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Manufacturers unwrap first Origami PCs

News Intel lifted the lid on Microsoft's Origami project on Thursday by showing off three Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) devices at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover. As expected, one of the UMPCs was manufactured by Samsung.

9 March 2006, 11:41 > More matches in News

Greenpeace wants gamers to save the planet

News Greenpeace is hoping to persuade gamers to force console manufacturers to be greener. The site aims to educate gamers and encourages them to write to game manufacturers to insist that they adopt "greener" practices.Two weeks ago, Greenpeace...

Tags: earth, console, manufacturers, policy

13 December 2007, 9:03 > More matches in News

News.blog: Gadgets with high 'wife appeal'

News It's not always called WAF, because, after all, not everyone is married, but it's become fairly common practice for manufacturers to market electronics directly to women as they wink at men. The beauty of WAF is that it empowers you to spend large...

30 October 2006, 10:17 > More matches in News

Ricoh could be peacemaker in hi-def war

News Ricoh, the Japanese electronics giant, has come up with a component that will let manufacturers build drives that read and record both HD DVD discs and Blu-ray discs, potentially bringing some peace to the disc wars.

11 July 2006, 10:22 > More matches in News

Sony Ericsson Z610i: Mirror, mirror on the phone

Crave Fortunately, mobile phone manufacturers seem to have the same affliction and the latest gadget to pop up on our shiny radar is the Sony Ericsson Z610i. Some manufacturers have pointed out that the mirrored sections can also be used as a makeup mirror.

Tags: sony ericsson, sony, ericsson, sections

1 September 2006, 10:29 > More matches in Crave

Recycling legislation means polluter must now pay

News Legislation designed to put the financial burden for recycling old technology on suppliers and manufacturers rather than all tax payers has finally been fully introduced and enforced. Under WEEE, manufacturers and retailers of technology will be...

3 July 2007, 9:17 > More matches in News

Greenpeace criticises wasteful IT industry

News Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has criticised IT manufacturers for doing too little to make components easy to recycle and re-use. Alhajj said manufacturers would profit from shifting their business model to using more durable materials...

Tags: companies, components, technologies, products

6 March 2008, 9:18 > More matches in News

Conservatives target videogames

News David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition, believes that the producers of videogames, movies and music videos, along with hardware manufacturers and ratings body the British Board of Film Classification, need to be more responsible.

30 August 2007, 8:41 > More matches in News

Sony Alpha DSLR-A300 and A350: Mirror, mirror

Crave Where other manufacturers showed their hands early, Sony has gone right down to the wire with the proclamation of two new entry-level α (Alpha) dSLRs: the A300 and A350. Some manufacturers flip the internal mirror up and keep it up to facilitate...

31 January 2008, 11:51 > More matches in Crave

Crave TV: Beyond 1080p

Crave We always knew manufacturers wouldn't be content with 1080p. Despite the challenges, all the manufacturers agree that this format has a future. After all, once they've got your money, they need to invent some ways of getting you to part with more...

24 January 2008, 16:01 > More matches in Crave

UK introduces tech recycling law

News Much-delayed legislation that will force technology manufacturers to bear the financial costs of recycling tech equipment has finally come into force in the UK. The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive is expected to drive...

3 January 2007, 9:31 > More matches in News

Laptop makers at CES highlight move to flash

News Doubling the number of transistors on a memory chip allows manufacturers to put more memory cells on it. Manufacturers of NAND flash memory say they will expand the market for their chips over the next few years and colonise devices that now rely...

5 January 2006, 8:21 > More matches in News

Vista may require hybrid drive tech

News Details have emerged this week that Microsoft may be planning to make it mandatory for laptop manufacturers who want to support its operating system to install hybrid flash drives. Hybrid hard drive manufacturers Samsung and Seagate, as well as...

19 June 2006, 10:11 > More matches in News

Kodak EasyShare M1073 hands-on with photos

Crave We've no problem with manufacturers sticking 'IS' in the names of cameras, because we're pleased they're including optical image stabilisation. In the current favourite marketing wheeze, most camera manufacturers are trumpeting high-definition stills.

17 July 2008, 11:44 > More matches in Crave

Nissan DV100 review

Reviews While major manufacturers such as Toshiba and Sony have the lion's share of the DVD player market, the smaller players are starting to snap at their heels. These are the sort of features that you don't usually get on players at twice this price...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: nissan, dvd player, silver, remote control

27 July 2005, 12:30 > More matches in Reviews