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Sat-nav for joggers

News The new Nike+iPod Sport Kit underlines that major electronics companies such as Apple are discovering the opportunity, but that kit is still not much more than a pedometer. GPS, already indispensable for soldiers, pilots and lorry drivers, is now...

6 June 2006, 9:29

USB drives smarten up

News The U3 group has created a smart-drive platform package that includes a hardware development kit, software developer kit and the U3 system software. It may have been a year ago, but Kate Purmal remembers well how her nine-year-old daughter made a...

8 June 2005, 8:55

News.blog: Technology infiltrates toyland

News I also gave Lego high marks for its newly updated Mindstorm build-it-yourself robotics kit. The 571-piece kit comes with four sensors, two of which are Lego's new Ultrasonic Sensors, which become the eyes of the robot, measuring distance and...

17 February 2006, 11:51

News.blog: iPhone to get chat app?

News The US Patent and Trademark Office published the application, titled "Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging", on 6 March -- the very same day Apple was providing details on its software development kit for the iPhone, including AOL's...

Tags: apple, messages, chat, messaging

23 April 2008, 9:34

News.blog: Google updates Android interface

News Google released a new version of the software developer kit for its Android mobile open development platform on Wednesday. The new SDK has a new user interface, a geocoder that lets developers search for businesses as well as translate an address...

Tags: developers, handset, package, telephony

14 February 2008, 7:46

Lego Mindstorms not child's play

News Lund was promoting Lego's Mindstorms NXT, a sophisticated and open-ended robot development kit masquerading as a child's toy. But behind the plastic was a programmable controller that allows anyone who buys the $249 (£140) kit -- expected to hit...

6 January 2006, 9:59

First in-flight mobile call connects on Emirates

News Emirates airline has launched the world's first commercial in-flight mobile telephone service and will spend $27m (£14m) to kit out its entire fleet with the technology.The first authorised in-flight mobile call was made at 9,000m on 21 March on...

Tags: flight, aircraft, fleet, passengers

26 March 2008, 9:31

Photos: Apple debuts iPhone 'software road map'

News Here are are some photos to help you feel like you were on Apple's guest list for the official launch of the company's iPhone software development kit on Thursday. The SDK gives the hot-shot gadget its entrée into the business and even gaming worlds.

Tags: networks, jobs, president, iphone

7 March 2008, 9:49

Scented mobile phone hits Japan

News Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising scents and a double screen. The DoCoMo mobile 'smelly phone' is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson, which uses scented...

18 January 2007, 9:20

Google phone gossip gets hotter

News One particularly juicy nugget of whisper that has refused to die is the Google phone, a piece of mobile kit the search giant is supposed to be working on. The mobile industry likes nothing more than a good piece of gossip.

15 March 2007, 11:50

PC shoppers will pay more to go green

News A survey conducted for Greenpeace by Ipsos-Mori found more than half of PC buyers in nine countries would be happy to spend more on their kit to make sure they're buying green machines. Shoppers are willing to spend more to guarantee their hardware...

28 June 2006, 8:55

WiMax to hit Stratford-on-Avon

News The six-month pilot will be run by ISP Pipex with kit from Airspan in Stratford-on-Avon. Another area of the UK is set to get a taste of WiMax this year -- the Midlands will be the next region to trial the long-range wireless broadband technology...

25 August 2005, 9:09

Motorola and Nokia bond over DVB-H

News Motorola and Nokia announced on Monday they will be working together to promote DVB-H, one standard used for broadcast mobile TV, with a view to interoperability between all their relevant kit and services.

12 September 2006, 9:37

BitTorrent's deal sparks Hollywood debate

News Long considered in Hollywood as part of an extensive and despised piracy tool kit, BitTorrent's file-sharing system will be used by Warner Bros.to distribute films and TV shows starting sometime this summer, the companies announced on Tuesday.

10 May 2006, 9:19

Pipex chuffed with WiMax trial

News Pipex Wireless experimented with both indoor and outdoor kit from Airspan to monitor the speeds WiMax can actually generate. Pipex has completed the first phase of its WiMax experiment, saying the results exceeded expectations.

16 August 2006, 9:47