Month: August 2006
Tuesday Top Ten: Video-sharing sites gunning for YouTube's crown
YouTube's valuation seems to be climbing by the week: $1 billion a fortnight ago, $2 billion last week. And its owners don't even want to sell! Or at least, that's what they say. But YouTube isn't the only site…
Commodore Mpet II MP3 player
Remember Commodore? Its the company that introduced computing to the masses (including myself) – and for that reason alone, is a name with a great deal of goodwill and some credibilty in 2006. Unfortunately, it's not really going to…
XP3 Programmable Message Clock
Early starts are never appealing – but a cheery word first thing from this XP3 Programmable Message Clock might just brighten your mood. It might also freak you out as that message floats in mid-air, thanks to the "persistence…
Logitech introduces Z-10 interactive speaker system
Logitech has been more than busy of late turning out weird and wonderful peripherals, the latest of which is the Z-10 interactive speaker system, a step on from traditional PC speakers. Looks-wise, they've gone for that black polished look…
Evesham unveils its second generation Mini
It's not only Apple that can miniaturise the computer, Evesham are doing it too, with the company today unveiling the second generation of its Mini PC. Good for when space is limited (or if you just don't want a…
Click Qallariy to begin…
Pronounced ‘Kah-lyah-ree’, that might just make sense if you live in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Northern Chile, Argentina, and Southern Colombia and are one of the estimated 13 million Quechua speakers. In fact it means Start and Microsoft has just…
Better Battery Display for Laptops
You may remember a few days ago the Propellerhead Top Tip for prolonging the active lives of laptop batteries by maintaining at least 40 to 50% charge. In practice keeping tabs on a battery pack’s state of charge can…
Website of the Day: TechCrunch UK
Today's Website of the Day is TechCrunch UK, a recently launched blog covering Web 2.0 and Mobile start-ups in the UK, edited by Sam Sethi who has worked for companies like Microsoft, Netscape, Gateway Computers and CMGi in senior…
Koss QZ77 dual noise reduction earbuds
Koss has just released the QZ77 noise-reducing stereo earbuds that employ both Active and Passive Noise Reduction. As you've seen from some of the reviews here at Tech Digest, many noise-reduction headphones are quite big and obvious, but Koss…
Microsoft to resurrect classic IntelliMouse Explorer
Microsoft have said that they will reintroduce the IntelliMouse Explorer mouse with some added features. Apparently (not being a hardened gamer I didn't know this) the mouse is revered amongst gamers. It's coming back in October, featuring running speed…