26th March 2007 Archive

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Satnav plunges £96k Merc into river

Lucky escape for misguided woman driver

The driver of a £96k Mercedes SL500 had a lucky escape after her satnav directed her down a winding track and straight into the River Sence in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, the Leicester Mercury reports. The 28-year-old woman - apparently on her way to a Christening on 3 March - ignored signposts indicating the track was …

Gadgets and Gizmos 26 Mar 2007, 08:53
WIN a Sony PlayStation 3

Competition Your chance to win with Register Hardware

Sony's PlayStation 3 - possibly the most eagerly anticipated games console yet - has arrived in the UK. You can read Register Hardware's review here - then try and win one of your own. Register Hardware has one PAL-region Sony PlayStation 3 worth £425 to give away right here, right now. It's sitting under the Editor's desk, …

Consoles 26 Mar 2007, 09:57
Tiny iRiver media player flows into UK

It's been some time since digital music player maker iRiver made a splash in the UK, but its Flash-based X20 might just be the device to make waves in this iPod-dominated nation. The X20 sports a 2.2in, 320 x 240 LCD to display photos, video and song details. The control's a rotary dial linked to a neat-looking circular …

Media players 26 Mar 2007, 10:34
iTrip updated for second-gen iPod Nano

The latest incarnation of accessory maker Griffin Technology's iPod-friendly FM radio transmitter, iTrip, is now available to buy. The new model is designed to work with the second-generation iPod Nano. The iTrip clips on the bottom and back of the diminutive DAP, flush with the iPod's all-metal casing. The transmitter's …

Media players 26 Mar 2007, 10:57
Dragon's Lair revamped for Blu-ray play

Laserdisc de nos jours

Dragon's Lair, the now 24-year-old animated video game developed by one-time Disney animator Don Bluth for laserdisc players, is back, remastered for the HD era and now available to buy on Bluth-ray Disc - sorry, Blu-ray Disc. Canadian software company Digital Leisure (DL) has been keeping the fires of Dragon's Lair burning …

Consoles 26 Mar 2007, 11:20
LG Prada KE850 touchscreen phone

Review Ab fab - or drab?

You can tell a lot about a device from the state it arrives in after its been pawed over by heaven knows how many sweaty-palmed handset hacks. It's clear LG's KE850, co-designed by Italian fashion house Prada, has not had an elegant time of it. Think bright, innocent debutante dropped unexpectedly into a nest of vipers. Not a …

Phones 26 Mar 2007, 12:27
Nvidia launches nForce 680i LT SLI chipset

Nvidia has rolled out a cut-down version of its nForce 680i SLI top-of-the-line chipset for Intel processors. The new logic's key differentiator from its parent product: Nvidia's reduced the maximum clock speed of SLI-specific memory. The nForce 680i SLI can automatically overclock SLI-certified memory modules to 1,200MHz. …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Mar 2007, 15:28
SRS confirms unannounced O2 media player handset

XDA Flame on

Sound enhancement technology developer SRS has confirmed mobile phone network O2 is to release the XDA Flame portable media player style phone in the coming months - even though the carrier has yet to announce the product. SRS said today its Wow HD 3D audio technology would be incorporated in the Flame when the handset ships …

Phones 26 Mar 2007, 16:24