Swedish Valei Computer launches PMC200 media player
Another all-action pocket medai player, this time from Swedish Valei Computer (the first I've heard of this Stockholm-based company) with the PMC200. It's another of those players that leaves nothing to chance, including everything you could possible need, with…
What's the deal with budget Windows Vista?
I've just been reading that the budget / entry-level features of Windows XP Starter Edition will be transferred to Windows Vista. Now, I hadn't appreciated what a cut-down system XP SE was, and to be honest I just don't get…
Opera for Nintendo DS finally hits Europe
Web browsing has computer to the DS in Europe, with the Opera browser making its debut on Nintendo's handheld. Available in Japan since February, the browser is available in Europe for both th DS and DS Lite. It iffers…
Huge multi-monitor office setups
I found this post via the Blog Herald over the weekend: Stefan Didak has one of the biggest multi-monitor computer systems I've seen, and he knows how to tidy his cables up properly too. I've only got two monitors, a…
Gillette Fusion: Top Five beards
Whatever beard you wear, chances are you need a top-notch razor to keep it in trim. Gillette's new six-blade Fusion razor claims to offer the most comfortable shave yet, thanks to five blades squeezed very close together on the head….
Single Pixel Digital Camera, Coming Soon?
Researchers at Rice University in Houston Texas have developed a prototype camera that uses a single pixel image sensor. Actually that’s a bit of an over-simplification, and you needn’t worry too much about the technology coming to a digital…
Wi-Fi Monitor With Audible Alert, Freeware
Here’s a handy little program Propellerhead has found for road warriors. It’s called WiFi SiStr from a Belgian outfit called Dnsoft — try saying that with false teeth. Once installed it sits quietly on your wireless laptop’s desktop, monitoring…
Monday interview: MTV's Angel Gambino on mobile social networking
When researching my post last week on mobile social networking, I canvassed several industry bigwigs to get their views on how well the likes of MySpace and Bebo would translate to mobile. Helpfully, Gmail chose to file the response…
Play musical safes with the Zaporozhye
If music be the food of love, play on, seems to be the message of the Zaporozhye, the musical condom. There's a sensor in the base and some teeny-tiny speakers that play music "louder and faster" as the sex…
US Air Force prototypes a PHaSR
The Personnel Halting and Stimulating Response uh, device, about the size and weight of an M60, fires a pulse of light that temporarily blinds anybody in the beam. It seems to be a crowd-control device more than anything else,…