Stories on
digital radio
CNET.co.uk has 10 stories on digital radio
How do I listen to the music on my PC in another room?
Digital Living This is an open-source program, which means that anyone can write a plug-in for it, such as the excellent AlienBBC, which lets you listen to BBC radio stations, as well as 'listen again' content. Audiophiles can turn to the Sonos Digital Music...
21 February 2007, 16:44
Living with infinite digital choice
Digital Living There's a torrent of text-based information on the Net, along with podcasts, video podcasts and Internet radio. When I was ten years old I grew up in a house that had perhaps 500 paperback books, 50 records, a television set that had three channels...
26 October 2005, 11:48
Pure PocketDAB 1000
Digital Living A large, blue backlit screen makes it easy to see the information supplied with digital radio broadcasts. On the downside, it has no alarm clock, no recording, no rechargeable batteries, and no FM radio -- which is tedious, as we sometimes...
10 May 2005, 16:15
Dualit DAB Kitchen Radio
Digital Living With its shiny chrome front and curvaceous body, Dualit's radio looks more like a muscle car (or a toaster) than a receiver of digital broadcasts. It's big, it's bold, it's heavy -- but is it the real deal or a trumped-up pretender?
8 September 2006, 10:42
Best budget hi-def LCD TV?
Digital Living It means you can access full programme guides from one remote, as well as use interactive channels and digital radio. The only piece of equipment where RGB Scart is the best quality connection available is on digital TV boxes, so you might be...
1 November 2005, 13:45
Format wars: The tech that should have won
Digital Living Cart also lived on well into the 90s as a system for playing jingles on radio. What it wasLooking like a CD the size of a vinyl record, Laserdisc stored high-quality analogue video, with the potential for digital sound in the form of Dolby Digital...
23 July 2007, 9:49
Choose the right Bluetooth headset
Digital Living Bluetooth technology involves two devices communicating with each other over low-frequency radio waves in the 2.4GHz range. Bluetooth 1.2 introduced new features to eliminate radio frequency interference through frequency hopping and added greater...
15 August 2006, 16:46
Smarter commuting, the cyborg way
Digital Living If it does all go pear-shaped and there's a total breakdown of the transport system, as it did last July, then there's nothing better than having a decent radio on you. Only overwhelming digital force will get the job done.
19 October 2005, 12:06
Hacking Napster with Winamp
Digital Living When I first heard about the so-called hack, I happened to be recording a phone interview with Gene Steinberg about his Mac Night Owl online radio show. I had envisioned someone stripping an entire library of Napster songs of its Digital Rights...
9 May 2005, 14:48
Radio radio: it's a sound sensation
Digital Living If you love radio, it's time to get hip to podcasting. Technological advances mean you can now listen to a lot more radio whenever and wherever you want. The end of the programme still segues into The Archers, Radio 4's Groundhog Day refrain, but...
13 March 2006, 14:20


Format wars: The tech that should have won
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