Month: November 2006
Teen texting survey reveals a celebrity following
A new survey of texting teenagers by Hotxt has revealed what teenagers think about text messaging and etiquette (or lack of it). Amongst the musical celebs that teens would most like to add to their texting circle of friends, Lindsay…
MediaTech Live highlights: Mydeo
Library House events always attract an interesting collection of start ups and innovative media companies. Today’s line up is a corker. So far I have heard presentations from our old faves Bebo and interactive TV company Two Way Media. Perhaps…
Garmin offers free software for receiving texts on a sat nav
Garmin satellite navigation systems can now download a software update that will allow them to send and receive SMS text messages when paired with a compatible Bluetooth mobile phone. And some of them will even speak those text messages (though…
Pioneer launches DVR-940HX-S PVR HDD recorder with massive 500GB drive
Pioneer has announced the launch of its DVR-940HX-S HDD recorder in Europe. It sports a massive 500GB hard drive which should give plenty of room for TV shows – around 1422 hours in fact though that is on the…
Microsoft finally unveil Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft are today unveiling three major software updates around the world. Of course, the biggest star is Windows Vista, which finally makes its way out (into the business world at least) today (or possibly tomorrow, depending on which report you…
Media Tech live blog – exec admits Google moved too slowly on YouTube and MySpace
Another top question at the Media Tech summit (background here and here) was ‘which is the best investment you have missed.’ The panellists gave some great answers with Anil from Google essentially acknowledging that the company should have been much…
The Flying Alarm Clock – your low-flying wake-up call
Why do so many people wake up to breakfast radio? Because it's so annoying, it literally drags us kicking and screaming out of our slumber. And even more annoying than the sound of Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan combined is…
IBM's SL event: Now taking part in SL
So I've been invited to the IBM island, in the IQ region. We're about to embark on a "quick collaborative building project" which should be interesting since I've never actually done anything like that in SL. In fact, I don't…
Maxfield launches MAX-IVY MP3 player
Maxfield has a new range of MP3 players on the market under the MAX-IVY banner. No video this time, but it does promise to keep its good looks and offer you the lyrics of your favourite tune. The case is…
HP relaunches iPaq range as media/GPS devices
The name iPaq still conjures up images of men in suits for me, but HP hopes to change all that with a revamped iPaq range – media player/GPS devices aimed very much at the consumer market. The new range, just…
