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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
January 2013
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The iPhone coffee cup holder
- Freelance editor and journalist 25 Jan 2013 -
The app that tells you if 'measure up'
- TechTarget 24 Jan 2013 -
Technology thwarts technology
- Senior analyst 23 Jan 2013
Ever found yourself in that unbearable situation where you just can't put your phone down to stop texting your friend, but you've just bought yourself a hot cup o' Joe. What do you do? Put your ...
080320 - measuring tape (Photo credit: janGlas)Ever considered whether you are cock of the walk or a Tiny Tim when it comes to your own hardware? Fear not male IT specialists, technology has come ...
Why do people invent things?Seemingly so that other people can invent something else to thwart whatever they have invented, which is certainly the case with the so-called "privacy visor".It amounts ...
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iPotty - waterproof accessory for the iPad
- Freelance editor and journalist 17 Jan 2013 -
How the Hapifork will stop you stuffing your face
- TechTarget 10 Jan 2013 -
Chinese father hires gamers to "kill" his son
- Senior analyst 08 Jan 2013 -
IT professionals to exact revenge on bankers that cost them their jobs
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Jan 2013 -
Value of money lost on Chelsea FC tweeter but not the Toon Army
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 03 Jan 2013 -
Don't be evil: Schmidt travels to North Korea
- TechTarget 03 Jan 2013
At CES in Las Vegas this year, there was a varied amount of weird and wonderful technology being showcased, but the iPotty has to be up there with one of the strangest. CTA Digital, which ...
As we all traipse back into work with that certain glow of too many mince pies around our waistlines, what better time to launch the technological fork to curb our munching? That's right, this ...
A father in China has hired virtual assassins to hunt down his 23-year-old son and kill his avatar to help cure his suspected addiction to online games. The father, named by the Kotako East blog as ...
A government commission looks set to give IT workers the opportunity to get revenge on bankers that have cost them their jobs and deteriorated their opportunities.IT professional in the banking ...
It seems that fans of the mid-sized but very rich football team Chelsea have leant from their Russian owner and taken to throwing their money away.One individual, who Downtime can only presume is a ...
Downtime was interested to hear that Google's Eric Schmidt is visiting North Korea this month on a "humanitarian" trip.It's hard to imagine what could possibly come of the meeting, as North Korea ...