Author: Andy Merrett
For cheap(er) UK BlackBerry Bold contract, Vodafone's the place to go
Vodafone has announced its pay monthly pricing for the BlackBerry Bold, and it’s a tenner a month cheaper than Orange and T-Mobile are offering.
For £35 per month, you get 600 anytime, any network minutes, but a paltry 500MB data allowance…
EA mistakes Finsbury Park for Venezuela, hijacks petrol station
Electronic Arts decided to disrupt North London’s rush-hour commuter traffic this morning by staging a mock hijack of a petrol station in Finsbury Park and giving away £20,000 worth of free petrol…
Samsung considers SanDisk: looking to grow PMP share or just trying to save money?
A recent online report, later confirmed by the company, suggests that Samsung is looking to buy SanDisk, known for its memory and music player products.
It’s not clear exactly what Samsung’s motives are, with the official statement simply stating “We are looking at various opportunities regarding SanDisk (NSDQ: SNDK), but nothing has been decided yet.”
It could be that Samsung wants to build upon its YP Series of PMPs, get a piece of the SanDisk PMP pie, or simply that it would like to pay less (or nothing at all) in ongoing licensing fees for NAND and DRAM flash chips — it currently shells out around $353.8m each year…
The latest burning tech: Sony recalls dodgy Vaio laptops
Cast your mind back to the number of notebook batteries recalled last year due to the risk of them exploding and taking out delicate bits of anatomy on the way.
One seriously affected company was Sony, and it seems the company’s woes aren’t over yet. It’s just recalled 73,000 Vaio TZ-Series laptops sold in the US because of the potential risk of a short-circuit of wires near the hinge that could lead to users being burnt.
The telltale sign of a problem is if there’s a loose screw in the hinge. Loose, possibly, because it’s been touching up electric cables…
InFocus pushes out IN3100 Series multimedia projectors
InFocus continues to push out business-friendly projectors with the launch of three new models in its IN3100 range. You know what, I wouldn’t mind seeing one of these sitting in my front room.
Sitting neatly between the IN1100 and IN5100 Series of projectors, these units features both DisplayLink and HDMI connections, meaning you should (with the help of an adapter here and there) be able to connect it to pretty much any PC or AV product…
Epson launches PX700W and PX800FW photo printers
Epson has announced the arrival of its Stylus Photo PX700W and PX800FW printers, offering high quality colour images and, on the PX800FW, four-in-one functionality.
Epson claims that the quality of the photos printed by these machines exceeds that of photo labs.
The compact PX700W is fitted with a 6.3-inch colour LCD for easy perusal and selection of images, and features a high printing speed, with photos produced in around 17 seconds, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Ethernet for home networking…
Dell launches Inspiron Mini 9 netbook in the UK
Dell has finally launched its long-awaited Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, featuring an 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950…
Google Chrome uses old security-lax version of WebKit, may come to Android
Google Chrome‘s launch has been marred by an embarrassing security vulnerability, thanks to Google using an outdated version of WebKit which could be used by hackers to run malicious code directly in Windows without the user knowing.
It’s highly likely that Google will issue a patch for the problem very shortly, by updating the version of WebKit just as Apple did for its Safari browser. However, it’s not a great start for a browser that has been touted for its security features…
Kinoma Play: Get the iPhone multimedia experience on Windows Mobile
A group of ex-Apple engineers has designed Kinoma Play, a multimedia tool which allows you to find, play, and share video, audio, and pictures from across connected devices and online.
It also offers the Kinoma Guide, offering advice on the best mobile-friendly content online.
It works on Windows Mobile, with Linux and Symbian versions coming, and is supposedly targeted at those who like the multimedia aspects of the iPhone but don’t actually want one of Apple’s hallowed handsets…
Dell Inspiron 910 coming tomorrow? Don't expect to be able to type properly on it
There are rumours doing the Internet rounds that Dell may finally be about to release its Inspiron 910 portable notebook PC.
We’ve been expecting it for a while now, but a Wall Street Journal source reckons it could be announced tomorrow.
Apparently, the 8.9-inch XP or Linux notebook will be easy to upgrade various aspects of the PC, including memory and solid-state drive, thanks to their easy accessibility from the base panel.
Inside Dell’s 910: SSD (1), WWAN module (2), memory (3), WLAN module (4)
