Month: July 2005
Panasonic takes cameras widescreen
Although Panasonic has delivered many impressive digital cameras, many of which sport top-end Leica lenses, its snappers have tended to be overshadowed by rivals from Canon, Nikon, and most annoyingly for Pana, Sony. Still, its new DMC-LX1, one of a…
NHJ's budget waterproof cams
As much as we love swimming and photography here at TD we are still loathe to take our beloved Nikon D50 for a dip in the North Sea even if it is neatly encased in some waterproof housing. We…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Tracking news of innovations that, who knows, may even make it to these shores someday, courtesy of our American bloggers-in-arms. Toshiba buys into Optware's holographic storage plans (Engadget): Portable storage of the future, I especially like the colour. Tivoli Audio…
The race is on for e-paper
Just five days ago, we brought word of Fujitsu Corp's efforts to bring about the end of paper as we know it. Now it seems that similar project running in parallel on our own shores has come to light…
Xbox 360 escapes
Some say it's a publicity hoax, others that it's a shortcut to a swift dismissal from microsoft but whatever the case, photos have leaked on to the net of the first member of the public to get their dirty…
Mother is watching you
A couple of weeks back we brought you news of the Verify Location Sazo that reigns in the power of multiple satellites in order to make sure that little Jimmy can not step out of sight without a loving parent…
Water Resistant MP3 Player
Everyone likes to listen to tunes in the bathroom, whether it's to add some spark of enjoyment to the drudgery of early mornings or to accompany your tuneless cacophony in the shower. I have achieved this by using a very…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Five morsels of delight from the other side of the pond. M&C’s 15-IN-1 PMP (DAPReview): An interesting PMP which has pretty much every conceivable feature on it. Over half a billion songs sold from iTunes Music Store (iLounge): Apple…
Apple in video downloads to iTunes rumour
That chronicler of all that's hip and happening – the, errr, Wall Street Journal – is reporting that Apple execs have been in negotiations with music industry heavyweights over the possibility of selling music videos via iTunes. Naturally this will…
microsoft promises X05
Since 2001, microsoft has shown that it knows how to throw a decent party; X01 revealed details of the imminent European launch of the Xbox and subsequent events were also focussed on important Xbox news and increasingly star-studded affairs. The…