Archive for February, 2008

iPod shuffle Bumped To 2GB & Cheaper Too

Apple has doubled the capacity of its littlest iPod, the Shuffle, to 2GB and slashed to cost of the existing model.

The price of the 1GB player has been dropped to $49, quite a drop indeed, since it …

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Official: HD DVD Dead – Blu-ray Wins

It had been speculated but Toshiba finally brought the curtain down on the high-definition (HD) movie war with Blu-ray today by announcing it’s pulling the plug on HD DVD.

“We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing …

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Sigma Launches 14MP Compact Digital Camera

It seems that 10MP compact cameras are old hat already with Sigma launching a new compact camera with a whopping 14MP resolution.

The DP1 won’t be cheap though, with an expected price of £550 when it lands …

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Budget Blu-ray Player On The Horizon

We’ve heard a lot about cheap and budget HD DVD movie players over the past year but dedicated Blu-ray players have been consistently overpriced.

Now, French outfit Sigmatek is planning to launch a budget Blu-ray player in …

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Sigma Launches 14MP Compact Digital Camera

It seems that 10MP compact cameras are old hat already with Sigma launching a new compact camera with a whopping 14MP resolution.

The DP1 won’t be cheap though, with an expected price of £550 when it lands …

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Budget Blu-ray Player On The Horizon

We’ve heard a lot about cheap and budget HD DVD movie players over the past year but dedicated Blu-ray players have been consistently overpriced.

Now, French outfit Sigmatek is planning to launch a budget Blu-ray player in …

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Wedding iPod touch From Selfridges

It’s not just little bespoke gadgets pimp outfits that do ridiculous things with phones and iPods you know?

High St. retailer Selfridges is about to offer a blinged out iPod touch designed for those looking to pop …

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Intempo Rebel Kills Radio DJs

The only real drawbacks to happy radio listening are (a) the DJs and (b) the endless bloody ads.

Radio DJs – unless they happen to be funny or witty but which 99% of them aren’t …

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Cubed: The LED-based Puzzler

Yes, I realise that there’s a heart-shaped logo on this product and that today is that ridiculous, over-commercialised hoax called Valentine’s Day, but this little gadget promises to entertain for a bit longer than those overpriced flowers you bought. …

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Windows Phone

Sony Ericsson has unveiled the first in its Xperia family of phones, the X1, which is also its first phone based on Windows Mobile.

The X1, following hot on the heels of the new Nokia N96, is …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Kingston’s 16GB SD Card

For those of you who just can’t get enough portable storage [me too], you’ll be delighted to see that Kingston has launched a 16GB SD Card.

The 16GB Class 4 SDHC Flash memory card joins the 4GB …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Yahoo Tells Microsoft: ‘On Yer Bike!’

As predicted, Yahoo has turned down Microsoft’s takeover offer of $45bn, or $31 per share.

This doesn’t mean the deal’s off, just that Microsoft will have to dig a bit deeper into its coffers. If previous …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Netflix Dumps HD DVD For Blu-ray

There’s an alarmingly trend forming around the high-def movie format, HD DVD, which involves everyone dumping it for its rival, Blu-ray.

Online movie rental giant, Netflix, has joined Warner Bros., New Line Cinema and Woolworths in …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

DAB + Bluetooth Headset = Something Useful

As mobile phone launches reach fever pitch over at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, The Technology Partnership (TTP) previewed the world’s first Bluetooth headset accessory with built-in DAB radio.

The dinky little nanoDAB, will allow …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

DAB + Bluetooth Headset = Something Useful

As mobile phone launches reach fever pitch over at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, The Technology Partnership (TTP) previewed the world’s first Bluetooth headset accessory with built-in DAB radio.

The dinky little nanoDAB, will allow …

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Ixos Portable iPod Dock

Yes, the world doesn’t yet have enough iPod docks so IXOS has announced a new portable dock called the Argo.

The shiny £50 dock comes complete with FM radio functionality and 12Watts of output from four speaker drivers, which …

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Panasonic Crams HD Video Into New Digital Camera

We’ve all heard about HD camcorders but what about little digital compact cameras offering high definition video recording?

Panasonic is among the first to offer it up with the new Lumix DMC-FX35, a compact …

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Asus Unveils 2008 ‘Eee’ Line-up

Following on from the surprise success of its cheap and wee ‘Eee’ laptop, Asus is planning to rollout some additions to the range during the year.

These will include the E-DT [a desktop PC], E-TV and …

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

B&O TV Comes With Robotic Arm

It may sound like something from Lost In Space but luxury TV maker, Bang & Olufsen, is getting all sci-fi with its latest telly, which comes complete with a robotic arm.

No, it’s not for serving up snacks and beer …

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

The Safest Child Safety Seat?

We may dearly want to kick our unruly children in the ass now and then but when it comes to driving them around we want out little rugrats trussed up safe and sound in the back …

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008