Month: October 2006
HP to offer 18-speed DVD writing with label etching
HP will next month begin shipping internal DVD writers that can burn at 18x speed. And if that's not enough, the drive, known as the HPdvd940i, will also support the LightScribe label etching system for creating a design for your…
USRobotics launches USR019630 Cordless Phone for Skype
Another wire-free handset for Skype – this time from USRobotics, which is now offering the USR019630 Cordless Phone in the UK, allowing you to make both Skype and traditional phone calls from the same handset. And with the USR019630 base…
A brief history of the iPod: 5 years old today
Today is the iPod's fifth birthday, and in that time it has incarnated in at least 30 formats, plus special editions and colour variations. Here we take a brief journey through iPod history, since October 2001 when the first iPod…
Mac OS X Leopard New "Quick Look" Finder videos
"Musings from Mars" has posted a couple of interesting videos of what is apparently a new feature in the next version of Mac OS X: Leopard. It's called "Quick Find" and is supposed to enhance the Finder by giving more…
One Minute Video Review: Kaleidescape Home Entertainment
Kaleidescape make high end home entertainment systems, controlling all your media from one touch screen remote. Normally the domain of footballers and film stars, they've launched an entry-level product at £6,395 which has the option of extending the storage capacity…
Microsoft targets "Made for iPod" companies for Zune accessories
Whatever Steve Jobs thinks of Zune, Apple must see Microsoft's new player as some kind of threat to the iPod. Microsoft are now touting for business with companies that make official "Made for iPod" merchandise to make "Designed for Zune"…
Security software companies should've prepared better for Vista
In the ongoing war of words about Windows Vista and third-party anti-virus/security software, Sophos have tried a bit of point-scoring over rivals McAfee and Symantec by saying they should have been better prepared for Windows Vista. Symantec and McAfee have…
Firefox 2 launches tomorrow
The second generation of massively popular anti-IE browser Firefox (is that enough propaganda for you?) is officially released tomorrow, aiming to build on the continuing success of the first version and take further market share from Internet Explorer. Perhaps unsurprisingly,…
Consumers may spend more online
GfK have done research claiming that consumers will spend up to 50% more for electrical goods online than on the high street, the reasoning being that they'll buy higher-specification products thinking they'll get a better deal online. As an example,…
Banning 'happy-slapping' on the web: likely?
UK government ministers want to impose tougher controls on video sharing sites such as YouTube in order to end the sharing and broadcast of violent home-made videos. Whereas "Happy-slapping" (I hate that phrase, it's so misses the point) videos may…