Month: July 2006
Smart Eye and Smart Blaster – home entertainment all around the house
Bluedelta has unveiled the Smart Eye, which lets you control your satellite receiver from any TV in the house. Combined with the company's Smart Blaster product, the Smart Eye can also communicate with your DVD, Video, freeview – even…
Philips sets big screen TV record in World Cup
If you headed over to Germany, but weren’t lucky enough to get tickets for the match, there’s a good chance you saw it on one of the huge Philips Amblilight screens, located in all 12 of the host cities….
Netac OnlyDisk U220 – the world's smallest USB drive with built-in security
I'm not sure about this. Some time ago, we featured the Elecom MF-DU204G – claimed to be the world's smallest external drive. Now the Netac OnlyDisk U220 is claiming the same title – or rather, it's claiming to be…
Mobile phone data services get the thumbs down
The World Cup was the ideal shop window for mobile operators to sell their data services to first time users – and many took advantage of football on the phone. But a new survey suggests a large number will…
O2 to boost i-mode range with LG and Samsung clamshell handsets
According to The Register, O2 is set to increase its limited range of i-mode phones with two new handsets later this month – the LG L343i and the Samsung SGH-S401i. The LG L343i (pictured) is a clamshell handset with…
Google Video comes to the UK
In an attempt to make up lost ground on online video leaders YouTube and myspace, Google is introducing eight country-specific versions of its video-sharing site, Google Video, including a site specific to the UK. Google Europe has signed up…
New LG U400 phone for turntable junkies
LG has woken up to the fact that everyone but them has a music-focused phone, announcing the U400 this week. But whilst its contemporaries (Sony Ericsson W850i, Nokia 3250) went for music generally, LG have focused this firmly at…
Free Pirate Font and Much More Besides
With a Yo Ho Ho and and quick avast there me hearties Propellerhead thought it might be a good time to tell you about the Kallot True Type Font, which includes all of the skull and crossbones and skeletons…
Yippee, It's Backup Awareness Month!
In case you didn't know July is Backup Awareness month (it's also Ice Cream Month, American Beer Month and UV Safety Month, to name but a few…). The point is the hard disc drive industry; specifically Maxtor and Seagate…
Add ISO Burning and Disc Copying To XP
The CD and DVD burning facilities in Windows XP are quite basic but here’s a tip from Propellerhead that’s beefs them up a bit by adding an ISO image file and disc copying facility. By the way, an ISO…
