Month: June 2005
Telewest's Teleport TV
We've said before that cable company Telewest has been a bit slower rolling out Video on Demand (VOD) services than its rival NTL. But now it seems the Woking-based company is fighting back with the launch of a new…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Here's some the latest tech news from the sunnier side of the pond. Sony HDR-HC1(Gizmodo): The new fantastic looking, yet affordable, high definition camcorder from Sony. Solar Powered Flying Drones(Gizmodo): These look pretty neat. Apparently the only reason this landed…
Sony PS3 to go for $400?
Major analyst Merrill Lynch Japan has come up with some interesting predictions about the price of the new PS3: apparently, based on the prices of the components going into Sony's wunderkind, the PS3 is going to set Sony back…
V@MP-400 budget MP3 player and speaker set
Those of you out there looking for a budget MP3 player might be interested in the V@MP-400 MP3 player and speaker kit. The MP3 player appears to be a solid 128MB MP3 player with an SD/MMC card port, which means…
Pentax's Optio S5z
Pentax's roll out of its ever growing Optio compact camera range continues this week with the arrival of the latest model the Optio S5z. The £249.99 snapper is similar in style to its predecessors with a rectangular design with…
Vonage's VoIP phone adapter
VoIP specialist Vonage has this week upped its UK presence by finally launching an adapter that enables users to make inexpensive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls through their existing landline phones rather than the standard way of using a…
HP's hw6500 PDA/smartphone
HP's latest iPaq PDA-style phones goes on sale this week. With a design that brings to mind a certain Canadian made email device the iPaq hw6500 Mobile Messenger, sports a three inch 64k colour screen and a full Qwerty…
Mustek R580 review
The Guardian has also given the Mustek R580 a spin. It is the cheapest hard disk/DVD recorder combi, which retails for not too much more than £200 now. It is reasonably stylish, easy to use and well featured (it…
Set up your own TV channel
Very interesting feature in The Guardian (sadly it isn't online yet) about broadband TV. It reports that a company called Narrowstep is hoping to position itself as the 'eBay of personal broadcasting' by offering ordinary punters the chance to…
Motorola acquires Sendo
Well, not all of it, but Motorola has just announced that it is acquiring "key assets" from Sendo Ltd. What it’s actually purchasing is the Brit company’s UK- and Singapore-based research and development team as well as any of…
