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Review of the Jabra BT620 Bluetooth Stereo Headset

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is running a positive review of the Jabra BT620 Bluetooth Stereo Headset.
I’m glad to see this, as I have not had a lot of great experiences
lately with Bluetooth devices. However, they did note some
line-of-sight issues. Loved [...]

iAXE USB Electric Guitar

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You can use the iAXE to shred some tunes as a standard electric guitar when connected to a guitar amp, but why do that when the guitar can turn you into a superstar when plugged into the computer! Using Guitar Combos software you [...]

Intelligent camera system to weed out ‘villains’ in Britain

CCTV cameras that detect potential offenders and then “tail” them are being tested in British shopping centres.
The £7,000 “Bug” is fitted with a ring of eight cameras that gives a panoramic view of a street. The footage is scanned by sophisticated software which can identify 50 behaviour traits that indicate whether somebody is acting [...]

The Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor

April 16, 2007 Taking one’s blood pressure can clearly tell you a lot about your health, but not nearly as much as SunTech Medical’s Oscar 2 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABP) monitor. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides a comprehensive assessment of a patient’s blood pressure profile with BP variability, overnight dipping and morning surge [...]

Apple announces Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Server

April 16, 2007 Apple today too the wraps off Final Cut Studio 2, a significant upgrade to the company’s video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors. Final Cut Studio 2 includes Final Cut Pro 6, which introduces Apple’s ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes and [...]

All-New 700 bhp RUF CTR3 Supercar unveiled

April 16, 2007 German sports car manufacturer RUF Automobile opened its new factory at the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday, taking the opportunity to launch of its all-new flagship model, the RUF CTR3 supercar, at the same time. In becoming the first sports car manufacturer to build a factory in the Middle East, RUF has [...]

Proton unveils prototype Hybrid Car Developed In Collaboration With Lotus

April 16, 2007 Malaysia’s National auto manufacturer Proton has unveiled its first Hybrid prototype, designed in collaboration with Lotus Engineering. It is just over two decades since the company bolted together its first cars from Mitsubishi parts imported from Japan, but as the company has grown in strength, it has acquired considerable engineering design, [...]

Charles in space: Hungarian space tourist loving the view from the International Space Station

April 16, 2007 Billionaire Charles Simonyi, the 5th civilian space traveller ever, has now completed more than a week of his 13-day space journey. He’s currently enjoying zero gravity on board the International Space Station (ISS) with its current long-term crew Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams. Private space tourism is taking off as an [...]

Nissan and NEC form new company to mass produce lithium-ion batteries for the global automotive community

April 16, 2007 The evolution towards cleaner powertrains will see the proliferation of a wider mix of electric-powered vehicles including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles. Accordingly, it is significant that Nissan Motor Company, NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary, NEC TOKIN, have signed an agreement to establish a joint-venture company – [...]

14-year-old Ribena vigilantes cost GlaxoSmithKline NZ$220K in false advertising case

April 14, 2007 When 14-year-old New Zealand schoolgirls Jenny Suo and Anna Devathasan handed in their surprising Science Fair project results in 2004, they hardly expected to strike a financial blow for the consumer, but that’s exactly what happened when global pharmaceutical juggernaut GlaxoSmithKline admitted to 15 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act at [...]