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Aug 18, 2008

Google’s Set Top Boxes offer Android TV

Posted by Mike Evans in Coming Soon, News No comments

Google have recently begun expanding beyond the world of the Web to the more portable world of the mobile phone, with their imminent new platform called Android. Designed to compete with Windows Mobile, Symbian and Apple’s iPhone platforms, Android is part of Google’s strategy to expand the Web beyond its current desktop-bound existence.
However, it [...]




Aug 13, 2008

Maestro turns your Nokia into a remote control

Posted by Daniel in News, Technology No comments
Media Maestro

Media Maestro LSX is a piece of software that enables you to control the media on your PC from hundreds of different devices.  The Media Maestro LSX family has just received a new addition in the form of Media Maestro Mini, a free download as part of the Media Maestro LSX solution. The Media Maestro [...]




Aug 8, 2008

Video: TuneWiki for Android phones, an MP3 player unlike any other

Posted by Mike Evans in News No comments
TuneWiki MP3 Player software

TuneWiki is a new type of MP3 player originally designed for the Apple iPhone that has now been ported to the new Google Android range of phones. To say it’s a new type of MP3 player, though, is a gross understatement. TuneWiki is so radical in its approach, so innovative and so feature-rich, it [...]




Aug 7, 2008

Multi-touch 3D holographic projection

Posted by Daniel in Gadgets, News No comments

To carry on our exploration of the 3D technology world, here is a video that demonstrates a Minority Report style interface. Lately there have been lots of critical breakthroughs in 3D home entertainment and interactive touch sensitive systems, put these all together and you get an amazing way to interact with your computer (although you [...]




Aug 7, 2008

Seiko Epson high resolution 3D display

Posted by Daniel in Gadgets, News No comments
Seiko Epson 3D display

Seiko Epson have been working on a high resolution 3D display which will enable you to view 3D images with the naked eye, so no more need to wear those funky glasses, you will have to find another excuse. By making it viewable to the naked eye, Seiko Epson’s new 3D display makes the possibility [...]




Jul 28, 2008

Griffin Wireless Sound System not quite as high-tech as you’d think

Posted by Mike Evans in Miscellaneous, News No comments

Griffin have released the Griffin Evolve Wireless Sound System, which sounds like it’s a nice piece of high-tech equipment designed to take on other wireless sound systems such as the Philips Streamium range or the Sony Giga Juke.
Sadly, its nothing of the sort. What you get instead is a set of speakers and an iPod [...]




Jul 23, 2008

3D holograms will replace HDTV

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, Home Cinema, News, Technology 1 comment
3D hologram

When I saw the second Back to the Future with the holomax and the hologram of the cartoon Jaws attacking people as they went by, I wish that technology was available now! 3D holograms floating in the air always seemed magical when seen in movies like Star Wars but they may be a reality sooner [...]




Jul 22, 2008

BBC iPlayer confuses Virgin

Posted by Daniel in Manufacturer, News, Video and TV No comments
Virgin and BBC iPlayer

I want to start by giving BBC a round of applaud, they have created a controversial but amazing piece of technology with their iPlayer which enables you to access BBC television programs up to 7 days after the air date. You can watch programs on-line by streaming the video content or you can download and [...]




Jul 21, 2008

How to build a crap wireless audio streamer

Posted by Mike Evans in Miscellaneous, News No comments

Wireless audio streamers are becoming increasingly common (at least we hope they are, otherwise this blog’s buggered!), but there’s one thing they all have in common - price. Although they’re undoubtedly useful gadgets to have, particularly if you’ve got a decent sound system and all your tunes are on your PC, they’re not [...]




Jul 15, 2008

Sharp will change your life?

Posted by Daniel in News, Sharp, Technology, Video and TV No comments

Yesterday, Sharp Electronics Corporation announced it will be doing a large marketing campaign that shows how future focused they are by looking at their past achievements in LCD screens and solar electricity. The marketing strategy revolves around a very large claim… their technology changes your life, I assume for the better although they don’t say. [...]