Update:- I’ve just noticed that the iPlayer Beta is now available here and its looking amazing and the stuff below still applies, but to be honest I don’t want to update it all.

I’ve just heard through the grapevine of rss that the iPlayer will be getting a version 2.0 in beta form very soon which will run alongside the normal version for a while and then replace it eventually. The new version attends to one main feature - radio. The BBC Radio ‘Listen Again’ or iPlayer radio will be fused with the iPlayer potentially doubling iPlayer visitor numbers apparently. Other changes include:

•  Radio fused with iPlayer
• ‘Last Played’ - shows your most recently played items for you to go back to and continue watching if you haven’t finished it.
• Full Schedule showing all of the schedule for the BBC (presumably) which then indicates what is available on iPlayer
• ‘Yesterday on TV’ - pretty self explanatory, basically for those people wanting to see what they missed last night and catch up.
• Rss Feeds - not sure why you’d want these, perhaps so you cant watch something as soon as its available or to keep in touch with a particular program
• Bigger playback window for watching in normal mode
• Better radio quality - presumably higher bit rates

Source

As some people may know Firefox is just the best browser on earth and right now they are trying to get a world record – the most downloads in one day so therefore please help set the record!
So far there have been 1,904,770 downloads and it runs until 6pm tomorrow (18/06/08).
On top of that Firefox 3 is just brilliant, adding extra features on top of the old versions and a faster speed apparently.
Download it here:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord

And for my next suggestion, I recommend ‘Synergy’, its brilliant – its able to connect two networked computers and have them both be controlled by the keyboard and mouse of one of them – the server. It even works across platforms – Windows, Mac and Linux.
Currently I have it on my desktop and laptop but it’s also recommended to have it in a home cinema setup so a laptop can control the media centre. It’s a bit hard to set up and threw back a few errors but eventually its working. You can get that here

First of, another apology – This time I think I’ll blame exams again, gladly my last one was on Friday so they’re all over and I also started a new job today so that should get back some sort of schedule which will be good, so I’m sorry, I apologise!

Now, onto the tech!
The biggest thing I’ve seen recently has been the new iPhone that of course is a bigger deal in the US than it is here but I’m thinking the new one will be a big success here – the reason? – That would of course be the price. The new pricing scheme on the o2 website is:
8GB = free on the £45 and £75 tariffs, £99 on the £35 and £30 tariffs.
16GB = free on the £75 tariff. £59 on the £45 tariff and £159 on the £30 and £35 tariffs.
On top of this I believe its going to be on pay as you go which will probably make sales jump through the roof (ebayers me thinks).

And finally – What I’m looking at
I really want a new gadget however I cannot afford one and I need to save money to learn to drive, so instead, I shall write about it. I’m liking the look of the OQO Model 01 -  its like a Nokia Internet tablet but runs a full version of xp and has a digitiser on the screen and a qwerty keypad under the screen which slides out, in all it just looks awesome and because it’s a few years old its only around £300 which is doable for me, if I hold off on all other spending – which I wont I have to wait to get a new gadget.

Has anyone got something like this? - I see it to be a bit like a EEE Pc because its small but its a bit more expensive and better - touch screen already there (rather than having to add it) and nice big storage and stuff.

A little while ago I made this blog - here

And I can confirm that I have managed to make it! - demonstrated below, I had to have the lights off as it works by finding fingers locations based on light and the way it shows when touching the glass. The video is low quality as it was filmed on my normal camera (Kodak V1003) because my camcorder was in the box being used for the whole thingymabob.

Thanks to the creater at: http://ssandler.wordpress.com/mtmini/