The UK Government may a divided entity, with the Liberal and Conservative coalition putting on a brave, united face for the sceptical public, but its latest Alphagov initiative is striving to create a genuine unified presence…online, at least. You’ll no doubt agree that finding correct and current public information can be a challenge at times. Where exactly do you go to find public holiday information? How do you go about arranging a tax rebate, or discovering whether you’re qualified to drive a mini-bus?...

The UK Government may be a divided entity, with the Liberal and Conservative coalition putting on a brave, united face for the sceptical public, but its latest Alphagov initiative is striving to create a genuine unified presence…online, at least. You’ll no doubt agree that finding correct and current public information can be a challenge at times. Where exactly do you go to find public holiday information? How do you go about arranging a tax rebate, or discovering whether you’re qualified to drive a mini-bus?...

San Francisco clothing designerAlphyn Industrieshas set out to bridge the gap between military and mainstream, with its new line of functional, high tech clothes. Launched at theMacWorld Expoin May, Alphyn Industries has created a line of jackets, shirts and pants, that lets us love our gadgets without having to hold onto them, or bury them in our pockets. The Alphyn IndustriesPADX-1 Ledge Wearcomis a lightweight pullover with a zip-up kangaroo pouch for storing an iPad or tablet computer....

Qwiki, an innovative search product, is a service that from its very inception has been the target of praise. The company won the most recent TechCrunch Disrupt, putting them under a large spotlight. We gave away500 alpha inviteswhen the service was young. Today the company is leaving its private alpha and is opening to the world. Qwiki, if you did not know,does this: Qwiki is software that strings together content from sites such as Wikipedia, Google, Fotopedia and YouTube, and presents that content in a narrated, multimedia format called a “Qwiki....

An amateur code-cracker claims to have solved the Zodiac Killer’s code, forty years after professionals were unable to do so,Gizmodo reports. The output is the most intelligible reading of the code yet. If Corey Starliper has got it right, they paint a dark picture of the killer’s psychological state — surprise. The note purportedly asks authorities to hurry up and apprehend him, stating an inability to stop killing. There’s a pleading tone and statements like, “I can’t go on living in this way....