It’s almost time to pack up and get out, but before you do, be sure to stock up on all the latest tech news, boiled down and condensed here for you in the lunchtime lowdown. Ready? Steady? Eat!
October, 2009
The Powermat wireless charger will only work with low-power portable gear like phones and iPods right now, but the boffins behind it are beavering away on something much more ambitious: a wireless charger for your laptop. Who needs a MagSafe connector when your desk can charge your machine for you?
Yesterday we heard what seemed like a cast-iron claim from Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer that a Blu-ray drive, most likely as an add-on accessory, was coming to the Xbox. Now that’s been nixed once more, with a firm assertion from inside Redmond’s console camp that HD downloads are the basket Microsoft has all its eggs in.
The Powermat wireless charger for juicing all your gadget gear over the air is just beginning to trickle into shops now, and we’ve had a go with one ourselves for your delectation. Is it the universal Touchstone we were hoping for? Read on for first photos and impressions.
Morning! Get a good kip? The tech news didn’t, and it’s about to come rolling on through once more, so steady yourself first with a roundup of all the latest right here in your techie breakie!
Sony’s Vaio X Series is the company’s new slimmie that makes the Macbook Air look fat by comparison, but does it pack enough inside its lithe case to compete with the big boys? Read our Sony Vaio X Series review now to find out.
We’re used to seeing digital photo frames that double up as music players or Facebook portals, but the Sony S-Frame DPP-F700 does things a little differently. As well as chucking all your holiday snap shenanigans onto its 7-inch screen, it prints them off too to shove in a real album.
Taiwanese computer cobbler MSI has another touchscreen Windows 7 all-in-one bound for Britain, the MSI Wind Top AE2200, and it ups the ante on the AE2010 we spied in August. We’ve got the pics and the specs right here in our official photo gallery.