Month: October 2006
Five perfect compact digital cameras for the party season
The party season is almost upon us – a time for much drinking, much merriment and much snapping with your digital camera, mainly to embarass your friends and work colleagues the morning after. Over at Shiny's top men's blog Brandish,…
Carsafe – protect the gadgets in your car
How many gadgets do you have in your car? There's a good chance you've got at least two – sat nav and a mobile phone. And possibly an iPod. Leave them around and the thieves will be queuing up, carry…
GNER offers Wi-Fi on all trains
GNER is using technology to tempt us back on the trains – announcing that its entire train fleet (41 trains) now has wireless internet installed, 6 months ahead of its original schedule. GNER is claiming it now operates the world’s…
Smart Table lets you put food in it, then on it
Perfect for corporate environs where appliances don't fit the decor, or tiny flats in urban conurbations where space is at a super-premium, the Smart Table from Gorenje contains a circular refrigerator in the base, which rises from the center…
AIST's New Robotic Hand implies world of techno-Simpsons to come
Our new robot overlords will likely have three fingers, not four, if the new AIST robotic hand for blue-collar robots is any indication. Robot hands in the past have either been overly pretty, fragile or specialized, whereas these may…
Help the environment. Stop commuting. Work at home.
Telecommuting has been something of a dream for many years, and whilst some enjoy partial or full-time working from home, most people still commute to a place of work most of the time. Now the RAC Foundation is asking more…
BBC and Sky are the big players in British mobile TV
A new study by an audience measurement group shows that the two main players in the relatively small British mobile TV market are the BBC and Sky. It looked at mobile users' watching of channels, websites and content titles, and…
The Supernanny goes online
Love Supernanny? Yeah, course you do. There's nothing like relaxing after a hard day's work by listening to other people's kids screaming, shouting, swearing, and tantrum-ing. At least you have the volume control… Now the little terrors are going online….
Does Firefox 2's anti-phishing tool violate privacy?
There are concerns that the latest and greatest Firefox, version 2, could compromise a user's privacy because of the way that its anti-phishing system works. To use the feature, you (apparently, I haven't used it yet) have to send Google…
ISP ordered to block Danes access to AllofMP3.com
The Danish court has ordered that European ISP Tele2 block its Danish customers' access to the controversial AllofMP3.com music download site. Though AllofMP3.com claims that it's totally legal because it pays money to a Russian-based society (ROMS) to license its…
