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27th June 2008 Archive

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  • In-flight device maker sues everyone seeking flash memory bonanza

    LG, Casio, Nikon, Samsung and Sanyo whacked

    Struggling in-flight entertainment house e.Digital is challenging some of the world's biggest gadget companies with claims that it owns vital patents for using removable flash memory in portable devices. It's targeting brands such as Casio, LG Electronics, Olympus, Samsung and Sanyo in a legal scrap filed last March. But e. …

    Storage 27 Jun 00:05

  • Available to buy: your own frakkin' 7ft Cylon

    Oh, for the love of Gods

    If you're a really, really big fan of the recent reinterpretation of Battlestar Galactica and have $8000 not doing anything, you could invest in your very own 7ft-tall Cylon Centurion. According to Sideshow Collectibles, each one is hand-built by a gentleman called Fred Barton of Fred Barton Productions, Los Angeles. And it's …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 08:03

  • Garmin leads the way with pooch-pinpointing dog GPS

    Garmin is branching out from its traditional satnav business and has launched a new GPS system designed for man’s best friend. Garmin's GPS system keeps track of up to ten mutts simultaneously Essentially, your dog wears an oversized GPS unit that beams out a signal to be picked-up by a handheld tracking unit. The two- …

    GPS and Satnav 27 Jun 08:22

  • Retailer punts MacBook Air-friendly solar charger

    No cables required

    If you’ve splashed out on a MacBook Air then the chances are that you’re either pretty rich, or now stony broke. Either way, a solar panel charger’s now available to help you cut electricity bills and do the Earth some good. Retailer QuickerTek states that its Apple Juicz solar panel allows users to simultaneously charge and …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 08:35

  • Asus pledges end to Eee PC 900 battery swap 'delay'

    Contacting all customers next week

    What is Asus UK doing with its Eee 900 battery replacement programme? Punters who've tried to get a new power pack out of the company claim the scheme has been quietly shelved. No so, says Asus. Asus announced the programme earlier this month. It offered to swap the 900's 4400mAh battery for a 5800mAh one to any owner of the …

    PCs 27 Jun 08:51

  • Dell debuts designer laptop line

    Studio colours twice as expensive in UK as US

    Dell has launched a new notebook line, the Studio series, in a bid to plug the gap between its XPS and increasingly low-cost Inspiron ranges. The Studio 15 is based around a 15.4in 1280 x 800 panel and can be configured with a range of 2-2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Memory starts off at 2GB of dual-channel DDR 2, …

    PCs 27 Jun 09:36

  • French punters offered £78 Small, Cheap Computer

    The Phone House, the French version of Carphone Warehouse, is touting a Small, Cheap Computer for just €99 ($156/£78), the Airis Kira 740 - a mobile computer par excellence, the company claims. The Kira has an Eee-size 7in display but one set to 1024 x 768. It's based on VIA's C7-M processor, clocked at 1GHz, and packs in 1GB …

    PCs 27 Jun 10:29

  • HD TV in the UK

    Feature Time to buy a 1080p telly at last?

    After a somewhat sluggish start, HD TV services are finally starting to take off here in the UK. It’s about time too, as there are almost 10m HD TV sets currently in use here in the UK, yet Sky — the main provider of HD broadcasts in the UK — has barely half a million subscribers signed up to its Sky HD service. However, the …

    HD 27 Jun 11:18

  • Nokia Supernova series to hit Q3 with a bang

    Four-strong range of stylish talkers

    Sketchy details about Nokia’s Supernova handset range first exploded online earlier this month, but the phone giant’s finally broken its silence and officially announced the new range. Nokia's Supernova 7310: has Xpress-On covers Register Hardware reported earlier this month that images had been spotted on Nokia’s Polish …

    Phones 27 Jun 11:22

  • Ripfactory Ripserver CD-ripping NAS box

    ChannelFlip Video Review Rips your CDs then serves the songs

    This little beauty takes your CDs, rips them to its 1TB NAS storage then pumps them out to all your network devices. Nifty - but is it worth the cash? Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com More video reviews at ChannelFlip.com  

    Storage 27 Jun 11:44

  • Snazzy camcorder promises YouTube fame

    Shoot HD video for online video blogs

    Manufacturer DXG has launched a colourful selection of camcorders, all sporting HD-resolution recording and the ability to upload all your best footage directly onto video-sharing websites. DXG's 567V: upload videos directly to YouTube The DXG-567V camcorder is definitely handy, because DXG describes the unit as being “not …

    Cameras 27 Jun 11:47

  • The gold standard in data storage?

    The disc that lasts for 200 years

    A lot of things can happen in 200 years, but one thing data storage disc manufacturer Delkin Devices guarantees won’t occur is data loss. That’s because the firm’s launched a Blu-ray Disc reputedly capable of retaining content for two centuries. Delkin's Archival Gold BD-R: lasts for 200 years The Archival Gold BD …

    Storage 27 Jun 12:20

  • Canon EOS 450D digital SLR

    Review Truth be told, we hoped for more

    The EOS 450D is more like a step-up than a follow-on to the EOS 400D entry-level digital SLR we recently looked at. The question is, what does the extra 50 in the model number mean in terms of improvement? Well, quite a few things, both from a cosmetic and from a performance point of view. That said, this is no massive leap …

    Cameras 27 Jun 12:45

  • Panasonic Matsushita to become Panasonic

    Better-known brand adopted

    Come October and Matsushita will be officially called Panasonic, formalising a name the company's used for years and is arguably better known as. Matsushita's shareholders this week voted to approve the change, which will begin to be implemented on 1 October. The corporation said today it expects the change to be done and …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 13:22

  • BBC begins fresh Freeview HD TV trial

    Adopts DVB-T2

    Freesat may have only recently launched in the UK, but the BBC has already begun testing the transmission of HD services over Freeview. The broadcaster has started transmissions from a Guildford-based transmitter using the second-generation DVB-T specification DVB-T2. The trial could clear the way for the introduction of HD …

    HD 27 Jun 13:34

  • Grand Theft Auto reportedly inspires teen rampage

    "I am an antichrist..."

    Anti-violent videogame campaigners have long searched for hard evidence that some titles inspire real-life crimes, and now they may have an example. According to a report by Newsday.com, a group of five US teenagers that recently went on the rampage in Nassau County, New York told Vice City police that they were acting out …

    Consoles 27 Jun 14:55

  • Google plugs YouTube into Playstation 3

    Go go Gadget video

    To the surprise of no one, Google is now offering software that streams video, photos, and music from your PC to your television. "In the old days, we used to watch a simple device called a television. Nowadays, all the stuff worth watching and listening to tends to be stored on or accessed through a computer," writes software …

    Consoles 27 Jun 22:14