Content Insider # 224 - Game Time

Bedtime it's All About Winning - Really!

Now we like video games as well as most folks even though we're terrible at it and have the gaming attention span of a goldfish. But seriously we know what the bed is for (yes that too) but seriously ...play videogames? We admit that our ancient Atari 2600 was a little clunky to lug from the living room to the bedroom (and the big tube TV set) and it's nothing to grab our smartphone and iPad to dash into the bedroom and play an hour of Angry Birds with the wife. Sorry just don't see the point. Maybe we skipped that lecture in our family harmony class but playing video games in bed doesn't get our adrenaline going or relax us. Sounds a little...boring!

Their Warranty, Your Upgrade

Turn Your Ordinary Notebook into a Powerhouse

Face it mobile device manufacturers want you to buy the newer, sexier device even though it's pretty darn good and has served you pretty well for a year or so. They have pretty nasty warnings when it comes to you upgrading it with 3rd party products. How hard is it to do and what's the real scoop? Here you go straight talk, solid recommendations.

Dear February 2012,

Thanks so much for your email (email! How cuuuuteee!) asking about 2027. It did take us a bit of time to decode it, direct memory transfer being all the range these days an' all as against travelling electrons. Still those good folk at WETA in the new state of North Island did a pretty good job and we got the gist of it.

Tech toys take the spotlight

Digital toys and mobile apps may be the hottest toys for the 2012 holiday season. Even iconic Barbie has a digital camera this year.

Who Says Magic Wands Are Not Real?

Check out the Kymera Wand Universal Remote Control!

Anyway, approximately two years ago, a product appeared on Dragon's Den that is an absolute game changer. A pair of technical whizzes had created a device that replaced the remote control for almost any device you'd like to name; it was a magic wand a la Harry Potter!