Month: December 2006
Creative SE2300 wire-free headphones
Creative is set to bring wireless audio to all with its SE2300 wire-free headphones. Clever idea seeing as most devices don't carry Bluetooth as standard – just plug the small adaptor into your device of choice via the headphone jack,…
Vertu Signature Cobra and Python – jewel-encrusted mobiles for millionaires
Vertu is at it again, producing high-status handsets for people with more money than brain cells. We've covered the Vertu Signature Duo handset and the Vertu Racetrack Legends phones recently, but even they seem like a bargain compared to the…
Nintendo-themed Monopoly
Certain to appeal to regulars at Shiny's Wii Wii blog is this Nintendo-themed version of Monopoly, discovered by the team over at Brandish. At £30, it's an affordable last-minute gift if you can deal with the 20 questions from your…
Top 10 DAB radios of 2006
2006 has seen a deluge of new DAB radios. The upside of that is lower prices. The downside is trying to select the best 10 of the year. Well, after much deliberation, here's the pick of the bunch. 1. Pure…
Books On Demand Machine
It's about damn time the Books on Demand Machine has actually come to pass, and at only $50,000 USD per unit, we can expect to see them pretty much everywhere. They can print books of up to 550 pages,…
Top 50 Christmas web sites
Fancy some festive fun and entertainment around the web? There are hundreds of web sites about Christmas – here's just a selection of 50 to be going on with (just in case you have nothing else to be doing over…
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Anti-spyware firm warns of misleading and bogus 'security software'
The anti-spyware company Sunbelt software is warning computer users about the rise of computer software masquerading as legitimate security software. The sites try to trick users into paying for software that is ineffective at securing their computer, and may even…
Top 10 MP3 players of 2006
The competition has been fierce, but the results are now in. From a purely personal viewpoint, here are the 10 best MP3 players this year, excluding music phones, because that can be a top 10 in itself. 1. Apple 80GB…
Get Ricky Martin's signed VAIO laptop on eBay
Whatever happened to shimmy-hipped Latin lothario Ricky Martin anyway? He hasn't turned up on any seedy TV reality shows recently, so he must still have a career of sorts. Oh, hang on, he's a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. So I'd better…