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Photos: Happy hour with robots

News A device like the Vino Viper, exhibited by Kal Spelletich, could come in very handy when people are lined up three and four deep around the bar. For those occasions, the Alcotron could come in handy. That, more or less, is the notion behind...

11 December 2006, 10:10

Laptop makers at CES highlight move to flash

News I expect it will go with flash," Handy said. GB of flash costs a consumer electronics manufacturer about $45, said Handy. Jim Handy, an analyst at Semico Research, says NAND won't replace laptop hard drives as long as Microsoft keeps expanding the...

5 January 2006, 8:21

SanDisk brings flash hard drives to laptops

News A few years ago, some of the people at Msystems told me their most expensive drives cost $70,000 (£36,000)," said Jim Handy, chief analyst at Objective Analysis. Those prices will crimp sales, Handy said.

4 January 2007, 9:13

News.blog: Google Calendar rocks!

News Google has a unique and very handy display function that lets users highlight any number of days or weeks in a monthly calendar thumbnail on the left-hand side to change the main calendar display to show only those days.

9 May 2006, 11:11

Ikea assembles pay as you go mobile

News Home furnishing retailer Ikea is hoping to make the humble pay as you go mobile SIM as handy as a standard-issue Allen key by undercutting the competition by a quarter. The purveyor of oddly named ranges of flat-pack furniture has pulled a new...

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5 August 2008, 9:13

Virtual gaming's elusive exchange rates

News At the Web site IGE.com, $51.99 can get you 500 World of Warcraft gold pieces, enough virtual currency to buy you the handy Hammer of the Titans weapon. In the world of online fantasy games, you can always buy more virtual assets if you've got a...

8 August 2005, 10:25

Apple's iPod costs likely went up -- in a flash

News They might have been able to get something for $40, but that's still $160 worth of memory," said Semico's Jim Handy. The two new music players introduced by Apple on Wednesday are smaller than the existing iPod Minis -- and they probably cost more...

8 September 2005, 11:08

Photos: Inside Firefox 2's beta 1

News This feature is handy if you keep a number of tabs open all the time. The Mozilla Organization continues to develop the next version of its popular Firefox browser. Code-named Bon Echo, Firefox 2 beta 1 is available now for download and use by the...

13 July 2006, 12:01

Photos: Top ten portable speaker systems

News Conclusion: The Altec Lansing iM7 offers good sound quality, flexible listening options and handy features, making it a solid choice for any iPod owner in the market for a complementary sound system. In this photo gallery, you'll find the top ten...

12 July 2006, 17:18

Sony Ericsson revamps flagship business smart phone

News People say to us that 'you have stick phones, the world is changing, you need to offer a clamshell', but we will stick with stick phones because they're handy and they're small," said Sakaguchi. Sony Ericsson has released the latest in its smart...

12 October 2005, 10:30

Tools for the ultimate high-tech survival kit

News Given that floods are the most common disaster in the UK and US, these items can come in handy. Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina can turn a high-tech culture into a decidedly low-tech one -- where shelter, water and food are what matters most.

3 October 2005, 10:08

News.blog: Google Earth's geotagged YouTube videos

News There's also handy search box, which will let you hunt for the city or street address, and see it on a map. If you were waiting for YouTube to roll out a maps feature to browse geotagged videos, the solution has come in the form of a new Google...

12 October 2007, 10:41

News.blog: Dell launches its new Latitude

News It also packs a handy Wi-Fi Catcher switch, which can sniff out wireless connections or shut all wireless devices off without booting up. Michael Dell promised it more than a month ago, and now Dell has finally delivered the new Latitude D420.

21 June 2006, 10:47

Wireless USB set to cut the cable

News It's important that it be there, it's going to be handy for getting rid of cables hanging around your desk. The computer industry is still working on the paperless office, but new short-range wireless technologies on tap for next year could at last...

18 October 2006, 10:52

News.blog: Microsoft's Live changes

News Very handy.they also demonstrated some translation features that are kind of cool, including the ability to split the screen to see the original and translated versions, as well as the ability to hover over a section of non-English text and see...

27 September 2007, 10:13