There’s something about cars that reduces even respectable celebrities like Dave Grohl and George Clooney to complete and utter tasteless idiots. In an industry where being noticed is everything and all publicity is good publicity unless you’re Michael Jackson, a shiny new car is one of the best ways to get yourself noticed. But in a world where even an Aston Martin DB9 or a Lamborghini Murciélago is just another car on the street, making Read more…

Dear Mr Straw, We know that life is sometimes hard working in the cabinet. We know that life can be hard looking like the evil twin of the demon headmaster, and the fact that no one really cares about you and only wants to talk to you about the time Gordon Brown smiled due to one of Patricia Hewett’s farts – but has it really come to this? Has the Credit Crunch affected you so Read more…

The sky went black, the chats went grey – Gmail went down an hour ago and looks like it’s not going to come up anytime fast….the world is suffering. The Guardian, another progressive company like ours, also uses Gmail and estimated that the loss of Gmail is costing the world economy $450m per hour. It’s a big deal. And there are rumours that Gmail won’t be back up for another 3 hours or so… But, Read more…

The Renault Formula One team is in a very precarious position at the moment. Despite taking a couple of unexpected wins in 2008, last season was not a good one for the French concern, which has targeted 2009 as the year in which in needs to re-establish itself as a consistent front-runner if it is to survive. Unfortunately, that position has become even more precarious with the news that the team’s title sponsor, Dutch banking Read more…

We have all probably been there at one point in our lives.  A good song comes on the radio and we crank up the volume as loud as we can stand it.  The windows in our car might rattle but that fails to be a signal that maybe we should turn our music down.  The people in the cars around us are likely giving us a look of annoyance as they can hear our music Read more…

Picture the scene. You’re 8 years old. You like cars and you like robots. It’s the mid-eighties, your hair is bigger than your dad’s credit card statement and everything’s good. The biggest debate is whether Megatron could kill Darth Vader and you wonder if that kid who says his dad works for a toy company and owns a full size Death-Star is actually telling the truth. Yes, in these days of iPhone that, Digg this Read more…