12th September 2006 Archive

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iPods now doubling as alcohol breathalysers

For late nights out

Those with a few pints under their belts on a Friday night can now gauge how much liquor they've consumed by using their iPod. David Steele Enterprises is selling the iBreath – an alcohol breathalyser, which also has a wireless transmitter to send your tunes on to any FM radio. To make use of the breathalyser, a user needs to …

Media players 12 Sep 2006, 10:43
Logitech touchscreen Harmony

Automated bliss in the home

Logitech's latest addition to the Harmony family of remote controls will be available later this autumn. The Harmony 1000 remote is packaged with a 3.5 inch colour touch-sensitive screen, and can control any device with an infrared receiver. Using radio frequency (RF) technology it can control multi-room entertainment …

Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Sep 2006, 10:45
HDMI video editing on the cheap

Blackmagic for high definition video

Blackmagic Design has launched a High Defintion Multimedia Interface (HDMI) editing card for those on a budget. The card, dubbed Intensity, is designed for low cost consumer cameras with HDMI video connections. This means they can move beyond the quality limits of HDV compressed video into uncompressed editing and design, which …

Bits 'n' Chips 12 Sep 2006, 10:53
Encore processor upgrade for Apple G4

For those not ready to retire

Sonnet Technologies is to launch a new line of dual processor upgrade cards for the PowerMac. A CPU upgrade, from 1Ghz to 1.8 Ghz for example, can be a cheap way of increasing the performance of a machine without replacing everything. The the Encore/MDX G4 Duet 1.6 GHz and 1.8 Ghz are both designed for the G4 MDD (Mirrored …

Mac 12 Sep 2006, 13:01
ViewSonic teases with 'made for iPod' displays

19 and 22in widescreen models coming soon

ViewSonic is showing off "Made for iPod" desktop displays at Apple's Expo in Paris. Dubbed the ViewDock, the displays have an integrated iPod dock that links to the monitor, which is up 65 times larger than an iPod screen, depending on model. The ViewDock will be available in 19 and 22in widescreen models, but no resolution …

Media players 12 Sep 2006, 14:50
Palm, Vodafone to ship 3G Treo 750v on 2 October

Palm and Vodafone have launched the Treo 750v, the PDA maker's new 3G Euro-centric smart phone, and pledged to ship the gadget on 2 October in the UK. The pair had announced the launch back in July, touting the device as a UMTS-connected Windows Mobile 5.0 device. Palm and Vodafone confirmed those details today, but provided …

Phones 12 Sep 2006, 15:17
i-mate touts two new handsets

Make way for SPL and JAQ

i-mate is releasing two smart phones into the wild in a bid to appeal to a wider market. The phones, which run Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, will be cheaper than previous smartphones, the company said at the CTIA Wireless IT exhibition in Los Angeles today. The i-mate JAQ has a full QWERTY keyboard, 128 MB ROM, 64MB RAM, a …

Phones 12 Sep 2006, 15:46
WD launches new external 2.5in hard drives

As well as new internal 2.5in SATA drives

Western Digital has released a new range of Passport Portable Drives, which it says have grown in storage capacity and shrunk in size. The company makes the announcement on the fiftieth anniversary since IBM shipped its first hard disk - the refrigerator-sized IBM RAMAC 650 HDD. The WD drives are now shipping in 60, 80, …

Storage 12 Sep 2006, 15:57
Apple goes iPod mad

Now with movies and battery life

Apple CEO Steve Jobs put on his mouse ears today and did his thang as the head of a computer consumer electronics company. First off, Jobs, at a San Francisco event, showed off three new iPods. Starting today, customers can secure new 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions of the iPod Nano. Apple has started making these slim iPods with …

Media players 12 Sep 2006, 18:42