http://videos.cnet.co.uk/ Climb aboard the Space Bubble and look down on our gadget-crazy planet. en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:14:38 +0000 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:14:38 +0000 http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/videos/franchises/space-bubble-170x60.jpg http://videos.cnet.co.uk/ 20 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings Mekons! Feast your optics on this video as we attempt to fly a P51-D Mustang radio-controlled plane through the streets of London -- an act you can recreate yourself by visiting iwantoneofthose.com and splashing out £129 Earth pounds. Also in the show, digital music expert Nate Lanxon tries his hand at saving the planet -- as his muscle-bound alter-ego, Captain Goat. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037228.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037228.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:00:55 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings, Bubblenauts! In this episode of the quirky Space Bubble we challenge digital music expert Nate Lanxon to tell the difference between a luxurious CD-quality track and a scabby little MP3. Will he sniff out the correct bit rate? Or will he fail like the Mekon he is? We're also taking a look back at the history of violence in videogames, and blowing the Netac A200 MP3 player into a million ridiculous plastic shards. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037229.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037229.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:00:55 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings Bubblenauts! Prepare to have your tentacles turned on by a glorious array of tech news and reviews. In this video, we're taking the iPhone out and about in London. Doesn't he look sad, the poor thing? We're also taking a dance back through the history of music videogames, and casting the idea of convoluted product names out of the airlock into the eternal solitude of space. Happy viewing, Mekons. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037230.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037230.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:00:56 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings space children! In this video, the world-famous Rory Reid attacks a 'scratch-proof' monitor with 110 per cent of his punching power. You know him as the voice of the Crave Podcast, and the first man to negotiate the London Underground with a 20-inch laptop. Now thrill as he pioneers the sport of Monitor Punch. You'll also get to watch us blow the pathetic Squircle MP3 player into a million plastic shards. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037232.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037232.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) With only a few days to go before the iPhone launches we give you your final hit of hype. Is the iPhone actually just a new incarnation of Apple's ancient Newton? We find out what The Gadget Show's Jon Bentley and our very own Andrew Lim think on the subject. We're also taking a look at the history of puzzle videogames, covering everything from how Pac-Man got his name, to the mother who voiced the suicidal rodents in Lemmings. Strap your jet-pack to your back and set a course for the stars. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037233.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037233.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings nerdlings! This Space Bubble video examines the meteoric rise of Facebook and ponders the dangers of addiction to social networking sites. While drugs are frowned on because they isolate the addict from society, Facebook is frowned on because it makes its victims do very little else except socialise. We also take a look at the history of platform games and blow the Acer BMW laptop into a million plastic shards. Yes, it's rubbish. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037234.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037234.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:06 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings Mekons! We're asking why new technology drives us mad with paranoia. The BBC show Panorama says we should cover our bedrooms in tin foil, but Space Bubble burrows deep down to uncover the gritty truth behind Wi-Fi radiation. We're also taking a reckless drive back to the past, with a brief history of racing videogames. You'll also get to watch us blow the LG Super Multi Blue hybrid HD player into a million bits of overpriced plastic. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037235.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037235.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Greetings and felicitations, Bubblenauts! In this video you can feast your tentacles on an exploration of whether robots deserve human rights, and witness everything there is to know about the socio-cultural evolution of the beat 'em-up videogame. We'll also give you a bunch of good reasons to hate the Motorola Motofone F3 -- a mobile for the third world that's distinctly third-rate. Thrill as we blast it into a gabillion plastic shards. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037236.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037236.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Hey, Bubblenauts! In the second episode of Space Bubble we use the magic of video to investigate the gluttonous power consumption of modern gadgets and prove that 'digital' doesn't necessarily mean 'more advanced'. We also take a look at a laptop encased in bamboo and kick one particularly obnoxious mobile phone out of the airlock, where it explodes into a billion shards of ill-conceived plastic resin. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037237.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037237.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000 feedback@cnet.co.uk (CNET UK staff) Hey, geeks! In the first episode of the bodacious Space Bubble gadget show, we mourn the death of the floppy disk. Now that PC World has stopped selling the plastic treats, it's time to get funeral on their asses. We also investigate DRM copy-protection systems -- the techniques that record execs are using to stop you sharing music with your pirate buddies. And watch in ghastly horror as we throw one hopeless freak of a gadget out of the ship's airlock to languish forever in the depths of starry infinity. http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037238.htm http://videos.cnet.co.uk/39037238.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:04 +0000