Apparently Britain is the most CCTV-heavy nation on theplanet, but easy-to-use services to check up on your house when you're not there have yetto really kick off. New wireless video monitoring service ConnectVu aims tochange all that. It offers CCTV or video feeds straight ...
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The latest shinybauble to come from iriver Japan is not the usual well-designed audio player,but a stylish car GPS system that happens to double up as a media player. The ¥39,800 (£166) ...
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New Microsoft Zunes are on the way for 16 October, says Zune Scene. But after Apple's recent iPod touch, 'fat nano' and 160GB classic launches, it's tempting to say: "yeah, but so what?" A thinner Zune Microsoft's second bash at attacking Apple's iPods cert...
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Japanese firm Teleglass has unveiled its latest pair ofvideo glasses. Besides support for the Apple iPod and a display equivalentto a 45-inch TV positioned 2m away, the Teleglass T4-N glasses have a more discreetdesign compared to rivals, the firm says. By placing the two di...
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What do you get for £40 these days? A pair of shoes, if you'relucky, or perhaps a dinner for two? Or,you could spend your hard-earned cash on the new Disgo Video camcorder. At about a tenth the price of a decent digital camcorder, the DisgoVideo enables you to shoot and share ...
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Engadget: On the lookout for portable projection? Sure, us too. That’s why we were pleased to see these new Oculon Hikari Pro1440 and Pro920 (pictured) projectors land in our tips box this morning. The pair can project a 15- or 20-inch display from a distance of just 2-feet. The?€270 Pro1...
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Toshiba has announced in Japan what it calls the world's smallest FullHD camcorder with a built-in hard disk drive. Toshiba 100GB Gigashot A100F camcorder Measuring just 78.1 x 135.4 x 79mm, the Toshiba 100GB Gigashot A100F camcorder features a shock-mounted, 1.8-inch 100GB disk. The A...
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Electronista: YouTube has announced it would begin testing a new hiqh-quality format for its videos with a new player and that it would deliver higher-quality videos to all users within three months. Following the delivery of a new multi-file uploader last week, The company’s co-founder S...
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If television onthe go appeals to you - and you just happen to live in Japan - then Cowon'supgraded D2TV portable media player has far more to offer than mosthigh-profile PMPs. An outlay of ¥25,800 (£108), ¥29,800 (£125) or ¥36,8...
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New Microsoft Zunes are on the way for 16 October, says Zune Scene. But after Apple's recent iPod touch, 'fat nano' and 160GB classic launches, it's tempting to say: "yeah, but so what?" A thinner Zune Microsoft's second bash at attacking Apple's iPods cert...
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What do you get for £40 these days? A pair of shoes, if you'relucky, or perhaps a dinner for two? Or,you could spend your hard-earned cash on the new Disgo Video camcorder. At about a tenth the price of a decent digital camcorder, the DisgoVideo enables you to shoot and share ...
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The New York Times: Intel plans to announce a family of microprocessor chips today that it says will speed the availability of high-definition video via the Internet. Sean Maloney, Intel’s chief sales and marketing officer, said last week that the chips’ increased computing power would begin the t...
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Apple has now confirmed one of the worst-kept industry secrets - the iPhone will be launching in the UK on the O2 network and will be sold via the Carphone Warehouse. What we didn't know was 'when' and 'how much?' O2 revealed these details today: an 8GB iPhone (t...
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Absolute Gadget: You don’t get anything for free these days, not even Freeview television. But BT is looking to cut the cost of getting on the scene because the BT Vision service is now available to self-install, cutting out the middle man. For just?€43 customers will be able to join in t...
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This afternoon we met up with Oscar and Lili. No, not ourfriends down the pub, but rather what are claimed to be the first Fairtrade consumertechnology gadgets in the world. Oscar and Lili - no undecipherable 10-digit product codeshere - comprise of a starfish-shaped USB hub and an octo...
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ZDNet: Skype has announced enhancements to the quality of its video calls, but only for users of certain new webcams from Logitech. Using the moniker “High Quality” (HQ), the enhanced video runs at a frame rate of 30fps rather than Skype’s usual 15fps, and at VGA resol...
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Camcorder sales may be down, but Panasonic is confident is can ride the decline thanks to a new focus on high definition technology. The company said in its presentation this afternoon that camcorder sales have fallen 11% in the last year, making life...
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The portable media and MP3 player market is set to continueits booming growth, with shipments set to more than double between 2005 and2011. That's according to researcher iSuppli who today released its forecastsfor the future of the MP3 player market....
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Come December this year, Sony US is planning to offer a timely seasonal gift to serious amateur cameramen and professionals on a budget by releasing its cheapest-yet HDV high-definition video camera, the HVR-HD1000U. The $1,900 (£950) shoulder-mounted camera fits ne...
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Along with a number of new compact digital cameras and digitalSLRs announced today, Canon also unveiled the world's smallest AVCHD hard diskdrive (HDD) camcorder, the Canon HG10. The full HD 1080i Canon HG10 is the company's first HDDcamcorder and ca...
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