Toshiba is racing to be the first to throw out the 3D glasses, with plans to launch the glasses-free Regza 12GL1 and 20GL1 3D televisions before the end of the year. The 12GL1 will measure 20-inches from corner-to-corner, with the 20GL1 measuring 20-inches across. They use parallax technology to offer 3D without the aid of …
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Panasonic is teasing technology fans with details of a Lumix Phone, a camera phone based on Panny’s popular compact snapper brand. The Lumix Phone will feature a 3.3-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi, and DLNA for zapping pictures wirelessly to your telly. It’ll be a hefty 17.7mm thick and weigh 146g. The 13.2-megapixel image resolution would make it one of, if no the …
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Meet the new Bose, not the same as the old Bose. The high-end audio specialist has unveiled VisionWave, its first TV. Except it isn’t really a TV. Let us explain: the VisionWave lacks a TV tuner. It’s a 45-inch, CCFL-backlit high-definition LCD screen packed with speakers. The subwoofers are arranged in an M shape, with three mid-range speakers on either …
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If you can’t wait to get your hands on the new BlackBerry Torch 9800, your future’s bright: your future could be Orange. Orange has announced the latest CrackBerry from Research in Motion will be “coming soon” to the fruity network. As for when, how much it’ll cost and what calling plans will be available, Orange is keeping schtum. Honestly, getting …
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C-3PO is about to become C-3DO, as the complete Star Wars series returns to cinemas in three dimensions. Lucasfilm has announced that all six tales of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Jar Jar Binks will be converted to 3D and re-released in order, starting with The Phantom Menace. The films will be 3Dified by Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects …
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Facebook is leaping from your browser to the big screen with the release of The Social Network, the much-hyped tale of the controversial early days of the site, directed by Seven‘s David Fincher and written by the West Wing‘s Aaron Sorkin. It’s 2003. Harvard student and computer geek Mark Zuckerberg is dumped by his girlfriend for being too much like …
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Panasonic is adding three new Freeview HD recorders to its line-up, including the first to capture telly on to sparkling high-definition Blu-ray discs. The MR-BW880EBK and BW780EBK record to Blu-ray discs, while the DMR-XW380 records free hi-def telly to DVD. The BW880 records to dual-layer Blu-ray discs or 500GB hard drive. The BW780 does the same, but with a smaller …
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Sony will officially take the wraps off its first Google-powered television on 12 October. Google TV puts the power of the Web in your Bravia television, tying Net and set together. We got a first look at Google TV in a demo at technology trade show IFA earlier this month. The service lets you search the Web and television schedules …
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The first 3D games hit 3D TVs tomorrow as Sony launches its first 3D television. The Bravia HX803 hits shops on Friday 11 June, and PlayStation 3 owners will be able to download four free titles to add an extra dimension to their gaming. The 1080p LED-backlit HX803 goes on sale on Friday, and Sony has revealed the films, games …
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If there’s one way of whipping the world of technology into a frenzy, it’s taking the name of a huge company and adding the word ‘phone’. It worked with Apple and Google, and in the last week it’s worked with Facebook. We sort fact from fiction, rumour from blatant falsehood, to work out what Facebook is really up to. Quick …
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