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Top Ten searched for Celebs

By Jemma | Posted in Entertainment, Fact Friday | December 24, 2010 – 12:56 pm

Have you ever ‘Googled’ yourself?

Yes we thought so… we all have. Have you ever Googled your favourite actor/actress like Robert Pattison? (Edward out of Twilight, like you didn’t know!)

Here at QuadroNation we were feeling rather helpful (once again) so we took the liberty of listing the top ten searched for celebs on the net. N.B. It had nothing to do with the lovely selection of male actors in the list of course!

1. The beautiful (if I don’t say so myself) Robert Pattison. The palest idol known, Robert has gone from a virtually unknown actor to one of the biggest (and adored might I add) actors on the planet. It is unsurprising that he comes in at number 1.

2.  Another major Twilight star Taylor Lautner (Jacob) is in at number 2, even with the ever growing conflict of the Twilight rivals he is clearly still extremely popular. Do I blame people? Absolutely not… he is just as much a heartthrob as Robert!

3. Daniel Radcliffe. The infamous Harry Potter is in a well deserved spot, number 3. It all started back in 1997 when the first novel The Philosophers Stone was released then the movie in 2001. He was just the young age of twelve when the first movie was made now nine years later he turns quite a few heads!

4. Most people have seen the film Basic Instinct and that’s were Mr Douglas steps in (Michael Douglas of course). Also famous for marrying the wonderful Catherine Zeta Jones, he has made some great movies and his place at number 4 proves age isn’t everything.

5. Also known as a teen idol, Corey Haim is next on our list. Although he unfortunately passed away earlier this year his legacy is still clearly going strong with an impressive spot at number 5.

6. The one and only Russell Brand is sixth. Married to the lovely Katy Perry he has had nothing but success this year. He has starred in some great well known films such as Get him to the Greek and Despicable me.

7. The Lord of the Rings was a major success worldwide so it is no surprise that the handsome Orlando Bloom is seventh. Having also starred in The Pirates of the Caribbean, Orlando is extremely popular with the ladies but unfortunately has already been snatched up by model Miranda Kerr. (sob, sob)

8. Has recently starred in the smash hit animated movie Megamind and is one of the most envied men on the planet, you guessed it Brad Pitt is eighth. He has made countless great movies and is currently dating the woman once voted sexiest woman alive. (Never mind boys)

9. Now here is someone with a massive fan base and I can understand why. Johnny Depp is ninth and has played some weird and wonderful characters through his career such as Captain Jack sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland and of course Mr Scissor Hands himself.

10. Last but certainly not least is Leonardo Di Caprio. Famous for the amazing film Titanic, his most recent film was the very popular Inception which is believed to be action packed and very exciting. At the age of 36, I have to say he is still looking good…

The Gadget Timeline…

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Gadgets, Gaming, Google, Mobile | December 17, 2010 – 12:59 pm

Gadgets have been around forever, even over ten years ago there were exciting new Toys to play with.

In our Fact Friday this week we are doing a Doc Brown and going back in time to see the gadgets that have moulded our society of today.

Playstation 1 – 1995

It was released September 29 1995 and was a massive hit, with games like Crash Bandicoot and street Fighter.

Digital Cameras – 1995

Everyone owns a digital camera of some sort and it all started back in 1995. It is said that

Eastman Kodak invented the first ever digital camera and the technology has just grown from there.

Windows 95

Design and planning started for this three years previous to the actual release date. It was said that Windows 95 was released with the single “Start Me Up” (Rolling Stones) on it and Microsoft paid them between $8-$14 million dollars for the privilege.

DVD 1996

DVD was a massive change from VHS and it took a while for people to adapt to the huge improvements, like being able to watch a film again without having to rewind it! Toshiba and JVC are the two known companies who made the first generation of DVD players and are as popular today as they were back then.

Flat screen 1998

Even though these are now the most popular, must have necessity in our living room they have been round quite a while. They were a lot more expensive back in 1998 thus not as popular as today.

Google 1998

The one and only Google.com, this is one of the (if not the most popular) site on the web. With about 320 million hits a day this has become the search engine of the century and I don’t think things are about to change any time soon.

Nokia 3210 1999

The infamous Nokia 3210 was extremely popular and was the beginning of a revolution when it came to mobile phones. It was one of the first mobiles to hide the big awkward antenna and have a choice of three games. Everyone loves a game of good old snake!

Apple iPod 2001

This was an amazing gadget which could hold up to 1,000 songs and was very small and compact in form. You could automatically download songs off iTunes onto this tiny 6.5 ounce design.

Sky+ 2001

Sky plus has been a revelation and when it first came out back in 2001 everyone was wowed at the fact that you can record programmes and watch them at any time you want. For us busy folk this was perfect!

Facebook 2004

Social Networking site of the past six years, Facebook is forever growing in users and popularity. Even with the competitor Twitter, Facebook is still going strong.

Apple iPhone 2007

2007 brought the unveiling of the iPhone, it was known as a widescreen iPod but turned out to be much more. It came with wifi, camera, visual voicemail, email and web browsing. It was extremely popular and sought after and still is today.

Apple iPad – 2010

This year came the sensation that is the  Apple iPad. Basically like a hand held computer, this gadget has sold over two million and the number is only increasing.

So there is a look back at technology over the past 15 years. I personally used to be a fan of the Playstation 1 – couldn’t beat a bit of Crash Bandicoot on a Saturday night!

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Ten Most Addictive Sites on the Net

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, website | December 10, 2010 – 1:02 pm

How many of us could not survive without the internet? I know I couldn’t…

But what are the specific sites that you just couldn’t survive without?

We did our best Columbo impression earlier this week to find out what are the Top Ten Most addictive Websites out there at the moment.

1. Youtube

Youtube is like Pringles ‘once you pop you can’t stop’. This site can keep you entertained for hours with videos from music to even how to clone yourself a Big Mac. It currently gets around a staggering two billion hits per day. Our favourite video at present would have to be the one and only Keenan Cahill from the US. Check him out here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_n3hg-Gbg

2. Fail Blog

This is a great site that will definitely raise a few laughs. It is basically a site were people upload their amusing pictures for all too see. Take a look at this if your boss can’t afford a Christmas tree this year – http://work.failblog.org/2010/12/02/job-lols-also-you-can-forget-your-christmas-bonuses/#comments

3. Overstock

Similar to Amazon, Overstock is fantastic website where you can buy goods at a discount price. You can be looking through thousands of products all day and night. Take a look – http://www.overstock.com/

4. Totally Looks Like

A very fun site that does exactly what it says on the tin; compares famous people to other famous people (which can be quite amusing). I got really confused between these two because he totally looks like the guy off Strictly Come Dancing – (scroll down the page)

http://totallylookslike.icanhascheezburger.com/

5. Facebook

Everyone knows what Facebook is and what it does, we also know how addictive it can be. From keeping your farm up and running to finding out the latest gossip, this is most definitely worthy of being in the Top Ten.

6. Cute overload

This has to be the cutest website well……EVER! It is basically a collection of really sweet and comical animal images that would put a smile on anyone’s face. Especially loving this one http://cuteoverload.com/2010/12/04/lets-check-in-on-boo/149245_478965538253_80329313253_5710148_160413_n/

7. Twitter

Tweeting is now generally a part of everyone’s daily routine – it’s even a real word in the dictionary! Where else can you find out what your favourite celebrity has had for breakfast or see a pic taken backstage at the T4 Awards? It’s a great way to be nosey in our opinion…

8.  F*** my life

This site allows you to vent your anger and frustration at whatever disaster may have occurred that day. You can also sit for hours reading through other people’s miseries and misfortunes. (Harsh but genuinely entertaining).

9. Ebay

Similar to an auction, EBay allows you to bid on goods and whoever has the highest bid gets the product. This is one of the main reasons why this site is addictive, you have to keep checking to see where your bid is upto, also to see if your own items are doing well.

10. 2Leep

2Leep Brings people and blogs from around the world together on one site. You can read all kinds of different blogs and view the same amount of weird and wonderful pictures from the globe. Here is a fine example, Art made out of pencils http://www.dumage.com/no-way-these-are-pencils/

So that was our Top Ten addictive sites; lets see how many of you go on many of the sites listed purely out of curiosity, we know we will!

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Ever wondered if blondes have more fun or what is the secret to happiness?

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, website | December 3, 2010 – 12:54 pm

We all have our whys, wheres and hows of the world but what are the most common? In this week’s Fact Friday we share with you the ten most unanswerable questions in the world, according to popular search engine Ask Jeeves.

These are based on over 1 billion questions and queries from back in 2000 when Ask Jeeves was first launched. The site also said they may be bringing in an ‘unanswerables’ page to show the questions that are impossible to answer.

1. What is the meaning of life?

2. Is there a God?

3. Do blondes have more fun?

4. What is the best diet?

5. Is there anybody out there?

6. Who is the most famous person in the world?

7. What is love?

8. What is the secret to happiness?

9. Did Tony Soprano die?

10. How long will I live?

Any of these seem familiar to you?

Here at QuadroNation, we have a few more unanswerable questions of our own…

Why does it always rain the day you have been to the hairdressers?

Why does the bus always go really slow on the mornings you want to get to work early?

And why do you always see an item of clothing you really want in a shop when you have no money?

Top Ten random things you didn’t know about Google

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday | November 26, 2010 – 1:04 pm

Millions of people around the world use Google on a daily basis. Fact.

But have you ever wondered what the weird and wonderful facts are about Google? Well look no further here we have the answers!

1.Google has a Company Dinosaur

At the Googleplex there is a humongous T-Rex skeleton nick named ‘Stan’, that isn’t all though , there is also a few other things lurking in the Google ground’s such as- a large lego man, pink flamingos and even Google coloured Phoneboxes!

2. Google rents goats

Yes you heard us right, Google actually rents goats. They rent goats from a Company called California grazing not for any other reason except just to keep the Google HQ weed less.

3.Google’s First Tweet

The tweet read “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010.” This is the popular phrase from the Google Homepage “I’m feeling lucky” (written in Binary).

4. The first Google Doodle

The first Doodle was back in 1998, it was a burning man designed by the Google guys. It was added to the homepage to let users know they were out of the office and couldn’t fix technical issues. Clever or what!

5. Before Google, there was backrub

Back in 1996, graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on a research project to understand the link structure of the World Wide Web. So they brought out Back rub which soon turned into “the Google search Engine” that we know and love today.

6. A 15 Year Old worked for Google

His name was Tom Vendetta and he was a New Jersey Student, he has the record for the youngest Google employee. His job was to work on Security flaws on Gmail, alright for a 15 year old Aye!

7. Google Hoaxes!

Every year Google celebrates the 1st of April by playing multiple pranks online, the most common being in 2007 with TiSP (Toilet internet Server Provider), it basically fooled people into thinking they could get a free broadband line through there sewage pipes via the toilet. Ha! Good one!

8. Google name

There is an actual person (well child) named after Google, his name is Oliver Google Kai and he is from Lebanon. He is around 5 years Old now and his father Walid Elias Kai has set up a Website for his Son.

9. Google spends $73 Million on employee meals a year

At Google’s California headquarters (the Googleplex) employees are welcome to at least two free meals a day from 11 different gourmet cafeterias. Lucky or what!

10. Google’s first dog

In 1999, a Leonberger breed named Yoshka came to work with Google’s first VP of Engineering Urs Hölzle and became the companys “first dog. They are really kind and gentle dogs which makes them rubbish guard dogs!

So that was the Top Ten Random Facts on Google, I think you’ll agree that they were very interesting (if I don’t say so myself!)

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Fact Friday – The facts on computers

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Uncategorized | November 19, 2010 – 1:01 pm

It is very rare to find someone without a PC or laptop of some kind in their home. They are undoubtedly the most popular must have piece of technology in the world. So what are the facts? Let the team of QuadroNation take you on a whistle stop tour of all things techi…

Where did it all start?

The Z1 originally created by Germany’s Konrad Zuse in his parents’ living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer.

In the 1970s Hewlett Packard introduced fully programmable computers that fit entirely on top of a desk, including a small one-line display, a keyboard and printer.

The first laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, a portable computer developed by Adam Osborne that weighed 24 pounds, 64 KB of memory, a 5-inch display, two 5 1/4″ floppy drives, and a modem.

The first Apple known as the Apple I was designed by Steve Wozniak in 1976.

Here is when the big names released their first computers:

Toshiba – In 1954 Toshiba introduces its first computer, the “TAC” digital computer.

NEC – In 1958 NEC builds its first computer the “NEAC 1101.”

Hewlett Packard – In 1966 Hewlett Packard released its first general computer, the “HP-2115.”

Compaq – March 1983 Compaq released its first computer and the first 100% IBM compatible computer the “Compaq Portable.”

Dell – In 1985 Dell introduced its first computer, the “Turbo PC.”

Computers have clearly grown immensely since the first one back in the 1930’s and to some people living without one is simply not an option. Businesses are obviously in no rush to stop developing and improving and we don’t intend to try and stop them.

How many adults access the internet daily?

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Internet | November 12, 2010 – 12:53 pm

internet

These days we look back and think, ‘what did we do before the internet?’. For a few years the internet was something for us young people to spend hours on, but as time has gone on the internet has become key in all jobs and even home life. The older generation have jumped on the bandwagon and here are the key facts and figures on how they have took over the internet.

  • In 2006, 30.1 million adults in the UK (60 per cent) accessed the internet almost every day. This is nearly double the estimate in 2006 of 16.5 million.
  • The number of adults that have never accessed the internet decreased to 9.2 million from 10.2 million 2009.
  • Within the last 12 months, 31 million people have ordered goods off the internet. These internet shoppers represented 62 per cent of all adults. Sporting goods and clothes were the most popular buy, with 52 per cent of internet shoppers purchasing these products.
  • 6.4 million people listened to the radio or watched television over the internet in 2006 and in 2010 17.4 million are tuning in.
  • 73 per cent of households (19.2 million) in 2010 had an internet connection. The region with the highest level of access was London, with 83 per cent; the lowest was the North East, with 59 per cent.

We can expect these figures to grow year after year as the world continues to rely heavily on online activities. One of the main reasons the older generation has been persuaded to join the online community is Facebook. Yeah…I’m bored of hearing that name too.

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Top five gadgets for Christmas

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Gadgets | November 5, 2010 – 1:40 pm

It is only 49 days until the big day arrives and there are some fab gadgets out there to get you in the festive spirit. We have listed some of our favourite Christmas crackers below if you would like to take a look…

Xbox Kinect – Kinect is the Xbox motion-sensing peripheral that allows you to play compatible games completely controller free. Also you can interact with dashboard with out picking up your pad.

Samsung Galaxy Tab – This has hit the stores this month and will no doubt be a big seller for Christmas. It has a 7″ touch screen and is packed with incredible entertainment and communication features.

Phillips GoGear Muse – This has a quality 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen to improve video and image viewing, and includes an HDMI output for hooking the device up to your TV.

Ion Twin Video – This is a great new take on a portable camcorder, it has both front and back lenses so you can record what’s in front of you and also yourself at the same time.

MacBook Air 13” – This offers solid state flash storage similar to the iPad, not to mention up to seven hours’ battery life. It is a super skinny 0.6 inches at its thickest point and offers solid state flash storage similar to the iPad.

These gadgets are well worthy of there places in our top five and are most definitely ones to look our for in the run up to Christmas. So why not give in to your geeky side and treat yourself this Christmas.



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How much has the internet expanded in the last ten years?

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Internet | October 29, 2010 – 11:56 am

wwwThe internet is a world wide phenomenon and in the past years it has grown immensely.

Where did it all start?
It all started with the time-sharing of IBM computers in the early 1960s at universities such as Dartmouth and Berkeley in the States. People would share the same computer for their Computing tasks and it has grown from that point.

Here are the Top five numbers of users from 2000

1 United States – 95.1 million
2 Japan – 47.1 million
3 Germany – 24.0 million
4 China – 22.5 million
5 South Korea – 19.1 million

Here are the Top five numbers of users from 2010

1 China – 420.0 million 22.5 million
2 United States – 239.2 million 95.1 million
3 Japan – 99.1 million 47.1 million
4 India – 81.0 million 5.0 million
5 Brazil – 75.9 million 5.0 million

I think it’s fair to say there is a large comparison between the two and that the numbers will only increase year by year.

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Facebook Gaming. The Facts.

By Jemma | Posted in Fact Friday, Gaming, Social networking | October 22, 2010 – 11:42 am

Social games are extremely popular these days and Facebook gaming is no exception. For all you gaming addicts out there, some of these figures may be of interest….

• 50% of facebook log-ins are purely to play games.

• 69% of Facebook Gamers are actually women.

• 56 Million people play daily. 290 Million play monthly.

• The average amount of time spent on Facebook per month is a 7 hours and 1 minute which is a   whopping 85 hours 2 minutes a year!

• 20% of people have actually paid cash for in-game benefits.

• 19% of people say they are addicted!

The Top 5 Games of the moment are:

1. Farmville
2. Texas HoldEm Poker
3. Frontierville
4. Mafia Wars
5. Café World


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