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« Previous EntriesAsus pledges end to Eee PC 900 battery swap ‘delay’
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Contacting all customers next week
What is Asus UK doing with its Eee 900 battery replacement programme? Punters who’ve tried to get a new power pack out of the company claim the scheme has been quietly shelved. No so, says Asus.…
Dell debuts designer laptop line
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Studio colours twice as expensive in UK as US
Dell has launched a new notebook line, the Studio series, in a bid to plug the gap between its XPS and increasingly low-cost Inspiron ranges.…
French punters offered £78 Small, Cheap Computer
Saturday, June 28th, 2008The Phone House, the French version of Carphone Warehouse, is touting a Small, Cheap Computer for just €99 ($156/£78), the Airis Kira 740 - a mobile computer par excellence, the company claims.…
HD TV in the UK
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Time to buy a 1080p telly at last?
Feature After a somewhat sluggish start, HD TV services are finally starting to take off here in the UK. It’s about time too, as there are almost 10m HD TV sets currently in use here in the UK, yet Sky – the main provider of HD broadcasts in [...]
Nokia Supernova series to hit Q3 with a bang
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Four-strong range of stylish talkers
Sketchy details about Nokia’s Supernova handset range first exploded online earlier this month, but the phone giant’s finally broken its silence and officially announced the new range.…
Ripfactory Ripserver CD-ripping NAS box
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Rips your CDs then serves the songs
ChannelFlip Video Review This little beauty takes your CDs, rips them to its 1TB NAS storage then pumps them out to all your network devices. Nifty - but is it worth the cash?…
Snazzy camcorder promises YouTube fame
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Shoot HD video for online video blogs
Manufacturer DXG has launched a colourful selection of camcorders, all sporting HD-resolution recording and the ability to upload all your best footage directly onto video-sharing websites.…
The gold standard in data storage?
Saturday, June 28th, 2008The disc that lasts for 200 years
A lot of things can happen in 200 years, but one thing data storage disc manufacturer Delkin Devices guarantees won’t occur is data loss. That’s because the firm’s launched a Blu-ray Disc reputedly capable of retaining content for two centuries.…
Canon EOS 450D digital SLR
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Truth be told, we hoped for more
Review The EOS 450D is more like a step-up than a follow-on to the EOS 400D entry-level digital SLR we recently looked at. The question is, what does the extra 50 in the model number mean in terms of improvement?…
Panasonic Matsushita to become Panasonic
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Better-known brand adopted
Come October and Matsushita will be officially called Panasonic, formalising a name the company’s used for years and is arguably better known as.…