Twitter. You've heard of it. Of course you have, it's all over the place. It's spread itself further than a syphilis infection in an Eastern European brothel. Out of nowhere it's exploded into a cornucopia of irrational popularity. Even respected members of British society, such as Stephen 'National Treasure' Fry have fallen head over heels for the service whose main purpose is to 'tweet'. So, as a bit of a web-savvy user (I'm so cool, I've got a Google Calendar and a blog) ... Read More

The awesome self-repair gurus over at ifixit have cracked open Nintendo's latest update to the DS range, the DSi. Personally, I find the software results of this kind of thing more interesting than the hardware geekery; luckily, a SlashDot reader has summerised the findings, so we don't have to: "It seems that an experienced hand can completely disassemble the DSi in less than ten minutes using standard tools, especially since the job does not require a tri-wing screwdriver. This should make repairing and ... Read More

Yesterday was the 1st April and was also April Fools Day. Every year, pranks are played on unsuspecting victims much to the general hilarity of the person that plays them. In the modern day, more and more of these jokes are played on the internet to a potential audience of millions by countless companies like Google and newspaper sites like the Guardian. I've scoured the depths of the net to find the most noteworthy April Fools jokes. Did you fall for any ... Read More

What is it about the Dreamcast that inspires such overwhelming tributes from the people that let it die? Despite being abandoned by developers and consumers for the futuristic promises of Sony's Playstation 2, there's not a person out there who doesn't well up when the name of Sega's final console is mentioned.  But whilst the diminutive white box may be long gone now, some people just won't let it rest in piece. One modder has given the innards of the console a fresh ... Read More

Those wonderful chaps and chapettes at BoingBoing are giving us their own unique window into this weeks GDC (Game Developers Conference), live via Ustream (time-zones apply). I only just found out about this, so apologies on the late reporting. You can catch the latest in CounterTech here: The happy-mutants have already covered some pretty-cool techy stuff.Including this weird 'hybrid-media' photo-frame designed by award winning visual artist (The Matrix) artist John Geata: Keep checking back for some cool interviews with top tech-journos, web pioneers ... Read More

Last week, as reported on Techmole, Microsoft unveiled their newest version of their Internet Explorer browser, IE8. As a diehard Firefox user for the last few years I have neglected IE in the past, especially given that their previous version of the browser was beyond terrible. I thought to myself whether or not I was missing the promised advantages of IE8. To find out, I road tested it alongside the new Google browser, Chrome, and compared them to Firefox in a grand ... Read More

EYEBORG-- The Two Week Trial from eyeborg on Vimeo. The Eyeborg is the project of a one eyed film maker and an unemployed engineer attempting to insert a video camera into a prosthetic eye. Rob Spence is hoping to film the documentary from a unique perspective which has not been seen before. He is currently working on a film about the Eyeborg project, and the experience of living with a bionic eye. Of course the main problem is finding a camera small enough to fit in ... Read More

On my daily online quest for the weird (the Internets are a weird place, luckily for us), I stumbled upon this informative comic-strip from the excellent Holytaco.com, entitled "How the Religious Right sees Stem-Cell Research". It's funny-stuff, highlighting the popular belief that Republicans are clueless when it comes to serious medical-tech issues: Ken Eakins Read More

If you're here, then there's no doubt you've already heard of Spotify. Described by one poetic Drowned in Sound user as "God's iTunes", Spotify has seemingly taken the music world by storm, providing a respectable music catalogue not only for free, but without any tenuous links between piracy and the so called terrorism it funds, having signed deals with a great many record labels. But what is it? Well, that Drowned in Sound user wasn't too far off. In the words of Andres ... Read More

So in this series, i'm going to hold your hand through some easy to use exploits in the online-world, that will help you navigate your way around some pretty obvious security holes, without the need to be an'OMG 1337 HAXXX0R!!'. DO NOT take this as TechMole encouraging you to break the law, we're not; however, exploiting holes in the web can be quite good fun, and highly educational. I, for the purposes of journalistic research, have braved this dangerous e-stunt on your ... Read More