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One Minute Video Review: Nikon D80
I managed to grab one of the D80 launch samples at the launch yesterday and shot this quick preview video out in the hallway. It's not the most polished bit of video you're likely to encounter, but it does give…
Review: Internet Phone Wizard
The Propaganda 18 months ago, VoiP was just beginning to be taken up by those that come after the super-early adopters, and it was an exciting prospect. With it, came a rush of new products all designed to make us…
Review: Archos AV700TV
The Propaganda Archos have produced the first portable TV that comes with the ability to record programmes. It's got an integrated freeview tuner, and connects to two antennas which is supposed to produce a clearer and more consistent picture….
Fixing Dead Pixels on an LCD Display
There are few things more aggravating than a dead or ‘hot’ (permanently lit) pixel on an LCD screen. The trouble is some manufacturers seem to think a few dicky pixels are okay, provided they’re not too close to the…
Man in Robot Suit Gives Up on Piggyback Mountain Climb
You couldn’t make it up… Bad weather forced Seiji Uchhida from being piggybacked up Mt Breithorn by physical therapist Takeshi Matsumoto wearing a HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robotic suit. The precise reason for these two attempting the precipitous 4,164…
One Minute Video Review: Extreme USB testing
We're not afraid to push the limits here at Tech Digest, and love nothing more than flinging ourselves off bridges with nothing but elastic tied to our ankles, and barreling out of planes with second hand parachutes. Sort of. So,…
TechReviews – a new kind of gadgets website
The UK’s leading new media company Shiny Media has reinvented the gadgets review website with the launch of its latest blog TechReviews.tv ‘ This is the first gadget site to major on video reviews of products,’ says Shiny Media’s…
Video Cards Get Serious, on the Outside…
Internal video adaptor cards have been part of the PC spec since day one and they’ve been steadily evolving over the past quarter of a century to meet the demand for faster and better quality graphics. Some high-end cards…
Review: Fujifilm F30 Zoom
Fujifilm doesn’t believe that megapixels are a particularly good way of gauging the quality of digital cameras now that we’re rapidly soaring into six, seven and eight megapixels in the compact range. And unless you’re a professional photographer or…
Is Your PC Destroying the Planet?
Global warming, energy crisis, carbon taxes; these are difficult times for the planet, so how much is your PC and laptop contributing to the problem and how much do they cost to run? You might be surprised. According to…
