Tag: tech Digest
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 04-May-2007: Game, iTunes, miCard, Dell, Steve Ballmer
– Millions of cheap gamers throughout Britain are crying today, as Game have bought out high-street competitor Gamestation for £74 million. No cheap trade-ins, then, *sobs*.
– Apple are keeping schtum on hidden email addresses and passwords enclosed in DRM-free music files, refusing to answer any questions from angry iTunes-users.
– A new memory card standard has been approved, the Multiple Interface Card (miCard) will hold eight GB of memory, with the maximum…
Sony slash $100 off their BDP-S300 Blu-Ray player…trouble in Sony-land?
It was only four days ago that Tech Digest’s Andy Merrett was discussing Sony’s uphill struggle with Blu-Ray…and whoops, today’s news has brought with it a disturbing piece about their new BDP-S300 Blu-Ray player.
According to the BBC, the player now costs $499, $100 less than when it was first announced in February. The 1080p compatible player supports various video formats including MPEG2, MPEG4-AVC, and VC1, and as well as HDMI…
Shiny Video Review: Intempo IDS03 2.1 Docking Speaker System for Audio Devices
You’ve read the written review of the Intempo IDS03 2.1 docking speaker system, now see Alex get face-to-face with it for a video review…
New brushed metal Apple iMacs being rolled out?
It’s obvious to anyone with a set of eyes that Apple are progressing to the more elegant, refined brushed metal aesthetics for their products, instead of churning out the almost-luminescent white items which have been copied by everyone and their pet dogs named Bilbo.
The latest rumour is regarding their iMac computers, which have had many different looks over the years, including a brief spell…
Microsoft's Zune not coming to UK until 2008?
That hefty piece of plastic we’ve been eyeing off for months now just keeps on blowing in the wind, as Bob Dylan would say. The US have had it since November 2006, and it’d been confirmed UK and Europe would be receiving it come Winter this year…until our good friend at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, reportedly told a German publication it’d been pushed back until 2008.
The reason behind this horror of horrors? According to the interview Ballmer gave the German publication Wirtschafts Woche, it’s due to the fact that the Zune is still to prove itself to Microsoft as a cash-cow….
Blur: anti-paparazzi spray
Possibly ending the life of all celebrity blogs as we know them (oh noes!), the London based design firm Troika and designer Kok-Chian Leong have dreamed up Blur, an anti-photography spray, which was exhibited at the Science Museum’s exhibit, “The Science of Spying”. The highly reflective nanoparticles in the Blur spray reflect flashbulbs, blind camera sensors and whiten part of the image. This means of course that most celebrities will have to keep themselves coated from head to toe with the stuff 24 hours a day, and will appear to the naked eye even more shimmering and freaky than they already do. But that’s the price of fame, right? [GT]
The Science of Spying
Today on Tech Digest: Sony's Blu-ray problems, Star Wars Chubbies, Bob Marley goes USB, and more…
THE BIG THREE Is Sony facing an uphill struggle with Blu-ray? Star Wars Chubbies: like Russian dolls with The Force Get Bob Marley's 'Exodus' album… on a USB memory stick! THE NEXT FIFTEEN Nokia unveils the 8600 Luna, 6500 Classic…
Shiny Video Review: MP Man MP CS-155 Multimedia Player
Alex attempts to navigate this ambitious, budget 1GB video and music player from MP Man.
MP Man
Shiny Review: Intempo IDS03 2.1 Docking Speaker System for iPod, MP3 and other audio devices
The Intempo IDS series, far from being designed for former Tory leaders, is a succession of faintly monolithic audio player docks, packing decent stereo features in an elegant, but large, case.
Despite being a lot smaller than the IDS01, the IDS03 is definitely not a portable device – it plugs into the wall and is clearly designed to sit neatly on a desk, dressing table or living room shelf – but what did I think of the sound quality and ease of use? Read on and watch this space for a video review coming soon.
Shiny Video Review: Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 10.4" Laptop / Tablet PC
Alex attempts to hack through the armour plating and access the ‘ruggedised’ laptop within…
