Month: June 2005
LG's HDTV plasmas with video recorders coming to UK
If there's one phrase guaranteed to get TV manufacturers drooling at the moment it is HDTV. For after agreeing a standard for Europe and sorting out those all important connectors, the makers are delivering sets ready for Sky, and…
Personal digital radio for under £100
The trouble with personal digital radios is that they while they mght deliver the delights of Stuart Maconie on BBC6 and those extra footy games on Five Live Extra, they are still too darned expensive. So good to see…
Sony wars with UK PSP import retailers
As you might have heard, Sony isn't too keen to let people get their hands on a PSP in Europe, yet. Recently Sony sent off cease and desist orders to UK PSP import suppliers, including gadget site Firebox, as reported…
Podcasting gets support in new iTunes
Podcasting is looking less like a trend and more like another evolution of radio – as well as DAB and internet radio, that is. It’s set to get even bigger with the display of the new iTunes by Apple CEO…
Yahoo launches cheap mobile mail stateside
Good news for those of us lucky enough to be on the sunnier side of the Atlantic, with the announcement that Yahoo, in conjuction with telecom giant Sprint, has launched an ultra cheap mobile mail service, going for a mere…
AOL starts free mail service
AOL has just launched a free webmail service as part of the upgrade to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Although it’s been beta-ing for a while, good old AOL mail will now be available to Joe Public. Among the draws are…
TiVo officially on Windows Mobiles
Looks like TiVo is coming to a Windows Mobile device near you, with the announcement by TiVo, Intel and microsoft that the latest upgrade to the TivoToGo service would mean that people would be able to move TiVo media from…
Video streamer with hard disk
Another winner from the H&B stable is the AV-3620 wireless multimedia receiver. Designed to sit under your TV the device, which has the biggest on/off switch we’ve ever seen, plays all manner of formats including MPEG 1,2,3 and 4,…
H&B's 20 Gig touch screen jukebox
Ok, so we’ll come clean, we know naff all about Maclane Enterprises and its H&B brand. But we do know a strong product line up when we see one. Trawling through its just issued press release we found a…
You are being watched
The past week has seen a lot of talk about possible radical new measures to reduce congestion on Britain's roads. Now word has emerged of a pilot scheme being run state-side beginning in Oregon later in the year that will…
