Author: Chris Cornwell
MPAA goes after TV downloads
The MPAA are beating the war drums again, and this time they’re after BitTorrent sites that allow the downloading of TV series. For those of you not in the know, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), the "the voice…
VoIP to go wireless
VoIP: a great idea. All of the benefits of telephones (over the frustrating and often lingo filled world of internet chat), with few of the costs. The only problem up until now is that you have to be tethered to…
HD-DVD to split with Blu-ray?
As you might remember, Sony and Toshiba are trying to agree on a unified media format, somwhere between Toshiba's HD-DVD format and Sony's Blu-ray format, as reported earlier on Tech Digest. Well, it looks like we might be looking at…
Halo 3 to trounce PS3
Bill Gates: he isn't head of microsoft because he's unsneaky. Bill Gates himself has revealed that microsoft is planning to release Halo 3 to coincide with the release of the PS3, in an attempt to steal Sony's thunder. Sneaky indeed,…
Creative announces new audio technology
Creative claims to have made two new audio innovations, which the company blurb says are "the most significant audio breakthroughs since the Sound Blaster sound cards". Apparently, the two breakthroughs are the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor and the…
microsoft to release PC security suite
microsoft has announced plans for a new security system, dubbed "Onecare" which is currently undergoing internal testing at microsoft. microsoft state that the product will provide the average home PC user with up-to-date antivirus programs, a firewall, have tools for…
Robots learn to reproduce…
…for a given value of reproduce in any case: looks like scientists at Cornell University are the first develop a robot that can reproduce itself. Now before you start to dig out all your old Demon Seed tapes, the…
microsoft officially unveil the Xbox360
As far as stories for today it's going to be pretty difficult to match the long awaited unveiling of the Xbox360 on MTV stateside last night. Apart from showing the machine in its full glory for the first time, microsoft…
iRiver launches the H10 in the UK
Another day, another MP3 player launch, this time the much anticipated iRiver H10 in the UK. Although the H10 featured on Tech Digest previously, I'm happy to confirm the details of the final model: the H10 packs in 6GB…
Archos announces new Gmini XS100 MP3 players
Archos has finally unveiled their new line up of Gmini players. Although the XS100 is a little on the small side, weighing in at 3GB, and will only play music (unlike some of the other products in Archos's media player…
