Laptop manufacturers Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell are recalling over 100,000 laptops that have Sony-made batteries in them. This is just the latest setback for Sony, who last month had to recall over 400,000 of its own brand Vaio laptops due to overheating. The latest recalls include batteries that were manufacturing red between October 2004 and [...]
October, 2008 - Archive
29th October 2008
HP TouchSmart IQ800 Desktop PC
HP has released a new desktop PC model to their sleek TouchSmart series, the IQ800. Boasting a huge 25.5 inch touchscreen display and packing a wide range of quality components, this new offering by HP is bound to turn some heads. The HP TouchSmart IQ800 features an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T8100, 4GB of [...]
25th October 2008
iPhone sales are down as Apple announces a rise in profits
After the announcement earlier this week that Apple had made a 26% rise in profits over the same period last year, it seems that the iPhone sales have dropped. Sources inside O2, the exclusive mobile network for the iPhone in the UK, have stated that iPhone sales are down to around 18,000 a week. It [...]
22nd October 2008
Sharp introduces new AQUOS DX TV’s with integrated Blu-ray recorders
Sharp has announced that its new range of AQUOS televisions will have integrated Blu-ray recorders in them. Named the AQUOS DX series, the range includes 16 models in a variety of sizes from 26 inch to 52 inch and including three colour variations. Best of all, the AQUOS DX range will have built-in Blu-ray recorders, [...]
20th October 2008
PopStar Guitar for the Nintendo Wii
Midway and XS Games have announced a new guitar game and add-on peripheral exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. The game, called PopStar Guitar is basically a copy of the highly popular Guitar Hero franchise, but instead of having a guitar shaped controller, a slip on Wii remote add-on is used. The new AirG peripheral provides [...]
14th October 2008
Olympus MJU 1040 Crystal Limited Edition Camera
Olympus has announced a limited edition version of their popular MJU 1040 camera called the Crystal. This extremely thin, metal cased camera has the same features as the MJU 1040, but the Crystal, as the name suggests is decorated with 98 Swarovski crystals on the front. A perfect addition to any girls handbag, the MUJ [...]
13th October 2008
My Tunes MP3 Amp: Guitar amp styled MP3 speaker
My Tunes has released an interesting MP3 speaker that will have your music playing like a real rock stars. The My Tunes Mp3 speaker is styled like a traditional guitar amp and even has three control knobs for volume, treble and bass just like the real thing. The My Tunes MP3 Amp comes with a [...]
8th October 2008
Clocky : the alarm clock you have to find
If, like many people you find that getting up in the morning is hard and all you seem to do is hit the snooze button on your alarm clock, then Clocky the runaway alarm clock will be right up your street. Never again will you be late for work or school, as this clever little [...]
6th October 2008
Charge up your mobile devices on the move with the solar powered Battech I-Power SX
Battech has released a solar powered charger for your entire handheld device charging needs. The I-Power SX charger is small enough to fit in your pocket or backpack and comes with an array of connectors to charge most of your mobile devices. Bundled in with the Battech I-Power SX are connectors for the main mobile [...]
3rd October 2008
New Nintendo DS gets revealed: has bigger screens
After the success of the Nintendo DS and DS Lite devices, having sold nearly 78 million worldwide, Nintendo has announced a new and improved device the DSi. The new Nintendo DSi looks similar to the previous models and now has two 3.25 inch screens instead of the 3 inch ones found on the DS and [...]