Tag: PC
CES 2007: CyberLink MagicSports 3 DVR sports analysis
Gotta love those US-targeted press releases. Apparently one use for CyberLink’s MagicSports 3 software is to analyse key game events in football matches, such as goals, near goals and “rule violations”. I think that means elbows to the eye socket….
CES 2007: ASUS W5fe
ASUS had one of the better stands at the Unveiled session this afternoon and the W5fe was one of the first things to catch my eye. It is an enhanced version of the already successful W5, optimised for Vista…
Hauppage launch WinTV HVR-3000 triple tuner hybrid TV card
TV tuner cards for PCs and Macs are becoming quite popular now, and the latest trend seems to be to pack extra tuners onto the cards yet keep the price the same. Here I am feeling jealous – with…
Canon calculate energy waste caused by businesses leaving equipment on over Christmas break
Canon have calculated how much energy is likely to be wasted by companies who leave their computers on over the festive period. For some lucky people, there's at least a 10-day break ahead, and Canon predicts that many businesses will…
Dell to bundle "edutainment" software with selected PCs sold in Europe
Dell have announced that they've done a deal with Gem Distribution and SouthCoast Distributions to bundle a selection of gaming, 'edutainment' (education entertainment), and leisure software with their Inspiron notebooks, Dimension desktops, and XPS systems. The software will also be…
Konica Minolta survey reveals answers to big questions: Mac versus PC, and the cost of ink…
A survey conducted at the recent MacExpo 2006 by Konica Minolta has revealed answers to an important age-old (well, three-decade-old) question: why Mac users choose Macs over PCs. Oh, and there's insight into printer ink, too (well, they are a…
Video game will help teach science to kids
Video games aren't all about aliens, road wars, and violence (like how I've summed up the entire history of games there in three words? 🙂 ) The game development studio PlayGen has partnered with global nanotechnology consultancy Cientifica to develop…
UK consumers download audio and video to the living room, but don't want to pay for it
A new survey suggests that UK consumers are quite comfortable with downloading and streaming audio and video content from the Net onto their PCs, and an increasing number are doing so in their living rooms. The Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey…
Redten Internet giving away PC and broadband for £20pm. Good deal?
Redten Internet have announced a new deal primarily aimed at people without a PC who want to get into broadband. For £20 per month, they'll get a LG Pentium 4 3GHz PC and 19 inch LCD monitor and an 'up…
Flybook V33i HSDPA tablet computer for comms on the go
The Flybook V33i HSDPA is a pretty versatile communications device that can travel with you and be used as a tablet PC as well as a regular notebook. Though I take a little issue with the hype that it's "as…