Author: Chris Cornwell
Amazon offering online short stories
Amazon is taking another stab at the digital content side of the market by launching a service were you can download short stories in digital form. The stories cost 49 cents each to download and you can expect names such…
Google gets into VoIP
Google's launching stuff on all fronts with the beta launch of Googletalk, downloadable here. This new release which could best be described as a mixture of MSN and Skype will let users log on with a gmail account (which is…
Doctor Who and Red Dwarf coming to mobile
Good news for Red Dwarf and Doctor Who fanatics: the BBC has agreed with Mobile Media Player company Rok (that we took a look at earlier on Tech Digest) to licence full episodes of both series for show on mobile…
Tech Digest plays with a PSP
As you probably know, Sony's new wunderkind is due to be making a long overdue appearance on our shores on the 1st of September. At Tech Digest, we've been lucky enough to get our hands on one, and we've been…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Some new bitesized chunks of tech from the apple pie of American news. The PSA-615 (gizmodo): Nice looking little 6GB media player from Phillips. The Nintendo Play-yan Micro Media Adaptor(engadget): Actually it's pretty much like the original SD card…
Podcasting goes off the pod, onto the phone
Mobile phone company Melodeo, who normally deal in software that allows you to listen to music on your mobile has just made an announcement that it will offer a program that lets you select and download podcasts to your…
Google releases Google Desktop 2
Google is really going for it: first the incredible Google Earth is released and now, Google Desktop 2 is available for PC. For those unfamiliar with the concept of Google Desktop, the program lets you search your hard drive…
Sony taking pre-orders for ceramic PSP
Hot on the heels of the announcement by Nintendo of the Gameboy Micro (still a little unconvinced by the micro: who wants to play games on a thing that small?), Sony has announced the release of the PSP ceramic…
Sony releases DAV-X1
Sony has released a nice and shiny looking new media package: the DAV-X1. The set looks like it's aimed at the more casual home cinema viewer, boasting an easy setup routine with no complicated wiring to figure out. The…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Here's another roundup of distilled Tech news from the USA. Lazer Trip Wire (thinkgeek): Ok, it's probably not the most foolproof security system in the world. But it is probably the coolest. In-ear headphones reviewed (engadget): Those noise cancelling Bose…
