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iPod 'safety' ban proposed for London Marathon
Crave Hurting yourself is a great way to learn lessons. We learn to take extreme caution with boiling water as a child, commonly as a result of scalding ourselves at some point. We also learn, albeit a little later in life, that blindfold bondage with...
Tags: apple, london, ipods, lessons
1 April 2008, 11:53
How to: Stay safe when using Bebo or MySpace
Crave Here are a few safety pointers to make sure your kids stay safe online: For more information on safety, check out the safety information on Bebo, MySpace and the CEOP's Think U Know site. There has been intense publicity over recent weeks about the...
Tags: age, children, profile, child
12 July 2006, 14:23
Hands-on with mobiles2go's i-Kids phone
Crave For example, using the i-Kids Web site, not only can you locate your child to within 20 metres but you can also setup three safety zones with a radius of between 250m and 6km. A safety zone is essentially an area that you trust your child will be...
Tags: kids, children, mobile phone, child
23 March 2007, 10:45
Dell laptops in electric shock shocker
Crave The electric current on all Dell products have been measured and proven to be well within the safety limits per safety standards -- IEC950, EN60950, UL1950, etc, even with an input voltage of 240 Volts.
Tags: dell, laptops, risk, safety
17 January 2008, 15:03
Crave Talk: Will exploding laptops be banned from aircraft?
Crave Of course, there are safety features -- very good ones, too, which is why lithium-ion batteries took 20 years to develop. If health and safety decides that it's just too risky to strap ourselves into a small box with the ability to instantly...
Tags: contents, mobile phones, battery, electronics
3 August 2006, 15:01
Crave Talk: London police to get 'RoboCop' cameras
Crave A BT spokesperson told reporters, "The current climate of unease with regards to the safety of our streets has led to a need to expand the CCTV network across the country. RoboCop was a satire designed to shame the idea that a society can engineer...
Tags: country, london, safety, police
20 November 2006, 11:31
Report: Keeping tabs on social networking sites
Crave The CEOP already plans to offer training to school liaison officers and those who have responsibility for e-safety within local authorities, so that secondary school children across the country can receive training.
Tags: law, contact, children, detection
24 July 2006, 10:56
Canon autumn product launch: The compacts
Crave You'll find 25 shooting modes, safety MF mode (wasn't that a Prince song.to aid manual focusing, and safety FE to reduce the risk of blown highlights. If that isn't safe enough for you, the mega megapixel count enables the safety zoom function to...
22 August 2007, 12:06
Crave Podcast Episode 29: This time it's televisual
Crave Come back in to the dark safety of your parent's basement and listen to another episode of the uniformly delicious Crave Podcast. Come on in out of the spring sun geeks! Your ghostly World of Warcraft skin won't offer protection against the deadly...
Tags: apple, podcast, apple tv, crave podcast
13 April 2007, 15:00
Crave Talk: Scientists invent power without wires
Crave There was little concern for safety. If you go to Disney's Epcot Center and ride the Carousel of Progress you'll see that when electricity first arrived in homes, the concept of neat wiring didn't exist.
Tags: television, air, frequency, rooms
15 November 2006, 12:03
Samsung LE40R51B: Super-size me
Crave But when we're not baiting the office Health & Safety officer and use the TV in the normal manner, we can appreciate that the LE40R51B is the most stylish thing we've seen outside of a Bang & Olufsen factory.
Tags: samsung, lcd, inch, tuner
10 October 2005, 12:47
Win a Mio P550 sat-nav PDA!
Crave You can then use the optional MioMap v3 software to calculate routes at high speeds and the integrated safety camera database will keep you informed of any potential checks on the road ahead. Listen up roadrunners, we've got another competition for...
Tags: mio, gps, fi, windows mobile
7 September 2007, 10:37
Crave TV: Microsoft pushes journalist out of plane
Crave Stupidly, we went along, and this accompanying video is proof that we've no regard for our own personal safety, and a distinct lack of common sense. You can call Microsoft many things -- but you definitely can't call it boring.
11 October 2007, 15:33
Altec Lansing inMotion SoundBlade: If your tent's rocking
Crave The advantage here is that anyone in your tent circle will be able to beam their choice of album to the system from the safety of their smelly canvas home. With festival season just around the corner -- don't forget your wellies, kids -- it's time...
Tags: altec lansing, operation, battery, bluetooth
16 April 2008, 11:41
Doro HandleEasy 330gsm: Less is more
Crave You can use the 330gsm to make calls and send and receive text messages, there's a hands-free option over a loudspeaker, a safety alarm just in case you get into any bother and an LED torch, which is particularly useful for finding keyholes in the...
Tags: hand, alarm, mobile phone, interest
30 June 2008, 11:48


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