HTC Touch 3G And Touch HD Handsets Unveiled

HTC Touch 3G And Touch HD Handsets UnveiledSlipping out of HTC’s ever-industrious product factory in rather a half cocked manner is two new high-end HTC Touch handsets; the Touch 3G and Touch HD.

Both seemed to have suffered leaked releases, with product pages going up and down all over t’shop, but here’s what we’ve found out so far.

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Leica D-Lux 4, Leica D-Lux 3 Digital Cameras Announced

Leica D-Lux 4, Leica D-Lux 3 Digital Cameras AnnouncedHigh end, wallet-draining, camera toffs Leica have announced their D-Lux 4 and C-Lux 3 digital compact cameras.

Based entirely on the already-released Panasonic Lumix LX3 and FX37 cameras, the Leica versions come with gracefully understated exteriors, a few default parameters and, of course, the drool-inducing red badge that says, “I am a veh serious photographer.”

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Web Creator Warns Of Conspiracy Nuts On The Web

Web Creator Warns Of Conspiracy Nuts On The WebThe creator of the World Wide Web has voiced his concerns that his invention is being used more and more to spread misleading information, rumours and bonkers conspiracy theories.

The comments by Tim Berners-Lee came just a week after many science-lite websites were busy speculating that the end of the world was nigh with the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider, ironically located at CERN where Berners-Lee did his pioneering work on the web.

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InFocus X9 Projector Delivers 720p Video On A Budget

InFocus X9 Projector Delivers 720p Video On A BudgetWith the huge rise in sales of big Plasma/LCD screens, it’s not surprising that projector companies are trying to cut themselves a slice of the consumer action.

Last week we attended an open day put on by Epson who were keen to show off their home-targeted range of projectors and now US company InFocus have weighed in with their budget priced InFocus X9 720p DLP projector.

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Jason Binks, Now Head Of Digital and New Media, ITV Worldwide

Jason Binks, Now Head Of Digital and New Media, ITV WorldwideITV Worldwide have a new Vice President of Digital and New Media.

Jason Binks joins the company to look after all aspects of digital rights, including DTO (Download-To-Own), DTR (Download-To-Rent), and VOD (Video On Demand).

ITV tell us that he will also support the television and home entertainment sales teams at ITV Worldwide and deal with technology companies in this new environment.

Binks joins from Roo Media, where he was Senior Sales and Distribution Director for Europe for ten months

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VoIP Providers Must Provide Access To 999 Services

All providers of electronic communication networks are governed by the Communications Act 2003 which contains several general conditions and around 21 of these relate to communication networks.

Anyone running a communications network has obligations under the General Conditions and General Condition 4 (GC4) relates to emergency services.

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Sony Ericsson G705 Smartphone Announced

Sony Ericsson G705 Smartphone AnnouncedWe’re liking the look of Sony Ericsson’s new G705 high end smartphone.

A sleek, slide out number, the G705 packs a 2.4-inch display with automatic screen rotation taken care of by an onboard accelerometer. There’s also WiFi, aGPS with Google Maps for Mobile, a built-in FM radio, an RSS reader for grabbing your news on the move, email client and a full HTML browser – all delivered at “turbo 3G speeds.”

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