Author: Shel
Today's top tech stories from the US
Ripe technology news handpicked for added freshness from the fertile land of the free. M-Audio mîcroTrack 2496 officially confirmed (DAPReview): The ultimate MP3 recording device and probably comes with the ultimate price tag. Color iPod Mini in October (?) (Gizmodo):…
Promise TV offers a week of telly
It's funny how, even with today's plethora of diversely themed channels, you can never find anything remotely interesting to watch because you've either missed it entirely or its only on in the middle of the night. Since the launch…
4GB SD Cards arriving soon
At last, an end to the confines of 512MB and 1 GB cards. Practically off the back of the announcement of the successful manufacture of 2GB SD cards comes word of an even more impressive 4GB breakthrough. This is…
Sharp announces new additions to Aquos range
Sharp seems to have been a little quiet on the LCD front this year, but the lure of the approaching HDTV era has put that to rights as it seeks to offer two new series of smart HD Ready LCD…
Branson heading for space
A major step towards commercial space travel has been heralded this week as Richard Branson announced a deal launching The Spaceship Company. This is a joint deal with aviation expert, Burt Rutan who famously won the Ansari X prize last…
Games Digest going to EIEF 2005
Edinburgh: the city that each August throws itself to the mercy of millions of tourists, artists, actors, comedians, musicians, street performers and beer tents to provide the largest festival known to man, lasting the whole month. Two years ago, not…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Five more technological sacrifices to the altar of the blogging, presented by our American buddies. iOps "Jock" – the miniature DAP that does WMV (DAPReview): So how small do these have to get before we acknowledge that the screen simply…
The X-UFO has landed
Helicopters, hah! With their pathetic two sets of blades. What you need is hulking four-bladed behemoth that can lurk in air like some kind of giant mechanical wasp and the remote controlled X-UFO from Firebox seems to meet those…
Amp'd release details of first youth orientated mobile
It had to be aimed at youths with a name like Amp’d, who apparently shun the unnecessary use of vowels, choosing instead to indulge in the much more extr’m’ inverted comma. Amp’d Mobile has now revealed its first phone, called…
Security Mouse
Sick of colleagues sneaking up to your desk whilst you're at the coffee machine and slipping obscenities into those project reports? Fear not, because now simple gadget can help render your workstation inoperable to your more mischievous co-workers by locking…
