July 2008

  • Judge Gives Online Ban To YouTub-er

    Judge Gives Online Ban To YouTub-erA UK Judge has banned a 23 year old man from boasting of his crimes on the Internet.

    Andrew Kellett has received an Asbo (anti-social behaviour order), normally used for ban people from specific geographic areas.

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  • Talent Arcade: Edinburgh Interactive Festival Hosts Channel 4 Introduction To The Games Industry

    Talent Arcade: Introduction To The Games Industry At Edinburgh Interactive FestivalIf you’re hot on the idea of getting in to the gaming industry — and who wouldn’t be, they just lie around all day playing video games, right? (joke) — getting yourself up to the Edinburgh Interactive Festival this year might be a good start.

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  • Samsung NV100HD Packs A Bonkers 14.7 Mpx

    Samsung NV100HD Packs A Bonkers 14.7 MpxSamsung today launched the NV100HD, a compact digital camera with a bonkers 14.7 Mpx resolution.

    It sits at the top of their style-led NV range and has a 28mm Schneider Kreuznach wide-angle lens onboard.

    It’s not just a still-shot beauty, 720p resolution video can be recorded at up to 30 frames per second – and then be watched, via an HDMI cable, on an HD TV.

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  • Netflix On Xbox 360 Exclusively: Analysis

    Netflix On Xbox 360 ExclusivelyNetflix and Microsoft have signed a deal to stream films and TV programmes to the Xbox 360.

    Starting in the autumn, over 10,000 films and TV episodes available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers who are Netflix subscribers, all for no additional cost.

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  • Lenova X200 0.8″ Thick Laptop Sets Our Hearts A-Pumping

    Lenova X200 0.8We’ve recently become big fans of Lenova (formerly IBM) after grabbing a super-cheap old ThinkPad X32 off eBay for use as a backup lappie. We were so taken by its rock-solid build and all-round dependability that it’s now taken over the Sony Vaio as our primary machine.

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  • BT Announce Super Fast Fibre Optic Broadband

    BT Announces Super Fast Fibre Optic BroadbandWe’re still recovering from last night’s alcohol-laden launch of their new Home Hub 2.0, but BT aren’t making life easy for hungover journos, rubbing fresh steaming hot news in our bleary faces this morning.

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  • Creative Announce Zen X-Fi PMPs

    Creative Announce Zen X-Fi PMPsAlthough they may struggle to create even a wispy cloud of press interest compared to the great hyperbolic dust storms bellowing forth for even the tiniest updates to the iPod range, Creative continue to knock out some interesting personal media players (PMPs) that perhaps deserve more attention.

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  • BT Announce Home Hub 2.0 With 802.11n Support

    BT Announce Home Hub 2.0 With 802.11n SupportWith a deft tug on the velvet curtain, BT has let rip with its shiny Home Hub 2.0, a matt black beast stuffing 802.11n Wi-Fi, an eco-friendly power-save function and kid-repelling child controls in its curvy lines.

    As well as replacing the earlier white colour scheme with the moody black number, there’s been some changes inside too, with the router now supporting the draft version of 802.11n, which should allow users to roam free, free, free like the wind. Or maybe a little further up their garden.

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  • Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 You-Tube Friendly Digicam

    Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z150 You-Tube Friendly DigicamReady and waiting to capture your mate’s drunken mishaps and have them ready for uploading on YouTube in a flash is Casio’s latest digital compact, the Exilim Zoom EX-Z150.

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  • Samsung i8510 Slider packs 8MP Camera

    Samsung i8510 Slider packs 8MP CameraCurrently taking the cameras from the much lauded iPhone, the eagerly anticipated Blackberry Bold and a slew of other mobilecam wannabes around the back of the bike sheds for a good thrashing is the 8MP monster snapper fitted to the new Samsung i8510 smartphone.

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