Digital-Lifestyles

October 2007

  • Sputnik 1 Anniversary: 50 Years Today

    Sputnik 1 Anniversary: 50 Years TodayToday marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik by what was then the Soviet Union.

    It’s the date that the first man-made object was placed in to geocentric orbit, going around the world in a elliptical path.
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  • Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On

    Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years OnWith the industry’s focus once again looking towards Ultra Mobile PCs, we were prompted to dig out our old Toshiba Libretto 50 and see how it shapes up in comparison.

    Released over ten years ago in January 1997, the Tosh was seen as something of a mini-marvel in its day, being the first mini-notebook computer to both pack an Intel Pentium (hurtling along at 75MHz) and run Microsoft Windows 95.
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  • Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader Announced

    Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader AnnouncedWe were always a bit skeptical about the whole idea of eBooks – we’ve always felt more comfortable with a battered old coffee- stained paperback – but a couple of long train journeys and hideous airport delays made us appreciate the value of having a couple of electronic books loaded on our phone (courtesy of the free Plucker reader and the superb free Project Gutenberg library).
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  • CampaignTV Launched By Labour Friends

    CampaignTV LaunchesWith rumours of a possible election in the UK, we wonder if there’s a co-incidence that one of the Labour parties media strategist has launched a Web site called CampaignTV.org, whose major focus is on politics.

    Don’t expect too much balance in the politics on offer, but they’re not hiding that away either. In their words, “CampaignTV is the first free to view, independently-owned Labour-supporting internet TV channel.” That’s fair enough, as there’s plenty of pro-Conservative Web site around.
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  • Palm Increases Smartphone Sales, But Profits Slide

    Palm Increases Smartphone Sales, But Profits SlidePalm is still battling to regain lost ground with the company posting a quarterly net loss of $840,000, a hefty slump down from the S$16.5 million net income notched up for the same period last year.

    The company’s downward slide has been mainly caused by the decline of their traditional PDA (personal digital assistants) market, although their well regarded Treo phones continue to do reasonable business, shifting 689,000 units during the quarter, up 21 percent from last year.
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  • HTC Launches UMPC Shift

    HTC Launches UMPC ShiftGetting ready to dash into the shops by the end of the month is HTC’s new Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), the HTC Shift.

    Packing a 7-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard into its 207x/129×25 mm body, the Shift lives up to is name with the screen tilting upwards to provide a laptop-like experience.
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  • Sony Drive XEL-1 OLED TV: 3mm Thin!

    Sony Superslim Drive XEL-1 OLED TV: 3mm Thin!Blimey. We’ve seen thin TVs before but Sony’s new Drive XEL-1 OLED TV makes most of them look like pie scoffing gorillas at a lard-fest in comparison.
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  • T-Mobile MDA Vario III Hits The UK

    T-Mobile MDA Vario III Hits The UKExpected to be shimmying onto T-Mobile’s shelves as your peepers traverse this line of text is the new MDA Vario III smartphone (also known as the HTC Kaiser).

    Veritably bulging with functionality, the Windows Mobile 6 powered PocketPC packs a built-in GPS receiver, Wi-Fi and three megapixel camera.
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  • Joost Goes Public: Comment

    Joost Goes Public: CommentWe’ve been watching Joost since the days it was The Venice Project.

    Well yesterday it left its invite-only beta stage, opening up for all to sign up. Given the large interest we saw in people wanting to sign up for the Joost beta when we offered it, we imagine that the take-up will be strong.
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  • Photoshopped: UK Broadcast MP in Fake Photo Scandal

    Photoshopped: UK Broadcast MP in Fake Photo ScandalJames Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the UK is currently in the middle of a manipulated photo row.

    Full photo after the jump
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