Category: Top stories
O2 unveils XDA Orbit 2 GPS smartphone
O2 has taken the wrappers off its new Xda Orbit 2 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6 and comes with built-in GPS and the CoPilot Live 7 satnav software preloaded.
PC World brings free laptop offer back from the dead
Remember last July, when PC World offered customers a free laptop if they signed up to Orange broadband? And how the offer ended a month later after it was hugely popular? Well, PC World is at it again, except now it’s 3’s mobile broadband service that’s footing the bill.
Canon impresses with today's announcement, the EOS 450D Digital SLR
I’m so thankful right now I didn’t end up buying a 400D D-SLR from Canon when I was out in the States last week, as not only would my bank manager have a few choice words to say to me, but today they just announced the upgrade, the long-awaited 450D.
With a tidy 12.2-megapixels, this Digital SLR has an EOS Integrated Cleaning System, 3.0″ LCD with Live View mode, a new 9-point AF system, plus a DIGIC III image processor and fully redesigned menu system. Could be dangerous.
The 450D, which will go by…
Hubless Harley Davidson will cost you $150,000
Don’t motorbikes need hubcaps? I always thought it was an important part of the equation. Seemingly not though: someone’s put together a hubless Harley, although it took two years of research and development to do it.
10 ways to become the ultimate fanboy / fangirl
We love technology. You love technology. But do you really love it? Being a proper fanboy or fangirl is about more than trolling the internetweb finding people with an opposing view to flame. You’ve got to really go the extra mile, to prove you’re a genuine fanatic. How? Here’s some ideas…
Opinion: 'Fess up, who bought Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' twice?
This ‘shunning physical CDs in order to distribute your album online for whatever price people want to pay’ idea doesn’t half do wonders for, er, your physical CD sales. Check Radiohead out: despite the innovative digital release of In Rainbows last year, when it was released on CD right at the end of 2007, it stormed to the top of the UK charts.
Rumour: Next-gen Asus Eee PC to be touchscreen
It’s all about MacBook Air for the geekarati this week, but Asus has a plan to win some attention back to its dinky Eee PC range. It seems the next-generation version of the laptop will have a touchscreen.
BBC still committed to dual HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
The BBC has no plans to abandon HD DVD for its high-definition releases, despite the recent defection to Blu-ray of its distribution partner Warner Home Video. The Beeb says it’ll continue its policy of supporting both formats, following its policy with series like Planet Earth and Galapagos.
Hitler explains Second Life
I think the headline says it all really: just watch and learn. And laugh.
Computer network monitoring… Quake style!
Officially, Quake III Arena has no place in a corporate IT support department. In other words, unofficially, it's what they play all day, instead of fixing your computer. Possibly. However, that's not the case at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, which has got together with Cisco to turn Quake III Arena into a computer network monitoring tool.
