The latest home-security package to hit the shops in Japan is an unusual collection of gadgets from Panasonic that includes a colour security camera that connects wirelessly to a fax machine. The ¥108,000 (£452) ...
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After yesterday'slaunch of the world's first Blu-ray camcorders , we have the inevitable news of howmuch it's going to cost to create a home-video library of the new 8cm discs. Mitsubishi wasfirst off the block wi...
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An eBay UK user who sold thousands of pounds worth of pirated DVDs on the auction site hasbeen let off with a fine. Peter Spencer has been ordered to hand over £55,000 - solelythe amount the court decided Spencer owed from all of his illegit...
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If you're looking for a cheap and pocketable digital video camera, Mustek's new DV520T mini camcorder could be worth considering. Aimed at the casual shooter, bloggers and web uploaders, the palm-sized camcorder can record VGA quality MPEG4 video at...
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Good old Sony - never shy ofclaiming world firsts in the technology arena, the latest of which is theplanet's smallest and lightest high-definition video camera: the HDR-CX7. It wasannounced for the Japanese market in Tokyo this morning. Previously r...
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While comic book sequel Spider-Man 3 made $60m (£30m) at theAmerican box office this weekend, things could have been a lot, lot better. Millions of people have already illegally downloaded the movie for freeover the internet, possibly d...
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The iRiver NV is a feature-packed PMP with built-in MP3 player, GPS satnav device and video player. It sports a T-DMB TV tuner onboard. And multimedia content can be viewed on this smart device's 7-inch, 840 x 480 LED backlit LCD display. The iRiver ...
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Toshiba used a conference in its native Japan to unveil a new development in wireless technology. The corporation has employed a low-cost process to fashion a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) device. This technology opens the way to making powerful silicon chips that work in the milli...
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Last time you were offered a camcorder for under a hundred quid, it probably wasn't in one of those electronics superstores staffed by dilettante youngsters on minimum wage. Rather, it was more likely to have been in your local boozer on the hush-hush, which makes ...
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Sanyo 's Xacti range of tinycamcorders has been around for a few years now, with minor spec tweaksappearing every six months or so. But the latest model takes things a stepfurther by being the first ever fully waterproof video camera. Available initially in theUS and priced at $500 (£255),...
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A US industrial designer has come up with a new disposal video camera concept that could take the pain out of filming those special family events. The concept has been designed to replace the current Pure Digital One-Time Use camcorders that are curre...
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Those tediousarguments about whether or not the Apollo moon landings were staged could be allover next month. Japan is to launch its Selene satellite on the most extensive lunar mission since the US programended in 1...
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Sony launched 16 new camcorders at CES, lead by four key additions to its lineup of high-definition Handycams - the HDR-UX7 and HDR-UX5 AVCHD DVD models and the HDR-HC7 and HDR-HC5 HDV tape camcorders. The flagship HDR-UX7 and HDR-HC7 models both incorporate Sony's three-megapixel ClearVid CMOS se...
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Those two Korean gentlemen in the photograph are not just watching television on mobile phones - they're actually feeling it. That's because they're from LG Electronics and partner MBC and are checking ...
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The European Union ( EU ) will not regulate the use of Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) technology. That was themessage from EU Commissioner Viviane Reding when she spoke at the ...
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Microsoft's Zune player has failed in its bid to become a top 10 audio player in the United States. Market research published in the USA by Current Analysis shows that there are eight iPod models in the top ten, which also contains two of SanDisk's San...
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Techno Mathematical has come up with a new H.264/MPEG4 IP core that could finally swing the HD camcorder format war against High Definition Video (HDV) and towards Advanced Video Codec High Definition (AVCHD). The IP core finally promises to address one of the chief limitations of AVCHD, which is i...
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In an industry where daft names and meaningless monikers are commonplace there are few as vapid as IMJ Japan 's iLuv-i182WHT video recorder for mobile devices. That seemingly random collection of characte...
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We are spending more than ever on the latest gadgets, but alot of the stuff we buy seems to get stuck unused in cupboards or gatheringdust in the corner of the living room. Three quarters of us spend up to £10,000 on technology -seven times as much as we spend on our homes, a new ...
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It's rare that weget the opportunity to praise a major electronics maker for making life alittle simpler for us all, but Samsung 's latest development in digitaltelevision definitely deserves plaudits. The Koreancompany ...
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