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Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living Integrated Bluetooth is now present in a broad range of phones -- from high-end smart phones to low-end functional models. Bluetooth technology involves two devices communicating with each other over low-frequency radio waves in the 2.4GHz range.

15 August 2006, 17:46

Can I buy a 37-inch LCD TV for £1,000?

Digital Living You may find that market-leading brands such as Sony and Philips are out of your price range, but there are several excellent mid-range brands to choose from. Toshiba's 37WLT66 offers a step up in image quality and specification with dual HDMI...

19 October 2006, 12:09

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living Today's digital SLRs feature a range of light-metering options, but getting a proper, external light meter will still help you correctly expose a model when using external flash-heads. If you do have a digital SLR, such as the Nikon D80 or Sony...

Tags: photographs, presets, fashion, tone

10 November 2006, 15:23

Better digital photos

Digital Living The thinking here is that the camera slows down the shutter speed, allowing you to capture background scenery beyond the flash range, yet the flash still goes off, illuminating subjects within 3m. The results usually include more background...

3 August 2006, 16:09

Wi-Fi horrors

Digital Living Insufficient range is a common problem for many wireless networks, but there are ways to extend your coverage area into the places you need it most. High-gain antennas focus the energy they radiate in a particular direction, and you can use them to...

9 May 2005, 15:49

Get the most out of Wi-Fi

Digital Living WEP, the most basic of the two techniques, was designed to provide the same level of security as a wired network, but whereas an attacker needs physical access to a wired network to gain access, they only need to be within range of an access point...

4 May 2006, 16:30

Choose the right gear for high definition

Digital Living By varying the intensity of each colour, the display can produce the full range of colours. The most popular size is 42 inches, which can be found for around the same price as a similarly sized LCD • The contrast range -- meaning blacks can be very...

4 June 2007, 15:46

Monitor your home with a Wi-Fi Webcam

Digital Living Take the camera anywhere within range of your router that's near an electrical outlet and plug it in. To focus the image transmitted by your camera, place a book with a legible title at the range you want to be the focal point, then adjust the...

9 May 2005, 17:55

Camera phones

Digital Living Even a unit with a built-in flash will provide minimal support since the range is only about a metre or so, compared with the three- to five-metre range you get with a midlevel digital camera. Given the limited focal range of camera phones, you may...

11 May 2005, 12:43

Panasonic Viera TH37PV500

Digital Living Panasonic's Viera range of plasma televisions is the epitome of understated cool. This 37-inch model wants to wow you with its vibrant colours and excellent contrast.but you can get an LCD for less. Has plasma had its day?

24 February 2006, 17:34

PQI mPack P600

Digital Living It looks like a cross between a sci-fi prop and a make-up compact, but it's actually a portable video player with a vibrant, widescreen LCD and an extensive range of supported formats. A-list celeb or B-movie pleb, you decide.

10 February 2006, 10:47

Is the PS3 any good as a Blu-ray player?

Digital Living And here's why: the most important factor in deciding which DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray player to buy (in your budget range) is surely the quality of picture it outputs, and the PlayStation 3 is excellent.

28 March 2007, 17:24

Which UK music download store is the best?

Digital Living It has the largest music library in the world and stocks a vast range of musical styles. I'm trying to decide which MP3 player to buy based on which online music store is going to work best for me. So which UK store is the best?

2 May 2007, 17:12

Festival photos that rock!

Digital Living In the Nikon range, the amateur photographer will be inevitably drawn to the D70, the newer D70s or the budget-priced D50. The first thing you'll need to figure out is what camera to pick for a weekend camping in foreign fields.

Tags: risk, moment, subject, photographs

17 August 2005, 15:35

Gates keynote: move along, folks, nothing to see

Digital Living It's not often that you get to stare at a billionaire's wrinkles at such close range. Ah, the Bill Gates keynote. If you've never attended CES, this is the hot ticket the night before the show officially opens, packing out a huge theatre at the...

6 January 2006, 9:57