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  • Apple's the biggest name in MP3. So, take aim...sue!

    3 February 2006, 11:45

    According to seattlepi.com, a Lousiana man is suing Apple about the potential hearing damage that might be caused by iPods - even though he doesn't claim to have suffered any ...

  • Adult Entertainment Expo 2006

    2 February 2006, 02:03

    Nick Haywood and Tarinder Sandhu took time off from the serious business of putting out a daily newspaper at CES to check out the Adult Entertainment Expo – all in ...

  • Downloadable Warner movies to buy or to rent

    1 February 2006, 13:23

    The rise and rise of legal video downloads continues apace. Latest news is that downloadable dubbed versions of Warner Bros' movies and TV programmes go on sale in Germany in ...

  • Review: Sky by broadband - world's first combined review-tutorial!

    30 January 2006, 04:14

    Here's the world's first review of (and tutorial for) Sky's video-download service - Sky by broadband - now available free to all Sky premium subscribers with broadband connections

  • Uni lectures on your iPod? That'll do nicely!

    26 January 2006, 12:05

    Apple USA is now running a free hosting service for universities and colleges - iTunes U - allowing them to make educational content available for download 24/7

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  • Tesco into VoIP. Every little helps?

    25 January 2006, 09:32

    Tesco reckons it's going to "transform the way we make phone calls and slash call costs with the launch of its internet phone service". That's one take; see our HEXUS.headline ...

  • Recording 11 TV channels simultaneously

    20 January 2006, 19:27

    Why bother creating an HTPC that can record 11 TV channels? If you're a company that creates PVR software... why not!?

  • Panasonic ceases analogue TV development

    20 January 2006, 16:30

    The end of analogue draws near.

  • Sub-Eu60 DVD player supports Nero Digital

    19 January 2006, 16:32

    A new sub-€60 DVD player from elta is among the first to support playback of video compressed using Nero Digital technology – the high-efficiency Codec and authoring system provided in ...

  • Konica Minolta bails out of wet photography

    19 January 2006, 14:38

    Konica Minolta is planning to pull out of the wet photography market - a move that will see over one-tenth of its 30,000 employees out of work by October next ...

  • Review: AVerMedia AVerTV DVB-T USB2.0

    18 January 2006, 09:38

    Today we're reviewing a USB digital tuner from AVerMedia - the AVerTV DVB-T USB2.0 – that let's you enjoy all the many Freeview TV and radio stations

  • ASUS announces truly mobile TV tuner

    17 January 2006, 22:51

    We've seen our share of USB TV tuners, in fact a number are in the HEXUS.labs now being reviewed. The trouble with them, however, is their need for an aerial. ...

  • Sanyo's tiny, tapeless $800 HD camcorder

    17 January 2006, 11:26

    Sanyo's wonderfully-named Xacti HD1 tapeless high-def camcorder was one of the most intiguing products shown early in Jan at CES in Las Vegas

  • Breathalyse yourself

    16 January 2006, 16:41

    You know how it is, go to these big international events and they tend to throw on the parties. So there was team HEXUS, staggering coherently walking around CES when ...

  • Five facts you ought to know about high-def and SD DVD

    13 January 2006, 14:05

    Here are five facts we think you ought to know about high-def and SD DVD

  • Spielberg's Oscar hopes hit by DRM cock-ups

    13 January 2006, 03:08

    Digital-rights-management cock-ups may have killed any chance of Steven Spielberg's film Munich winning awards in this year's Oscars

  • Turning the iPod into a media center

    12 January 2006, 18:36

    Griffin Technology, manufacturer of iPod accessories, is set to release a dock for the iPod that will transform it into an entire Media Center.

  • Turning a Geiger Counter into an iPod

    12 January 2006, 11:45

    Just when we think everything has been modded in every possible way, somebody comes along and surprises us. This time a mod-happy guy by the name of JavaMoose has decided ...

  • Chrysler first with across-the-range iPod option

    12 January 2006, 07:59

    Chrysler will be the first American car maker to provide full iPod integration as an option in most of its 2006 models according to TWICE - the USA's leading consumer-electronics ...

  • DVdoctor - some predictions for 2006

    10 January 2006, 16:13

    John Ferrick of DVdoctor Inc looks at the year ahead in his crystal ball

  • The Monster remote - controlling just about everything

    10 January 2006, 12:26

    It's massive, it's absolutely massive. Then again, it does attempt to control just about everything in your house, including the lighting.

  • ZON total home sound solution

    10 January 2006, 02:54

    The ZON system involves four key components - audio sources, speakers, some network cable and the ZON hardware itself. Together they let you pipe sound all through your house, from ...

  • Initial Blu-ray and HD DVD movie line-up at a glance

    9 January 2006, 17:00

    At last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, most of the major film studios made announcements about which of the two forthcoming high-def DVD formats they'd be supporting and ...

  • March US launch for Toshiba HD DVD set-top players

    9 January 2006, 13:24

    Toshiba looks set to be the first company to introduce HD DVD set-top players into the US market. Two models are promised for March, one at $800 (HD-XA1), the other ...

  • Yahoo! Go: Beyond the browser

    7 January 2006, 12:26

    Yahoo! yesterday announced its latest scheme to spread its services across more than just the browser. Yahoo! Go is available for the Desktop, Mobile and TV, allowing information to be ...

  • Steadicam Merlin for the semi-pro

    6 January 2006, 21:21

    Designed by Garrett Brown, the who made the original Steadicam, the Merlin is actually a re-make (how appropriate for the film industry) of the Steadicam Jr - and one that's ...

  • Memorex - Blu-ray... hmmmm

    6 January 2006, 20:28

    At a cocktails and giggles get-together last night, I found myself chatting to a representative from Memorex, who was talking about the new Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats

  • NVIDIA show off the new RAZR

    6 January 2006, 19:54

    Now why would NVIDIA be playing with the Motorola Razer? Probably because their mobile GPU is powering the new handset giving what appears to be near faultless movie quality playback ...

  • ATI previews HD cable receiver for the PC

    6 January 2006, 11:04

    For most of us on this side of the pond, it's easy to forget about cable television, but in the US it's a different story. ATI is developing an HD ...

  • Software makers the only certain winners in hi-def DVD format war

    6 January 2006, 09:47

    Software firms that make programs for authoring, editing, burning and playing high-def discs look to be the only sure-fire winners in the hi-def DVD format war

  • Review: All the news from CES 2006

    5 January 2006, 14:06

    All HEXUS.CES reports, stories and headlines can now be accessed from a single page

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  • Gecube showcasing media players, DVRs and graphics cards at CES

    5 January 2006, 10:56

    At the 2006 International CES, Info-tek - who you will likely best know for its GeCube brand and graphics cards under the name - is showcasing a number of products.

  • CES speeches underline shift to digital home and online media

    4 January 2006, 00:46

    Confirming the massive shift towards the digital home and online media, the keynote speeches at this week's 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show look set to be dominated by the giants ...

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