Digital-Lifestyles

October 2007

  • Deleu GPSMouse Packs GPS Functionality

    Deleu GPSMouse Packs GPS FunctionalitySeasoned travellers fed up with lugging about more and more components and chargers may warm to Deluo’s ingenious GPSMouse, which – as the name suggests – cunningly combines a GPS receiver and a travel mouse into one product.

    The silver and grey unit packs all the usual features of a USB-powered travel-sized laptop mouse, with a lightweight form factor, optical sensor and handy built-in retractable cable to avoid getting the wire snagged in your seat/headphone cable/travelling companion’s beard.
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  • Philips Launch Ho-Hum Streamium MP3 Players

    Philips Launch Ho-Hum Streamium MP3 PlayersAlthough most folks had assumed that Philips had long given up the ghost of scoring a hit in the portable MP3 player market, the Dutch electronics giants are back with two new contenders.

    Hoping to divert some of the tidal wave of Nano-bound cash into their own coffers, the ‘Streamium’ players come in 4GB and 2GB versions, christened the SA9345 and SA9325 respectively (way to go in the naming department, Philips!).
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  • McDonalds Offers Free Wi-Fi And Fries

    McDonalds Offers Free Wi-Fi And FriesFast food customers keen to enjoy Wi-Fi access while consuming their McSludge and McProcessed Meat Of Uncertain Heritage will be pleased to learn that McDonald’s is about to roll out a free Wi-Fi service across its 1,200 outlets.
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  • Vodafone Scoops Up Spanish And Italian Broadband Firm

    Vodafone adds Spanish and Italian broadbandMobile mega-company Vodafone has waved its enormous wad in the direction of Europe and acquired the Italian and Spanish assets of telecoms firm Tele2 AB for an eye-watering £537 million.

    The Swedish-owned Tele2 enjoys a big presence in Italy, offering fixed-line and Internet services to more than 2.6 million users, including 400,000 broadband customers.
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  • Wi-Fi Detector Shirt

    Wi-Fi Detector ShirtIf ever you wanted a shirt that shouted out to the world, “LOOK AT ME! I’m a complete geeky l005er LaMeR5”, then this has to be the one for you.

    Available from ThinkGeek, the t-shirt features a glowing animated display that dynamically reveals the current Wi-Fi signal strength in the area.

    As cool as a heatwave only twice as hot, the display is powered by three AAA batteries and can reveal the signal strength status of nearby 802.11b or 802.11g networks.
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  • Wiinstrument: Wii Drumming On Mac: Video & Podcast

    Wiinstrument: Wii Druming On Mac: Video and PodcastWe’ve all see Wii-motes being used for all sort of strange purposes, well this one is useful.

    A bunch of students at University of Potsdam, Germany have written a programme that lets you use your Wiimote and nunchuck to trigger sounds, such as drums and cymbals on a Mac. It’s not just drums that can be triggered, but any MIDI sound.

    The accelerometer in the Wii-mote senses how hard the drums are being played, varying the loudness and harshness of the sound. It’s wire-free as it uses Bluetooth to connect.
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  • Video Adverts on YouTube Homepage

    Video Adverts on YouTube HomepageWe know that Google is driven by advertising, right?

    Well, since buying YouTube, they haven’t plastered the site with advertising, as a less savvy company might do, but they have played around a few times with raising revenue including adding promotions, supposedly linked to the video playing, at the bottom of the video, but above the playing controls.
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  • Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On (Part 2/2)

    Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On (Part 2/2)Yesterday we stepped back in time to review our old Toshiba Libretto 50, today we continue on that journey, looking at battery life and programs and give you our conclusion.
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  • Counter Strike Rhythm Mashup Track: Video

    Counter Strike Rhythm Mashup Track: VideoAs you know, we love the mashup.

    We’ve just stumbled across a great track/video that’s been created using the shooting sound effects from the video game Counter strike. You won’t be surprised to hear that it’s a track dominated by rhythm.
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  • Charlatans To Give Away Their Single

    Charlatans To Give Away Their SingleThe Charlatans plan to give away their forthcoming single.

    If the news from earlier in the week about Radiohead letting their fans choose how much to pay for their next album didn’t make you sit up, you could well spit out your coffee when you hear what Alan McGee and the Charlatans are planning to do.
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