January, 2009

Categories: Gadgets    Tags: , , ,

Having hit you with news of Joebot yesterday, we thought it only proper to go and meet WowWee’s new knee-high beatboxing robot.

During our date we took a bunch of close-up photos of the wee fella, and he’s every bit as charming a dinky droid as you’d hope to meet.
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DAB is dead. It’s about to be crushed by Internet radio, which is coming to cars courtesy of Blaupunkt. It’ll dish up more choice than ever before, as well as working in areas where there’s no digital radio signal.

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Microsoft’s New Xbox Experience (NXE) has brought a cleaner, easier to use interface to the Xbox console, XBLA, LIVE, and media players. Now we have all had a few weeks to get used to it, Microsoft will be rolling out some new ‘Channels’ for exclusive themed content and games.

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Earlier we brought you news of WowWee’s new rolling robotic snooper called the Spyball. Now we’ve had a close-up look and play with it, we’re even more excited at the prospect of this sneaky sphere carrying out its spying antics at ankle level.

Click through for our hands-on photos of the Spyball cupped in the flesh…
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MSI NetOn all-in-one hands on

We’re starting to think that MSI, the Chinese computer maker, is copying over Asus‘s shoulder. First came the Wind netbook after the Eee PC, and now in the wake of the Eee Top it’s releasing its own all-in-one touchscreens, the Wind NetOn range. Still though, the specs aren’t to be smirked at, and we’ve got hands on with them. Pictures after the break.

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The ‘Curse of Silence‘ – a bug in Nokia S60 phones that can allow a malicious SMS to stop your phone receiving any future messages – is potentially a real headache for Nokia owners. Nobody wants to do a hard reset of their phone (the ‘official’ cure for the problem).

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Duck Hunter is an ingenious idea that sees you hurl a flapping autonomous mechanical duck into the air and attempt to shoot it down with an infrared gun. Shoot it thrice and it falls out of the sky and bites the dust. Get the full details here…
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We already know Sky’s working on broadcasting 3D TV signals, but you’ll still need a 3D TV to view them, and now we know who to buy it from: Mitsubishi. It’s been showing off its latest 3D screen at CES, measuring a whopping 73 inches across.

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