Digital-Lifestyles pre-empted and reported thousands of articles on the then-coming impact that technology was to have on all forms of Media. Launched in 2001 as a research blog to aid its founder, Simon Perry, present at IBC 2002, it grew into a wide ranging, multi-author publication that was quoted in many publications globally including the BBC, was described by the Guardian as 'Informative' and also cited in a myriad of tech publications before closing in 2009

  • Pacemaker DJ Handheld Mixing: Video

    Pacemaker: Handheld DJing tool: VideoWe were privileged to get our hands on the Pacemaker a while back – something we’d had a burning desire to do since we first heard about what the Pacemaker might be.

    It’s a handheld DJ unit that packs a considerable punch – sufficient to make it realistic to play a whole DJ set using just the Pacemaker and no external units.

    Slightly smaller than a vertically held PSP, it packs a 120GB drive; a colour display at the top touch sensitive cross-fader in the middle; circular selection pad at the bottom; a couple of buttons on each side and connectors on the bottom.
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  • Creative Zen Release Credit Card Sized Player

    Creative Zen Release Credit Card Sized PlayerShinier than the beady eye of a well groomed Magpie, Creative’s new Zen looks a snappy number in its all-black suit, weighing just 65g and sporting credit credit card-sized dimensions.

    The 11.3mm thick mini-player doesn’t shirk when it comes to storage space, with three models offering 4GB, 8GB and 16GB options, backed by a SD memory expansion slot. According to Zen’s calculations, you’ll be able wedge in 4,000 MP3s at 128kps on the 16GB model, which converts into 266 hours of non-stop music listening action/.
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  • Ricoh Caplio R7 Digicam Announced

    Although they’ve never really enjoyed the same public recognition as big name rivals like Canon and Nikon, Ricoh have consistently produced interesting and sometimes innovative cameras in recent years.
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  • Heading off to IFA in Berlin. …

    Heading off to IFA in Berlin. It’s a huge bun fight, but often raises a good story.

  • MPixx 7000 and 4000 Budget PMPs By Grundig

    Grundig Rolls Out  MPixx Budget PMPsThe German tech company Grundig has released the MPixx 7000 Fine Arts and the MPixx 4000 series of portable media players, which pack a fair bit of technology in a budget package.

    MPixx 7000 Fine Arts
    The MPixx 7000 Fine Arts, is touted as an advanced multimedia player and comes with a high-contrast 2.4 inch 262k TFT display and a snazzy blue illuminated touchpad (we like things that glow blue).
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  • Casio’s EX-Z1080 and EX-V8 Compacts For YouTubers

    Casio's EX-Z1080 and EX-V8 Compacts For YouTubersThe crew at Casio are getting ready to release two rather ho-hum pocket size Exilim cameras packing YouTube compatibility.

    Casio Exilim EX-V8
    The Casio Exilim EX-V8 knocks out a reasonable 8.1 effective megapixels in a super slick package that manages to squeeze in a handy 7x super-quiet optical inner zoom lens.
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  • Access FaceBook On Your Mobile

    Access FaceBook On Your MobileHigh octane socialites unable to wrench themselves away from their computers for fear of missing a ‘poke’ from an admirer or a last minute party invite should be delighted to learn that there’s now a ‘lite’ version of the social networking website.

    Designed for accessing the site via mobile phones on slow connections, FaceBook users simply have to point their phone browser at http://m.facebook.com and log in as usual.
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  • Facebook Developers Garage London Review

    Facebook Developers Garage London ReviewThe event took place at the T-Bar in the Tea Buildings in Shoreditch on Wednesday 15 Aug 2007. It was meant to start at 7pm but given the long queue at the door, the start was delayed.

    Since Facebook made itself a development platform, people or companies can create applications to run on it. The Developers Garages events are organised by local folk with the assistance of Facebook (the company). They’re spring up around the world as developers try to suss out if there’s an opportunity.
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  • Smokin’: Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel Get Microsoft Fix

    Smokin': Microsoft To Fix Xbox 360 wireless Racing WheelAfter some reports of problems with “smoking” when mains power units have been attached to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 wireless Racing Wheels, they decided to fix, or in their language “retrofit,” them.

    Their use of language really is spectacular, beyond “retrofit,” they also say that the “AC-DC power supply is used to energize the Wheel.” Energize! What’s this? Star Trek?
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  • Ofcom Report: Internet & Mobile Usage Up. TV, Radio & Phone Down

    Ofcom Report: Internet & Mobile Up. TV, Radio, Phone DownToday Ofcom have released their yearly Communications Market report, covering fixed and mobile telecoms, TV, radio and Internet use.

    It’s a massive collection of information and statistics running to 332 pages, covering the habits and preferences of the UK population during 2006.
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