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Review: Innergie PocketCell pocket battery charger: elegant design though limited capacity 20 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
Smartphone battery life has marched backwards, or so it seems: my ancient HTC Desire still lasts longer on a full charge than my newer Nokia Lumia 620 or Sony Xperia T. Another problem is tablets: bat...
Expanding the Raspberry Pi with PiFace and Pi Rack 9 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
The marvellous Raspberry Pi, essentially a cheap, small PC, is a great device for education or home projects like media streaming. Out of the box though, it is not ideal for controlling other devices ...
Review: Bayan Audio Soundbook Bluetooth dock 2 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm
The Bayan Audio Soundbook is a portable wireless speaker system for your smartphone, MP3 player, tablet or laptop. Oh yes, and an FM radio too. It measures 160 x 88 x 38 mm – chunky for a portable un...
Dragon Notes Review: quick voice to text for Windows 8, but is it good enough? 20 Jul 2013 | 12:59 am
When I saw that Nuance had released a Dragon Notes app for Windows 8 I was intrigued for two reasons. First, I am interested in tracking the health of the app market for Windows 8, and an app from a c...
Microsoft financials: nearly a $billion lost on Surface RT but prospering in server and cloud 19 Jul 2013 | 12:24 pm
See the post here.
Review: Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus capture and streaming device 18 Jul 2013 | 08:57 pm
Hauppauge’s HD PVR 2 is a video capture device. The idea is that you connect it between a video source, such as an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, and the TV or home theatre system you normally use. Instan...
DTS Headphone X surround sound from stereo is astonishing though Z+ music app disappoints 8 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
I first heard the DTS surround sound from stereo demo at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The technology is called Headphone X. It was astonishing. You went into the Qualcomm Snapdragon...
Review: Acer Iconia W3 with Windows 8.1 Preview 7 Jul 2013 | 04:36 pm
Attendees at Microsoft’s Build conference last month were given an Acer Iconia W3 tablet, presumably because it is the earliest examples of Windows 8 on an 8″ tablet. I find it hard to assess; it seem...
Bing Maps app on Windows 8: rubbish compared to Bing Maps on the web 4 Jul 2013 | 01:11 pm
I have been looking at the Bing Maps app on Windows 8 and 8.1 (it is the same). It is surprising how poor it is. The web version is better, which is odd because you would have thought they used the sa...
Virtual Reality with Oculus Rift 2 Jul 2013 | 05:08 pm
I tried these on during Microsoft’s Build conference, at the Xamarin party. No, it is not me in the picture. No, it’s not Microsoft’s answer to Google Glass. Rather, it is the Oculus Rift, a Virtual R...
