Devo - Freeplay’s wind-up DAB radio

DAB radio is the soundtrack of my working day, but did you know you can pick up a wind-up DAB? It’s called the Devo from Freeplay.
Yes, you can expand your listening choice without harming the environment. Although in reality, a 60s-second wind will only provide three to five minutes of DAB listening (hardly enough for […]

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Posted in Science and Technology No Comments 21.03.2007 on 01:03.

Consumer electronics companies look to more environmentally-friendly products

One of the issues that has been given some attention at CeBIT this year is creating more environmentally-friendly consumer electronics products. With ever-increasing regulations and concerns over spiralling energy usage, both in industry and amongst consumers, it’s encouraging to hear large CE companies saying that they are working to develop more energy efficient products.
Traditionally, plasma […]

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Video games: better learning, improved memory, bad driving…

Video games get a very mixed press. One minute they’re the cause of increased violence and anti-social behaviour, the next they’re able to develop amazing brainpower in children.
Just three stories this weekend prove the diverse range of opinions, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
First up is the news that a number of […]

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CeBIT 2007: Total Immersion overlays 3D effects on live video

    

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CeBIT 2007: World’s largest smallest watch

I-Station is going the other way, claiming its G43 is the Smallest UMPC in the World. Specs were a little thin on the ground, apparently due to an accident with the leaflets. Here’s what we do know though: it can run Windows XP or Linux, it has an 800×480 4.3in LCD screen, there’s built-in Bluetooth, […]

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CeBIT 2007: More video weirdness from Total Immersion

    

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CeBIT 2007: Windows Vista Sideshow run through

    

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T-Mobile launches UMPC-like Ameo from £120

First mentioned in January and officially launched at the 3GSM 2007 was HTC’s Advantage (X7500). It’s now on sale in the UK as the T-Mobile Ameo.
The UMPC-like device has 3G UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, a QWERTY keyboard, 5-inch, 640 x 480, 65,536-colour screen, 8GB hard drive, 128MB of memory, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity and an SDHC-compatible […]

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20Mbps broadband, huh? What is it good for?

Last week, Virgin Media announced plans to double the speed of its most expensive broadband service from 10Mbps to 20Mbps. Due to come into effect this May, it’ll be the fastest widely-available home internet connection in the UK.
According to independent testing firm Epitiro, in the last quarter of 2006, the average consumer ADSL connection speed […]

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Posted in Science and Technology No Comments 21.03.2007 on 00:03.

PS3 Launch Special: 10 stories from the blogosphere (20-Mar-07)

Every day this week leading up to the launch, we’ll be linking to some of the hottest, latest or most opinionated posts, videos and news stories about Sony’s PlayStation 3 - both negative and positive. Here’s today’s batch:
- Konami’s Devil May Cry 4 won’t be a PS3 exclusive as expected. Instead it’ll be released simultaneously […]

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