Kindle 2: giving ebooks another chance?

January 27th, 2009

stanza-ebook-iphoneAmazon has called a press conference for next week and rumours are flying that the book colossus will announce a revamped ebook reader or Kindle 2.

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Games sales up; Blu-ray still disappointing

January 26th, 2009

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According to market research firm Media Control Gfk, consumers bought more video games than DVD and Blu-ray titles in 2008. In fact, games edged out home movies by 53 per cent to 47 per cent.

It was also reported that global sales of videogame software has risen an encouraging 20 percent in 2008, reaching $32 billion, while DVD and Blu Ray Sales had dropped six percent for the year, falling at $29.8 billion.

It is thought that the biggest contributing factors to the steady increase in game sales was Nintendo’s Wii, while home movie media is being curbed by the transition from DVD to Blu-Ray.

Global game sales overtake DVD/Blu-ray [CVG]

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HP tx2 laptop is all ‘touch-feely’

January 26th, 2009

touchsmart-tx2From Microsoft’s Surface to the Apple iPhone, ‘multi-touch’ is the ongoing buzz phrase in interface design circles. HP is the latest company to add the technology to its laptop range. Cue the HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC.

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Welcome to Digibode

January 19th, 2009

new-open-signSo what is ‘Digibode’? In short, this is a site that embraces the idea of the ’smart home’. You might also know it as the ‘digital home’, the ‘future home’ or the ‘connected home’. Read the rest of this entry »

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