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Posted June 30, 2010 in Wayne by Wayne

Wayne Shilliams’ 5 Minute Tech Review

Wayne Shilliams is here to “bring some youth to the team innit!” he will be on each week reviewing a new peice of technology in his own unique way!

It doesnt get more simple then Wayne and his 5 minute reviews, so if Wayne sounds like your cup of tea or can of cola then tune in!

On this weeks show: Wayne is going to be reviewing………..listen to find out!

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Posted June 28, 2010 in Chip Chipper by Chip Chipper

Chip’s 80′s tech lowdown

Hey, I’m Chip, your Deejay from the 80′s. I’m Cool, Clean and Soooooo-phisticated, that’s me man. I’ll be writing stories about technology and my life in the 80′s. It will be like a diary but on a computer, and Rich is telling me it will be what they call ‘on-line’. So kinda like my mum’s rotary washing line then?

Check out my ‘online’ diary in this section of the website. Woo-ah, website man? Is that the new roller-discotheque down Maldon High Street?

Cool man, cool.

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Posted June 28, 2010 in Gadget Grandad by The Team

Gadget Grandad joins the team

We’re pleased to welcome Gadget Grandad to the team. A veteran of yesteryear technology GG will be coming into the studio on a regular basis to share his thoughts on the technology from these bygone eras. You can catch GG by Tuning into 94.7 Saint FM in the Maldon district and if you have any questions for him, just drop us a line, SMS, text or tweet him on Twitter @GadgetGrandad

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Posted June 28, 2010 in Gadget Grandad by Gadget Grandad

Gadget Grandad’s Gameboy

When I were a lad the gadget that every kid wanted was the good ol’ Nintendo Gameboy.

An 8-bit device, I eagerly waited for it to be launched in this country having first launched in Japan in 1989 followed in quick succession in the USA. We ‘ad to wait over a year before it came out ‘ere in September 1990.

The Gameboy sold over 118 million units worldwide with games such as Tetris selling over 30 million units and Pokeman selling over 31 million. I could never get me ‘ed around those pocket monster games.

But the Gameboy wasn’t the only hand-held gaming gadge available at the time. Sega released it’s Game Gear, but it didn’t prove popular because the unit ran on alkaline batteries that would only last a few hours. The same too for the Atari Lynx. Both’ad very limited success.

But it’s the ‘ol Gameboy that went on to influence Nintendo in producing many variants including a before it’s time 3D Virtual boy system, and the Gameboy Advance SP coming out only in 2003, but by then me game playing days were over because of me arthritis.

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    GG is the most mysterious of our regular guests on The technology Show. Nobody knows much about him, other than his love for gadgets and technology of by-gone eras and without question his love for Mrs Gadge. We do know he travels time, but unsure how he does it, what his true age is and from what era he is actually from.

    Is he from the past or is he from the future? Could he even be a cybertronic robot sent back through time to assimilate useful (and sometimes not so useful) household gadgets from the past, and to then return to a distance future to recreate these classics pieces of tech for a civilistion who have lost their way in technological progression and innovation? Or could he just be a grumpy old git with metal implants in his head who turns up every week in some dodgy old Vauxhall Chevette?