Follow or Like Us and we give to Charity
A very very quick post. Tonight is the Children in Need which is one of the biggest charity events in the UK. You can watch all the action and fun on the BBC tonight. We want to do our little bit to help for the cause, so we will give 10p for every brand new follower on Twitter or like [...]
China’s Longest Traffic Jam
Over the past 10 days, drivers in China have been creating what could be the world’s largest ever traffic jam. The traffic currently stretches over 60 miles along the Beijing – Tibet freeway heading South into Beijing. The massive jam is expected to last nearly a whole month. Vehicles are currently travelling a maximum of a mile per day as [...]
Giant Bus on Legs
This huge new bus is part of China’s new plan to reduce congestion in it’s crowded cities. It is over 18 feet tall and straddles two road lanes under it’s body. With a capacity of around 300 passengers and running by electric motors and solar power, it will be the greener way to travel. It is hoped these new ‘city [...]
Speed Cameras to be Axed
Oxfordshire is the first county to announce they shall be axing spped cameras due to budget cuts. They will save approximately ÂŁ600,000 which will remove 72 fixed camera sites and 89 mobile camera areas with the switch off happening in the next few weeks. This follows the Devon and Cornwall Safety Camera Partnership, which has been cancelled due to a [...]
Apple to be sued by iPad users
3 Apple customers have filed a complaint with a federal court in America after buying their iPads which over heat in normal conditions and under normal usage. Jacob Balthazar, Claudia Keller and John Brownin claim the tablet is “virtually unusable” and can cut out after only a few minutes of use in direct sunlight. They accuse Apple of a variety [...]
Real world ‘HULC’ in testing
The HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) is to go through final testing in the US this year. The robotic exoskeleton provides support to humans to make it easier to run, walk and carry heavy weights. In it’s current form, the carrier allows soldiers to carry up to 200lbs (91kg) of kit using its titanium legs and structure as well as [...]
Worlds Longest Snake Found Dead!
V Festival 2009 Tickets on Sale Now! – Update
UPDATE: V Festival Tickets went on sale this morning at 10am. If you haven’t already got them try; www.seetickets.com (generally busy) www.ticketmaster.co.uk (good site) www.stargreen.com (Busy!) www.ticketline.co.uk (seemed pretty free) I got my Red Camping Tickets at Chelmsford this morning, go get some and see you there!!! Original Good news, it’s March and nearly summer! Well not quite but getting [...]
Bank of England Cut Interest Rate to all-time low
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.5% – a fresh all-time low – and said it was now boosting the money supply to help revive the economy. Interest rates have now been reduced six times since October, and the latest half a percentage point cut from January’s 1% had been expected. The Bank said it would expand [...]
Blackberry Storm Remote Control
Unify4Life is releasing the storms first sortware addon to allow your phone to be your very own remote control. AV Shadow software should be released in the next few weeks after making its debut at CES. Once it is out and I will install it and let you know how I can get on. Always worth annoying bars who show [...]









