Month: August 2006
Sandisk announces 8GB e200 portable media player
As we anticipated yesterday, Sandisk has launched a new 8GB version of its e200 portable media player. It's a direct challenger to the nano, coming in at around the size physically, but now featuring 8GB of memory, with a…
Website of the Day: Daily DIY
Today’s Website of the Day is Daily DIY: "Feeding the Desire to Make & Mod" which contains technical and tech-related projects to make. Recent posts include "Cross-stitched Nintendo DS game holder", "Scrounging electronic parts", "Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1:…
Microsoft OS rules: Tell us something new
New research from Onestat.com amongst 50,000 subscribers from over 100 countries has drawn the startling conclusion: Microsoft dominates the global operating system market. Really? It owns 96.97%, to be precise, with Windows XP taking 86.8% and Windows 2000 taking…
Garfield USB webcam
I'm quite happy to admit that I like Garfield (maybe it's his sarcasm, or the fact he likes lasagne) so this little USB webcam with built-in mic is just the ticket. With a resolution of 640×480 at 15fps (VGA) or…
Social networking site of the day: Amiglia
Having used some of the fairly complex family history communities online, I can say that Amiglia succeeds mightily in bringing some Web 2.0 accessibility to the party.
London Games Festival coming in October
The first week of October sees the first London Games Festival hit the city, with a mix of public and industry events scattered around the capital. The events are ticketed, but most are free, and the week runs from…
Cooking Audio Player: iPod accessories gone mad
Fortunately this wacky iPod dock is just in the prototype stage, but if it ever did become a reality, it could just meet that hard-to-please niche of people that need a combined food holder and iPod charger/player. It's the…
Virgin Mobile launch free broadband offer
Not to be outdone by everyone else offering free broadband for a year so long as you take some other service offering, Virgin will be offering free broadband to anyone who signs up for a new Virgin SIM-only mobile contract…
Monday interview: Ex Bang & Olufsen chief Anders Knutsen on why 3D mobile audio is the future
It’s fair to say Anders Knutsen’s time as CEO and president of hi-fi firm Bang & Olufsen was a success. The figures speak for themselves – record-breaking profits and a soaring share price – but under his leadership B&O…
Review: Optoma DV10 MovieTime projector
The Propaganda The MovieTime DV10 from Optoma is a projector aimed at those who occasionally want a massive screen, without the commitment of having a projector installed. It's one stop shop solution, which means that you've got a DVD player…