“Anonymizer is putting its money where its mouth is: A new anti-censorship solution for Chinese citizens will be available before quarter

As co-developers of the Blu-ray next gen format, it was about time that Sony and Philips “offically” announced their Blu-ray disc players. However, they are still being cagey with the deets. Sony can only tell us that they plan to start offering a Blu-ray DVD player “this summer” while Philips, on the other hand, showed […]

Do you enjoy falling asleep to music? Well this should appeal to you. A pillow with built-in secret speakers that

Besides trotting out their world’s largest plasma screen again at 102 inches, Samsung is unveiling at this year’s CES the world’s largest LCD screen, coming in at 82 inches of liquid crystal lovin’.

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I know what I like when it comes to the telly - and I only need a copy of TV Quick (other listings magazines are available) to sort out a night’s viewing. Microsoft obviously don’t agree with this simplistic approach after offering an early view of what is provisionally called the TV Recommendation Gadget. It […]

When we first heard that InPhase Technologies was prepping a 300GB holographic drive, we found it a little hard to believe. After all, we’re still meeting people who get weepy at the possibility of 100GB Blu Ray discs. But the company has apparently come through, and has announced that its Tapestry drives will be available […]

Got a Sony PSP? Or how about an iPod video? Well, if you want to take advantage of their video-playing capabilities with your own movies, the DVD Xpress DX2, which converts analog videos to digital format, could be worth a look. The plug-and-play device connects to a PC USB port to transfer a/v signals from any […]

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The original Pepper Pad showed up early last year and proved to be an interesting piece of kit. It uses a custom Linux operating system, now becoming common in internet browsing gadgets such as the Nokia 770, and looks durable enough to be lost down the back of a sofa without too much risk. The […]

The JumpDrive Mercury, a new drive that uses an electronic paper display made by E Ink that tells you how full the drive is without actually having to plug it into a PC. The genius of using electronic paper is that it doesn’t require any power to main the display.

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Having used a Gyration mouse with a Media Center PC recently, I can vouch for the fact that they

No they’re not little gloves for your iPod, they’re actually for you. These gloves from Tavo keep your mitts warm but also have electrically conductive channels running to the fingertips. Why is that important? Just try to use that iPod click-wheel with any other pair of gloves and you’ll get the picture (but no sound).The […]

Most supposedly portable DVD players are quite bulky beasts that aren’t great for carrying around for long periods of time. However, Philips has come up with a new lightweight design. Essentially the PET320 looks like a traditional portable CD player, but with a 3.5inch 320 x 240 pixel screen built into the disc cover. Expected […]

Filmmaking catch-all site The Flux has just announced a contest for amateur cinematographers that asks them to squeeze their creativity onto the video iPod’s tiny color screen. Although prizes have yet to be determined, winners will be picked in four categories: student film, indie film, family clip, and music video, with the only restriction being […]

Both Blu-ray (led by Sony) and HD DVD (championed by Toshiba), are expected this spring to launch new high-definition DVD players, offering greater capacity and interactive features, hoping to breathe new life into the sagging home video market. News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox said it will release 20 Blu-ray films in a first wave this […]