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Techselector: the end to all your gadget woes

Are you the type of person who’s forever being asked for tech recommendations from your friends because “you work with computers so you must know, right?”. If so, Techselector could well be your new best friend. Users select a category (e.g. DVD players), answer a few questions about features they’re looking for and receive a tailor-made list of recommended products. You can then refine and review the recommendations and click through to buy them. Give it a go and let us know how decent your results were.

Posted May 24, 2007 3:20 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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Google’s personalised homepages up the ante

I’ve been using my Google personalised homepage as my RSS aggregator for a while now, not neccessarily because it was particularly functional or attractive but because it was the first of its kind I discovered. Some nice recent improvements though have helped stop me switching over to PageFlakes or NetVibes. For example, I can now expand blog headlines within my homepage. Moreover, as of today I can skin the page with a dynamic theme. Because i’ve given my location, my skyline theme will change to reflect the time of day and weather conditions in London. Yes yes, I know it’s utterly pointless but i’m a sucker for these kinds of things.

Posted March 20, 2007 3:29 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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Digging Digg

I’m going to go out on a limb and state that Digg is the most forward-thinking site on the web. Let’s start with the basics. You submit a story to the site which other users can then ‘Digg’/vote for. The more Diggs a story receives, the more prominence it is given on the site. If you don’t like the story you can ‘Bury’ it.

Posted March 19, 2007 3:53 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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The production team must have been very patient

I know it’s been done before with real dominoes but there’s just something about the fact that it must have taken god knows how long to stop these things from rolling around that makes it all the more impressive. Nicely filmed too – in fact so nicely filmed that I guessed it wasn’t an amateur effort before the end. Apparently, the Big Idea is Sky One’s equivalent of the Dragon’s Den.

Posted March 19, 2007 2:31 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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Slacker: One who is antimaterialistic, purposeless and apathetic

Dodgy name aside here is a rather nice extension of an existing idea from a San Diego startup. If like us you’re a fan of Pandora or Last.fm style personalised radio streaming, Slacker could be right up your street. Currently the site offers a very slick looking Pandora-style service but the real kicker is the portable device scheduled to arrive soon that offers the same functionality on-the-go via WiFi and Satellite coverage. A great way to discover new music without being tethered to your desk. The player will also be able to cope with your existing music collection should all those new tracks begin to melt your brain.

Posted March 16, 2007 12:29 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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