CES 2010: Dell dangle an Android slate in front of us
Dell has learnt one thing from Apple at least - keeping a bit of mystique going. Dell's slim shiny new slate computer was launched at CES but kept tantalisingly out of the hands of reviewers. So what we know is: it has a 5 inch screen, it runs on Google Android and it looks a…
CES 2010 Day Two
Stories from Day Two of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas CES 2010: Samsung reveals TV that plays 3d images CES 2010: the HP & Microsoft tablet, attractive but we're still waiting for Apple CES 2010: Vuzix Augmented Reality visor - w00t! CES 2010: meet the earphones that vibrate to your music EarVibes CES…
CES 2010: Samsung reveals TV that plays 3d images
Hot tip from Ashley at CES in Vegas: the Samsung LED 9000 3D HD TV. Yes you saw that right, this is a television set that shows three dimensional film. It is compatible with Blu-Ray 3DTV and 3D broadcasts from Sky etc. What impresses me is that the device cleverly converts standard 2D TV into…
CES 2010: the HP & Microsoft tablet, attractive but we're still waiting for Apple
Tablets are everywhere this week, all the big PC companies are trying to imitate the Apple tablet and the damn thing hasn't even come out yet. One of the big contenders is from top PC makers Hewlett Packard, HP. The HP tablet was unveiled today at CES by HP and Microsoft. It runs Windows 7…
CES 2010: Vuzix Augmented Reality visor – w00t!
Brilliant! It's finally arrived: an augmented reality visor. Thanks to the clever people at Vuzix. and their Wrap 920AR we will now be able to gaze out at the world and see it overlaid or 'augmented' with computer generated graphics. Maps on streets, reviews on shops, facebook profiles on people... this is the sort of…
Top five flab-fighting tunes revealed
The New Year brings resolutions and resolutions inevitably bring trips to the gym. Though the hours sweating on some conveyer belt in FitnessFirst seem to be inevitable - the music list doesn't have to be. And as you might expect, some tunes are better motivators than others. If we can judge by the musical taste…
UK Snow increases interest in illicit encouters…
Apparently the snow across Britain this week is disrupting more than public transport. Looks like marriages may be taking a hit too - well - if a report from a UK-based extra-marital dating site is to be believed. Illicitencounters.com say that they received a huge surge in traffic yesterday, a rise it puts down to…
CES 2010: meet the earphones that vibrate to your music EarVibes
You may never have thought you needed them, but Technocel have just invented vibrating headphones. Do they improve the listening experience? Apparently so.. The EarVibe earphones start to vibrate as the music hits low-frequency bass which "takes your listening experience to the next level" according to the makers. I suppose it replicates the experience you'd…
CES 2010: ASUS's Waveface concept computers know how you're feeling
The future's bright, the future's wide-screen, touch-sensitive and knows how you're feeling. Well according to netbook-makers ASUS anyway. They unveiled a range of concept products at CES yesterday: which they claim can adjust to your mood and emotions. The three Waveface products: the Casa (an internet-ennabled TV); the Light (a tablet device); and the Ultra…
CES 2010: ASUS pump up the power on Eee PC Seashell and give it a chic case
Asus boosted the battery life and performance of their Eee PC Seashell netbook when they launched the latest version of it at CES yesterday. They also gave the casing a retouching with techno-chic chocolate brown check from industrial designer Karim Rashid. The new Seashell 1005PE is still running on a single core Atom processor but…
