Going to Glastonbury this weekend? Make sure to pack your most waterproof gear as it looks like it'sgoing to be another muddy one . Here's our selection of the best weatherproof, ruggedgadgets to keep you dry at the 35th instal...
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Sony has launched a high performance version of its Memory Stick Pro flash memory cards. The Pro-HG Duo is aimed at camera and camcorder users who need to store large amounts of data. Key to the Pro-HG Duo's appeal is a data read/write speed of 30 megabytes per second (MB/s) or 240Mbps. They can a...
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Hitachi is apparently bringing out the world's first Blu-ray camcorder this autumn, The drive inside the camcorder will be 8cm and it will also have a built-in 5.3-megapixel image sensor, according to Nikkei.net. Coinciding with the launch of the c...
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Sony unveiled its new high-definition DVD camcorders thisweek: the HDR-UX7E and HDR-UX3E. The camcorders use the Sony co-developed AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) codec- designed for camcorders to store high-definition footage onto modest-sizedstorage mediums. The HDR-UX7E and HDR-...
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It's just two weeks after we caught whiff of a rumour that Hitachi would be releasing a Blu-ray camcorder in the autumn . But the Japanese company has announced that the portable high-definition technolo...
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New technologies could harm human rights if not used properly, a UN study warns. The report, entitled ' Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies ', states that we must consider the effects of the "pace and breadth" of future techn...
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Some could see it as tiresome - no sooner do we write one story about the world's smallest high-definition camcorder than we have to dig out our record books and make umpteen messy adjustments to reflect the latest superlative-seeking contenders - but we love it. The latest to tilt at the crown is t...
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It's hard to look at a multimedia phone like the upcoming nani from Japan's Sophia without making comparisons with Apple's just-launched attention seeking iPhone. Due to be unveiled at the ...
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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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Panasonic (Matsushita) has finally decided to rid itself of struggling electronics firm JVC , by selling its stake in the company to Kenwood . Kenwood and JVC are expected to merge. Kenwood is to pay 20 ...
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Harmon Kardon flies the flag for convergence with the announcement of its Guide & Play GPS-500, a combo sat-nav/multimedia player. As the name suggests, the Guide & Play is principally a portable sat-nav unit. Both 2D and 3D European maps come pre-installed on a 2GB flash card. Harm...
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Panasonic is introducing a new single remote control system for many of the devices in its 2007 line-up. The company says that Viera Link will enhance ease of use for TV, camcorder, home cinema and digital video recorder users. Viera Link uses high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection...
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LG has added a new portable DVD player to its on-the-entertainment device range. The DP271 features a swivel-screen 7-inch LCD widescreen design. And the disc player supports multiple formats including WMA, MP3, CD-R, RW and CDR R. The LG DP271 has USB connectivity for music, photos and Divx movie...
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Wi-Fi inclusion seems to be de rigueur for new media players; Archos ' new 704 follows on from the previously released 604 to incorporate the technology. The new player also includes an impressive 800 x 480 pixel, 7-inch touch-sensitive widescreen disp...
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Sony has announced the UK launch of three new AVCHD camcorders - compact, high-definition recording models that store their video footage on to built-in hard disk drives. Flagship model is the HDR-SR8E which has a 100GB hard disk, or enough capacity for up to 38 hours of high def recording in long-...
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The National Consumer Council ( NCC) has called for new labelling scheme to help shoppers identify 'green' gadgets - it made the call after a survey by its own researchers discovered that most shops don't ...
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Sony isrumoured to be working on a small flash-based media player to rival Apple's iPod nano . Atraclife.com says the players will be part of the Netwo...
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Britons spent some £7.8 billion on gadgets in the year to April 2007, new research shows. And this year's must-have gadget is not the Apple iPhone , or the latest high-def TVs but digital photo frames. The average British household spent &am...
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