Author: Katherine Hannaford
Marantz's DV7001 DVD Player Upscales To HD!
5px; float: left;" />Fancy having the quality of HDTV but don't want to fork out hundreds for a new TV? Never fear, because Marantz is here. They've just launched the DV7001, a DVD player capable of upscaling normal standard…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech 4 (the one where we find out what it actually does)
David Weeks, Windows Client Marketing Manager for Microsoft UK, jumps onboard this jolly ol' ship, and walks us through a Vista demo. Now this is more like it! 'The great versatility of Vista allows for a greater digital experience',…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech 3 (the one where they talk about libraries and we see The Feeling)
Still both yapping on about this new 'Turning The Pages' program that the Library can use with Vista, we're 'treated' to a short film about da Vinci, his manuscripts, and what several key historians think of the involvement with…
Windows Vista Launch London – Bill Gates Speech (the one where Kat gets it on with Bill)
Yawn. It's 10.15, they're running late, and still playing Razorlight. Still, I guess that's better than an Apple presentation, where they would no doubt blast your poor, defenseless ears with U2 and The Gorillaz. While I've got a few…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech (the one where Kat waits for it to begin)
Here I am, yet again waiting in a queue to see the great Bill Gates. For the second time in less than a month, I'm privileged enough to attend a keynote speech made by the founder of Microsoft, possibly…
JVC 2007: Liveblogging the keynote speech direct from Athens
We're here in a hot conference room at the Intercontinental hotel in Athens, waiting for the highly-anticipated keynote speech to begin. All around us sit fellow journalists, from both the UK as well as Europe. There are many Japanese dealers…
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade launch at HMV Oxford Street, London
Well done for tearing your eyes away from your latest World of Warcraft battle, long enough to read this post…Oh, it’s about World of Warcraft, funny that, I should have figured! Released at midnight last night in Europe and the US, The Burning Crusade expansion pack features a new continent, two extra races of ‘people’, and the level attainability has risen to 70. HMV at Oxford Street held a launch party similar to that of December’s Wii launch party, with WoW designer Jon LeCraft giving away signed copies, and many geeks fans dressing up in costume. Several hardcore gamers queued for well over 16 hours, in order to gain special in-game gifts, like pets, although most started queuing in the late afternoon. The expansion pack is only £29.99, plus you have to fork out a monthly fee to subscribe to the game as well. Take a gander at some of the photos taken last night – no laughing, however, karma is a bad enemy!
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
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CES 2007: Stuart Dredge's video diary of CES Unveiled
Although 24 hours old, we saw lots of exciting new stuff at yesterday’s CES Unveiled, which you would’ve been reading about on Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny. If you can’t be bothered reading through the 70-odd posts we’ve done since, take a listen to Stu chat about all the robots and toys he’s had his eye on since. He’s an easy lad to please, Stu.
CES 2007: Stuart Dredge's Philip's press conference video diary
Hear Tech Digest’s Stuart Dredge mouth off after attending Philip’s press conference at CES 2007, where he chats face-to-face with the camera about bling TVs, light-up shirts, and portable media players. Try not to notice the weary, jetlagged, and starvingness of the poor boy. Bring on the food!
CES 2007: WowWee's Robopanda and FlyTech Dragonfly
WowWee really are excelling themselves at CES this year, the Tech Digest team are not only impressed with the Elvis-bot they’re showing, but the chaps who brought us the Robosapien back in the day have recently given us a sneak peek at a couple of their new products. Firstly, the sweet-as-apple-pie Robopanda has a head-mounted IR sensor, stereo sound, a fair amount of advanced sensors, and the best thing, it also reads bedtime stories, enabling it to be not only toddler-friendly, but busy-parent friendly as well. The next best thing in the line-up is the FlyTech Dragonfly, apparently the ‘world’s first radio-controlled flying insect’, which has 150 feet of wireless range, and can fly for 10 minutes, before needing a charge-up.
WowWee
