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

  • 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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  • Yahoo Rejects Microsoft’s ‘Now Or Never’ Offer

    Yahoo Rejects Microsoft's 'Now Or Never' OfferYahoo has firmly rebuffed a deal from Microsoft that would have seen the search giant selling off its search business and handing over the rest of the company to ‘activist investor’ Carl Icahn.

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  • BIC Phone Launches In France: €49, Mobile & Ready To Go

    BIC PhoneBIC, famous for disposable pens and lighters, is launching the BIC Phone in France today.

    As with their other products, the BIC Phone focuses on core functions – making and receiving phone calls & texts.

    Available in two playful colours, citrus orange and lime green, the USP of the BIC mobile phone is that it’s ready to go when you buy it.

    None of this normal fiddling around with wrestling the battery out of the packaging, finding the charger and leaving it for X hours to get it ready to use – the BIC Phone is charged a ready to go.

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  • Yahoo Games: Ad-supported Games On The Way

    Yahoo Games: Ad-supported Games On The WayYahoo is on the move again after their shenanigans with Microsoft and the possible take over.

    Today they’ve announced that they’re getting in to ad-supported downloadable games.

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  • Flickr/Getty Deal: Analysis

    Flickr/Getty Deal: AnalysisThe deal between Getty and Flickr, which exclusively gives Getty the right to pick the best images from Flickr and sell them via gettyimages.com to their customers in the creative, commercial and editorial industries — they call it the ‘first commercial licensing opportunity for photo-enthusiasts in the Flickr community’ — is, in many ways, inevitable.

    Getty have caused a considerable amount of heart ache to professional photographers by re-adjusting their rates and contracts for images in their commercial library.

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  • Just 3% Of User Recycle Mobile Phones

    Just 3% Of User Recycle Mobile PhonesDespite our endless enthusiasm for shiny new mobiles, just 3% of people bother to recycle their discarded mobile phones.

    A new global consumer survey released by Nokia asked 6,500 people in 13 countries about what happened to their old handsets with the results making for depressing reading: the notion of recycling didn’t even cross the minds of three out of four people asked, while nearly half didn’t even think it was possible to do so.

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  • Scrabble Aims To Outshine Scrabulous On Facebook

    Years late to the party, Hasbro and Mattel look to oust the unofficial Facebook hit app.
    Scrabble Aims To Outshine Scrabulous On FacebookThe unauthorised Scrabble rip-off ‘Scrabulous’ continues to be a phenomenal hit on the social networking site Facebook, despite the best efforts of copyright owners Hasbro and Mattel to get the application closed down.

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  • Euro Tech News: Steve Kennedy Deserves Your Vote!

    Euro Tech News: Steve Kennedy Deserves Your Vote!We’re really pleased to see that Steve Kennedey’s, Euro Tech News blog has been short-listed for the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08, which have recently been announced.

    Computer Weekly describe the selected sites as “this year’s must-read blogs for IT professionals in the UK,” which is a great accolade for Steve – quite rightly too.

    Steve Kennedy really knows his onions — why else would we ask him to write for Digital-Lifestyles? — and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the comms and tech world.

    His experience is extensive and oh so very deep. As the old phrase goes, he’s forgotten more about comms than most people will ever know.

    Massive knowledge aside and on the personal side, he’s also a really nice bloke.

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