CES 2010: AR Drone from Parrot is a helicopter you can control with your iPhone
CES has thrown up a few little surprises as well as the serious gadgets you'd expect. Take the augmented reality helicopter that you can control with you iPhone for example. Oh yes. The AR Drone Quadricopter (that's a four propeller helicopter) is a game accessory made by Parrot and looks like loads of fun. Controlled…
CES 2010: 37" bar speakers from iLive – longest iPod speakers ever?
Is this the longest iPod speaker ever? Well it's certainly an unusual design. Audio equipment makers iLive have debuted a massive 33 iPod and iPhone-compatible audio products at CES this year and the iTDP610B bar speakers is one of the weirdest-looking. Available at either 32 inch or 37 inches this would sit along the back…
Seesmic acquire Ping.fm: expect social network updating on steriods
News from the world of Social Networking that Seesmic have just bought out Ping.fm. Both enable easy posting to social networking sites so the amalgamation of the two could create an important social networking hub letting you cross closed sites with ease - message someone on Facebook via g-chat for example, or post on someone's…
CES 2010 – Canon launches zingy but affordable PowerShot A490 and A495 cameras
The CES offerings from camera-makers Canon include a duo of affordable and user-friendly digital cameras - the PowerShot A495 and the PowerShot A490, updates on the manufacturer's budget 'A' range. Available in silver and red & blue (for the A495) these are cheap and cheerful cameras bringing some zingy features to the affordable price bracket.…
CES 2010: Day One
Stories from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas from Day One and before the show: CES 2010: Kodak launches a waterproof video cam and a cool search function CES 2010: Lenovo releases mobile smartbook the Skylight CES 2010: Lenovo launch the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, a notebook with a detachable screen CES 2010 launch: AR Drone…
Google's Nexus phone: what you need to know
It's a phone. It's made by google. It's the first time google have made a whole phone and it's called the Nexus. We answer a few of the big questions: Why does google want to make a phone? Google has been making mobile phone operating systems for several years, its Android software powers the handsets…
Gaming Notebook Battalion Touch CZ-10 will be first to have multi-touch screen
The first gaming notebook to feature a multi-touch screen has just been released at CES. Made by game-ware manufacturers iBuyPower, the Battalion Touch CZ-10 takes advantage of the multitouch capacity on Windows 7 to let gamers use the whole screen as a control. And when's that useful? well the touch screen is "perfect for Real-Time…
Recipe app from BBC's Good Food brings healthy grub to your iPhone
Making New Year's resolutions about your diet is one thing, sticking to them is another. You can always emotionally blackmail yourself with fat pictures on the fridge or ruthless weighing programmes and blanket bans on sugary foodstuffs, but a kinder way to help you shed pounds would be a recipe app. And lo and behold…
LG take the dramatic chipmunk on holiday and offer round-the-world prize
You remember the Dramatic Chipmunk? The little rodent whose dramatic head-turn and wild-eyed stare paired up with a dramatic chord to make possibly the best 5 seconds of animal video ever? Of course you do. Here he is: Anyway, LG, the makers of phones like the Cookie and the Chocolate have released a viral video…
CES 2010 launch: L5 app makes iPhone into universal remote, but do we want it?
From February, iPhone users will be able to turn their handset into a universal remote for the electrical goods in their house. Universal remotes such as Logitech's Harmony already exist, and L5 is taking it one step further by ditching the handset altogether, using the hardware on the iPhone and simply providing an accessory and…
