Author: Daniel Sung
Epson R-D1xG Rangefinder digital camera – the Leica light
To look at the Epson R-D1xG Rangefinder, you wouldn’t know it was a digital camera. That’s because it’s based on the beautiful Leica cameras that make all photographer’s knees turn to barely set jelly.
What Epson did four years ago was to offer their first crack at it, the R-D1, for considerably less than the second mortgage taking…
Pixel Perfect SNES sprites – Street Fighter, Mario and crew
If the release of the mighty Street Fighter IV has taken over your brain then you’re probably staring at this SNES sprite image of Ryu and Cammy through watery eyes and slavering chops, and the good news is that you can indeed buy them…
LG looking at the end of the line for plasma TVs
Now I know the image I’ve used isn’t very accurate but a) it’s far more dramatic than some black rectangle of a LG plasma and b) I was going to use this one instead but, seeing as it’s a Samsung and an LCD, that would have been just as ridiculous as this one which, as it goes, is much more interesting, don’t you think?
Anyway, my editorial dilemmas to one side, the point is that LG’s vice president, Lee Gyu-hong, has announced that the Korean giants are taking a bit of a beating on plasma TVs and that they’re thinking about ceasing production…
MPs call for regulations for Twitter over child safety concerns
Well, perhaps that standfirst is a little over-dramatic but, just as the original incarnations of Napster and YouTube were utterly ruined, the same might be about to happen to Twitter. The internet police are coming…
Nokia to start making laptops – convergence and competition on the menu
It’s official. Nokia is getting into laptops. Their Chief Executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, had this to say on the matter:
“We are looking very actively also at this opportunity.” Not a very exciting quote, is it? But don’t worry, the head of the world’s largest phone manufacturers isn’t as dull as he might seem. Judge him by this instead:..
Sony X-series touchscreen Walkmans get priced
Sony’s forthcoming X-Series of touchscreen OLED MP3 players, which they’re still insisting on calling a Walkman, are now available on Amazon to pre-order.
There’s a 16GB model for £214, and a…
Giken's Eco-Park underground bike storage system
Thirty US dollars a month is a small price to pay for piece of mind. Anyone who's had their bike stolen while locked up will tell you that.
This is the Eco-Park. It is an underground bicycle storage system, rather similar to those car parks with lifts. It holds around 50…
iPhone Skateboard
I don’t generally like to use really big images on TD. I’ll always give you the option of bigging them up from thumbnails but I don’t usually like them to dominate the entire page. Probably because I’m a writer and not a photographer.
Anyway, today I give the artist the main stage because this iPhone skate deck…
Panasonic brings HD Blu-ray recording to UK with the DMR-BS850 & BS750
Panasonic launched not one but two dual-tuner Freesat HD Blu-ray PVRs yesterday at their shindig over in Amsterdam, making the DMR-BS850 and BS750 the first of their kind in the UK.
No prices as yet – something pretty hefty, I’d imagine – but in May you can expect a pair of machines that’ll allow you to watch and record satellite content, HD channels and record onto Blu-ray discs
Rock Band and a lilac rinse coming to the Sony PSP
One surefire way to start a fight on the internet is to say that games machine x is not as good as games machine y. If you average out opinion right now, most people would probably say that x = Sony PSP and y = Nintendo DS. I’ve already made the blood of many a PSP fan boil but that’s probably the way of it.
Anyway, while Nintendo is upgrading the DS, Sony has decided to release a good lot of games for their handheld to reassure people that actual x=y rather than x – y < 0. So, you can expect to see LittleBigPlanet, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, Buzz!, Assassin's Creed and, best of all, Harmonix's very own Rock Band Unplugged...
