Category: Wireless home
HomeChoice review
So you don't fancy cable and you don't want to swell Mr Murdoch's coffers. Well how about TV and video on demand via an ADSL broadband line? HomeChoice, which was originally launched in 2000, is back with a revamped service…
Sweet dreams are made of this
Neighbours keeping you up at night with incessant music? Too stressed to nod off? Matsushita, the company behind the Panasonic brand in the UK, reckons it has the answer to a perfect night's sleep. The Suimin (sleep) room is a…
BT Voyager on test
The Guardian has first dabs at the new £160 Voyager Media Player from BT. In case you missed the posting of a few weeks ago it is a mini hi-fi with no direct music sources other than an FM tuner….
BT Voyager finally sets sail
How long does it take to get a product to market? Six months? A year? Well if you are BT and the product is the Voyager Digital Media Player it is actually over two years. We first clocked this neat…
Wireless Internet on a dial-up
Life without broadband isn't a lot of fun. All that waiting around to log on and then the hours spent waiting for music to download – not nice Nevertheless Socket is hoping to come to the rescue of those lumbered…
Designer wi-fi lamp
Express your or your partner's mood with this new wi-fi enabled lamp named Dal. Designed by French company Violet, it changes colour depending on messages it receives via e-mail or the phone. For example, Dal can change colours according to…
Wi-Fi Beer pitcher
Beer pitchers are a bit of a Yank thing. The only time you seem to see them over in Europe are in cheesy restaurants and mîcro breweries. Still fair play to the students in Cornell who have apparently developed a…
Linksys B Media Adapter take 2
We were huge fans of the Linksys B Media Adapter, a device launched last year that enabled us to wirelessly stream music from our PC to the hi-fi while watching images from our computer on the TV. Good to…
Abrocour gives away MediaCenter PCs
Abrocour, a company specialising in kitting out wireless homes, is giving away 50,000 home entertainment systems, comprising Elonex MediaCenter PC and a whopping 32inch LCD screen. The catch? The Media Center PCs will only be given away to property developers…
Broadband box hits UK
Great news. One of our favourite products of the last year or so seems finally to have secured a UK launch. The Broadband Box will arrive in the UK soon courtesy of retailer Steljes. Basically the box, which sits…
