Month: July 2006
CheckMEND – are your gadgets stolen property?
Wary of the gadget you've seen for sale? CheckMEND, a new service that checks if goods are stolen or reporting missing, might put your mind at ease. CheckMEND has data on the 3.8 million items reported stolen in the…
Intel's BMW steering wheel remote control
"Intel" and "quirky gadgets" are words you don’t often see in the same sentence, but there’s a first time for everything – and that first time is the Intel Entertainment Driver, a remote control based on a BMW steering…
Gadget writer wanted!
Are you obsessed with shiny toys, things that go bleep and unnaturally complicated gizmos? We are looking to expand our rapidly growing Shiny Media team once again and are on the hunt for fresh talent to join us. This is…
Review: Sagem my700x
Sagem mobile phone handsets don't tend to be found alongside the likes of the Motorola Razr, the LG Chocolate or the Sony Ericsson W800i, but Sagem's latest release, the my700x, is making a good start towards changing all that….
Is the Samsung World Cup HD ad really "terminally shoddy"?
Have you seen that awful ad from Samsung for the HD-ready TV? You know, the one about "scoring tickets" for the big match, then swapping them for a Samsung TV. HDTV UK reports that Peter Kirwan, an ex-editor of…
Nintendo Wii set for US launch by October?
Rumours abound that Nintendo's Wii console might be launched in the US sooner than was previously expected – possibly as early as September. According to reports from CNN Money, an analyst from American Technology Research claims that Nintendo is…
One Click Volume Control
How annoying is the Windows volume control? Yes, we know that some of you are lucky enough to have fancy keyboards with volume control functions but the rest of us have to click on the little speaker icon and fiddle…
Jumpy Molecules make Faster Computers
The next big leap in electronics and high-speed computing could all be down to 'jumpy' molecules called Chromophores, according to the University of Pennsylvania. Chromophores are the parts of a molecule responsible for it colour and researchers have found that…
Tell your Sky+ to record via text message (Quick review)
So today satellite TV service Sky announced that Sky+ digital video recorder users can set their shows to record by sending a text message. The idea is, if you're out and about and suddenly realise you've forgotten to set the…
Pipex offers 8MB broadband for £6.50 per month
Pipex has announced it is doing 8MB broadband for £6.50 per month, with a free modem and free connection. But there is a catch – you have to sign up with Pipex’s Anytime calls package to qualify for the…
