block of aluminum into a MacBook chassis.
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    Blu-ray only has 5 years left, says Samsung exec 05/09/2008 12:34:00

    Blu-ray may have won the format war over HD-DVD, but how long will that victory last?
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    Go ahead Google yourself, everyone is 19/12/2007 14:51:17

    Have you Googled yourself lately? According to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, there is a good chance you have.
 
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