Yesterday I spent a couple of hours here at the office with Valleywag‘s most cherished and adored tech celebrity, Jason Calacanis. Love him or hate him, the bloke’s got contacts, and he confirmed to me that he knew first-hand that Apple was working on a networked television. These LCD HDTVs will be fully networked, with …
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If the Digital Radio Working Group has its way we’ll all need to chuck out our lovely FM receivers and invest in DAB equipment before too long. Good news, then, for PURE Digital, a DAB favourite of ours. And it’s just released its new One Mini — an affordable and portable version of the popular PURE One. It’s a little …
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The TV Licensing agency is convinced my little brother is a common criminal. He’s not, but he’s been threatened with court. He studies psychology at Lincoln University. He’s a law-abiding citizen, having only been handcuffed once for carrying a lethal weapon, even though it was an umbrella. To be fair, the police did apologise for the mistake. But he woke …
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We’re living in happy times right now. Happy, because the Internet is no longer restricted to devices with wires. Yes, in 2008 the wireless Web is maturing like the finest cheese or the the tastiest wine. Ready to exploit the growing ubiquity of a Web without wires is Intempo, whose portable Wi-Fi radio is designed to be used on the …
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Today, the war ended. The war between HD formats, that is. As you’re probably aware, Warner Bros has ditched support for Toshiba’s HD DVD format in favour of an exclusive partnership with Sony’s Blu-ray. Well, after May this year anyway. With only two studios — Paramount and Universal — behind HD DVD, the consumer-unfriendly feud is, as our own Ian …
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If you’re just dying to sacrifice even more trees, we’ve got a treat for you: brand new LCD TVs made from the finest trees Swedx could lay its hands and chainsaws on. Although it’ll tick off Britain’s squirrels, it’ll also help you keep your carbon footprint that all-important notch lower, as it’s partly made from a renewable resource. The new …
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Not taken with Yamaha’s one-piece 5.1 surround-sound system for £1,000? Still want a cinema sound setup? We’ve been given an exclusive preview of Logic3’s SoundStage speaker system, which incorporates a true 5.1 setup within a single metre-wide enclosure for a more than acceptable £250. More interesting still is that this 150W beast works its magic with a full 15 speakers …
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Caring about the environment is trendier than ever in the tech world, with massive companies such as Apple and Dell at least paying lip service to the idea that our obsession with new products shouldn’t take an unnecessary toll on old Mother Earth. Keen to jump on the eco-bandwagon is PURE Digital, whose DAB radios lead the digital radio pack. …
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Football season is upon us. It’s time to raid Sainsbury’s for Carling, ignore your wives and children and hysterically scream “THE REFEREE’S A BANKER!” Though why people insist on shouting such an obvious lie is beyond us — referees are professional now, they don’t have other jobs any more. Dumbasses. Anyway, if you’re lucky enough not to have to sit …
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Full cinema projection is the proverbial dog’s danglies when it comes to watching movies, but some people are more than happy watching full-length flicks on their iPods. Now the portable can be projectable — with ViewSonic’s PJ258D iPod projector. We got word of this back in May and we thought it was a daring idea, but now Crave has one …
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