Month: June 2005
DVD recorders now under £150
Akai, which had a bit of UK relaunch a few months back, is really determined to make its mark in the home video recording market. It has just delivered a new version of the ADR-5800Di, a multi-standard DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW…
Next generation graphics cards sighted
From behind closed doors at this year's Computex exhibition comes word of the nVidia 'G70' chip, the next step in graphics card technology. These will be behind the soon to be announced Geforce 7 series which will include a…
Eco-friendly broadband
Sister blog Hippy Shopper has the latest on a new Green ISP. It's a bit uncompetitively priced at £22.50 a month for 512kbps but there's no monthly cap and no 12 month contract – a rarity in the broadband world….
Holy merchandising Batman!
Arriving with the release of the promising new film 'Batman Begins' is a selection of themed toys that show a kitsch style rivalling even some of Lucas' efforts. Our favourite is the Batman and Scarecrow (his new nemesis) walkie-talkie set….
AOL to make poverty history?
Being your typical bleeding heart liberal Brits we are all very excited about yesterday's announcement of Live8, the concert in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. Nice to see that the BBC is straight on the case providing the…
New Orange SPV set for July launch?
There's no official word yet from Orange, but it seems that the whole online gadget community, or CoolSmartphone at least, is convinced that the next version of the SPV, the Orange SPV C550, will be delivered to stores on…
Oakley Thumps again
At the end of last year we named the Oakley Thump MP3 sunglasses as our 'Chav gadget of the year'. To be honest it probably had more to do with the aggressive looking chap on the press photos than…
ntl offers proper broadband for under a tenner
ntl is set to spark a broadband price war by becoming the first ISP to offer broadband for under a tenner. The company has unveiled a new 1Mb broadband connection which will cost consumers £9.99 a month with the…
