Month: August 2006
Sony's AWG170A – their fastest DVD burner
You'd think Sony would be throwing all their eggs into the Blu-ray basket right now. Not so – they're still working with the humble DVD and now working with NEC in a joint venture to produce the AWG170A DVD…
Cold Remedy for Dead Drives
Here’s a weird little tip that has been doing the rounds for a while — it first came to Propellerhead’s attention in the late 1980’s — and over the years quite a few people claim to have temporarily revived…
Windows Vista Prices ‘Leaked’
The web has been abuzz with an apparent leak of Canadian prices for Windows Vista on a Microsoft website, that has subsequently been withdrawn. However, a price list has been on Amazon’s pre-order pages for at least the past…
Website of the Day: Technology Evangelist
Today's Website of the Day is Technology Evangelist, a collection of insightful posts on technology issues including the Internet and computing, from Ed Kohler….
Digital immigrant vs digital native: web filtering at work
Sam Sethi at Techcruch UK has written an interesting post that focuses on trust versus control of employees' access to the Internet at work. Anne Kirah, Microsoft Senior Design Anthropologist (at the recent Tech.Ed. in Sydney) described two types of…
Jukebox iPod docking station
When I was a kid I always had a dream of owning a jukebox that I could load all my CDs into and play randomly. Then, along came the iPod which gave me a pocket-sized portable jukebox. But what if…
YouTube Video of the Day – Brilliant Magic Trick
I love magic… I love watching magic. I don't like magicians coming up to me and giving me hassle however. This is why the internet is so ace. You can watch tricks without the fear of being made to walk…
Lycos and Blinkx team up to provide video search
Blinkx, the online video search engine, has teamed up with Lycos to provide it with video-searching capabilities. Blinkx contains over 5 million hours of searchable video content including clips from TV shows, news, documentaries, and music videos, and prides itself…
89 metre throw clinches Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship
Many is the time I've wanted to chuck my phone as far as possible: sometimes because of it's 'features', and sometimes because the person on the other end of the phone is so darn annoying. If only I'd known about…
More Microsoft Zune info trickles out
Microsoft's much talked-of 'ipod Killer' (you wish), the Zune, had a few more details trickled out onto the Net over the weekend. For a start, it'll be made by Toshiba, which I think is a good thing (imagine MS making…