They're taking the mickey, surely. It looks like the 1960's idea of what technology would look like in the 1980's.

Auntie teams up with Spotify for the new BBC Music app | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/aun ... pp-1315751
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Watch Touch ID get fooled with some Play-Doh | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... oh-1315801

There's a new iPad coming, but it may not be the Air 3 | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... -3-1315828

It must be difficult to sell tablets these days, most non-geeks I talk to don't even care if they've bought a second-hand iPad Mini over... that big iPad they can't remember the version of, for instance.

And anyone I know who bought Android never touched Apple and vice versa (though I've had to tell quite a few people they've run out of space on the cheaper iPads). In fact, the only time they bought a new tablet was when their kid smashed the original or it was years old.

Have an Android? Have an iPhone? This miracle charging cable doesn't care | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... re-1316082
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Think your SSD will last forever? Google has some answers on that | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... at-1316031

I'd been thinking about that just recently. The truth is the last thing I need is another portable drive after removing one that had failing sectors etc after years and using it as an emergency backup, and by then I'd be looking a new laptop anyway which should have a much bigger drive to start with. Though that's not to say that alleged 'failure' rate isn't to be sniffed at.

Windows 10 to get ground-breaking features that will 'change everything' | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... g--1317152

'Are you not getting enough ads online? Worried that we aren't doing all we can to spy on you? We've got new features!'
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Microsoft finally brings extensions to Edge browser on Windows 10 | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... 10-1317236

Whoo!
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Windows 10 Mobile finally arrives for all eligible phones | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... es-1317208

'Worried that not enough of your apps are dialling out? Try Windows 10, the operating system that takes an interest even in how many photos you've looked at!'

Nike Unveils First Look At 'Back To The Future'-Inspired Self-Lacing Shoes
http://sciencefiction.com/2016/03/20/ni ... ing-shoes/

As someone with 13.5 size shoes and their ridiculously long laces, I'm interested...

Um yeah...


Notice how they changed the wording from SSD to Flash? Flash drives include USB sticks, Compact Flash, SD, MicroSD... need I go on?

Netflix owns up to throttling streams for some carriers | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... rs-1317801

Somewhat related, the 'auto' setting is absolutely dire when viewed on the PS4... The foreground looks fine, the background looks like it was shot in the 80's and then transferred to VHS.

Love the designs, but 8cms is taking the piss (Danger Mouse figures, click the arrows to see the whole range)

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys ... ssortment/

You can now block ads on older Samsung smartphones | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... es-1317905


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Windows 10 growth stutters as Microsoft's freebie upgrade deadline looms | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... ms-1317910

I just used IE to view a badly-coded site - it hit me with an ad for 10. There's so many dodgier ways it's being pushed now that only the computer mags are even bothering to tell people because their users are often less savvy, I guess.
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Microsoft has made a custom version of Windows 10 for China | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... na-1317915

'We're totally against government spying. Unless it's China. Or our own government. And, well, we kinda wanna be Google without the effort, so we're at it too...'

Toshiba: We're stopping making consumer laptops | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... ps-1318014

Toshiba's used to be brilliant, big sturdy buggers. Then all they became was big and nasty. The amount of them I saw in recent years with trackpads that didn't work and keyboards that flexed was ridiculous. Some sadist even put Windows 8 on one of them...
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This homemade thermite launcher is Fallout 4's Fat Man brought to life | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of- ... fe-1318126


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LG just made wireless charging as fast as plugging in | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... in-1318087
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Microsoft will bake ad blocking into its Edge browser | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... er-1318075

I could see this all going to an EU case at the very least.
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The seas of the future will be full of drone ships | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of- ... ps-1318063
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Acer Predator X34 review | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac ... 867/review

Tesla 3. Blimey.

"New features" which seem to have the same attempt at youthful exuberance as a politician gleefully announcing a love of The Artic Monkeys.

There's a new Amazon Kindle coming next week | TechRadar
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... ek-1318333

I was wondering the other day when they'd get around to updating the Voyage. I was also wondering if the latest update has somehow killed my battery life