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Archive for November, 2005

Iomega’s Micro Mini Hard Drives

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Iomega has unveiled a range of credit card slim mini hard drives. Given the absolutely hilarious moniker of Micro Mini Hard Drives they weigh just 50 grams and are available in 4, 6 and 8 Gig versions. They also rather cleverly feature an integrated USB connector so users don

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Brian Eno loves the FM3 Buddha Machine

Monday, November 21st, 2005

It

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Atlanta Airport boasts full WiFi coverage

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Travelers passing through Atlanta

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Multi-display (condensed)

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Canadian Matrox Graphics unveiled the new Matrox DualHead2Go, an external upgrade capable of adding multiple monitor support to compatible laptop and integrated graphics-based desktop PCs. DualHead2Go is a palm-sized box that connects to the existing single monitor output (i.e. external VGA output) of a computer and appears to the system as a single ultra-widescreen monitor […]

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CMU develops a prototype in-mouth “babelfish”

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

It kind of freaks us out that the interACT program (International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies), a joint venture of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Karlsruhe, unveiled a system consisting of 11 electrodes that detect mouth muscle movements, translates that to a spoken language, and then re-translates that into other languages. But what really […]

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Nokia and EMI trial bFree music download service…over Bluetooth

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Nokia and EMI are testing a new music download service in free-livin

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The biggest ever USB memory drive?

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Well we

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Maxian T600 PMP with direct video recording

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Here

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Buffalo USB memory with LCD display

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Sometimes a very simple addition to an ordinary piece of technology makes a great deal of difference. In this instance, the humble USB memory key is given new powers to keep you up to date on its remaining storage space and display the device

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On2 Technologies’ Flix Line Of Flash Video Authoring Tools

Monday, November 14th, 2005

On2 Technologies have announced the immediate availability of its Flix line of Flash Video authoring tools for creating high quality Flash video content for Macromedia’s newly-launched family of Flash Player 8 products. On2’s VP6 compression technology

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Harman Kardon Drive + Play reviewed

Monday, November 14th, 2005

With its large LCD display, the Harman Kardon Drive + Play is one of the slickest-looking automotive iPod accessories

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Sony Patch Uncloaks Hidden DRM Code (condensed)

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

After facing a chorus of criticism from computer enthusiasts, Sony BMG has released a software patch that removes controversial cloaking technology found in copy protection software the company has been shipping with some of its CDs. Critics had slammed the software for being invasive and extremely difficult to remove because it uses some of the […]

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iDisk Diamond, so small USB

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

What with MicroSD cards, it

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BT to offer TV over broadband (condenced)

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

(IPTV - Internet Protocol TV) BT has confirmed today that in conjunction with box maker Philips it is to debut a broadband IPTV/digital TV hybrid service in summer 2006. The box itself will feature a digital terrestrial decoder, so that it can access all the Freeview digital TV Channels, but it also uses Microsoft

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Sandisk “U3 Smart” Flash Drive

Friday, November 11th, 2005

SanDisk have introduced its first USB smart drive using U3 technology, a powerful new platform that enables users to store and manage their

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