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Is Prince the prototype?

Digital Living When he died in 1991, genius Miles Davis was convinced that the best hope for the future of music rested in the diminutive hands of one man: Prince. If the music industry can't figure out a way to sell music that plays on anything, maybe bands need...

Tags: stores, fans, digital music, deal

9 May 2005, 15:48

Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living Many cars are even equipped with Bluetooth so that you can use the car's audio system for hands-free phone use. The benefits of these hands-free, wireless devices are obvious, particularly as it's illegal to use a handset in the UK while driving.

15 August 2006, 17:46

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living You take the law into your own hands. Each can do a lot of damage in the wrong hands. They fiddle fiddle fiddle with their wretched mobile phones -- which are deadly in the wrong hands and can go off at any time.

18 March 2006, 8:00

What's the best type of image stabilisation?

Digital Living Mechanical image stabilisation detects the tiny vibrations from your hands and compensates by fractionally moving the image sensor inside the camera. This would mean that you could, say, employ a slower shutter speed to capture more light without...

Tags: methods, method, names, hands

25 July 2007, 13:16

Chatting in the third dimension

Digital Living Suddenly both our avatars are standing up, holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes. You can move, emote, shake hands, breakdance, burp, smile and generally carry on as though you were a character in The Simpsons.

8 August 2006, 17:33

The 8-step technology detox

Digital Living I was itching to get my hands on my Freeview box to catch up with the latest CSI: Las Vegas. After hours running around trying to pick up one of London's finest, I finally settled for one that wasn't quick enough to dodge my tech-coddled hands.

Tags: london, wars, cleaning, string

14 June 2007, 17:23

Swedish flirts find a new home

Digital Living Today one of Sweden's largest flirt-driven social-networking sites, Playahead, is going to offer its members access to the rapidly growing online virtual world of Second Life, turning its members into avatars that can hold hands, kiss and blow...

23 September 2006, 9:00

Windows shortcuts

Digital Living Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to keep things moving when you're using your computer, and they let you perform tasks without lifting your hands from the keyboard. These are some of the basics that you should know -- at least if you want to cut...

9 May 2005, 15:49

Spam TV, You TV, Global TV

Digital Living Yet if the screen experience is shrinking all around us, the technology is putting the remote control firmly in our hands. The screen experience is increasingly mundane. It's less and less special because there's more and more of it about.

4 October 2005, 17:57

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living If you're serious about photography, we suggest you get your hands on one. The idiot So, this is you, a clueless fool with a basic digital camera. You don't look like much in your silly hat, do you? Who's going to let you shoot the next Kate Moss...

Tags: photographs, presets, fashion, tone

10 November 2006, 15:23

How can I convert my vinyl collection to MP3?

Digital Living If you have a lot of time on your hands, this might be quite a therapeutic experience. Hello, call me a luddite, call me an Antiques Roadshow viewer, but I have a problem. I like my MP3s, but I love my old record collection.

6 April 2006, 12:28

Outlook horror stories

Digital Living But let's not muck around: if like most people you have more than a thousand messages in your Outlook folders, you have a search nightmare on your hands. We love Outlook when it's reminding us of appointments, helping us to schedule meetings...

9 May 2005, 15:50

How can I take pictures without flash?

Digital Living These cameras make it easier to take pictures in low light by compensating for any movement of your hands, so you can hold the camera steady for longer. I have a Nikon Coolpix digital camera. It's a good camera and easy to use.

13 December 2006, 11:58

It doesn't have to cost a bomb to fix your pics

Digital Living GraphicConverter for Mac is hands down one of the best shareware image-editing apps you can get, but if you don't have a Mac, you're out of luck. A good image editor is invaluable. Not only does it come in handy when you have pictures to resize...

Tags: plug ins, enhance, thumbnail, eye

9 May 2005, 16:12

How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living Once you've got the parts you need, you'll need to get your hands very dirty to install them. How can I upgrade my laptop? It's running like a dog and I've tried everything to speed it up. I'm at the end of my tether.

2 June 2006, 16:55