Author: Lucy Hedges
Shiny at IFA 2008: Creative lines up three GigaWorks models for audiophiles of all kinds
Creative announced the launch of three GigaWorks speaker systems today - the GigaWorks T20 Series II, GigaWorks T40 Series II and the GigaWorks T3. Based on the huge paragraph dedicated to the T3 and the 2 lines allocated to the T20 and T40 in the press release, it's fair to say the T3 is the…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Philips brings backlighting technology to the PC with its LightFrame monitor
According to Philips, its new 22OXW9 LightFrame LCD PC monitor is "proven to reduce eye fatigue," making your PC-based life slightly easier to tolerate. It does this in the same way Philips' range of HDTVs have been doing it for years - powering up a backlight to bathe the sides of the screen, and your…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Medion Akoya Mini E1211 – a 10-inch netbook for the market
Daniel Sung writes... No, this isn't another of the endless teasers about the Dell E, this is actually about the Medion Mini as announced at IFA 2008. The only problem is that Medion didn't bother sending out any pictures and, what with the famous Dell pencil, it seemed like the perfect image to get across…
Shiny at IFA 2008 GALLERY: Medion broke its back lugging all these new PCs over
Medion has announced a pile of new PCs at IFA today, ranging from its AKOYA Nettop PC - a slimline desktop powered by Intel's fashionable Atom - to illuminated monsters like the ERAZER X7303 D Game PC, for gamers who won't even look at something unless its plastered in blue LEDs and has all its…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Sharp launches another super-thin HDTV – the premium AQUOS D65E
It's not just Sony playing the thin TV game, with Sharp announcing its latest AQUOS XS1 LCD TV and now they've announced another one - the AQUOS D65E. This premium 1080p-capable range - a slightly thicker television - may not be as thin as the XS1, but it does offer 20,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and…
Shiny at IFA 2008: The Sharp Aquos XS1 is a concept no more
Last year, this seriously skinny LCD TV was just another highly anticipated concept TV. Fast forward 365 days and it's now in full blown production. So that means we get to put our coveting into purchasing action very soon. We're being told October. At .9 inches (23mm), it's just under an inch thick and comes…
Shiny at IFA 2008: Logitech's squeezebox boom sounds painful
As Logitech has delivered some pretty decent speakers in the past, I'm going to overlook the strange name of their latest product - the Squeezebox Boom. I'm also going to turn a blind-eye to its unattractive design as the specs are pretty top notch. For a start they're wireless, so you can stream your tunes…
Pamper yourself and indulge in a bit of home sauna-ing
Public saunas. There's something very grimy and unbearably dank about sharing a sauna with the general public - especially if it's a unisex one! And especially when men with humongous food babies (beer bellies) decide to sport those only-to-be-worn-if-you're-hot Speedos (argh the nightmares!). If you can sympathise with me and agree that sharing a sweatbox…
Shiny at IFA 2008: iRobot automated vacuum cleaners
Dan is loving it over at IFA, he can hardly contain himself. 'The show has barely begun and already I'm getting excited about the pending UK release of robotic hoovers. This is actually a little footage I grabbed last night of the Roomba and Scoomba from the slightly "er...didn't they call a film that?" company,…
There are people out there with no access to the internet… AND they like it that way
Being without the internet is like having tea with no milk, or having jam on toast without the butter (can you tell I haven't had breakfast yet?). Despite this unquestionable convenience, some shocking news has been brought to my attention this morning - a vast majority of UK residents do not, I repeat *do not*…