Once upon a time, the British print media was the envy of the civilised world and the inspiration for news gathering operations the world over.

My, how times have changed. These days our press organs are quite rightly...

It’s like trench warfare. Each side deploys every dirty trick in the book trying to gain a few precious inches of ground in an epic struggle, a battle royale, a war of attrition.

I am talking, of course, about trying to get a toddler...

It’s the time of year when digital photography really comes into its own.

All those pretty Christmas lights, which turn your normally drab local high street into a scene from a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale.

All those cherished...

As the old adage says: you only pass this way once.

Don't worry; we're not going all existentialist on you, especially not on a Friday. But it's true that life is short, so you should surround yourself with nice...

You know you've reached a certain age when you catch yourself thinking just how young the people who are more successful than you are.

You can reel the more famous names off one by one: Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Stone,...

It’s a brave journalist who decides to write about a spelling challenge.

As a species we’re notoriously reliant on ‘F7’ (that’s ‘command, option L’ on a Mac - trust me, I’m fluent in spellcheck,...

So, as the song says, the best things in life are free. We all know that. But you also get what you pay for, don't you?

And what's true for most things is certainly true for email services. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo...

There are good filmmakers, and then there are great filmmakers.

You’ve got your Spielbergs, your Hitchcocks, your Leans, your Scorceses, your Coens, your Tarantinos and your Ford Coppolas.

Hell, you’ve even got your Camerons...

Google can do so many things. It can find information. It can find pictures. It can find video, shopping, music, friends; it can even translate words into different languages. It can organise your documents, your messages, your social life, even your...

Historically, visitors to the Tower of London were pretty much guaranteed a frosty reception.

And not much has changed it would seem. Although from this weekend, you’ll be able to warm yourself with the thought of a trip home rather than...

Buying tickets for anything online used to be so straightforward. You went to one of a couple of trusted names and you bought your tickets. Simples (as people seem to be saying absolutely bloody everywhere these days – those meerkats have got...

Who would’ve thought that mathematics could be so beautifully musical?

At www.baroque.me you’ll find a visualisation of Bach’s Cello Suites No. 1, Prelude, and it makes captivating viewing.

According to the site’s...

It’s no good. We’re hooked. We recommended Frozen Planet a couple of weeks ago and with good reason. The BBC’s latest series form their near-legendary Wildlife Unit is something to behold, so when we heard about a specialist travel...

There is a terrible affliction that some people have. You walk into a bar with somebody and barge your way to front of the queue and turn to your drinking companion and ask: “What are you drinking…?”

They um, they ah, they...

Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick: when we first saw  www.paperlesspost.com last week, we were fooled (it does happen) into thinking that the stationery they deliver was the real, paper in your hand variety. Not so, as Alex from Paperless...

“The amazing everyday.”

Quite a catchy tagline, isn’t it? Nokia certainly hope so, as they’re plastering it all over plasmas, the web, billboards, bus stops, magazines and TV screens from now until the New Year as they...

So what does it mean to be British in 2011?

Well, we still like to talk about the weather, we're still obsessed by the daily routines of a royal family, we still like to stand in queues and we still can’t seem to elect an effective government.

But...

I bought a car this weekend. “So what?!” you all cry, but if I told you the whole process, from casually driving past the dealership to signing and shaking on the deal took less than ninety minutes, would that surprise you?

World clocks are ten a penny online, but we ain’t seen one like this before.

At www.googleearthclock.cwandt.com you’ll get to see the time represented by images from Google Earth that look a bit like the numbers on a digital clock...

It’s always the same, isn’t it? You stick your car in for a routine service and find out it needs thousands spent on it to stop it killing you and your family in an horrific fiery ball at the side of a motorway (at least I think that’s...

As the nights draw in and the weather turns cooler, you might be tempted to hang up your cycle clips and park the bike back in its winter home at the back of the the shed until the Sun shows its face again. If that sounds like you, take...

Apparently, money makes the world go round, but actually getting your hands on some can prove a bit tricky, particularly if it’s a loan you’re after.

The banks, who not long ago were throwing money at anybody who walked past their...

If you’re anything like most of us here, you’ll spend a bit of time this Monday morning wading through all the offers of his ‘n’ hers Rolexes for a tenner, the best herbal remedy for erectile dysfunction and probably an invitation...

Despite what Patrick McGoohan famously screamed in The Prisoner, it would appear that we all are, in fact, numbers.

At www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515#output_1 (yes, I know: back-to-back Beeb plugs and still no discount on the TV License...

They’ve only gone and done it again. The BBC Nature team has pulled out all the stops and produced yet another incredible series that’s gone straight to the top of many people’s DVD box set wish lists, and has got “award-winning”...