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Giveaway Winner Announced

Tom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:42:22 +0000

A huge congratulations to gzackim on winning our competition! The Throwboy icon set is on it’s way!Also can we say a huge thank you to Throwboy.com and make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the next competition. You can see the video of the draw bellow:

If you’d like us to give your product away, Contact us by e-mailing tom[at]technoblast.co.uk

Win: A Set Of Throwboy Pillows!

Tom — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:49:04 +0000

That’s right, The geekiest pillows on the net are our first ever competition prize! Find out how to win after the break!

Our good friends over at Throwboy.com are giving away a full set of the Mac icon pillows, Worth $149! (£90) These pillows are 100% fleece and are hand made at Throwboy HQ! If you follow them on twitter (@throwboy), Roberto, the founder, regularly streams himself live making the pillows.

This competition is now closed! Thanks for all your entries, Keep your eyes on our YouTube Channel to see the winner.

The iPhone 3G S Lines Begin!

Tom — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:26:15 +0000

Well already the lines have begun in New York for the 3G S. See the video evidence after the breakIt’s pouring down with rain over in the US and the lines have begun for the iPhone release tommorow. They even have umbrellas! You can view their live stream here too. Check out the video bellow! (Source)

Ok, Nobody Panic But…

Tom — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:04:29 +0000

We nearly got hit by a asteroid yesterday. The 30-50 meter asteroid passed seven times closer than the moon to us yesterday. It was apparently so bright you could see it through clouds.

It’s not the closest we’ve ever seen. The closest was the Great Daylight Fireball in 1972. The Sydney Morning Herald said that if it was to hit a well populated area of the globe, we would have had 24 hours to act and evacuate. Sky and Telescope says that it was about twice the altitude of our communications satellites.

Scary Stuff!

How To Start Your Own Social Networking Site

Tom — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:36:37 +0000

Forget MySpace, Why not just create your own social network for you and your mates? Well Elgg is the simple way to do this. You can simply install it on your server if you meet all the requirements which quite frankly every proper host should have. Elgg pretty much has most features of your usual SN (Social Network). It has your own users profile, dashboard, activity feed, user preferences, admin tools, blogging, forums, file repository and social bookmarking. I personally haven’t installed it yet but by the looks of the screenshots (Bellow) it looks pretty fantastic and if you have a web server of your own why not? Have your own network of your friends or maybe even try and take over the SN world with your new network! Here’s some screenies:

Windows At It’s Greatest

Tom — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:18:30 +0000

Well gizmodo has just posted this image of a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) at the olympic opening ceremony, which I must say was FANTASTIC. This is what happens when windows likes to be at its best whilst in the middle of one of the worlds most watched events! So I decided that I’d search the web for windows at its best. Basically I’m looking for the funniest moments when windows just likes to be a bender! So here are some of the finest of what I could find: