The Xbox 360 Elite could be getting a red facelift

Ahh the colour red - it's the shade of the devil (allegedly), the most emotionally intense colour, the colour of love and is supposedly the first colour perceived by man. Now, possibly joining this fascinating list of red connotations is Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite. All it took was one leaked screenshot from a Toys R…

LG launches its latest 3G netbook

There's something slightly Fisher Price about LG's latest laptop, although despite the choice of lime green or pink trim, it is apparently aimed at those of legal drinking age. Specs-wise it's not too shabby, featuring integrated 3G connectivity befitting a laptop made my a company with a mobile heritage, as well as an 160GB hard…

Shiny Preview: Philips Net TV

Accessing web content on your TV? Hmm, why does that sound familiar... Philips have optimized it for couch potatoes and got YouTube and eBay on board, so it may be worth a try after all. Philips

Making calls on an aeroplane a reality thanks to Ryanair

Much like the downfall of Chris Brown's career/record sales/radio plays, we knew in-flight calls were coming and would soon be at the forefront of the in-flight agenda. And beating all other European airlines to the punch is Ryanair, who has started a six month trial on 20 of its planes allowing its passengers to call…

XBox Live hackers for hire

XBox Live players: play fair. Don't you remember what you were taught at school? If someone beats you fair and square, it's considered bad form to then hire a hacker to attack your opponent and get them kicked off the system. It's also a sure sign you need to take a walk and get a…

Asus killing off the 9-inch Eee PC

What a difference a year makes. Whilst Asus broke the mould with the first nine-inch netbook, which had everyone clamouring to get lighter, smaller, cheaper, plasticky-er, the time has apparently come to lay that particular trendsetter to rest. From now on, they'll only offer the 10-inch model, which apparently was making up 95% of their…

iPod Nano 4G + iTrip = wireless music on the road

Who wants their in-car playlist dictated to them, with the interruption of vociferous radio DJs interrupting every ten seconds? Not me that's for sure. Now iPod Nano 4G owners can finally join the rest of their brethren in the radio/iPod mashup arena by *finally* being able to listen to their iPod playlists via their FM…

Shiny Poll: Tech excitement

It's Friday, which means optimism, excitement and Fun Times. And there's stuff to be excited about, y'all. What are you most hyped about? Your answer not below? Drop us a note in the comments admonishing our oversight. What are you so excited about that you can bearly contain your urge to scream? ( surveys)

Shiny Preview: Philips GoGear Ariaz and Opus MP3 players

Yesterday we brought you news of the Ariaz MP3 player, the miniature beauty that Philips have crammed FutureSound technology into. Well today we can bring you a video preview of the Ariaz and its bigger better brother, the Opus, for you to enjoy. Philips