Month: October 2006
Evesham Crusader Carbon3 PC trades horsepower for emissions
Fast, good, cheap, pick two, as the saying goes, and the Evesham Crusader Carbon3 PC goes for the latter two – if you define 'good' in terms of virtue. Running at 1.5ghz (a VIA C7-D chip, "the first ever…
Microsoft give up newspapers' copyright content without a court battle
In the case of Microsoft versus Copiepresse, the Belgian press association that has already stifled Google and wants to do the same to Microsoft for publishing excerpts of newspapers on its news search results, Microsoft has decided to concede without…
What's On TV to launch online UK TV guide, claims uniqueness
What's On TV magazine is to launch its own online TV guide and gossip-fest web site in January next year, and claims that it will be the UK's only website providing a comprehensive, trusted one-stop shop for all the biggest…
Art-O-Meter – automated rating for works of art
Who needs the Culture Show and the chattering classes when you've got the Art-O-Meter – a small device that rates any piece of art in the vicinity. Ok, it doesn't give you a breakdown of the merits of the…
Ministry of Sound launches MOSMP075 MP3 player with FM and DAB radio
Ministry of Sound has launched a pocket-sized solution for your music on the go – the MOSMP075 MP3 player, which also packs in both FM and DAB radio. Two sizes available – 512MB or 1GB. FM and DAB means…
Train company to offer tickets via mobile phone
Another use for your mobile phone, this time as a train ticket, with the news that Chiltern Railways is set to offer tickets via mobile handsets. The railway, which operates from London through to the West Midlands, is set…
Steady your digital snaps with a gorilla
Most of the new digital camera models come with some sort of anti-shake technology, but over at the Brandish site, there's news of another way of keeping a steady hand whilst snapping away – with the gorilla pod. Sadly,…
Cubite – computer speaker meets USB hub
A sound system with a difference – the Cubite is a stereo speaker system for your desk, but also adds some extra USB sockets so you can plug in your USB Christmas tree, cup warmer, grill or any other device…
DMTech LM26DT 26-inch HD-ready LCD TV with integrated DVD player
I can't say I'm familiar with DMTech, but its LM26DT 26-inch LCD TV has certainly caught my eye, not least because it has got an integrated DVD player and digital tuner into a wall-mountable TV, yet still only retails…
Get a signed Megadeth cowhide guitar on eBay
The crossover between heavy metal and cows has been surprisingly unexplored by academia, other than noting that it must be, ahem, fresian wearing those skintight lycra outfits. That joke works better if you say it, obviously. Perhaps this eBay auction…