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Better late than never, O2 to offer mobile broadband from Friday for existing customers
Joining the party several years after its rivals, O2 has made plans to offer a mobile broadband USB dongle from Friday.
Before scrambling down to the nearest O2 shop to buy one, you should take note that it’s bizarrely only offered to existing O2 customers, who have either an O2 SIM card, or…
Qsonix TS17 – touchscreen control of your huge audio collection
Got 25,000 CDs kicking about the house? Free up that space with the Qsonix TS17…
VIDEO: What's best? Working from home? Or working in the office?
Thanks to working for the very forward-thinking and modernist Shiny Media, I’m often afforded the luxury of being able to work from home.
But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is the relaxed nature of home working beneficial, or do you end up slacking off more? Does the stricter office environment force you to work harder, or does the diversion of other people actually slow you down? What’s best? Home? Or office?
Let’s find out via a video comparison!
Games coming to Zune – and anyone can develop their own
There’s a big, high-brow and important gaming convention going on right now in San Francisco, called the Game Developers Conference.
Such joys as the inevitable Gears of War 2 for Xbox 360 (coming this November) have been revealed so far, but elsewhere, Microsoft also announced plans to expand Zune into a portable games machine…
Gloo – glow-in-the-dark urinals
Struggling to find the facilities in the middle of the night? The Gloo could be for you.
Colombo Two – possibly the most stylish home telephone on the market
While the look, feel and inner working of the mobile phone improve on an almost weekly basis, the humble home phone hasn’t changed a great deal since around 1988. Until now that is.
CES 2008: The Philips Streamium, now with internet radio
An updated Philips Streamium has been revealed at CES, with the added extra of internet radio. So now not only can you rip music and stream it around your house, you can also pick up obscure radio channels and play them to your neighbours too. Susi shows off the kit below…
RoboPhilo – the programmable home robot
It’s a programmable humanoid, which brings approximately one billion possibilities flashing into mind. Although this one won’t be much help as a personal bodyguard or shopping-home-carrier – it’s only 13 inches tall.
RoboPhilo comes in kit form you can assemble yourself for $400 or why not just admit defeat beforehand and buy a fully-assembled…
AOL attempts to claw back UK market with new mobile portal home
Most of our readers can remember the day when AOL ruled the search engine kingdom, long before the days of Google. They’re attempting to claw back some of their UK readers, by launching AOL mobile, a mobile internet portal which visually optimises content for handsets.
The new portal shows content using ‘dynamic mobile transcoding technology’, giving you access to ‘web surf’…
Meridian slaps some limited edition paint on the Ferrari-branded F80's hood
The holiday party season is fast approaching, and Meridian has cashed in on the sudden interest in metallics and all things shiny, but releasing a couple of limited edition sparkly hues.
As we know, the F80 is one of their flagship models, with CD, DVD and DAB/FM/AM-playing prowess. In these two limited edition models, the…
