http://villa81.com/blog Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:44:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This day one week ago I finally was able to unite a trophy with its rightful owner after a month on my mantelpiece. In February I accepted the Digital Media Award (DMA) for Best in Blogging on behalf of Ronan Lyons. This was a somewhat unusual task as you see ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=360 Inspired by this Tweet by Caitlin Moran of The Times following today's successful test of the Large Hadron Collider in CERN we decided to do a little investigating. Will the wave of celebratory nerd sex spread worldwide and could it reach the Emerald Isle to such an extent as to ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=352 Crackdown 2 will be arriving on the Xbox 360 later this year and Villa81 took the chance to chat with Microsoft's Peter Connelly to see what gamers can expect when the game is launched. No firm release date has been set but Microsoft say the game will be out some time ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=347 Villa81 headed along to the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dublin to see the best and brightest in the Irish technology world do battle at the 2010 Satellite Broadband Ireland Digital Media Awards. We must extend our sincerest thanks to Ashville Media who provided us with stills, without which we wouldn't have ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=344 We're moving away from video for this piece but as you'll see images will still be quite important. Sony Playstation sent out a press release earlier today declaring it had tested the public's honesty as part of the launch of it's new game PS3 game Heavy Rain. Any kind of ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=333 Canon opted for an Oscar inspired theme for the launch of their latest line of cameras, Villa81 didn't dress for the occasion but we did bring our own camera along to see what they had to offer. http://villa81.com/blog/?p=331 Villa81 visited London's Groucho Club to see four of Sony Ericsson's new phones in action. We took a look at the X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro, and the Vivaz Pro. All of these devices are due out in the first and second quarters of 2010. http://villa81.com/blog/?p=327 Villa81 has been nominated in the Best Technology Blog (sponsored by BitBuzz) and Best Blog by a Journalist (sponsored by BVisible) categories at the 2010 Irish Blog Awards. On behalf of the rest of the crew here at Villa81 I'd like to thank all our visitors for their support over ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=323 Villa81 headed over to BETT, the top dog in educational technology trade shows. Samsung, Ricoh, and O2 were among the exhibitors at the event. BETT concludes on the 16th of January. http://villa81.com/blog/?p=320 Ronan Gallagher, Strategy & Planning manager at UPC Ireland, was the first subject of The Blitz. This new series on Villa81 sees interviewees receiving a grilling and they have just 5 minutes to answer all the questions put to them. A full explanation of the format can be found here but ... http://villa81.com/blog/?p=317