19th January 2008 Archive

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• Revo pitches wireless internet wireless

  Radio ga-ga

  Internet radio is an unlimited source of stations for music and banter, but if you can’t be bothered to turn your laptop on to enjoy them, then it’s not much use. Thankfuly, manufacturer Revo has created a Wi-Fi alarm clock that’ll help lull you off to sleep and wake you up with music from anywhere around the world. Operating …

  Media players 19 Jan 09:02

• Apple MacBook Air wins Greenpeace's approval

  Not just a load of hot air, it seems

  Apple has finally scored a few positive points from Greenpeace. The environmental organisation has given the MacBook Air a thumbs up for its eco-friendly qualities. Apple's MacBook Air: green Despite the company previously receiving an uncomplimentary environmental score from Greenpeace, the campaigner claimed that Apple's …

  Mac 19 Jan 10:02

• Electrical contact lenses created for in-eye displays

  Life through a lens

  While many of the gadgets that Register Hardware writes about have us shouting 'cool!' and 'I want one of those', there are a few that make us scream 'Cyborg!' However, news of a contact lens that acts like a heads-up display inside the wear’s eye made us feel a little uneasy. The prototype lens has been developed by boffins …

  Gadgets and Gizmos 19 Jan 14:02

• Controlling XP's pagefile.sys on Eee PC

  Q&A

  I just upgraded my Eee PC's memory to 2GB but half the machine's 4GB SSD is now eaten up by Windows XP SP2's pagefile.sys system file. It's 2GB in size, even though I've set XP to put the file on my 4GB SDHC card. The SDHC is FAT 32 format. It's set to have a pagefile of 512-2048MB, with the C: drive's pagefile set to 2-50MB …

  Q&A 19 Jan 17:19