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Michael Carroll, author of the acclaimed Quantum Prophecy novels, & comics – including Judge Dredd for 2000AD, takes a wry look at the iPad

Director James Cameron tweets from deepest point of Earth’s ocean

7 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

James Cameron, renowned director of films like Titanic and Avatar, has successfully completed his solo submarine journey to the deepest point of the Earth’s ocean, the Mariana Trench.

Stunning NASA HD video of a Space Shuttle launch from multiple on-board cameras

8 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

Watch NASA’s stunning HD video showing what it was like to launch into space on-board the Space Shuttle.

Take a closer look at Google’s stunning Saint Patrick’s Day Doodle

8 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

Learn more about Google’s stunning Saint Patrick’s Day Doodle and view a high resolution copy of the image.

Watch this spectacular 2,000-strong superpod of dolphins

11 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Tourists on board the Dana Pride whale and dolphin watching vessel were treated to this spectacular scene as an unusually large 2,000-strong surfacing dolphin superpod passed by.

Oops! Google Ireland fined after Street View car parks illegally

15 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Google Ireland has paid a fine of €450 after one of its Street View cars parked illegally on Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. The internet giant made the contribution to the court “poor box” to avoid a conviction under Ireland’s Road Traffic Act.

Hey, Google+ where’s the merchandise?

17 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

Google+ has everything, right? Wrong, after rapid growth and plenty of media attention where is all the Google+ merchandise?

iPad falls from space, and survives

18 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Ever since Apple introduced the original iPad in January 2010, the burning question on all of our minds was whether it could survive a fall from space (right?) – in this case 100,000 feet. The answer is yes, apparently.

Sulu calls for Star Wars/Star Trek peace, war with Twilight

22 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

George Takei wants Star Wars & Star Trek fans to unite and defend sci-fi from the menace that is the Twilight franchise.

Google releases Street View for its Mountain View HQ

24 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

Google has taken its Street View camera home – to record inside and around its Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

Using tweets to ‘fuel’ a cross country drive for charity

25 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

ESB Electric Ireland’s ‘Tweet ‘em Home for Christmas’ will try to get 3 cars, including a DeLorean, across Ireland using tweets as fuel.

Two tourists capture stunning murmuration of starlings above Ireland’s longest river

27 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Two tourists canoeing down the River Shannon, Ireland have captured this stunning murmuration of starlings on video. A murmuration is a large swirling cloud-like formation consisting of thousands of starlings flying together.

Competition: Who wants to win a €50 Groupon Ireland voucher?

29 weeks ago by Piers Dillon Scott

We have a €50 groupon.ie voucher to give away to one luck reader, do you want it?

Confirmed: The iPhone 4S does blend

30 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Apple fanboys look away. Scott Dickson and Blendtec have successfully blended the new iPhone 4S. Apple’s latest handset experienced a similar fate to previous iPhone models in the Will It Blend series.

To a child a magazine is an iPad that doesn’t work [Video]

30 weeks ago by Darren McCarra

Growing up in a digital age undoubtedly profoundly influences a child’s life. They quickly gain expectations of how things should work. As conveyed in this video, however, it’s not always that easy for them to distinguish between digital and analogue technologies. For the child in this video, the magazine is simply a disfunctioning iPad.

Guinness record attempt for world’s largest QR code

on October 6, 2011 by Darren McCarra

A small group of technology hobbyists based in Charlotte, North Carolina are expected to break the Guinness World Record for the largest permanent QR code. The group, known as Hackerspace Charlotte, have painted a 10,000 sq. ft. QR code on the roof of a local scrap metal recycling building.

Timelapse Video: What does the Earth look like from the International Space Station?

on September 18, 2011 by Piers Dillon Scott

Taking just over a minute to travel from North America to Antarctica this amazing time-lapse video gives a rare view of what astronauts on the International Space Station see of Earth.

New ‘HTML for Babies’ book is child’s play

on September 1, 2011 by Darren McCarra

Ever heard the expression that web design is child’s play? Now it really is as Code Babies introduce the first book in a three-volume set titled ‘HTML for Babies’. The book is designed as a light-hearted way to introduce geeky toddlers to the underlying language of the web.

Google Ireland’s Dublin staff put on a performance for the Google Street View cameras

on August 10, 2011 by Piers Dillon Scott

Google’s latest update to its Street View imagery of Ireland shows Google’s entire Dublin staff come out to put on a performance for the Street View camera.