Category: Top stories
Microsoft taking Internet Explorer mobile… but is it a good idea?
Microsoft is planning to launch a version of Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile powered handsets. It’s apparently part of a strategy to take on the iPhone by matching it feature-for-feature – hence IE going up against the iPhone’s Safari browser.
Harry Potter themed Archos 605 is just magic
Archos has announced a special edition of its 605 WiFi PMP, preloaded with the first four Harry Potter movies. It’s due on sale in January from selected Blockbuster shops here in the UK, costing £189.99.
Video: See Honda's Asimo robot serve coffee
This is what consumer robotics is all about: humanoid waiters that serve us hot beverages. I’ve just been writing about the new features for Honda Asimo, but there’s also a video showing the bot flaunting his new barista skills. Watch it above.
Elvis Presley's gold Cadillac sold on eBay
Yes, The King’s 1965 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible has seemingly been sold on eBay for at least $119,900, having been flogged by US motorcar firm Daniel Schmitt & Co. Elvis himself co-designed the car (it says here), which until recently was the property of the Elvis Presley Museum in Las Vegas.
Win an iPod Touch for giving us your views
Christmas is coming, the tunes are getting phat… but what are you going to play them on? How about a brand spanking new iPod Touch? With 16GB of memory, there’s more than enough space to fit on all your Bing Crosby albums.
Top 10 reasons NOT to ask for gadgets this Christmas
Pre-Christmas fever is about to get into full swing in UK high streets – this weekend, I saw my first dancing/singing Santa mannequin of the year in Argos, while several other shops are rolling out their Winter Wonderland compilation CDs already.
UK "big three" broadcasters to launch on-demand video service
BBC Worldwide, ITV, and Channel 4, have today announced that they are set to launch a joint on-demand video service, offering a wide variety of both current and archival programming, next year. With a working title of "Kangaroo", the service…
RIM planning to take on iPhone with touchscreen BlackBerry
Handsets like the Curve and Pearl have ensured that Research In Motion’s BlackBerry isn’t just seen as a corporate email device any more. But it seems RIM has ambitions to push even more into the consumer space, by launching a touchscreen BlackBerry to go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone.
If Microsoft had made Gmail…
Clearly inspired by the legendary ‘If Microsoft had made the iPod’ viral video, Google Blogoscoped has been wondering what Gmail would look like if it’d been spawned in Redmond too. And they have Photoshop mock-ups as a demonstration. Genius!
T-Mobile selling unlocked iPhones in Germany for 999 Euros
No sooner has Vodafone won a court injunction to prevent T-Mobile selling the iPhone in Germany, then T-Mobile has responded with an announcement that it’ll sell unlocked iPhones to get around the ruling.
