Technology Reviews, News

Photos: Hands-on with the Motorola ZN5

andrew.lim@cnet.co.uk (Andrew Lim) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:01 +0100

Yesterday we got our hands on the recently announced Motorola ZN5, which boasts Wi-Fi and a 5-megapixel camera jointly developed with Kodak

Sony Ericsson W760i

nate.lanxon@cnet.co.uk (Nate Lanxon) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:45:01 +0100

The Sony Ericsson W760i is our favourite of the company's phones and it's the best Walkman phone to date. This music phone crams in loads of features, including GPS and HSDPA. Music playback and audio quality during calls are both impressive and its menus are slick and attractive

Crave Podcast 92: No more free mobile handsets?

rory.reid@cnet.co.uk (Rory Reid) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Guess what -- it's Friday, so it's time for another Crave Podcast. We're not quite sure what episode it is, though...

Pioneer BDP-LX71: Making Blu-ray even more premium

ian.morris@cnet.co.uk (Ian Morris) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:00:02 +0100

Pioneer thinks all existing Blu-ray players have rubbish picture quality, and wants to sell you one to improve the situation. As silly as that sounds, we think they might have a point

Photos: Legless photographer snaps from ground up

feedback@cnet.co.uk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:28:02 +0100

Photographer Kevin Connolly, born without legs, presents a series of digital photos that show strangers looking at him as he rolls by on a skateboard

News.blog: MacBook Air SSD price drops

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Tom Krazit) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:02 +0100

Apple has quietly reduced the price of the flash-memory version of the MacBook Air by �300 in the UK, writes News.com blogger Tom Krazit

Firefox 3 downloads merit Guinness World Record

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Colin Barker) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:12:02 +0100

Having mobilised the worldwide open-source community, Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a Web site with a 24-hour period

News.blog: Google to turn over YouTube user activity

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Greg Sandoval) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:01:02 +0100

Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago

Battle of the breeze: MSI Wind versus MacBook Air

rory.reid@cnet.co.uk (Rory Reid) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:14:02 +0100

We've been eating the crazy-pills again. Today, we woke up and decided we'd do another mental comparison -- the MSI Wind versus the MacBook Air

PS3 2.40 firmware update pulled after bricking consoles

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Mykolas Kukulskis) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:20:02 +0100

The much-vaunted 2.40 update to the PS3's firmware has gone badly wrong, with multiple reports of the download crashing PS3s -- Sony has stopped distributing it

Panasonic Toughbook CF-52

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Sandra Vogel) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:35:02 +0100

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 is a semi-ruggedised desktop replacement for use in the field. Its keyboard is splash resistant and it has a solid outer shell with a built-in carrying handle. Plus, the laptop should survive a 76cm drop, if you happen to knock it off your desk

Photos: Hands-on with the Kodak EasyShare M1063

richard.trenholm@cnet.co.uk (Rich Trenholm) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:02 +0100

The Kodak EasyShare M1063 is a 10-megapixel point-and-shoot with a large screen and clever power features -- and it's more interesting than anything that happened in 1063

Asus Eee Monitor photos leaked

feedback@cnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:34:02 +0100

Photos of the Asus all-in-one PC and display appear to show at least six USB ports on the machine, plus a webcam, SDHC slot and possibly Denon speakers

MSI Wind

rory.reid@cnet.co.uk (Rory Reid) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:34:01 +0100

With the huge success of Asus' Eee PC, the mini laptop market is suddenly crowded with imitators, but MSI's effort could well be one of the best so far. It looks gorgeous, it comes with Windows XP or Linux, plus it's very affordable and it's amazingly well-specced

TVonics MFR-300: Tiny Freeview receiver for old TVs

ian.morris@cnet.co.uk (Ian Morris) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:43:02 +0100

If you have older, analogue TVs that you still love, and want to continue using, TVonics has a device that will turn them into digital TVs, even if they don't have a Scart socket

Roberts solarDAB: Pray the Sun keeps his hat on

nate.lanxon@cnet.co.uk (Nate Lanxon) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:27:01 +0100

Roberts Radio has launched the solarDAB. For those of you who can't tell from the name alone, it's a solar-powered DAB radio -- apparently a world first

BenQ E72: BenQ is baq -- and it's ditched the Siemens

andrew.lim@cnet.co.uk (Andrew Lim) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:26:00 +0100

Remember BenQ-Siemens? No? Don't worry, that's old news now, but you might be interested in BenQ Mobile's dinky E72 smart phone

Photos: Dubai's 'dynamic tower' in motion

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Jonathan Skillings) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:18:02 +0100

It's always been one of the enduring truths of architecture: buildings stand still. Not in architect David Fisher's world. He's planning a 'building in motion'

News.blog: Adobe uncovers 'invisible' Flash content

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Steven Musil) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:03:02 +0100

Adobe Systems is helping Google and Yahoo to uncover Web content that was previously 'invisible' to Web searches, writes News.com blogger Steven Musil

News.blog: Apple tries slider-style iPhone?

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Tom Krazit) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:02 +0100

A report on Monday says that Apple has shown off prototypes of an iPhone with a hardware keyboard to certain executives at wireless operators, writes News.com blogger Tom Krazit

Photos: Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX6090 is big, black and beautiful

ian.morris@cnet.co.uk (Ian Morris) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:56:02 +0100

If you love movies you'll want a TV that can do them justice. The Pioneer PDP-LX6090 isn't just bigger than some cinema screens, it's also blacker than most

Dell Latitude XT

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Sandra Vogel) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:50:02 +0100

Dell has bided its time before entering the Tablet PC arena, producing its Latitude XT. The result is impressive to look at and is a very usable PC, thanks to its excellent dual-mode touchscreen and keyboard. As usual with Dell products, it has loads of customisation options, too

Warner Music joins Nokia's 'Comes With Music' scheme

nate.lanxon@cnet.co.uk (Nate Lanxon) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:30:00 +0100

Warner Music has signed a deal with Nokia to become the third major worldwide record label to offer its catalogue for free download as part of the handset manufacturer's 'Comes With Music' service

Nikon D700: 12-megapixel full-frame dSLR adds dustbuster

richard.trenholm@cnet.co.uk (Rich Trenholm) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:20:02 +0100

The newly announced 12-megapixel, full-frame Nikon D700 dSLR combines some of the best bits of the D3 and D300 and bolts on a couple of surprise new features

CBS completes acquisition of CNET Networks

feedback@cnet.co.uk (Dawn Kawamoto) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:33:02 +0100

CBS announced on Monday it completed its $1.8bn acquisition of CNET Networks, publisher of many Web sites including CNET.co.uk