Month: October 2006
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t 500 – dual Freeview TV tuner for your PC
Hauppauge is offering advanced functionality usually associated with living room HDD recorders for the PC, with the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t 500, a TV card for PCs with twin digital tuners. The twin tuner means you can watch one show…
Casio's Wave Ceptor chronograph watches – radio controlled accuracy
I've always had a soft spot for Casio. As a kid, I got a Casio Space Invaders watch for Christmas – saw me through an entire year of classroom boredom. And they're still making interesting watches now, including this…
Hitachi unveils transflective IPS LCD screen for mobile phones
TV on your mobile is likely to be much bigger news next year – but there could be a problem with seeing your screen in the daylight. Which is where Hitachi's transflective IPS LCD screen comes in. The IPS…
Race some cats on sleds at Brandish
If the day seems to be passing by slowly, you can rely on Shiny's top blokes blog Brandish to dig up an annoyingly addictive online game to make the hours fly by. In fact, they've done it again today…
RoamCon – control and secure your home with your mobile phone
RoamCon is a system of controlling your entire home, courtesy of the net, Wi-Fi and your mobile phone. So probably best not to leave your handset lying around if you invest in it. It's very much "home of the…
Apple takes on Zune with plans to make iPod a wireless radio recorder
Today's Apple rumour at least has its basis in fact – a patent application filed by Apple to allow a portable media device (i.e. iPod) to tune into a wireless audio signal, identify songs, and give users the option to…
Laserkey CLB800BT Bluetooth laser projection keyboard
Small keyboards on smartphones and PDAs – you either love them or hate them. The Laserkey CLB800BT Bluetooth laser projection keyboard is definitely for people that hate them. Rather than poking about on the tiny keys, the Lasterkey keyboard…
Casio's man-friendly Exilim EX-S770 digital camera
When you hear a camera compared to a car and then how it isn't going to affect the cut of your suit, you just know Casio are aiming the Exilim EX-S770 at a male audience. The EX-S770 is a…
Net Tansor: The Voyeur Robot
We all remember those godawful X10 pop-up-over-under ads that plagued the net the way libido-booster ads plague late-night telly. Apparently tiny wireless webcams weren't enough for one planet, so Friendly Robotics have stepped up with the Net Tansor, which…
Are MMORPGs addictive? Yes, for some
I'm a 'chipper' smoker, which means I smoke about a pack a week; go through phases of more and phases of not smoking at all. So I'm better suited than most to say that addiction is a complicated phenomenon,…