Archive for February, 2008

Make Cash From YouTube

YouTube is offering UK home-grown video talents the chance to make lots of cash from their bedroom.

The company is extending its YouTube Partner Programme – currently running in the US – to the UK, allowing video posters the chance to earn a slice from …

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Garmin Enters Mobile Phone Market With “nüvifone”

GPS market leader, Garmin, has thrown its hat into the mobile phone arena with an interesting first product, the “nüvifone”.

The stylish looking device combines phone, mobile Web-browser and GPS into one touchscreen handheld. The company boasts that it’s the …

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

PS3 Sales Up But Sony Cuts Sales Targets

The PS3 seems to have turned a corner for Sony but while sales are up the company has reduced its sales forecast by 1.5 million units for 2007/08 to 9.5 million, down from 11 million.

A slow start …

Monday, February 4th, 2008

iRiver Back Waving A Gold Mickey

I thought the first iRiver MP3 player based on Disney’s Mickey Mouse was fugly but they obviously feel they are still onto a winner because now they’ve gone and dipped it in gold.

This ‘limited edition’ …

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Picoz Insecta Helicopter – Just Don’t Swat It!

Picoz has been making remote controlled choppers for a a while but this is certainly one of its cheapest, and brightest, offerings.

The Picoz Insecta Helicopter costs just £20 and for something that looks like a giant airborne …

Monday, February 4th, 2008

World’s Biggest Waterproof TV

I always thought soaking in the tub was about getting away from distractions but for many it’s about watching the telly in every room of the house.

Meet the worlds’ biggest waterproof TV, the AVF 57-4LCD …

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

O2 Cuts iPhone Costs

With all the coverage about Apple ‘allegedly’ gagging its UK partners from not revealing poor iPhone sales figures, it’s not surprising to see that O2 is hoping to boost business by slashing the cost of running Apple’s stylish device.

O2 has taken the wraps …

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

European PSP Users Get Skype

The latest firmware update from Sony for the PSP has been released, adding the much anticipated ability for PSP Slim & Lite owners to make and receive free Skype phone calls.

Owners of the original …

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Woolworths Dumps HD DVD For Blu-ray

One of the UK’s biggest DVD retailers, Woolworths, has decided to dump the HD DVD movie format in favour of its rival, Blu-ray.

This makes it the first major UK retailer to exclusively back Blu-ray and comes just …

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Microphone Mouse: Talk To The Hand

The mouse has remained largely unchanged for some time now. Sure, it’s gotten smaller, wireless, had buttons added and buttons removed and now, it’s gotten a microphone and a speaker.

This is the unsurprisingly named, 3-in-1 Mouse with …

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Brits “Very Frustrated” With Broadband

Setting up a broadband connection should be a snap but, of course, it isn’t, with more than 1 million UK households spending up to 6 hours trying to set up, or troubleshoot, their new broadband service.

The stats come from a new O2 Broadband survey …

Friday, February 1st, 2008