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The Cloud, the Screen and the Hand

Digital Living The first is that when something goes wrong all the stuff we care about has already been automatically backed up to the Internet cloud so that we don't lose it forever. My iPod works in a very similar way: the material that I care about in terms of...

Tags: jobs, care, flow, address book

20 May 2006, 7:58

What is Freeview Playback?

Digital Living What is it, and why should I care? You should care because those nice people at Freeview, and the hardware manufacturers, are trying to make your life a little better with technology! I've seen adverts for Freeview Playback and noticed that there...

27 June 2007, 10:35

A brief introduction to global gadget warming

Digital Living Now I could care less. There's a painful force at work in the gadget world. Gadgets all over the world are losing their cool rapidly. From Scunthorpe to Sydney, we're seeing global gadget warming, and it's going to get worse.

18 April 2006, 11:03

Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living Why should you care about HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc? The simple answer is that these two optical disc formats are the best sources of top-quality, high-definition video currently on the market. How much better than DVD?

1 June 2007, 16:40

XDR-M1

Digital Living Care to tune in to the XDR-M1? Sold under the Walkman brand, the XDR-M1 lets you listen to FM radio as well as DAB. It's a neat black box with tasteful styling that's typical Sony.

Tags: sony uk, radio, box, listen

15 May 2005, 12:12

Is the iPhone the way to go?

Digital Living I don't really care for a top notch camera in these phones or anything, just a great MP3-playing phone. I'm looking for a new phone and an MP3 player. Ideally, I want it all-in-one -- all-singing, all-dancing and all that.

12 September 2007, 16:01

Knowing your RSS from your elbow

Digital Living It's as though all the blogs or Web sites you care about decided to come round to your house, instead of you having to schlepp your way around to theirs. I know something you don't. I know where to get the latest high-res scanned images of Isaac...

8 April 2006, 8:00

Calibrate your LCD television

Digital Living If you care about more than just the flatness of a set, this stylish, expensive LCD offers top-notch image quality. You've finally made your move and dumped your bulky tube television for a sleek new flat-panel LCD set.

9 May 2005, 15:14

What's DRM and should I avoid it?

Digital Living This is much less convenient, hence why so many people download illegally, but buying CDs is the only viable way of avoiding DRM and still supporting the musicians you care about. I want to start buying my music from online download stores, but I...

20 June 2007, 10:49

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living If you put some care into this approach, you should be able to shoot a tracking shot closely matching one produced by a dolly costing thousands of pounds. Legend has it that a 21-year-old, unknown filmmaker called Steven

29 June 2006, 16:02

Consumers frustrated by online music catalogues

Digital Living This is not necessarily the labels' fault, as much as online fans like to demonise them; often, the artist or band in question bars the label from releasing their tracks digitally, either because they don't want their albums broken up into tracks...

16 June 2005, 11:44

Only network electronically

Digital Living By joining LinkedIn, and Plaxo, and orkut, and Flickr, and del.icio.us, and Digg, and YouTube, and Second Life, we can now share our contacts, our friends, our photographs, our research, and everything else we care about -- without having to iron...

31 October 2006, 10:25

Don't let your children catch DVD

Digital Living My favourite line is, "We scare, because we care. Your children can now be exposed to DVDs at the homes of their friends, in supermarkets and shopping centres -- even public libraries are no longer safe.

24 April 2006, 11:09