Month: December 2006
Apple iPod nano in charge-overheat woes
Over Christmas Eve dinner, my sister Jasmine reported that within the first month of owning her iPod Nano (silver, if that matters, and no, she doesn't use the leather or silicone case that can reputedly cause this problem) it…
Tech Digest 2006 interviews redux: dotMobi, Player One, AdMob
Still feeling portly from the Christmas food splurge? Tsk, have another slice of going-slightly-green turkey and stop moaning. Then read three more Tech Digest interviews from 2006, all focused around the latest developments on mobile phones. Neil Edwards – dotMobi…
Trinity DS-CHFMT FM iPod transmitter
Having used one or two relatively standard FM transmitters for the iPod, the Trinity DS-CHFMT sure looks huge by comparison. The reason: it's designed to sit comfortably in a cup-holder, instead of flopping around loose, so your iPod is…
Electricity use for gadgets "to double"
As more and more gadgets are hailed as "must-own" items and sale numbers of these items grows, electricity usage is growing too. It's now estimated that electricity use – through the sales boom of such items as electric toothbrushes and cordless…
What you didn't find under your tree this year: Sony PlayStation3
As we all recover from the vast amounts of alcohol and food we all consumed over the festive period and as all our new and shiny prezzies are tidied away and put in their places (where they'll no doubt stay) we have some time to…
NASA and Google join forces to put data online
Geek-favourite and solar-explorer NASA has signed a deal with (also) geek-favourite and search-powerhouse Google to archive vast amounts of it's images and data online in an easy-to-search library…
Tech Digest 2006 interviews redux: Yahoo, Garlik, MTV
It's been a great year for the tech-world. We would summarise what happened, but you can find it all podblogged on YouTube's MySpace profile. Something like that, anyway. Instead, how about a reminder of some of the key interviews this…
Ventriloque Talking Alarm Clock
Alarm clocks make the most unbelievably ugly noises, which is natural, since, well, you're supposed to be awoken so overwhelmingly that you must, must, must, stop that horrible sound. The Ventriloque alarm clock, by contrast, lets you record whatever…
Go-Robo! lets you script your WowWee Robosapien and its friends
Go-Robo! adds some extra spice to your already super-cool WowWee robot (such as the Robosapien or Roboraptor). Since the robots are programmed with a common function set, Go-Robo allows you to tap into its core being (in a fashion…
Give'em a Stern Smack'Em
Like Eco-Worrier, I keep whacking David Attenborough by mistake (I do hope the voodoo is fine-tuned on this game) but the basic premise of Stern Climate Skeptic Smack'Em Game is to smite the eco-evil-doers with a rolled-up copy of…