Self-confessed ‘IT nerd’ sends hilarious 1,400-word farewell email to 1,000...
By Ryan Lipman | 0 View comments On his last day of work after almost six years, Gerry Fortuna finally summoned the courage to announce his love for a colleague – and in the most fitting way, he...
View ArticleCar that runs on air set to hit the streets next year
By Mark Prigg | Peugeot has revealed plans to begin selling the first air powered car next year. Based on a Peugeot 208, it will combine a normal engine with a radical new system that runs on...
View ArticleNationwide debit card customers report transactions being blocked
By Lee Boyce | Some Nationwide Building Society customers are seeing card payments blocked in shops and online according to reports today. A number of irate customers have posted their despair of...
View ArticleResearchers uncover why only some people can remember their dreams
By Mark Prigg | Researchers have discovered how we store dreams – and why some people can never remember them the morning after. A French team say they have identified two types of dreamer – and only...
View ArticlePhoenix shareholders want put group put out of its misery
By Geoff Foster | Heavyweight activist shareholders of Phoenix IT, which include Martin Hughes’ Toscafund sitting on 19 per cent, are patiently waiting for a cash-rich private equity player to put the...
View ArticleThe stunning video that reveals the dancing aurora of saturn revealed
By Mark Prigg | Nasa has captured one of the most active aurora ever seen on Saturn. Researchers say the incredible video created by Hubble and Cassini give the ‘best look yet’ at the phenomenon. They...
View ArticleEmployers ‘will soon be forced to offer more pay’ as vacancies shoot up and...
By Belinda Robinson | Hard-working households could finally be in line for a decent pay rise this year as employers face mounting pressure to put wages up after a surge in vacancies and an improvement...
View ArticleIs Facebook can making us MORE political:? Researchers find we take more...
By Mark Prigg | Facebook can boost our political leanings dramatically – and cause us to ignore friends we don’t agree with, researchers have claimed. A Georgia Institute of Technology study found...
View ArticleNew folding wheel car concept allows you to drive on normal roads or maglev...
By Mark Prigg | It is a concept car that really does deliver on the promise of being able to drive in the fast lane. Chinese designers have revealed their concept far a ‘fast track’ car that can drive...
View ArticleCustomers’ fury over new cashpoint crash: Debit cards are left useless in...
By Claire Ellicott | Outrage: A quarter of TSB customers could not use their cards after two of the company’s seven servers failed Hundreds of thousands of customers were left unable to use debit...
View ArticleTeachers ‘are too poorly qualified’: Children’s education in maths and...
By Andrew Levy | Children’s education in is under threat in some subjects from teachers who fail to achieve top qualifications, an independent report has concluded. Barely half of trainee science and...
View ArticleNew ATM anti-fraud system uses colours, symbols and numbers
| If remembering your four digit PIN is confusing, things are about to get a lot worse. Researchers have unveiled a new, safer system using colours and symbols as well as numbers. They say it could...
View ArticleAS IT HAPPENS: Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto are left shocked after winning...
By Iona Kirby | The Screen Actors Guild honoured the finest performances in TV and film on Saturday. And things kicked off with a bang at the 20th annual SAG Awards, held in Los Angeles. The...
View ArticleFacebook gets on trend: Launches topics section to compete with Twitter
By Mark Prigg | Facebook has launched a new trends section designed to tell users the site’s most popular topics of discussion. The new feature, which is being rolled out to all Facebook users, is...
View ArticleThe smart bed that can track your sleep
By Mark Prigg | It could finally end the morning rows over exactly how loudly, and how often your partner was snoring. A new gadget can turn any mattress into a ‘smart bed’ capable of analysing your...
View ArticleStephen Sondheim sung into a satisfactory mush: Review of Putting It Together
By Quentin Letts | PUTTING IT TOGETHER (St James Theatre) Verdict: A Sondheim smorgasbord [reviewStars]Game old Janie Dee flings her armpits around to fairly good effect in an evening of Stephen...
View ArticleForget Glass, Google reveals the first smart Contact Len
By Mark Prigg | It may be best known for its interactive Glass specs, but Google today revealed a radical smart contact lens for diabetics. It analyses their tears, warning them if their glucose...
View ArticleThe Pocket Drone tricopter lets anyone be a SPY
By Mark Prigg | It is small enough to fit into a handbag, yet can give anyone the ability to spy from the air. The Pocket Drone this week smashed its funding target on Kickstarter. It can be...
View ArticleThe Aurora headband is real-life inception headband that lets you control...
By Mark Prigg | The Aurora smart headband contains lights and plays sounds that its maker says allows the wearer to influence their dreams. Software in the $175 band knows when you dream by measuring...
View ArticleThe drone that lets anyone be a SPY: Pocket-sized aircraft lets people film...
By Mark Prigg | It is small enough to fit into a handbag, yet can give anyone the ability to spy from the air. The Pocket Drone this week smashed its funding target on Kickstarter. It can be...
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