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

  • Teac Reference DR-H300DAB DVD Receiver – Review Part 1

    Compact receiver packs hi-fi performance and DVD playback in a stylish package.
    Teac Reference DR-H300DAB DVD Receiver - ReviewLooking dapper with its old-school looks, stylish brushed steel finish and promising oodles of hi-fi goodness is Teac’s DR-H300DAB DVD Receiver.

    Aimed at space-strapped folks looking for a lorra entertainment without the need to fill up the room with half of ton of cables’n’components, the DR-H300DAB packs a CD player (CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, PictureCD and DivX; 3.11, 4.x, 5.x) and a DAB/FM RDS receiver.

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  • Motorola S9 Review: Stereo Bluetooth Headset pt 2 (Score 72%)

    This is the second part of the review. Yesterday we introduced the Motorola S9 review of the wireless headphones and covered the remote media controls.

    Motorola s9 Bluetooth headphone ReviewUse as a phone headset
    Pressing the call button when you’re listening to music automatically pauses the track and any voice-dialling commands that you utter are passed over to the handset, dialling the number, if configured.

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  • Email Dis-ease Increasing

    Email Disease IncreasingThe mania for email in and around UK Plc is multiplying, causing an every increasing expectation of the high speed response to email enquiries.

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  • TheyWorkForYou: Now with Video!

    TheyWorkForYou: Now with Video!TheyWorkForYou, the Web site that takes what is said in the UK Parliament and makes it accessible to the citizens of the Web, has added a new feature, synchronising the video broadcast with the MP’s speech.

    Jolly good it is too.

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  • Motorola S9 Review: Stereo Bluetooth Headset

    Motorola s9 Bluetooth headphone ReviewWe’ve been using the S9 stereo bluetooth headset from Motorola for quite a long time now.

    The concept behind them is intriguing – being able to enjoy music without having to deal with the wires that normally get caught up between headphones and the music player – but they’re more than that. You can step backwards and forwards through the tracks and make and receive phone calls.

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  • Nikon Debuts Full Frame D700

    Nikon Debuts Full Frame D700Sidling up to fill the slot between the excellent semi-pro D300 dSLR and their wallet draining high end D3 flagship snapper is Nikon’s new D700 full-frame camera.

    With its rugged design lines and black finish, the camera looks like it means business, with the D700 inheriting some of the durability characteristics of its big brother.

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  • Wired Magazine: UK Version Coming Up (again)!

    Wired Magazine: UK Version Coming Up!Publishers Condé Nast have announced that they will be launching a UK version of their popular Wired magazine next year, with an accompanying Brit-based website coming right up too.

    Ex-Guardian Unlimited editor and current Jewish Chronicle editor, David Rowan, has bagged the job of editing the publication, with the debut issue of the monthly technology magazine expected to start jumping into newsagents in the first half of 2009.

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  • Lloyds TSB Visa Debit Cards For Kids Used to Buy Pr0n, Fags, Booze etc

    Lloyds TSB Visa Debit Cards For Kids Used to Buy Pr0n, Fags, Booze etcThe UK bank, Lloyds TSB, have kicked up a fuss with their decision to give children as young as eleven years old VISA debit cards – without telling their parents.

    While the company is happily dishing out Visa debit cards to kids, furious parents are concerned that their little loved ones will use the cards to go shopping in the murky, dark areas of the Internet.

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  • Kangaroo Caught By OFT Inquiry

    Kangaroo Caught By OFT InquiryOh dear, the day before Ashley Highfield takes up the position of CEO of Project Kangaroo, the Internet-delivered TV joint venture between UK companies BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, we learn that the OFT has referred the whole shebang for further inquiry.

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  • Vodafone And MySpace Hook Up To Create Interactive Mobile Music Platform

    Vodafone And MySpace Hook Up To Create Interactive Mobile Music PlatformVodafone – the world’s biggest mobile communications group – are teaming up with social networking site giants MySpace to create what they’re describing as an “online global interactive platform.”

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