Rdio takes on Spotify with UK launch US streaming music service matches the Swedes' pricing – and wants to reel you in with a seven day free trial Fed up of Spotify’s complete and utter dominance of music streaming in the UK? With the exception of brave attempts fromPure Musicand quasi-integration of last.fm (viaSpotify apps), there’s not really much choice. And now Spotify hasa Retina Display-optimised iPad app with AirPlay supportit seems its master plan is almost complete....

Real life DeLorean time machine is unveiled If you’re the proud owner of a hover board and DeLorean sports car then there’s no excuse for not gracing your wrist with this beautiful timepiece Right, I want my money back. That’s no time machine Yes, it is. What is a watch if not a machine that keeps track of and relays the time? Ergo, a time machine. Also, what money? You haven’t paid a penny....

Real life fruit ninja decimates fruit to dubstep Grab you’re katana and get ready for the juiciest smoothie you’ll ever have. Just watch out for those bombs We graduated to fruit-dicing black belts long ago after sinking hundreds of hours into Fruit Ninja, but our skills pale in comparison to the real life katana wielding fruit destroyer in the latest YouTube video to hit our inbox. Featuring a cavalcade of fruit (not to mention a now-extinct Twinkie), a razor sharp katana, slow motion fruit slicing goodness and a wub wubbing dubstep soundtrack, it’s the ultimate video to inspire some sword slashing of your own....

Real life Wall E took 2 years to make From the man who brought you a life-size working R2-D2, meet Wall E in the metallic skin Got 3800 hours on your hands? Then you too – with a lot of skill – could build yourself a Wall E robot. That’s how long it took Pixar enthusiast Mike Senna of California to manage the task – totally from scratch. Mike, who previously built a life sized working model of R2-D2, spent 25 hours a week working on his fully working Wall E while somehow fitting in his day job....

Recon MOD heads-up-display goggles go open source with Android And with different hardware, including glasses incoming, Google Glass better watch its back Recon, the creator of theMOD heads-up-display toting sports goggles, has just announced it will be releasing an SDK for Android app developers at Google I/O later today. This is coupled with news that Recon will be releasing new hardware for other sports including a pair of heads-up-display toting glasses....

Retro Chic – Braun SK 4 Without the SK 4, there may have been no iPod. Get £500 on eBay now to get one of these Bauhaus beauties of your very own What’s the story? Between 1919 and 1933, that brief period when Germany wasn’t being ruled by a vicious monarch or a monstrous fascist, there existed a school of art, craft and design known as the Bauhaus. The people who studied and taught there followed the idea that buildings and machines should have a simple, clean design that is easy to use – objective, functional, but human....

Retro chic – Fender Jag-Stang (1995) Got £450 to spare? Take home Kurt’s custom guitar – heroin addiction optional What’s the story? The music press painted Kurt Cobain as a junkie hero who didn’t care, but Nirvana’s frontman was a dedicated songwriter and guitar geek (although there’s evidence he was fairly keen on drugs, too). The Fenders he played were all modified with custom pickups, and in 1993 he designed a hybrid of his two favourites: the Mustang and the Jaguar....