Sometimes people just can’t get away from their laptops or smartphones for their business and personal uses and with constant technological advances, things are getting faster and even more convenient. This has been taken one step further (or higher!) with the partnership between British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat and global aviation supplier, Honeywell. Inmarsat have plans to launch 3 satellites into orbit over the next couple of years, with the first being launched in 2013 which will be the beginning of their plans to provide global coverage.
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With the explosion of smartphones and tablet PCs in the past few years, mobile internet usage has also sky rocketed. Hundreds of new apps are released each and every day and many of them are heavily internet reliant, which means that the current speeds we get over the 3G network (and its variants) are starting to become “too slow” for the day-to-day needs of tablet and smartphone users. It’s no wonder then, that mobile network operators in the UK are trying to push for it’s snappy implementation, but even that doesn’t come without controversy. Everything Everywhere (the outcome of T-Mobile & Orange’s merger) have kickstarted a movement, however competitors are worried that they’re trying to shoe-horn their way in and have ulterior motives after they proclaimed that they wanted to be the first company to be providing the technology in the UK. Read More »

The Earth’s natural resources are running low, a decision has been made to send out space shuttles to mine asteroids for their raw materials and transport these back to Earth. Sounds like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster right? That is exactly what Planetary Resources have planned though, it’s a company with some high profile backers including the Google co-founder, Larry Page & James Cameron (director of Avatar & Titanic) that plan on doing some revolutionary things outside of Earth’s atmosphere; using robotic probes to do some cool things to asteroids! What they intend to do is mine near-Earth asteroids that have high stores of Platinum group metals and water and in turn, have a massive effect on the global economy.

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There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to web analytics and it’s just been given a massive boost by being included in cPanel’s latest update. This has of course sparked an interest among users and admins alike and many are wondering “What exactly is Logaholic and why should I use it?”. Hopefully I’ll be able to give you an overview and some reasons behind using the new piece of software over its rivals such as Webalizer and Awstats.
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Meet Pebble, the watch that will change the face of the watches forever! Not only that, it will change it’s own face, whenever you tell it to.

E-paper is nothing new, it has been used in Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader since 2007, mobile phones, USB drives, digital photo frames and even other watches (though the Seiko Spectrum SVRD001 would set you back nearly £2,000!). So, what is it that makes the Pebble revolutionary? There’s a number of things, not least the way they have approached this project. Unable to secure funding through the traditional venture capital route they did what any self-respecting entrepreneur does these days… Read More »

HTML5 has been in development since 2004 now and we’re still far from being able to call it finished, or even close to finished! It will however, provide a great, new platform for website designers and developers to show their creative flare and make better use of their time with simplified tags and all-round options. Whilst there have been quite a few examples of HTML5 in the past year or so (http://lights.elliegoulding.com) we’re still a long way off from seeing it on every website, as well as actually being able to see it in a wide range of browsers. Below I have made a quick overview of 5 features within HTML5 that will make your lives easier and your code a bit more lively!

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Space at a premium? Trying to look “hip” with one the latest trends coming from notebook and laptop manufacturers? Then an Ultrabook may be what you’re looking for! A whole host of companies have got in on the act and are now producing a range of notebooks under what Intel are calling Ultrabooks. Ultrabooks have been designed with the aim of reducing the size and weight in relation to the regular notebook, whilst extending battery life and still providing great performance for the end user. Obviously, with Ultrabook being the brainchild of Intel’s development crew, the notebooks all contain Intel Core processors in addition to a wide range of other, low power components such as Solid State Drives. These have been brought in in favour of their mechanical cousins for their versatility on the move (own up, who’s dropped their laptop before?) and extremely low power usage, which when you’re trying to get weeks of battery life out of your machine (as Acer are claiming with the specific Ultrabook we’re going to look at today) is extremely helpful.

Let’s start off with letting you know what exactly is inside the incredibly thin Acer Aspire S5 (it’s only 15mm thick at it’s thickest point!) and what will be powering it! Read More »

If you are looking to move your site to a new hosting company, perhaps to change the URL of your website or setup a copy of the site for testing and development purposes this guide will give a general overview of how to go about this. The steps tend to be fairly similar for any content management system so this will point you in the right direction, though for specific tips we’d recommend checking out the documentation and community sites for the CMS you are using.

 Step 1 – Backup!

The importance of creating a backup of your site before making changes to it can never be overstated, using cPanel this can be done with just a couple of clicks and could save you hours if not days of work down the line. This process shouldn’t affect your existing site however mistakes can happen so it’s always best to be on the safe side. Read More »

We’ve had a look at some of the best WordPress themes updated/released in 2012 so far, here is a selection of some of the best, all free to download and use on your blog! Some of these use HTML5 and CSS3 so your blog will be using the latest web languages and looking very pretty at the same time!

Blogolife

BlogoLife is a simple and attractive theme built in HTML5 & CSS3 for personal blogging , it’s fully customisable and clean so can be styled if you want to change it, otherwise it can be used straight away. Read More »

A team of US engineers working at the University of California, Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have revealed the result of their latest research, a material they claim to be the world’s lightest. Read More »