Month: April 2006
Video eyewear for your mobile phone
We've featured video glasses before and we've talked at length about the possiblities for mobile TV. So we were very intrigued to see the CP230 and CP920 Video Eyewear from the Icuiti Corporation, unveiled at the CTIA Wireless Show….
Digital switchover awareness low
Never mind the move to HDTV, according to a new survey, awareness of the switchover to digital TV in the UK is "alarmingly low", with 38% unaware of the government’s intention to switch off the analogue signal and only…
Free push email from Emoze
Push email has long been asociated with the BlackBerry, though latterly, other mobile devices have started to employ the technology. If you have a mobile device that doesn't yet push your email straight through, help may be at hand…
PS3 price chatter: $500, €500, £350?
A report from over-excited news bunnies Spong says US developers have let slip that the PS3 will be $499. Meanwhile, French journalists are claiming that George Fornay, French VP of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has said the PS3 will…
Little Known System Info Utility
On most PCs there a useful but little-known hidden diagnostic utility that can tell you a lot about your PC, including such diverse things as the version of your BIOS to CPU speed, memory capacity, display and sound adaptors. Using…
Run Windows on the Mac with Boot Camp
Rather than letting a select few hackers run Windows on a Mac, Apple has introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download from today, Boot Camp allows users with…
Midweek Grilling: Audible UK's MD Chris McKee on Who's Making Money from Podcasting
Podcasts have well and truly crossed over to the mainstream, with big guns like the BBC getting involved, and Ricky Gervais well on his way to making his next million from his paid-for podcast. As MD of Audible UK,…
Zakang Kiss – the lovers' MP3 player
Once a token of love was a big box of chocs, some flowers or maybe some perfume. Not so anymore, ladies love gadgets (as our friends at Shiny Shiny prove), so what could be better than this luv'd up…
Shiny's World Cup single
Well the World Cup is only two months away and already the Shiny Media crew's heads are full of penalty shoot-outs and South American super stars with questionable barnets. In fact today is a huge today for us as…
Pioneer's 50" 1080p plasma heads for Europe
Over at HDTV UK, there’s news of a "world’s first" – for getting a 50 inch, 1080p plasma to the market. The claim is made by Pioneer, which is bringing the PDP-5000EX to Europe before other markets sometime in…
