Archive for May, 2008
Can Apple sell 5 million 3G iPhones this summer?
A Taiwanese camera lens maker is banking on boom times ahead - thanks to an order it’s received from Apple for the ’second version’ of the iPhone
How to… build your own outdoor cinema
Summer’s here and while most sensible people are heading outdoor to catch up some rays, others are doing the reverse - going indoors to watch the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Luckily you can combine the two by sticking a big screen or TV in the garden - enabling you soak up some sun and some Spielberg at the same time
Pleo the robot dinosaur meets a grisly end
A pair of rogue employees from robot pet creator Ugobe have done the unthinkable… and sacrificed a cute Pleo dinosaur prototype for the entertainment of attendees at Maker Faire ‘08
Audi planning an electric future
Pop down to your local Audi dealer in a few years time and you could end up driving away a planet-saving electric car, rather than the Q7 ‘gas guzzlers’ the company touts today
O2 dismisses iPhone sell-out rumours
O2 has been quick to dismiss reports that appeared this morning, which suggested that the mobile phone giant had totally run out of 8GB and 16GB iPhones
High tech toys that are too just good for kids
If you think youth is wasted on the young, then you should look at the toys they get to play with - every one of these is a stone-cold classic, from tiny tanks to radical robots. The worst thing about any of these high-tech treats is prising them away from the young ones in the first place. Don’t be a cheapskate, buy your own
iPhone gets smashed to smithereens
Crazy Canadians go to work at the Toronto Freedom Festival
Crumbs! It’s Scarlett Johansson
Hollywood sex siren Scarlett Johansson in quite good music video shock
Are you ready for digital switchover?
From Freesat to Freeview and Sky HD, here the top 5 things that you need to know
Who makes the best satnavs - TomTom, Navman or Garmin?
Standalone satnavs are fast reaching saturation point in the UK, with dozens of different devices from a wide variety of big name brands all scrapping for their own slice of the pie
Getting the lion’s share is TomTom, whose brilliant combination of user-friendliness and innovative features attracted 50 per cent of all satnav buyers in Europe last year.
But with TomTom reporting an 83 per cent profits drop this week, and an over-reliance on frivolous features, has it bitten off more than it can chew?
