Zath! Archive for December, 2008
Create Your Own Morph!
December 31, 2008
Now this is something I am definitely going to purchase!
Have you ever wanted to create your own ‘Morph’ character? Well you can now with this “My Own Morph” pack.
It contains 15 episodes of the popular TV show, and a DVD with instructions on how to create Morph and other characters with plasticine that never goes dry so you forever change the way that your morph looks.
Continue reading »Iron Man Helmet (Mk1)
December 30, 2008
Ever wanted to become Tony Stark? Or more specifically Iron Man and wear that amazingly colourful armour? Well now you can start your very own collection with Iron Man’s ‘BETA’ helmet (or Mk 01) that he made from rocks and cockroaches whilst being held captive by the terrorists in the film.
The Digital Nomad: A Full Time Job - Part One
December 26, 2008
The reality of the “Microsoft House”
My goal in this whole endeavour was deceptively simple. I wanted to centrally store my media and share it across my home network to my various PCs and mobile devices. If you believe the hype, this should be simple, but of course, it’s not. The purpose of this article is to give a true and reasonable account of what it’s actually like to try and “live the dream” of the ideals set out in the “Microsoft House” and why it’s not what we all have in our homes, unlike Microwaves, DVD players and yes, iPods.
The recently banned iPhone ads (Apple are liars, but we all knew that) are a great example of what should happen, contrasted with what actually happens.
Continue reading »Microsoft Patch Internet Explorer (Again) - Is It Time To Switch?
December 21, 2008
You have probably heard of the AZN Trojan which has been causing havoc in the Internet world over the last week, but if you haven’t you really should so read on. But for those who have, you will be relieved to know that Microsoft has released a patch for the vulnerability which should stem the problems occurred when browsing using Internet Explorer (IE). This is great news for those IE lovers out there who have been using an alternative for the last week, or the more foolish ones that have been using IE regardless.
Those that are ignorant and righteous may be laughing at those stupid enough to download dodgy material, and thinking that it couldn’t happen to them. But they would be horribly wrong because this exploitation of invulnerability means that all you have to do is go on infected website to “contract” the virus, and suffer the consequences of it.
Continue reading »The Country Best Embracing Technology Is… Estonia!
December 18, 2008
You may be forgiven for not knowing a lot about Estonia, the currency, flag, language and even global position are unknown for a lot of people. But those who are fans of the Kroon spending Estonian speaking Northern Baltic country will know that they are surprisingly ahead of the times in regard to their embracing and acceptance of technology.
Admittedly I am not talking in terms of technological advancement, or the vast manufacture of advanced products I am talking of the way in which technology is used and in this case within democracy.
Last year Estonia became the first country to allow their parliamentary votes to be cast over the Internet, something that made voting more accessible and easier for people resulting in a high turnout. Obviously many people raised the issue of security and protested that the system could easily be hacked into and changed. However they were proved wrong and the election was a success (especially for the Estonian Reform Party who got the most votes).
Continue reading »Xbox 360 Now Less Than £100
December 17, 2008
With the growing economic gloom and redundancies galore we are well overdue some good news and our good friends at Zavvi have helped us into a happier Christmas by dropping the price of the Xbox 360 to below the £100 mark. Admittedly it is just by one penny (the price tag now reads £99.99) but it is still a £30 drop on the previous £129 price, which itself was a substantial drop on the original release price.
There are many things that you could read from this, and many conclusions to be drawn, so lets start as high up the hierarchy as we can, with Microsoft. This price drop is similar to those that you often see at this time of year as manufacturers make a desperate attempt to ship as many failing products as they can; but the cheap Xbox 360 is most definitely not failing and over the Christmas period has probably out sold its nearest rival the PS3.
Continue reading »GadgetShop - All Gadgets VAT-Free (15% off)
December 17, 2008
That’s right folks, the GadgetShop currently have a great promotion on where they have reduced all the prices of their hi-tech gadgets by the amount equal to VAT on them, that’s a 15% reduction in prices ahead of Christmas to you and me!
I’ve always remembered visiting the original GadgetShop stores when they first appeared here in the UK, it was a great experience to not only see these gadgets, but also to see them working and sometimes even have a play with them yourself. Definitely one of the highlights of my visits to the Trafford Centre!
Continue reading »Lost Season 5 Preview
December 17, 2008
It’s not long since the Lost season 5 trailer was released which gave us some quick flashes of hints as to what direction the penultimate season of this infamously mysterious TV show, however you can now watch an extended Lost season 5 preview of a conversation that takes place between Jack and Ben about the island and John Locke.
Given that the running time is around 1 min 42 seconds, it’s the kind of snippet teaser that we desperately want to see, but at the same time, absolutely hate once we come to the end of the 102 second clip of this Lost season 5 preview.
Continue reading »The Facebook Phone? - 3 Mobile’s INQ1
December 16, 2008
You have all almost certainly heard of the main iPhone rivals: the Blackberry Storm, G1 and….not a lot else. The recent Nokia offering has been miles below expectations, and no-one else seems to be able to drum up the interest or performance that the market leaders have. Admittedly both are class acts, and would be very difficult to displace, but I think there may be a phone that will… introducing 3 Mobile’s INQ1.
The INQ1 Specifications
I think it is only fair that I give the INQ1 (pronounced ink-one to those in the know) an overview first, before explaining why this could be big, so here it is. The INQ1 is a new phone handset being released by 3 Mobile - the mobile phone network running in Hong Kong, Australia, and Europe. The INQ1 is a mobile phone brushed metal finish – it looks quite cool.
Continue reading »The Path of Zath - Volume 13
December 16, 2008
It’s been a while since my last round-up of some of the sites and pages that I’ve visited recently while journeying round the Internet, so hope you like some or all of these places that I’ve been with the Path of Zath.
- We all like Google’s special logos they have up on their search engine frontpage on special days, they even inspired us at here at Zath to have our own Christmas Zath logo, you can take a look at all Google’s past holiday logos! Continue reading »
