18th January 2007 Archive

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• Sony opens shutter on 7.2Mp compact digicam quartet

  Sony announced a quartet of 7.2 megapixel, ISO 1000 Cyber-shot compact digital cameras in Europe today ahead of their launch next month. Top of the list are the DSC-W35 and DSC-W55 - the former available in silver, the W55 in a range of pastel shades - all sporting 56MB of on-board memory, a 2.5in LCD (2in on the W35), and a …

  Gadgets and Gizmos 18 Jan 2007, 10:19

• LG, Prada parade iPhone-like KE850

  Separated at birth?

  LG has unveiled the Prada-branded handset - the KE850 - it announced late last year and the two firms must be spewing: their designer phone looks a lot like Apple's iPhone, right down to the touchscreen-controlled snazzy graphical user interface. The Prada phone's touchscreen sits on top of a tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio …

  Phones 18 Jan 2007, 11:06

• RIM readies new UI, CPU for 3G BlackBerry 9000?

  Back-up to memory card feature too, report claims

  Research in Motion will launch a brand new user interface, along with the ability to back-up and restore a handheld's contents to MicroSD card, when it brings its BlackBerry 9000 series to market in Q4. So claims handset rumoursite BoyGeniusReport, which adds that the device will be a 3G unit and contain a new processor. …

  Phones 18 Jan 2007, 11:30

• Orb brings iTunes to Wii console

  Convergence on the cheap

  Demonstrating that you can do convergence on a budget, Orb claims that Nintendo Wii owners have downloaded 50,000 copies of its software that permits them to access their home music and photo collections on their games consoles. A Swedish Wii owner took advantage of the console's built-in Opera browser and Wi-Fi to tap into …

  Consoles 18 Jan 2007, 15:57

• First HD-DVD film appears on BitTorrent

  Serenity broken

  A high-definition format movie has made its way onto BitTorrent. A pirated copy of the hit science fiction movie Serenity has been ripped from a HD DVD disc and made available to users of the popular P2P file sharing protocol. The availability of the movie, which weighs in at a chunky 19.6GB and comes as a .EVO file …

  HD 18 Jan 2007, 17:05