Archive for January, 2009
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Microsoft hopes to gain back some users with its new release of Internet Explorer 8. The huge software firm states that the new version will be faster and easier to use as well as being more secure than its competitors.
Over the past couple of years Microsoft’s dominance in the internet browser market has slowly been [...]
Posted in Software | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
MSI have released their newest gaming laptop, designed for all of your gaming needs when you’re on the move. Called the GT735, this powerhouse of a laptop boasts a 2.2GHz AMD Truion X2 Ultra Dual-Core processor, 4GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive and a super fast Radeon HD3850 Graphics card with 512MB DDR3 memory.
Built for [...]
Posted in Gaming, Laptops | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Griffin Technology has a range of innovative accessories for the iPod and iPhone, and the newest of these is the Griffin Powerdock. Designed as a power solution for the iPod, the Powerdock allows charging of up to 4 iPods at the same time. There are two models, the Powerdock 2 for 2 iPods and the [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPod, iPod Nano | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Motorola had a busy year last year, releasing numerous mobile handsets including the music playing Motorola ROKR E8 and a whole host of pre-pay devices, but started this year by announcing a brand new Smartphone, the A3100. The A3100 is one of the most powerful Motorola devices to date and features a 2.8” touchscreen display, [...]
Posted in Camera Phone, Mobile Phones, Motorola | 3 Comments »
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Leading UK retailer of PC and Video games GAME has announced that it will be launching a game rental service on its website. The new service, which is similar to online movie rentals, will allow avid game players to borrow up to 2 games at a time for a monthly fee.
Customers can choose a [...]
Posted in Gaming, Ps3, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Research conducted by a University of Harvard academic, has found that as little as two internet searches on the popular search engine Google could produce “as much carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle”.
Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist claims that an ordinary Google search on a desktop PC produces approximately 7 grams of CO2, with two searches [...]
Posted in General Information, Google | No Comments »
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Sony has announced a new range of walkman MP3 players to compete with the iPod Touch. The X-series walkman has an impressive 3 inch touchscreen OLED display with a resolution of 432×240.
The X-series will be the first Sony Walkman to have built-in Wi-Fi connectivity so you can browse the web, download podcasts and DRM-free [...]
Posted in Mp3 Player, iPod | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
The compact and stylish Cannon HF100 camcorder is one of the most talked about budget full HD camcorders on the market, and is capable of recording home movies up to 1920×1080 resolution.
The Canon HF100 is almost identical to the more expensive HF10 and features full HD recording, a big CMOS sensor with 3.3 megapixel [...]
Posted in Canon, Digital Camcorder, Handhelds | No Comments »
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Sky Television has announced that it has made significant steps towards broadcasting 3D TV programs to the British public. Over the last six months Sky have been recording a number of events using special 3D cameras, and has successfully transmitted the recordings to a domestic Television through its High-Definition set-top box.
3D TV programs are still [...]
Posted in Digital TV, General Information, Television | No Comments »