Month: March 2005
Windows gets imaginative with new XP
In a puzzling leap of imagination, microsoft Corporation has decided on 'Windows XP Home Edition N' as the name of its new stripped down version of Windows in Europe. Most noticeably the edition will come minus Windows Media Player. If…
Sony pays out $91million in lawsuit
Sony is busy with more than the release of the PSP this week; the Japanese mega corporation has been ordered to pay 91 million dollars in a US lawsuit. Immersion Corporation, the company that develops and licenses out digital technology,…
Broadband lamposts – no really
Some of you regular readers may remember last year we told you about a company proposing to deliver broadband internet access via lamp posts. Well it turns out Last Mile Communications weren’t taking the mickey after all. It has announced…
Ezmax VoIP audio player
Ezmax has come up with a solution for laptop owners who don't have integrated mîcrophones in their PC yet but who still want calls over VoIP. The EZMP-4200P is a personal audio player with a built in USB mîcrophone that…
One inch wonder?
Is anyone really going to watch video on a diddy flash based MP3/video player with a tiny one inch screen? Muro certainly hopes so – though we're less than convinced. This mini flash device may be hardly bigger than a…
US PSP launch, European delay?
It's already part of Japan's scenery. And last night Sony's PSP started the North American leg of its global domination campaign with hordes of desperate fans braving sleep deprivation and hypothermia in blizzard conditions to be among the first owners…
Tosh 4Gig mobile phone hard drive
Toshiba debuts a 4Gigabyte hard disk for mobile phones. The company has unveiled a 0.85inch disc that could deliver the large amounts of storage tomorrow's phone users will require. With phones increasingly being used to play MP3s, video, and with…
Philips DVD/SACD combo
Philips announces a new DVD/SACD player, the DVP9000S. Capable of delivering HD (720p and 1080i) picture quality via its HDMI input, the player also incorporates Faroudja DCDi processing for edge detail. Further picture quality is provided by Philips' Digital…
MTV Hijacks Motorola phones
MTV has teamed up with Motorola to produce limited edition Hijacked by MTV handsets. The concept, claims the press release, brings 'a brilliantly rebellious mobile experience that rewrites the rules of ringtones, alerts and screensavers' (and there we were thinking…
Motorola's internet radio to go
Sounds like Motorola has debuted some really cool stuff at the M3 music festival in Miami. We really like the sound of iRadio solution, which apparently enables the user to tune into Internet radio channels as well as their personal…