Ever wondered what the top most searched techie gadgets are? Well, I certainly have, so when Yahoo! published their list of the most searched gadgets of 2008, I had to take a sneaky peek. And goodness, was I surprised.

Not very interesting was number 10’s entry, ‘Garmin’. That’s a make of GPS, if you were wondering.

Still huge in popularity at number 9 was the iPod. Pretty impressive that they’re still topping the tables after 7 years of sales.

Covering up slots 8, 5, 4 and 3 were various games consoles. No big shock there then.

What did surprise me, though, was numero uno on the list, the top gadget that you’re all searching for, the must have technological item of 2008. It’s a…wait for it…digital camera. Oh.

I thought we all had one these in this day and age. Well, plenty of us have done away with them altogether in favour of our all-singing, all dancing mobile phones that can take a better picture than the brick-sized cameras we had a few years ago, I suppose. So why on earth are we searching for them again?

Maybe it’s because they’re cheap. Maybe it’s because there are so many of them out there, we need help in buying them. Who knows. But it seems that even in these days of super consoles, phones and music gadgets, we still want to take a good old picture. Hurrah.

Congratulations - you’ve just stepped into the most exciting, innovative channel on Beanzine. No, really - well done. Because without the wonder that is technology, I wouldn’t be writing this. You wouldn’t be reading this. And what a shame that would be for everybody.

So enough waffle about the joys of technology for today (since there’s going to be plenty of that in weeks to come) - you probably want to know who I am. Well, maybe you don’t, but I’m going to tell you anyway. My name is Aimee Steen, I’m 20 and, just to confirm your already sneaking suspicion that I am indeed a total geek, I study Mathematics at Cardiff University. That’s the boring stuff out of the way.

As Technology editor, I want to make sure there’s stuff on here that you really want to read about; whether it’s how you can find the best PC for your money, what’s going on in the world of science, or why it is that leopard-print hair straighteners appeal to you so much more than black ones, there really is something for everybody in the world of technology.

Oh, and there’ll probably be stuff about Facebook on here too, catering for the addicts who have ventured away from the site for a few minutes but need a bit of a social network-shaped comfort blanket while they’re gone. Myself included.

So watch this space for a world of virtual delights, and until then:

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(That’s goodbye in binary…I’m not sad. I swear.*)

*Well, maybe just a little.