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28th January 2008 Archive

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  • Dell sees red over Aids

    Product (Red) that is

    Dell has jumped onto the (Product) Red bandwagon and created a range of red-tinted laptops and desktop PCs, sales of which go towards fighting Aids in Africa. Dell's XPS 1530 laptop with its sexy red shading Product (Red), which already counts Apple as a member, essentially sees high-profile electronics companies design red …

    PCs 28 Jan 10:08

  • Amazon to take MP3 downloads international

    DRM-free service to roll out this year

    Presenting possibly the biggest threat to the dominance of iTunes so far, Amazon.com has announced it will commence an international roll-out of Amazon MP3, it's DRM-free digital music store, this year. Amazon MP3 will offer customers MP3s free from the constrains of digital rights management from all four major music labels …

    Media players 28 Jan 10:12

  • Asus EN8800GT/HTDP/1G 1GB graphics card

    Review Nvidia's 'G92' gets a gig to play with

    The headline feature of the Asus EN8800GT 1GB is - as the name suggests - the fact that it packs in 1GB of GDDR 3 memory instead of the 512MB that you’ll find on standard GeForce 8800 GT-based graphics cards. When we unpacked the graphics card from the usual enormous Asus box, the memory did indeed grab our attention but not …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jan 12:02

  • T-Mobile sells more than 70,000 iPhones

    Most popular multimedia device on the network, carrier claims

    T-Mobile Germany has sold at least 70,000 iPhones, the German carrier announced this weekend. T-Mobile, part of the Deutsche Telekom group, launched the Apple handset in Germany on 9 November, and the figure reported on Saturday represents the number of customers who've signed up to its iPhone airtime package. Of course, sign …

    Phones 28 Jan 12:02

  • Line up for full-windscreen satnav

    No need to take your eyes off the road

    Safe, simple and intuitive is the umbrella promise of a new form of satnav, which replaces the traditional PDA-sized display and matron-like voiceover with a full-size heads-up display on your windscreen. Making Virtual Solid's Virtual Cable: your route's the red line Virtual Cable has been developed by the US company …

    GPS and Satnav 28 Jan 12:08

  • Hercules beefs up outdoor iPod dock

    As hard as nails?

    Speaker docking stations for iPods are ten-a-penny. However, the i-XPS 120 Outdoor is the first that’s claimed to have Apple’s golden 'Made for iPod' certification. Hercules' i-XPS 120: rugged enough for the great outdoors? Manufactured by Hercules, the robust unit’s designed for outdoor use and is coated in shock-resistant …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Jan 12:14

  • 'Wii workout' for overweight pupils plan slammed

    Wii shall not be moved

    Any students hoping to go for a Wii during lesson time will have to hold it for now. A campaign group claims that a scheme suggested by the UK Department of Health (DoH) to introduce the console into classrooms is simply a gimmick. The DoH is backing the trial introduction of Wiis into four Worcestershire high schools, in a …

    Consoles 28 Jan 13:49

  • Woolworths stores to stop selling HD DVD

    That's it man, game over, game over

    Woolworths has thrown its high street heft behind the Blu-ray Disc format. From March, it will no longer sell HD DVDs in its shops. The change will coincide with the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, but while Woolies's shops will go Blu-ray only, the company will continue to sell HD DVDs online. This move is the a result of a …

    HD 28 Jan 14:22

  • Yes! It's... er, the VoIP mouse

    Weird concept

    Every now and then a gadget comes along that makes us wonder what on Earth its purpose is, and here's the latest: a three-in-one mouse with integrated speaker and microphone. Not just a pointing device then, it's also a VoIP unit. The 3-in-1 VoIP mouse Online retailer USBfever.com doesn’t give much away about the mouse’s …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Jan 15:03

  • It's official! DVD plus/minus war ends in a draw

    Final whistle blown

    The battle of the recordable DVD formats - DVD+R/RW versus DVD-R/RW - is finally and officially over more than five-odd years after it began, and several years after the fight became largely symbolic. Late last week, DVD6C, the consortium of DVD intellectual property holders, said that it had added DVD+R and DVD+RW to its list …

    Storage 28 Jan 15:46

  • Is the Mac good for business?

    Q&A

    I have been using a PC all my life. I'm a businesswoman and use PowerPoint, video conferencing, Excel, Eord etc as the core media of communication. A friend has advised that I should buy a MacBook instead of another PC laptop. Would it be wise for me to switch over to the Mac as a first time user? My office is still on PC. …

    Q&A 28 Jan 16:02