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A brief introduction to global gadget warming

Digital Living 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

Beware the industry of cool

Digital Living Having waded through the knee-deep slurry of the latest Apple launch, this chilling phrase takes on a terrible and convincing force. Do you have an iPod yet? There are certain painful issues of identity and crisis bound up in the whole business of...

16 September 2006, 7:00

Make the most of high-def content

Digital Living High definition may be great for sports and documentaries, but the main driving force behind the technology is set to be movies. The problem lies in the fact that there are two rival formats vying for the HD crown: Blu-ray and HD DVD.

13 February 2006, 9:37

Is there a non-Apple flash player I should buy?

Digital Living Are there any other flash MP3 players that look as good as the iPod, but don't force me to join the ranks of the living dead? My friends tell me to buy an iPod Shuffle, but I don't want to look like every other white earbud clone on the train to work.

17 May 2005, 21:12

Windows shortcuts

Digital Living From within the Task Manager, you can force an exit from a crashed program, see a list of processes or applications running on your machine, check performance parameters such as how hard your CPU is working, or track your network usage.

9 May 2005, 14:49

Smarter commuting, the cyborg way

Digital Living Only overwhelming digital force will get the job done. Commuting in a big city has never been easy, but it's become particularly challenging of late. Whether it's London or New York, between security alerts, faulty equipment, inadequate...

19 October 2005, 12:06

Don't let your children catch DVD

Digital Living With toddlers it's all about focus, yet DVDs force them to wade through an interminable series of trailers. If you're a parent, you need to understand a new threat to your children's health: the possibility of infection with the DVD virus.

24 April 2006, 11:09

Extend your mobile phone's battery life

Digital Living When your phone is in an area with poor network coverage it will use more power to force a connection with the nearest mobile mast base station. Some phones provide ways of saving energy by putting the phone in standby mode or turning off non...

14 June 2006, 14:50

Tech support for your parents

Digital Living To really help, adapt yourself to their computers and don't force them to work like you do. Consider doing so whether or not they ask you! When you're packing for the trip, take the time to prepare a USB memory key or a CD-ROM with some useful...

11 May 2005, 11:43

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed

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