Rory Reid
Rory's earliest memory is of taking the back off his radio to see what was inside. His mum wasn't happy. Nowadays he breaks other people's stuff for a living: the latest laptops and even high-tech automobiles crumble and die at his hands.
Wednesday 9 September 2009, 3:38pm
Spotify for iPhone: A sound investment?
I jumped on the Spotify mobile bandwagon yesterday. I paid my tenner for the month, downloaded the 'free' application for the Jesus phone, and sat back in open-mouthed astonishment as a mobile gateway to a bazillion songs opened before me. I felt like those people in the Burger King adverts who think they're getting so good a deal they must be inadvertently robbing the joint. Click here for more
Thursday 13 August 2009, 1:04pm
Oh, so Now, I'm famous?
Last week I ended up on Now magazine's gossip Web site next to Kelly Osbourne -- with half my face cropped off. The picture elevated my right eyeball to previously unseen levels of stardom, but with the rest of my body feeling a little unwanted, I retaliated by posting my own version of the picture with half of Kelly's face missing. Nobody disrespects the left side of Rory Reid's face. Today, it appears Now has seen the error of its ways. Click here for more
Friday 7 August 2009, 1:05pm
How I ended up in Now magazine's gossip columns
Now, I'm not saying I'm famous, but I've mingled with F1 drivers, hugged the Pussycat Dolls, and signed the odd autograph for geeks who appreciate my work. So I wasn't surprised when Now magazine published a snap of me cuddling up to Kelly Osbourne -- but did it really have to edit me out of the damn picture? Click here for more
Thursday 7 May 2009, 5:05pm
To catch a thief -- with a webcam
Two would-be thieves visited me recently. The first was burglar-turned-security-consultant Mike Frazer -- whom you might recognise from BBC's Beat the Burglar programme -- while the second was a swindling little rascal I trapped with the help of some clever new tech and my ever-loyal baseball bat. Click here for more
Monday 16 February 2009, 5:19pm
Twitter sucks and so do you. Probably
Last week was Twitter week on CNET UK -- a seven-day period where we bathed ourselves and our readers in the phenomenon that is microblogging. The aim, I'm told, was to tell users everything they need to know about the service so they can become 'experts'. But experts in what, exactly? Wasting your life away? Idiotic blathering? Click here for more
Monday 26 January 2009, 3:17pm
Why I attacked a fellow journalist
I'm an upstanding and well-rounded member of society. I help old biddies cross the street, hold doors open for fit ladies and selflessly point drunken colleagues in the vague direction of a bus stop when it becomes apparent I've bought them one too many sambucas. Click here for more
Monday 29 September 2008, 11:31am
Head of Norton AntiVirus uses a Mac?!
I'm making a habit of seeing things I'm not supposed to. I once went to South Korea and Samsung's marketing guys accidentally told me they were considering quitting the laptop market. Another time, an Asus rep told me the company had built a prototype tablet PC for Apple. Click here for more
Wednesday 3 September 2008, 12:43pm
Isango.com: Holidays down to a manatee
I recently took a break from the helter-skelter world of tech journalism and went on holiday. I flew to America, packed my mum, little sister and our dog into a car, and went on a 1,300-mile road trip to Orlando, Florida. Our mission: to have fun, even if it killed us. Click here for more
Articles by Rory Reid
The 6 worst video game samples in rap music
Photo The Notorious B.I.G once said "Mo' money, mo' problems." He forgot to mention less money leads to mo' misguided samples of video game sounds. Here are the most botched attempts ever
ViewSonic VNB101
Review The 10.1-inch VNB101 doesn't do a great deal to stand out from the netbook crowd, but it doesn't do anything particularly wrong either. This machine is cute and pretty cheap too, so, for those who want to enjoy low-cost computing on the move, it's worth a gander
ViewSonic VMP30: Mini media player
Crave Download movies off the interweb (legal ones, of course) then watch them on your big-screen TV with this tiny media player from ViewSonic
USB 3 vs USB 2: Buffalo HD-HXU3 hard drive speed tested
Crave Today, Crave has the very first external hard drive in the UK that uses the SuperSpeed USB 3 standard. SuperSpeed USB 3, people! Pull up a chair and let's take a butchers'
Snow Leopard vs Windows 7: How the Apple has fallen
Photo Snow Leopard is as slick as ever, but after weeks of exhaustive testing, we've discovered the newly spray-painted pussycat simply doesn't have what it takes to go up against its main rival, Windows 7
'Get a Mac' ads heckle Windows 7 launch
Crave Apple has released a set of new commercials, all designed to upset the launch of Windows 7 and -- to a lesser extent -- highlight the advantages of its own products
HP PhotoSmart Premium C309: A printer, but not as we know it
Crave The HP Photosmart C309 is one of a new breed of machines that can be controlled via an integrated touchscreen display, but that doesn't mean it's any good
Medion Akoya E3211: 13-inch CULV laptop
Crave Psst! Want a 13-inch laptop but can't afford the 114,900 pennies required to buy a MacBook Air? Well you may want to have a gander at the new Medion Akoya E3211
