Month: June 2005
CVS releases disposable digital cameras
Well, sort-of disposable anyway. It looks like the Stateside pharmacy chain now offer consumers the chance to indulge in cheap digital camera goodness with the release of two digital cameras that you pay to rent, and then return to the…
What's New From Shiny?
It's time for your weekly update on what's new from the world of Shiny Media. Shiny Shiny (gadgets for girls): Casio Exilm EX-S500 Skinnycam, Memory Stick Earrings, Treadmill Workstation Games Digest: ATI and nVidia touting next-gen cards soon, Saitek gaming…
Casio Exilm EX-S500 Skinnycam
Casio has made a nice living creating teeny tiny skinny cams that oblige you to make oohing noises when you pick them up. Looks like its latest is no different either. The EXILM EX-S500 is a 5-megapixel camera that also…
And now, a robot power suit
I've waited years for something like this to happen. Finally a lab in Japan has managed to develop a robot suit. The suit will augment your own strength to help you lift heavy loads. It weighs about 15kg, and detects…
Nokia and Intel to develop mobile WiMAX
Although details are thin on the ground at the moment, it looks Nokia has joined up with Intel to develop WiMAX, a long distance broadband internet technology, which would bring broadband to the humble mobile phone. Nokia's move means that…
DS gets multimedia compatiblity with the Play-yan
One of the big selling points of Sony's PSP over Nintendo's DS is its multimedia capabilities. While the DS does have a cool touch screen, it can't play MP3s or video. However, the Play-yan, released in Japan might present a…
Seagate releases first 160GB 2.5 inch hard drive
Seagate has announced that it expects to release the new drive in the first quarter of next year. The drive works by being the first to use perpendicular recording technology. Apparently it works by standing the magnetic fields that represent…
ATI and nVidia touting next-gen cards soon
The next generation of graphics cards will be coming to a trade show near you soon, with the announcement that nVidia is planning to launch its next-generation Geforce 7800 on June 21 in San Francisco, with ATI rumoured to…
Google is world's richest media empire
Forget blogging. If you want to make serious cash out of the net then it seems you need to be in the search engine business. Just in case you didn't watch the news on telly yesterday, Google is now the…
NTL phone hacker let off
An angry cable customer who hacked into NTL’s phone helpline has been cleared by Teeside magistrates. Ashley Gibbins, 26, changed the telephone helpline message after being kept on hold for more than an hour to order broadband. "We don’t give…
