Month: January 2011
#CES: play music out of The Stig – Dr Who and Top Gear speakers
Want to stick your iPod into The Stig's head and listen to music playing out of his visor? You'll soon be able to. The BBC in conjunction with audio makers Speakal have created two beautiful sets of iPod speakers for the fan girls and boys out there. Based on Top Gear and Dr Who programmes…
#CES: Yes, the car is now on the internet – HARMAN announcement
Your trusty family car could soon be just as wired up to the internet as your laptop or mobile as manufacturers seek to get internet connections into cars. It's a hotly tipped area in tech this year. I'm expecting Apple to bust out an iCar any week now... just think of these new cars as…
Fired for a Facebook comment – Swedish Volvo don't see the joke
In a harsh move by Volvo, the car company fired three workers from their factory in Sweden because one of them compared his workplace to a "madhouse" in his Facebook status. The other two were fired for commenting on it. The man wrote the offending status during a break at work just before the weekend…
#CES: mock-up iPad 2 gets techies frothing
A gadget that isn't even actually at CES is causing some of the biggest waves at the tech fair this year. Yes, it's the iPad 2. It won't be coming out for at least a month, and Apple as usual aren't displaying at CES, but a mock-up of the new version of Apple's tablet used…
#CES 2011: LG's Revolution will be a 4G speed monster
by Gerald Lynch, from Vegas The first snippets of info on two new LG smartphones have hit the CES 2011 floor. The Optimus Black and Revolution are the devices in question, and both are packing some pretty nifty features. The Optimus Black offers the "power of light" from within an "innovatively slim smartphone with the…
Quicksilver make Psychedelic Mac and iPhone cases
I've always got time for psychedelic MacBook cases, so news that Proporta and skate&surf brand QuickSilver have banded together to make a new set for Apple products was pleasing to me. My favourite is definitely the neon checked one for Macbook and iPhone. Quicksilver Hard iPhone cases £29.95 Quicksilver Neoprene Macbook cases £34.99 Roxy Hard…
#CES: Withings release only iPhone accessory that can measure Blood Pressure
Okay I've seen some weird iPhone accessories in my time, but my god, this takes the biscuit. It's not a speaker dock shaped like a football - it's a blood pressure monitor, one of those ones you strap around your arm. The Withings Blood Pressure monitor works with your iPhone or iPod and has just…
#CES: ASUS bank on QWERTY keyboards with Android Eee Pad & Windows 7 Eee Slate
We knew tablets were coming this year at CES and ASUS - the makers of dinky little netbook the Eee PC - have been quick off the mark in getting their tablets out. Smallest is the handheld 7" Eee Pad MeMo, the Eee Slider and Eee Transformer are both 10.1" and stand out for incorporating…
If Facebook is worth $50bn, that means your Facebook profile is worth $100
Okay, hold steady before you float yourself on the stock market, but since you as a Facebook member make up one 50millionth part of Facebook, you make up part of that $50billion that the company is now valued at. Divide $50billion by Facebook's 500 million members and you get $100. In a fair world, that…
#CES: Speakal release oval iPod Docks that look like Wine Gums
We love the line-up of iPod speaker docks that Speakal have released for CES 2011. Colourful and crazy, they look a bit like giant Wine Gums - just with iPod docks and speaker ports. Speakal are the folks who brought us the iPig speakers - they're known for their wacky designs - and there are…
