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Article | 19/08/2008 5 movies starring computers

Computers are all over movies these days, from the ones behind the scenes that create gosh-wow special effects to the ones on screen that are the cons...

Article | 6/08/2008 New FireWire spec is good to go, go go

Recently the 1394 Trade Association approved the FireWire S1600 and S3200 formats, with the final spec to be published in October.

Article | 19/05/2008 Five groovy sites for free music downloads

Short of "free food" and "free beer," "free music" is one of the sweetest phrases you can hear. But getting tunes gratis doesn't have to mean ending u...

Article | 6/05/2008 The top 15 vaporware products of all time

The tech industry has had more than its fair share of products that infamously failed to take off. Some fit the classic definition of vaporware, and w...

Article | 21/04/2008 5 gadgets that make you seem artistic

"Everyone is an artist." Those are the words of the controversial German artist Joseph Beuys, and I happen to agree with him.

Article | 19/03/2008 Beatles Music Inching Ever Closer to iTunes

It's been almost two years since we first reported that the Beatles were digitally remastering their music catalogue in anticipation of making it avai...

Article | 21/09/2007 Coming Soonish: USB (and FireWire) for Speed Freaks

Anyone remember the old days of USB 1.1? I do, every time I plug my thumb drive into an older computer and find myself waiting interminably for that 8...

Article | 19/07/2007 Sony, iPod make beautiful music together

Sony <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/sony-introduces-a-pair-o-docks-for-ipod-279697.php">unveiled</a> a pair of iPod devices Th...

Article | 24/04/2007 You bet your drive

Can't get enough of poker? The Memorex USB flash drive should tide you over between games. The drive's protective cover is styled to look like a small...

Article | 24/04/2007 iPod shuffle plays in the big leagues

iPod Shuffle owners no longer have to feel like second-class citizens of the iPod nation. Though the Shuffle's tiny size has led to some interesting a...

Article | 24/04/2007 Your iPod Is good to the last drop

iPod owners might have felt left out when I <a href="http://blogs.pcworld.com/digitalworld/archives/2007/04/this_player_sin_1.html">wrote about</a> th...

Article | 20/04/2007 Opponents to chow down Pac-Man championship

Flex those chomping muscles, retro gamers: the Pac-Man World Championship goes down starting next week on Xbox Live Arcade.

Article | 20/04/2007 The new Internet menace: Wilfing

If there's one thing that I can't stand, it's cutesy new acronyms tied to questionable studies -- like "wilf," a curiously incomplete abbreviation for...

Article | 20/04/2007 Another new flash memory format debuts

Do we really need another new flash format? Actually, some people might.

Article | 9/04/2007 We'll have custom blinktones?

Getting mobile phone calls at work can mean one of two things: either the ringing bugs people around you (honestly, did you have to download the "Bole...