Author: Stuart Dredge
Win an iPod Nano for your thoughts on digital music!
Home taping is killing music! Oh, hang on, no. Home taping got killed by CD burners. So CD burning must be killing music. No, hang on, it’s all MP3s round here nowadays, they killed off CD-Rs. MP3s are killing mus… etc etc. Actually, we think James Blunt is killing music. We’re sure on that one.
Analyst: Palm Foleo delayed due to Treo synching problems (despite Treo synching being its USP)
This is just bonkers. Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg has issued a research note claiming that Palm’s Foleo device has been delayed due to software bugs that “apparently included an inability to syncronize the Foleo with most models of the Treo, in particular the nominally high-volume Treo 680”.
Sony saves the planet with… grape juice Bio Batteries?
I am quite often fuelled by grape juice, but it’s of the £4.99-from-Sainsbury’s Chilean variety, which isn’t exactly eco-friendly. But Sony’s newest technology isn’t about vino: it’s about using glucose extracted from grape juice to power gadgets.
New OS X iPods rumoured… but is Apple planning a handheld games device?
Well-connected blog AppleInsider has a story claiming that next month will see the launch of Apple’s next-gen iPods, running an embedded version of Mac OS X.
Washing Machine 2.0: waterless or bike-powered?
Worried about how much water your washing machine uses? Airwash might be the answer to your prayers. It’s the world’s first waterless washing machine, and was one of the winners in the recent INDEX Design To Improve Life awards.
Sony pitching PSP's non-gaming features with GPS satnav and Sky TV downloads
We’ll have to start filing PSP stories under ‘personal media players’ rather than ‘gaming’ soon, such is Sony’s determination to expand its handheld’s non-gaming capabilities.
We wrote yesterday about its Go!Messenger VoIP project with BT, but Sony has also just unveiled plans for a satnav add-on, as well as on-demand TV downloads from Sky.
Nokia teams with Microsoft for Windows Live apps on smartphones
Until recently, Nokia and Microsoft have been fierce competitors in the smartphone market, certainly in terms of their rival operating systems (Series 60 vs Windows Mobile). However, that rivalry is shifting to something friendlier, and fast.
See, just a couple of weeks after Nokia announced plans to put Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM inside its Series 60 handsets, it’s now revealed that it’s also going to preload Windows Live applications like Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts and Spaces on its smartphones, with Series 40 devices to follow next year.
3 launches HSDPA 'Turbo' mobile broadband service
3 has launched its new Mobile Broadband service, offering HSDPA speeds of up to 2.8Mbps on the go for laptop users, via a USB modem. It’ll use 3’s new ‘Turbo’ network that starts rolling out nationally from 4th September.
Man creates Alien from virtual vegetables. World rejoices.
I’ve always been scared of beetroot. It’s the way it turns your poo purple, I think. But it just got relegated down my ‘Top 10 fearsome vegetables’ chart by a digital artwork called ‘Salad’.
