Month: June 2006
Nokia and Central Saint Martins design mobile phone of the future
What do you get if you cross a mobile phone giant with a London school of art and design? The Nokia 111 – a fictitious phone that's now on display at the Future of Mobile Design exhibition. For six…
Review: Kodak EasyShare V610 £350
I’m a terrible photographer. I just can’t grasp all that stuff about ISO and focal length, and don’t even start on that twiddly lens business. All I want out of a camera is reasonable looking snapshots that I can…
Review: Plantronics Voyager 510
Decent Bluetooth headsets are starting to get a heck of a lot cheaper these days; over at GadgetCentre they've been tinkering about with a the Plantronics Voyager 510. Plantronics did recently unveil a newer edition, the 510-USB, which comes…
Sky HD delayed installations – have your say
Over at HDTV UK, there's been some serious rumblings about Sky's HD installations – or rather a lack of them. There's been a huge number of comments on the site from disgruntled customers who were desperate to be kitted…
Palm users get free World Cup software
Confused about who's playing who and when? Need information about the starting line-ups and stadia? If you have a Palm device, you can take advantage of some free software to keep you updated with the all the latest news…
Microsoft to release security patches – but ditching 98 and ME security support
Microsoft’s monthly "patch Tuesday" will be busier than usual, with the computer giant set to release 12 security updates for its products, nine of which are for Windows and two for Office which are described as "critical". All should…
Keep Your (PC) Cool
Not that you need reminding but Summer has just arrived, probably only for a few days but Propellerhead suggests that you should still make sure that your PC is well ventilated as a hot PC is an unhappy PC, which…
Detox for Games Addicts
Europe's first gaming detox center is opening in Amsterdam, according to realtechnews. The centre, which has already treated 20 acddicts, aged from 13 to 30, opened in January. Signs to look out for include using games as a means to…
Macally IP-N111 portable sound system for iPod nano
I've spent much of this weekend trying to work out some clever way of taking my entire music collection into the garden without it involving carrying out an entire stereo system or several metres of cabling. I'll bore you…
