Author: Katherine Hannaford
Apple rumour #948,261: new MacBooks in June?
Exciting news for those who’ve been considering migrating over to the iCrowd, but on the other hand, bad news for those who recently bought a MacBook. Yes, it’s that time of year when rumours surface about a MacBook line refresh!
According to Apple Insider, Jobs and co. are preparing a new MacBook line upgrade, slimming them down, giving them larger track pads for the multi-touch technology seen on the Air, and putting aluminum and stainless steel finishes on them. New keyboards round off the rumoured upgrades, however no…
Confused about in-flight mobile use? Key details below…
One of our brother blogs here at Shiny Media, Lost Weekend, has put together a brilliant piece detailing the allowance of mobile phones on planes.
According to the travel site, some airlines such as Ryanair claim they’ll be offering the service as early as summer, with Air France and Emirates offering in-flight calls later in the year. The cost of calls mid-flight are due to be extremely expensive, priced…
Lift your hamsters with this £30 robotic arm from Red 5
This, my friends, is what you’ve been waiting for. No, not Rock Band launching in the UK, this robotic arm!
Enabling you to lift, grip, grasp and twist your assorted paraphernalia (chocolates? desk knick-knacks? hamsters?), you have to initially build it yourself, but once it’s complete you can lift up to 100g of goodies, and if nighttime-lifting is your forte, then the LED light shall assist you. It’s available on pre-order…
Rock Band confirmed for UK Xbox 360 launch, May 23rd – about bloody time!
OH MY GOODNESS! The only details you need to know…
– Rock Band will be released in the UK on May 21st on the Xbox 360
– It will contain the 58 US tracks, plus four UK exclusives
-These are ‘Beetlebum’ by Blur, ‘Rock n Roll Star’ by Oasis, ‘Monsoon’ by Tokio Hotel, and ‘Hysteria’ from Tokio Hotel
– Extra tracks will be available for 160 Microsoft Points.
MAY 21ST, PEOPLE. Lock it in!…
The Halo 3 My Little Pony is the best freakin' thing I've seen on the net all week
I’m not ashamed to admit I played with My Little Pony toys as a kiddywink, but I also played with LEGO and Scalextric if that redeems me. As you can imagine, this Halo-themed pony has pleased me greatly.
Your daughter/niece/stolen Madeleine McCann might not appreciate being presented with a Master Chief lookalike, but the Custom Pony competition judges over in Kentucky, USA sure did, awarding the designer second place. Created using…
ROBERTS launches SOUND 24 system with DAB, CD, USB and SD playback
Surely we’ve all got a DAB radio by now? At the rate ROBERTS cranks them out, everyone on this planet should own one.
If not, consider the SOUND 24 for its DAB, CD, USB and SD card playback functions. With a 2.1 speaker system (sub woofer located at the back), the stainless steel unit allows you to tune to DAB or FM stations, listen to CDs and playback MP3 and WMA files from the USB, SD card slots or line-out jack.
If you’re in need of any more features, it also…
Nokia shows off touchscreen 'Tube' mobile, their touted 'iPhone killer'
It’s good of Nokia to join the hordes of mobile manufacturers vying to topple Apple from the Touchscreen throne, with news breaking today about their ‘Tube’ concept phone.
It was shown off at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference over in California, where the Vice President of Forum Nokia, Tom Libretto, claimed Apple’s five million sold units is a drop in the ocean compared to Nokia’s, as “we’ve done that since we’ve had dinner on Friday”. Forgetting, of course, they’re mostly entry-level PAYG models…
Sony announces MDR-NC500D headphones, world's first digital noise-cancelling pair
Another product to add to the ‘world’s first’ category, Sony claims these MDR-NC500D headphones are the world’s first digital noise-cancelling pair.
With 99% of ambient noise cut out supposedly (although that’s based on ‘Sony’s measurement standards’ apparently), they use digital technology with Artificial Intelligence, with an internal processor adapting the level of cancellation dependent on the outside noise. The ‘AI Mode’ button lets you choose from three cancellation modes, alternatively press down and hold…
YouTube Hits: Katie Lee interviews author Tim Ferriss
Lifehacking. It’s a term you’ve probably heard of, thanks to the Lifehacker blog, but did you know author Tim Ferriss has published a book called ‘The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich’, which shows you how plenty of productivity tips, including how to outsource your work? It’s true, and he spoke to Dollymix Guest Editor Katie Lee recently about it. Take a look…
The Chinese Egoman MP810RSTD-43 PMP will never launch here, sadly
Colourful circles aren’t the only feature the Egoman PMP has in spades, oh no. With a 480 x 272 resolution, it can play a bunch of file formats plus radio and even record audio. No word on whether it can make you a prawn schezuan dish for dinner, though.
The 4.3-inch touchscreen display houses 16.7 million colours, and can play WVI and RMVB at 30fps, along with MP3, WMA, ADPCM, WAV, APC, FLAC and display JPG, BMP and GIFs. Recording audio into ADPCM or WMA codecs, the…
