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Maccessori Harris Tweed iPhone pouch available now
Handcrafted in Scotland 30 September 2009 9:36 GMT
Patriotic Scots and Tweed-lovers can now get their hands on a genuine Harris Tweed pouch for their iPhone, or the like.

The Maccessori case is handcrafted in Scotland from genuine Harris Tweed from the Western Isles of Scotland.

It's designed to...
Creative launches "Silencing" gaming headsets
Fatal1ty and Sound Blaster branded 30 September 2009 9:34 GMT
Creative has unveiled a couple of headsets aimed at PC gamers who fancy amping up their sound a little. There's the Sound Blaster Arena Surround USB Gaming Headset, and the Fatal1ty Professional Series Gaming Headset MkII. Both have a new noise-supression technology built...
Quick guide to the Freeview retune on 30 September
All you need to know to make sure you can still watch your telly 30 September 2009 9:30 GMT
You may have noticed a rather annoying message on your TV screens for the last few weeks getting right in the way of Ian Beale, Holly Willoughby, Jeremy Clarkson and most of the United midfield. If you've taken the time to read the message, rather than scowl at it until...
80% of UK televisions now digital
Secondary set conversions sees new high 30 September 2009 9:22 GMT
People getting secondary TV sets hooked up to Freeview has led to a new high for digital television in the UK, reports Ofcom.

The regulator's Digital TV Progress Report reveals that 80% of all televisions in the UK are now digitally-enabled.

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WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Wildlife Finder
Auntie shares her years of wild living 30 September 2009 9:00 GMT
Regular readers will know I’m a fan of the BBC. It makes me all patriotic to know that we have one of the finest broadcasters on the planet and, as I’ve said before, nobody does wildlife filming like the Beeb.

Sir David Attenborough is the quintessential presenter...
Truphone Android app gets refreshed
Complete overhaul of the interface 29 September 2009 17:55 GMT
Truphone has announced that its popular Android app is getting an upgrade, to version 2.0. The application will be benefiting from a completely new user interface, better account management and it'll also now run natively - meaning it'll run faster.

Truphone,...
LaCie Sound2 Speakers launch
With a little help from Neil Poulton and Cabasse 29 September 2009 17:51 GMT
LaCie has announced what it says are "high-end speakers", modelled after acoustic engineering company Cabasse's loudspeaker technology - the LaCie Sound2 Speakers, as designed by Neil Poulton.

With Cabasse's loudspeaker driver support, the Sound2 Speakers are...
IWOOT offers 3.5-inch PMP
Unbranded player includes TV reception 29 September 2009 17:24 GMT
IWOOT has come up with a relatively budget portable media player that also includes television functionality. Although it's not branded, the player in the picture on IWOOT's site does say "August", though that's not a company we've heard of before.

The screen...
Microsoft's free antivirus now available
Security Essentials graduates from beta 29 September 2009 17:23 GMT
Microsoft's free antivirus package, "Microsoft Security Essentials", is now available to anyone, just over three months after it went into a beta test period in June that was limited to US users.

But now everyone can grab the bare-bones security package from...
Fresh Apple tablet rumours claim the iPad is due on 19 January
Proven source says 10.7-incher waiting final approval from Jobs 29 September 2009 16:36 GMT
The most recent Apple tablet rumours to hit pegged the 9.6-inch device at $800 with a February launch.

Now iLounge's "reliable" Apple source - that correctly predicted the firth-gen nano and iPhone 3GS - has come up with fresh data.

According...
Panasonic reveals HDC-TM350 camcorder
Limited edition, and high definition 29 September 2009 16:33 GMT
Panasonic has dropped us word of a camcorder that it'll soon be launching - the HDC-TM350. It's strictly limited edition - only 200 will be available - and it's a sister model to the HDC-TM300, which has won multiple awards.

It's rather on the advanced side...
VIDEO: Vlingo offers voice recognition mobile app
Order your Nokia handset around 29 September 2009 16:14 GMT
Vlingo has created a mobile app that will let you speak to your Nokia handset. The company behind it claims that you can say whatever you want into your handset and the phone will respond and perform, implying that there's semantic technology in there, too.

The...
Leaked pic of touchscreen Apple TV remote emerges
Snazzy new home cinema offering incoming? 29 September 2009 15:32 GMT
Apple could be about to revamp its Apple TV offering with a snazzy new remote control, a fresh leak suggests.

From The Boy Genius Report blog comes this image of what looks like a touchscreen remote control for the home cinema product.

Very much...
Playfish debuts Quiztastic Facebook game
Create your own quiz show 29 September 2009 15:26 GMT
Playfish has launched another casual game to appeal to the masses on Facebook. This one's called Quiztastic and lets players create and customise a TV-style quiz show to play against friends and Playfish users.

Playfish doesn't seem to be doing too badly out...
iRiver B30 DAB radio and PMP on sale in UK
Digital radio on the go 29 September 2009 15:08 GMT
The iRiver B30 is now on sale in the UK through Digital Audio Distribution, the exclusive distributor of iRiver goodies on our fair isle.

The B30 offers DAB radio on the go plus all the features of a portable media player.

Boasting "crystal clear...
Lenovo promises ultra-speedy Windows 7 boot times
56% faster than XP or Vista 29 September 2009 14:33 GMT
Lenovo has begun the Windows 7 battle with a shot across the bows of other hardware manufacturers. The company is claiming that it has the fastest boot and shutdown times out there - it says that its ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktop PCs will boot Windows 7 56%...
VIDEO: Dell Latitude Z
See the wireless charger stand in action 29 September 2009 14:02 GMT
Dell's new Latitude Z offers some innovative tech, not limited to a wireless charging stand and wire-free docking.

In this official Dell vid, a company exec talks us through some of the new features of the Latitude "Zee".

Hit play now to hear all...
Grifffin Elan Form Etch iPhone cases announced
Leather covers for your Apple mobile 29 September 2009 13:39 GMT
Griffin Technology has announced a new range of fashion cases for the iPhone 3G, the "Elan Form Etch range".

Every Etch case features a leather exterior bonded to a "near-indestructible" polycarbonate inner shell.

Designs include the checkerboard...
HP offers music with laptops
1000 free tracks, but with DRM? 29 September 2009 12:56 GMT
HP are reported to be offering free music downloads with new laptops that consumers buy. In a move that echos Nokia's questionable Comes With Music service, anyone that buys a new laptop will a scratchcard thrown in with a PIN number on it.

You can then visit...
Jabra Cruiser speakerphone announced
High-end in-car hands-free 29 September 2009 12:12 GMT
Jabra has announced the Cruiser - a new Bluetooth 2.1 in-car speakerphone system.

The Cruiser is the first speakerphone to use "Dual Microphone" tech, that Jabra claims eliminates background noise and cancels out any echo, so users can call regardless of how...
Shazam launches for O2 customers
Dial-in music identification service available 29 September 2009 12:01 GMT
Shazam has announced that it has done a new deal with a mobile phone operator and teamed up with O2 to offer its music discovery service to O2 customers.

The agreement means that anyone on O2 can use the Shazam service by dialing 2580 on their mobile and holding...
Elgato EyeTV comes to iPhone
Remote control over recording 29 September 2009 12:00 GMT
Elgato has announced that its EyeTV application is now available on the iTunes App Store. The app allows users to watch live TV and recordings over the iPhone, as well as browse the program guide and start recordings remotely.

You'll need the EyeTV 3.2 software,...
VIDEO OF THE DAY – what Facebook is for
Confused? Don't be. It's all so simple... 29 September 2009 12:00 GMT
If there’s a better person than Somegreybloke to explain what Facebook is actually for, then we don’t know who it is.

This is absolutely priceless

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Be.ez LE vertigo bags available in new colours
New eco versions made from re-engineered materials 29 September 2009 11:42 GMT
Be.ez has announced two new additions to the LE vertigo notebook bag collection in "lime art" and "black/pumpkin".

Available in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, the LE vertigo bags position laptops in a vertical orientation, instead of the horizontal of most other...
Logitech's Squeezebox Radio gets Queen album early
"Absolute Greatest" to debut on Wi-Fi-enabled player 29 September 2009 11:10 GMT
In what's being described as an industry first, Queen are joining up with Logitech to offer their new album "Absolute Greatest" exclusively first the Wi-Fi-enabled Logitech Squeezebox Radio and music player.

From now, owners of the Logitech Squeezebox Radio...