JVC ‘Hybrid’ Camera Shoots HD Video & Photos Simultaneously
‘Hybrid’ is the buzzword in cameras this month and JVC’s Everio GZ-X900 falls into this category, combining a Full HD camcorder with a 9MP camera. The party trick for the new camera is the [...]
Sony Adds Wi-Fi To New Blu-ray Player
UK consumers may be taking their time jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon so maybe Sony’s latest Blu-ray players, sporting Wi-Fi and sensible price tags will help them make the leap. The company has [...]
Eye-Fi Adds Video Uploading To Its Cool Wi-Fi SD Cards
Eye-Fi has extended its range of wireless SD Cards by announcing some 4GB cards that will also let you automatically uploading videos to YouTube and Flickr. The two new cards double the capacity of existing [...]
UK Shoppers Still Not Hot For Blu-ray
It’s ‘Stats-Time’ people so get some salt ready, just in case. According to the latest sales figures collated by online site reevoo.com, UK shoppers largely ignored Blu-ray machines over the Christmas period in favour of [...]
The UK’s ‘Superfast Broadband’ Speeds Up
Telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that it will remove regulatory barriers to speed up BT’s rollout of superfast broadband across the UK. The regulator said that it will not present any ‘regulatory barriers’ [...]
New Batman Hoodie: Guaranteed To Stop Criminals With Laughter
We’re not sure what your night-time fantasies run to but, if it’s getting laughed at in the street, then you just have to get yourself one of these: the Batman Full Image Zip Up [...]
Sony’s HX1 Superzoom Cyber-shot With ‘Sweep Panorama’
As PMA 2009 cranks up, Sony has rolled out its DSC-HX1 20x Superzoom digital camera, which it claims is the first “digital still camera to feature sweep panorama technology.” What that means is [...]
Musiblocks Let You Rock Like A 2-Year Old
And now for something completely different: Musiblocks. Combine something as simple as children’s blocks with some innovative audio technology and what you end up with is one of the weirdest speaker set-ups we have [...]
Smart Kids Use More Text Jargon, According To Study
Kids tend to get a bit of stick from grumpy old folks (like us) for using too much nonsensical jargon in their text messages, but this might actually be masking a higher intellect than [...]
Toyota Building A Seaweed Car
You may think the Toyota Prius is green but the company is already looking to build uber-green cars from seaweed. That’s right, you too could be driving around in your very own Kelp Machine [...]
What Your PC Says About You
Are you a control freak, disorganised mess or privacy nut? If you want the answers, Microsoft thinks all you have to do is look at your PC. Even better, take a walk around the office [...]
Nokia Eyes The Laptop Market
Not content with ruling the mobile phone market, it seems Nokia has set its world-conquering eye on the cut-throat laptop arena. It certainly seems like a strange move but when you have Nokia’s clout, [...]
The UK’s First Blu-ray HDD Recorders
Blu-ray players might be common now in the UK but so far no one has opted to combine Blu-ray playback and recording with HDD recorders. Until now, that is. Hot on the heels of [...]
Germans Trial Street Lamps Activated By Mobile Phones
German inventor Dieter Grote has come up with an interesting energy saving idea that involves switching off street lights to save power until they are actually needed. He’s not plunging the German village [...]
Panasonic Unleashes 2009 Viera LCD TVs
Panasonic has set out its LCD stall for 2009 with 13 new LCD TVs, ranging in size from 19in to 37in. You may ask where are all the bigger 42in and larger TVs but [...]