Month: August 2005
Sanyo unveils PLC-XU70 LCD projector
At quite the opposite end of the projector spectrum to last week's SIM2 C3X comes Sanyo's PLC-U79 portable LCD projector. The intended use of this device is more oriented towards conferences, teaching and presentations rather than obscene home cinema decadence…
Gamepark XGP
This mysterious handheld gaming device has just shown up with as scant a set of details as possible. Pretty much all that can be told about it is from the pics which isn't a hell of a lot. It's nice…
Pogo! YourWay LX
If you happen to be blessed with the ability to not just seek out potentially interesting radio programs but also remember when they are on then this interesting personal analogue radio recorder might be of interest. Even with the heavy…
BT prophesises the future
I wasn't quite sure how to react on reading this strange piece; it transpires that BT has a team of futurologists in its employ whose job is to provide predictions of the future. After my immediate scepticism had cooled…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Showing off five highlights of the fast moving world of technology, courtesy of our American blogger pals. James Bond Spy Camera (Gizmodo): Won't your friends be thrilled to find you've been secretly taking pictures of them! Google to rock out…
Google library project temporarily shelved
Looks like Google has temporarily suspended its plan to back up the world's libraries digitally, in a plan dubbed the Google Print Library Project. The project – which aims to spend ten years scanning over 15 million books from Universities…
AOL go mobile in US
AOL is trying to get its mitts into the ever-expanding mobile market as well, with the launch of AOLmobile.com. The service, intended for PC access, will allow users to browse the price of phones, contracts and other shopping in their…
Firefox loses share to Internet Explorer
We're use to hearing about Mozilla Firefox taking market share away from Microsoft. As more and more stories circulated about Firefox's alternative goodness, we at Tech Digest sometimes wondered whether Firefox would one day be as big, or bigger, than…
Urine powered battery takes the piss…
…and then uses it to power a urine test, as well as mobile phones, in emergency situations. Yup, you heard me: apparently some clever boffins from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore have come up with a way…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Bringing you five great samples of gadgeting goodness from across the Atlantic. Zen Photo Micro – Coming Soon (Gizmodo): Creative is still doggedly refusing to let Apple win the MP3 war. Sony PSP Runs Windows 95 (I4U): I'm not sure…
