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  • Why do wires get tangled up?

    Why do wires get tangled up?

    FEATURE Pocket-lint unravels the mystery 24 January 2011 15:00 GMT

    We've all been there - you place your headphones delicately into your pocket, sometimes just for a minute while you pop into a shop, but when you go to retrieve them, they don't look like your headphones anymore. Or more specifically, the wire doesn't....

  • HDBaseT: The all-in-one HDMI killer

    HDBaseT: The all-in-one HDMI killer

    Multifunctional cable that uses standard Ethernet port 2 July 2010 12:20 GMT

    Now, if you thought that HDMI was not only the present, but also the future, when it comes to high definition audio and video cabling then think again, because an alliance of top electronic companies is developing a new technology based on some old...

  • Belkin offers easy transfer cable for Windows 7

    Belkin offers easy transfer cable for Windows 7

    Due Q1 2010... 8 October 2009 11:42 GMT

    Belkin is offering an "easy transfer cable for Windows 7" for those worried about getting their digital media, email, files, folders and settings from their old Windows PCs to their shiny new Windows 7 efforts.

    Belkin claims its $40 cable...

  • Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba team up on mobile HDMI

    Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba team up on mobile HDMI

    Will create new standard for HD connection of portable devices to TVs 30 September 2009 13:27 GMT

    Top consumer electronics companies have revealed they are teaming up to effectively create a mobile, or mini, version of the HDMI port for portable devices and phones.

    Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba have all announced they are working...

  • Cablox cable management system launches

    Cablox cable management system launches

    Tidy up wire spaghetti 21 September 2009 10:03 GMT

    Cablox is a new kind of cable management system that's said to be easy to install and use.

    Designed to tidy up the wire spaghetti you get behind your desk, the Cablox units can be stuck to any clean surface.

    When in place,...

  • Amazon releases unbranded cables, blank media

    Amazon releases unbranded cables, blank media

    Will AmazonBasics come to the UK? 21 September 2009 9:52 GMT

    Amazon has launched a range of "Basics" products in the US - a self-branded set of bog-standard cables, blank CDs, blank DVDs, etc. The company says that additional accessories and other items will be added to the range in the coming months.

  • Firebox offers CableDrops

    Firebox offers CableDrops

    Cunning cable management 17 September 2009 10:52 GMT

    Firebox is offering what looks like a fantastic solution to "cable drop" syndrome, the "CableDrop".

    As we have all experienced, cables have an annoying habit of slithering away behind desks and the like to land in a spaghetti-mess of wires....

  • Outlet wall concept revealed

    Outlet wall concept revealed

    Design idea for never going short of a socket 16 June 2009 16:25 GMT

    This American concept design could be described as a home cinema buff's dream.

    With this vision, there'd be no more overcrowded extension leads, and no trying to cram the entire cable mess down behind the telly.

    Instead, this...

  • IOGEAR’s USB Laptop KVM Switch available

    IOGEAR’s USB Laptop KVM Switch available

    Connect two computers via USB 27 May 2009 13:31 GMT

    IOGEAR has announced the availability of its USB Laptop KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) Switch with file transfer in the UK through SVP.co.uk.

    The Laptop KVM Switch connects two computers via USB 2.0 ports, and is said to be the first of...

  • Apple sued over MagSafe Power Adapters

    Apple sued over MagSafe Power Adapters

    "Dangerously frays and sparks" claims class action lawsuit 6 May 2009 11:50 GMT

    Apple is facing another lawsuit in the States, this time a class action effort that sees the company accused of negligent design and manufacture of its MagSafe Power Adapter for its MacBooks and MacBook Pros.

    A trio of plaintiffs - Naotaka...

  • Brando offers card reading cable

    Brando offers card reading cable

    The ultimate space saver? 27 February 2009 10:20 GMT

    Brando is offering an interesting idea for those that want to save desk space - a card reading cable.

    The 2-in-1 card reader cable consists of an SD memory card reader built-in to a mini USB cable.

    With this combo design, you...

  • Home cinema fans get six source HDMI media switch

    Home cinema fans get six source HDMI media switch

    Upscales inputs to 1080p 23 February 2009 9:32 GMT

    The Satellite Shop has announced the availability of the new HDMI media switch for those who want to get connected.

    The media switch allows you to connect multiple media sources to a single HDMI socket on any LCD, plasma TV or monitor allowing...

  • LaCie launches colour-coded Flat Cables

    LaCie launches colour-coded Flat Cables

    A neat idea 2 December 2008 13:17 GMT

    LaCie has launched a "practical and fun" new line of products for the home and office, the LaCie Flat Cables created by product design company "item".

    The colourful LaCie Flat Cables claim to bring functional improvements along with a "stylish...

  • Lindy offers

    Lindy offers "premium gold" USB cable

    24k gold-plated 23 October 2008 14:21 GMT

    Does your cable area look "cluttered and drab?" If so, then Lindy is hoping you'll splash out on the company's new range of Premium Gold USB 2.0 Cables with "superb build quality and stylish design".

    All of the USB cables feature 24 carat...

  • Woofy Cable Container for neat and tidy homes. Gadgets, Cables, Photos 0

    Woofy Cable Container for neat and tidy homes

    But makes you wince when you see where the cables come out of... 13 October 2008 15:49 GMT

    Designer Gabriel Nigro has come up with a dinky device for tidying away all of the cables that are piled up like spaghetti in most homes feeding various gadgets and gizmos.

    The Woofy Cable Container is shaped like a puppy and all of the cables...

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