Life in a Day movie available on Youtube
Remember a while ago when Google put out the request for people to record moments in their life? Well, neither could we; but the results are available on Youtube for free.
To somewhat diverge from the image of Youtube being merely a place for video game griefing videos and a general cute animal storage system, Google has taken it's quest a step forward by cutting through the over 4,500 hours of video uploaded for the documentary and created a 95 minute feature piece, that made the transition from cinematic spectacle to a free piece of consumer content in a scarily short amount of time. Watch it below with 25 languages worth of subtitles (if you're reading from overseas). That's just how nice we are!
Anonymous target Mexican drug cartel for kidnapping one of their own
Online culture jammers, Anonymous, have put out a video threatening Mexico's Zetas drug cartel with the exposure of their close ties in the local police and news media this week unless the gang release a kidnapped member of the international hacker movement.
London Police creates fake mobile network to trace calls and messages
London's Old Bill, The Met Police, have bought in a highly sophisticated mobile surveillance system. Through this, they can create a masquerade mobile network, coax your phone into connecting to it, then trace all communications and your IMEI number. Uncomfortable stuff to say the least.
What's your number out of 7 billion people?
BBC has created a really interesting interactive feature called 'The world at seven billion' giving you a number based on age as to what person on Earth you are.
Got Battlefield 3? Got a 4GB Xbox 360 slim? Prepare for old-school textures...maybe
Our review of Battlefield 3 will be going up tonight; but we've found something of particular interest that (if it's not just an isolated incident to us, and we hope for you guys it is) seems to be a real slap in the face to those who got the 4GB version of the new Xbox 360.
Nokia Kinetic offers a new form of smartphone interaction
Nokia World 2011 hasn't just been about the Lumia line-up of Windows Phone 7 devices, as the Future Technology booth at th Expo prooved with a whole a practical use of a flexible display on a smartphone.
Watch the Grand Theft Auto V trailer right here
After the massive announcement by Rockstar on Tuesday, it's fair to say that rumours have been rife as to what will occur in the trailer next week. This has caused so much of a stir that the stars of Rock have even decided to create a countdown; but this is no ordinary countdown, as you can see below.
Sesame Street YouTube account hacked with porn
We can't help but think this is actually hilarious; but we can also see this is downright wrong. The YouTube account for popular kids show Sesame Street was hacked last week, with clips of my childhood heroes replaced with...graphic porn.
Streetlife.com looking to reawaken British community spirit
In a time when David Cameron tries to push his vision of the "Big society" to no avail, it's good to see social good come to the rescue as streetlife.com is introduced.
Simply put, it's the local nature of Foursquare with the interconnectivity of Facebook, and the active transactional engagement of craigslist. The team behind the site say their mission is to let users "create an online profile and connect with people, groups and businesses in their area, to share practical information, advice, opinions, skills and resources".
Windows XP still the most used desktop OS in the world after a decade
The title says it all really. The one operating system that we love to hate and hate to love: Windows XP, is a decade old this week, and still has a worldwide user base of around 52%, making it the planet's most used desktop operating system. And it makes sense: it's still the best there is. Think about it.
Nokia Lumia line announced + specs
It's basically an N9 altered for Windows phone 7. Nokia have just announced the Lumia 800 and 710 at their Nokia World 2011 keynote, representing their first device on Microsoft's platform.
If there's one thing we can take away from this, it's that Nokia still make (arguably) the best phone hardware on the market. You've probably already seen the N9 on the high street; but without the cartoon OS that is Meego and the Metro UI bringing some grace to the display instead, it manages to accentuate just how beautiful the hardware truly is.
IRIS 9000 makes the iPhone 4S awesome
So you liked what you heard from our iPhone 4S review; but are still looking for more of a reason to buy. More of an enticement beyond asking Siri for the best places to hide dead bodies, so how about the IRIS 9000.
Anonymous targets child pornography
So after taking down the likes of Sony and threatening the destruction of Facebook, Anonymous has turned its online vigilantism and activism to the world of child pornography sites.
The “hacktivists” are targeting web host Freedom Hosting and accusing it of knowingly hosting child pornography. This marks a paradigm shift for Anonymous, moving away from hitting big corporate businesses in the name of anarchism to a more noble goal.
Obama gets a Tumblr
Caving into the temptation of Nigel Thornberry Gifs and 4Chan jokes that are a year too late, Barack Obama now has a Tumblr page for his 2012 campaign.
"We’d like this Tumblr to be a huge collaborative storytelling effort—a place for people across the country to share what’s going on in our respective corners of it and how we’re getting involved in this campaign to keep making it better." Proclaims the first Tumblr post that (yes) directly addresses the blogging service brand as if it were a real person (a rather annoying trait if I do say so myself).
See how the iPhone camera has improved over the years
So the iPhone started as a phone that didn't really break a sweat over making an effort on the afterthought they called a camera. Fast forward to the 4 and we have something that takes stunning photographs, and actually has a flash! But how much has the camera improved since the first inception? This is a question that Lisa Bettany has answered.
Grand Theft Auto V. It's Official.
Rockstar Games have splash-screened their website, officially confirming Grand Theft Auto V, with a trailer to come on November 2nd.
Two rumours have been rife surrounding GTA V:
Steve Jobs Biographer on 60 Minutes
We've already written our Steve Jobs obituary; but last night Walter Isaacson, official biographer of the Apple CEO took part in an episode of 60 minutes. From what he says, it's obvious to notice that Steve really split the crowd down the middle of love and hate. Whichever way you see it, you can't help but take note of the effect he has had on the tech industry. We've got the show embedded here.
Skyrim Live Action Trailer makes Monday night awesome
Says it all in the title really. We're never content with three awesome ads. Forza Motorsport 4 with Jeremy Clarkson on vocals? Sony's dedication to gamers? ASUS taking a little too much influence from Michael Bay? Please, don't waste my time when I could be watching a village under seige by a dragon.
Google Engineer posts apology for "Great-Granddaddy of Reply-All Screwups”
“Last week I accidentally posted an internal rant about service platforms to my public Google+ account (i.e. this one),” Google engineer Steve Yegge writes in his apologetic blog post. “Bagging on the company, even in an internal memo, was uncharacteristically unprofessional of me. So I’ve been feeling pretty guilty for the past week.”
So what was this muck up of sorts? Not too long ago, he posted a 5000 word update on his G+ account (intended for internal employees which ended up going public) which really slams Amazon on it's flaws and Google's inability to understand platforms.
Lucky Charms Sifter keeps your breakfast awesome
I think it's unanimously agreeable to think that the single greatest cereal made is Lucky Charms (with Frosted Shreddies and Weetos in a close joint second). But as is with all nutritional morning meals, the marshmallowey beauty is somewhat destroyed by actual cereal held within the confines of the box. This is where we'd like to introduce Lombardi's Lucky Charms Sifter.