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Intelligent spoon, video-game urinal, transparent toaster
30 May 2006, 13:14
In its latest round-up of weird and wonderful gadgets and technologies, tech blog has come up with some beauties, including a video-game urinal, a transparent toaster and an intelligent spoon
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Watch ads on your phone, get free airtime
30 May 2006, 10:18
Virgin Mobile USA is introducing a new way for punters to get talk time: adverts on their phone.
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Miglia Mac mini look-alike TV tuner/video-capture box
23 May 2006, 22:28
Miglia's newly-launched TVMax appears to be the first available external TV tuner to match the looks and desktop footprint of an Apple Mac mini. It's also a video capture device ...
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Sky own-goal means misery for HD World Cup fans
19 May 2006, 19:35
Sky's HD TV service looks set to get off to the worst possible of starts, with thousands of customers not receiving systems before the World Cup kicks off on June ...
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Sony Ericsson W710 sports Walkman phone
19 May 2006, 14:28
Sony Ericsson's W710 Walkman phone, due Q3, has a motion-sensor, as well as a fitness utility reckoned to measure running speed, distance and time or, for less sporty types, the ...
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Sony Ericsson addresses flat-battery-need-to-make-call problem
18 May 2006, 15:25
Phone battery always flat when you most urgently need to make or take a call? Well, that's the problem Sony Ericsson's latest chargers are said to solve
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Telewest to show all World Cup Games in HD
17 May 2006, 10:33
Cable-operator Telewest has banged three in the net, having signed up to show in high-def all World Cup coverage from the BBC and ITV, plus on-demand HD programmes from C4
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CTS - 2006 :: VIP HDTV WTF?
16 May 2006, 00:23
Distributor VIP had one of the biggest, best-located and (we assume) costliest stands at CTS. Pride of place went to an array of HD ready TV sets. So why didn't ...
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Sony & Panasonic intro HD camcorder format - AVCHD - using 8cm DVDs
15 May 2006, 14:07
Sony and Panasonic are introducing a new high-def consumer camcorder standard, AVCHD, using mini (8cm) DVDs. It encompasses hi-def recording in six different formats, plus standard-resolution PAL and NTSC
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CTS - 2006 :: Hela's remarkable freebie
12 May 2006, 01:55
Over the years, Bob Crabtree has collected more useless freebies from exhibition press packs than he can recall. But, at CTS this week, he seems to have struck gold, taking ...
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BitTorrent hits big time with Warner P2P deal
10 May 2006, 00:56
BitTorrent looks to have hit the big time with Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) signing up to use the company's file-sharing technology to provide legal downloads of movies and ...
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AVerMedia adds Linux support for Hybrid TV tuners
9 May 2006, 22:56
AVerMedia now has available Linux drivers for its Hybrid TV Tuner range. The drivers support four Linux distributions - Fedora core3, Fedora core4, Mandriva and SUSE
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Toys R Us busts £600 barrier for 32in HD LCD TV
8 May 2006, 14:18
Kids' superstore Toys R Us is set to introduce far and away the UK's cheapest 32in LCD HDTV to date - the £599 Medion-branded MD 20099. It's due at the ...
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Live Sky Sports footie & cricket on Vodafone 3G
5 May 2006, 01:54
Vodafone Live! and Sky and are offering 3G mobile users live coverage of international cricket and Football League play-offs - beginning Saturday May 6
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Sky claims 40,000 HD advance sales; sets May 22 for kick-off
5 May 2006, 00:32
Sky claims that it's taken over 40,000 advance sales for its high-definition satellite service since bookings were opened to the public on April 13. And, the company says, launch date ...
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Sky to transmit all its own HD channels in 1080i
4 May 2006, 14:14
Sky has confirmed to HEXUS that all eight of its own HD channels will initially be transmitted at high-res 1080i and that the Sky HD receiver box can down-convert this ...
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HEXUS.beans :: ATi and Nokia set to announce massive deal
4 May 2006, 10:40
ATi and Nokia set to announce massive deal
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High-def discs - the audio options for HD DVD & Blu-ray
3 May 2006, 15:36
Audio is yet another factor to consider when choosing which of the competing high-def disc formats to buy into - HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Nick Flood explains the differences ...
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BBC puts catalogue of entire archive online
2 May 2006, 14:33
Details of all radio and TV programmes in the BBC archives are now online as part of a new strategy intended to "keep the BBC relevant in the digital age" ...
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Bands sue Sony for massively underpaying music-download royalties
2 May 2006, 10:58
Sony could end up being sued by most of its recording artists for massively underpaying royalties on legal music downloads after a class-action suit was started by the Allman Brothers ...
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Ofcom report explores UK digital lifestyle
28 April 2006, 14:21
According to Ofcom, more country folk are on the net than town dwellers, more than 99 per cent of premises are connected to broadband-enabled exchanges and mobile phone users send ...
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SOYO moves further into comms and CE with Skype-compatible USB phone
28 April 2006, 13:03
SOYO's latest introduction, a Skype-capable phone, looks to signal yet another step away from motherboards, and into the world of comms and consumer electronics
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Compro releases DVB-S tuner with video capture
27 April 2006, 09:26
Compro has combined DVB-S reception with analogue video and audio capture to create the VideoMate S350, its latest PCI tuner card.
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Warner first with hybrid SD/HD DVD disc but look at the price!
27 April 2006, 01:51
Warner Home Video looks set to become the first company to release an SD/HD DVD hybrid disc in the USA but at a price that could kill most prospective sales
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Blu-ray support still possible in Windows Vista
25 April 2006, 13:12
Microsoft has been backing HD DVD but head-honcho Bill Gates says that Blu-ray support in Windows Vista is still possible
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HDCP will be cracked!
25 April 2006, 08:25
HDCP (High Definition Content [Copy] Protection) is designed to stop you from making a perfect copy of HD movies. However, it seems as though this protection technology will inevitably be ...
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Six Ways to Get your HD Fix!
24 April 2006, 20:33
The UK is in the early stages of high definition TV but things are starting to happen now - we detail six ways of getting HD content into your front ...
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£100 off Sony BRAVIA TV sets for Sky HD subscribers
24 April 2006, 13:57
Anyone buying a Sky HD box and subscribing to the Sky HD service between April 26 and July 10 is eligible for £100 cash back on Sony BRAVIA TV sets ...
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Warner cuts DVD pricing to reduce piracy - but only in China
24 April 2006, 10:03
CAV Warner is selling the DVD of Leonardo Di Caprio's movie The Aviator in China for the equivalent of just US$1.50, in an attempt to grow legitimate sales and reduce ...
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O'Reilly intros Flickr Hacks book
21 April 2006, 14:46
O'Reilly's latest book is aimed at those wanting to get the best out of the Flickr online photo management and sharing site. Flickr Hacks (£17.50) is written by Paul Bausch ...
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iPod - fashion statement, music maker, life-saver!
21 April 2006, 09:38
We've never thought of iPods or any MP3 player as potential life-savers but that's changed now that Sussex amulance service has made available for download seven MP3 files of first-aid ...
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