Digital radio docks January 26, 2011 INTEMPO RETRO True to its name, the wooden casing and fuzzy front resemble a 1970s hi-fi speaker – just the thing to pump out a bit of lounge jazz in your groovy bachelor pad. The tech is bang up to date though, with a clear 20 watt speaker output, iPod and iPhone compatibility and DAB [...]
WHAT’S NEW IN GADGETS AND TECHNOLOGY January 26, 2011 A DIGITAL WATCH REVOLUTION The watch world brimmed with barely-concealed contempt last year when Apple released its newest iPod Nano complete with a digital clock face option and the serious suggestion that you could strap it to a wristband and wear it as a watch. But watchmakers of Switzerland will take a more wary interest [...]
Keep your tech side secure with these gizmos January 26, 2011 TECH TALK THERE are millions out there who envy the City and its wealth generators. With mobile theft and hacking on the rise, you’d better secure yourself. Phone hacking is a case in point. A “hack’” can only hear your mobile messages if you don’t choose a new password. If you keep the default password, [...]
APP OF THE WEEK January 26, 2011 ALBUMS – £1.19 Albums is a very smart music controller application, offering a brilliantly tactile alternative to the iPhone or iPod Touch’s normal library system which will appeal to anyone who misses the days of handling real CDs. In the old days, after you bought a new CD it would likely sit around on your [...]
An SUV with a conscience January 25, 2011 Here’s Kia’s new Sportage, an SUV crossover that confirms the massive changes that SUVs have undergone over the last five years. An ugly, boxy, polluting gas guzzler this ain’t. In fact it’s not even a 4×4 (though there is an All-Wheel-Drive version). This one is 2WD and has Kia’s all new 1.7 CRDi 114bhp diesel [...]
CAR TALK January 25, 2011 FERRARI TO LAUNCH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOR FIRST TIME Ferrari is launching its first-ever production four-wheel-drive car at March’s Geneva Motor Show. The car, called the Ferrari FF (for now) will replace the 612 coupé and has four seats for four adults, not just two-plus-two, as the 612 has. The car, a front engined V12, [...]
The bliss of bespoke relaxation January 24, 2011 THE cult of the spa has thoroughly invaded the lifestyle landscape. No hotel or holiday experience is complete without a treatment or three, or at the very least, the chance to lounge around a purple-tinted pool and bask in a steam room or multi-coloured (and scented) “experience” shower. Indeed, wellbeing has become so linked to [...]
FIT IN THE CITY January 24, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT PIERRE Meyer used to be a Marketing Manager at Krispy Kreme, helping the American doughnut giant get more cakes down British throats. Nowadays, however, you’ll find him in his Nordic Balance gym, a club in the heart of Mayfair he set up with partner Jo, preaching balance in all things. While [...]
FOUR WAYS TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES January 24, 2011 THERAPIST AND ANTI-STRESS COURSE DIRECTOR WWW.MBSRLONDON.COM 1. BREATHE (PROPERLY) Bring your awareness to each in-breath and out-breath as it happens. Breathing in slightly more deeply than usual will stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, energising the body and clearing out some of those mental cobwebs. Focusing on the out-breath stimulates the para-sympathetic nervous system which calms [...]
Thrills, grills and big bills on the Strand January 24, 2011 Savoy Grill The Savoy Hotel, The Strand, WC2R 0EU Tel: 020 7592 1600, www.gordonramsay.com FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £50 THREE years ago, when the Savoy hotel closed for its gazillion pound refurbishment, Gordon Ramsay’s reputation as a cook and restaurateur of true brilliance had yet to be eclipsed by his brutish [...]