Month: August 2006
HP's Summer Collection laptop range
HP seems to have taken the rather strange step of changing its laptop range with the seasons, announcing (a bit late) a summer range of laptops, giving the DV2000 model a glossy black exterior and silver interior. And as…
Samsung's 8GB SCH-B570 golfing mobile phone
Don't you just love quirky mobile phones? And they don't come much more niche than the Samsung SCH-B570, a handset that doubles up as a golfing caddie. The SCH-B570, launched yesterday in South Korea, features a hefty 8GB of…
Olympus launches the Mju 1000 10 megapixel camera
Hot on the heels of the Pentax Optio A20 comes another miniature 10 megapixel model – the Olympus Mju 1000. Packed into a weatherproof metal body, the camera features a 2.5-inch LCD screen and 3x optical zoom and is…
Onkyo launches new DS-A2 Remote Interactive Dock for iPod
Onkyo’s original DS-A1 iPod connector dock got top rating in the What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision’s 2005 Awards – and now, to cope with the competition, its been improved further as the DS-A2, promising better functionality and better audio…
Humax PVR-9200T personal video recorder gets an upgrade
We took a look at the highly-rated Humax PVR-9200T recorder way back in August last year. And if you bought picked one up, you might like to know that it’s had an update, which lean slightly towards Sky’s Sky+…
Toshiba launches new range of external USB hard drives
Toshiba has launched a new range of external USB hard drives, with software that encrypts all stored data to deter unauthorised access. Toshiba’s hard drive range will initially be available in three storage sizes – 160GB, 250GB and 320GB,…
Windows Vista Launch Plans 'Confirmed'
The somewhat ‘flexible’ launch schedule for Windows Vista is now looking a lot more certain with Microsoft insiders claiming that the first shipments to business users will almost certainly take place as expected in November, followed by the consumer…
Prolong the Life of your Laptop Battery
Thanks to some unfortunate manufacturing flaws laptop batteries have been in the news recently, however, for the most part these unsung heroes of portable computing lead rather dull and uneventful lives, until they start to wear out (or catch…
Website of the Day: ExtraLife
Today's Website of the Day is ExtraLife, a cool tech and gaming-related comic strip, podcast and forum with plenty of topical humour. Well worth a visit….
Navman and Lonely Planet team up for "ultimate travel guide"
Navman, makers of in-car satellite navigation systems, has announced a partnership with Lonely Planet to create 'the ultimate travel guide'. Now, not only can you be guided to your destination thanks to sat-nav directions, but you'll get a Lonely…
