Live from IFA 2005 in Berlin: Philips launches Media Center
Philips has announced the launch its first ever Media Center PC at the IFA technology show in Berlin – and it claims it has better video playback than any of its rivals
Dan Grabham
Live from Berlin: Bluetooth iPod streamer due this month
Sure, the Belkin TuneStage was officially launched back in April. But we’ve just listened to a mighty fine demo and have been singing its praises to anyone who’ll listen. The good news is you’ll be able to buy your own later this month
Tomorrow is PSP Europe day!
As of midnight tonight, you’ll be able to buy legal European PSPs for around £180 or €250. But you’d better start queuing – it’s believed that just 150,000 units of the must-have portable gaming deck will be available in the UK, and most of them will be s
Hitachi’s reign of tera
Hitachi has just announced the DV-DH1000W, a DVR with 1 terabyte of storage. As the concept of 1000GB is beyond the comprehension of us standard-deffers, it’ll be Japan only for now. Oh well, we can but dream…
Mio joins the GPS moby battle
Here’s proof that sat-nav is the next thing for mobiles – a GPS-toting Windows Mobile smartphone from Mio. But does the A701 have what it takes to beat Motorola’s A780?
Moto’s sat-nav moby
This here is Moto’s new twist on GPS mobiles – a phone loaded with proper Co Pilot sat-nav software so you don’t have to rack up network charges using Find My Nearest services. Say goodbye to those pesky Bluetooth GPS widgets…
Canon shoots, unleashes still cams
It’s out with the old, in with shiny new compacts and subtle tweaks over at Canon HQ. Read on for our first impressions of the 8MP PowerShot and three new IXUS snappers
New Game Boy due November
Ready those thumbs – Nintendo’s Game Boy Micro is arrivng here in November, two months after the US launch and the Sony PSP’s UK debut. Read on for pricing and more
The Palm watch that time forgot
At last, the long-awaited PDA watch from Fossil is here. Actually, ‘long-forgotten’ might be more accurate. And when we say ‘here’, we mean ‘coming by the end of August’. Shall we start again?
Sony throws magic Beans at the iPod Shuffle
These four cute ‘n’ curvy numbers promise a monster 50 hour battery and built-in USB connectors to take on Apple’s smallest iPod
Double the power for Dell’s new gaming beast
How do you make a faster gaming PC than one already running NVIDIA’s steaming GeForce 7800 card? Shoehorn in a second one like Dell’s insane new XPS 600 – the most powerful gaming machine we’ve ever seen
Xbox 360 price confirmed!
Well, blow us if this ain’t competitive. A lovely new Xbox 360 will cost just £210 when it becomes available (by Christmas, is the official line), and a box containing the console and a bunch of other bells and whistles will go for £280
