Regular readers will know that back in December of last year (makes it sound ages ago, doesn’t it) we offered an amazing Picco Z RC Helicopter to a lucky reader who offered a mini review of TFTS and today we can confirm that we have a winner.
I would like to …

If you think your PC is a tough guy think again. In comparison to the Switchback UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer) it’s a wimp that wears fresh flowers in its hair.
Or, to put it another way, if you were to arrange a boxing match between your PC and the Switchback …

If you’re anything like me then you have boxes of compact cassettes stashed around the house that you never listen to but can’t be parted with – because you know that there’s some good stuff on them, invariably recorded from the radio as you hovered on the pause button in …

If you are one of those people who struggle to get out of bed in the morning and have tried numerous alarm clocks that have proven all too easy to either ignore or simply switch off – thus leaving you to wake several hours after seriously late for work – …

If you thought that the bicycle treadmill featured a while back on Thoughts from the Sidelines was odd, what about a treadmill especially designed for dogs.
Now perhaps I’m under a misapprehension here – and do excuse me if I’m being particularly dense (it’s in my nature) – but as I …

Sometimes our inherently inquisitive natures can take over and we end up spying on people just in order to know what they’re up to – but this isn’t necessarily malicious (though of course it can be).
For instance, when my wife and myself are food shopping I have been known to …

Though personally I’ve long since passed the acne stage and have moved with the passing of the years into the hair/memory loss stage infused with the complete inability to understand manufacturer instructions for things as simple as a household toaster, I can remember what it was like to turn up …

It is interesting to note that PC World has announced that it is to stop selling floppy disks when current stocks run out – could this herald the end of the floppy disk?
With the advent of UDB flash memory the demise of the floppy disk was an inevitability, and I …