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
We know that PDAs are supposed to have gone the same way as Sarsaparilla bars and 8 track cartridges, but HP’s much-delayed shiny black iPAQ 210 seems worthy of a look after
Packing an almighty 4 inch 640 x 480 touchscreen LCD, the iPAQ comes with more connections than Clapham Junction, offering both CompactFlash and SD (with SDHC and SDIO support) slots, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, and USB 2.0 and docking options in the shape of a 24-pin iPAQ connector and Mini-USB connector.
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A selection of BBC TV programmes are, from today, available to be bought on iTunes.
BBC Worldwide, the commercial side of the corporation, has penned the deal, which has been long anticipated.
Individual episodes will cost £1.89 with some available as a series bundle, an example being the Catherine Tate Show, selling at £9.99 for six episodes.
The Nintendo Wii looks set to overtake Microsoft’s XBox 360 as the dominant console system this year, according to the white-coated analyst bods at research firm iSuppli.
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Whining middle-Englanders, polyester slack-wearing Conservatives, nostalgic old duffers and social climbing Home Counties types will soon be able to send outraged texts for free, thanks to a new service from Associated Newspapers’ Daily Mail.
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After a long battle with its rival Blu-Ray, Toshiba has admitted that it is considering throwing in the towel and getting the hell outta of the high-definition DVD business.
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Mover over Asus and tell Eee the news – there’s a new bargain basement laptop in town, in the shape of the Elonex One, set to retail for under a hundred quid.
The super, nay ultralow cost laptop is set to be wowing Brummies when it’s introduced at The Education Show in Birmingham on 28th February.
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We’ve been passed over a link (thanks Mike) to a travel piece published today on the Guardian Web site.
The article — the first blog post of a 19 year old student, Max Gogarty, in his gap year, who ‘just happened’ to be the son of the travel editor freelance travel writer, Paul Gogarty — itself isn’t the main source of interest, but the masses of comments that followed it that are.
Clearly commenters are keen to share the love on this, Valentines day.
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It’s being reported that there’s ‘secret’ discussion going on between Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Yahoo, apparently in an attempt to find an alternative route to Microsoft buying it.
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Last week saw the opening of the Nokia Flagship Store in Regent Street, London.
It’s their first in the UK and eighth in the world, all following on from the December 2005 opening of their first in Moscow.
Opening night
The pre-opening night party was crammed with all sorts of funky music types, mobile world people and journos swigging the plentiful champagne and yummy nibbles.
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Apple may be busy shuffling facts about to make their modest iPhone sales sound more impressive, and Microsoft may be bragging about the 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the last 6 months, but when it comes to sheer volume of sales, they’re right at the back of the class compared to Symbian OS.
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