Hamburg - If speed matters when transferring data, then consumers can hardly go wrong when buying an external hard drive. The Hamburg-based Computer Bild magazine recently tested eight devices in the 2.5 and 3.5 inch format, and the results were encouraging.
The devices all received a grade of "good" for their speed. The noise levels on the hard drives were also checked, with most models barely audible, the magazine reports. The test did reveal that many models run very warm, which can have a negative effect on service life, the experts feel.
Berlin - DVB-T - digital television received using an antenna - is available in a growing number of cities and countries. It's even possible to watch DVB-T on a laptop. The easiest way to do so is using a USB stick as a receiver.
"There are also cards for the PCMCIA slot on older laptops," says Michael Wolf, hardware expert from the German consumer testing organisation Stiftung Warentest in Berlin.
Paderborn, Germany - A ride on the oldest stretches of New York's subway is no further away than a quick trip to the video game store, thanks to World of Subways - a new simulator program.
The technology seems to be advancing day by day and it brings happy news for all those who are gizmo freaks.
To add more to their wardrobe, LG has unveiled its latest LG-KC780 8 Megapixel Camera Phone in the market.
The feature-rich phone comes packed with an 8 megapixel resolution camera with a Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens for better quality and sharpness of effigies together with an ISO up to 1600 and a SmartLight setting for bright conditions and a built-in image stabiliser.
London, Oct 11 : In a move to improve the quality of discussion on its pages, YouTube has launched a new feature, called “audio preview,” to humiliate commenters by making them listen to their posts before they submit them.
The ''play back'' feature is mainly aimed at embarrassing inane commenters into rethinking their posts.
The feature first appeared as a joke in a popular web comic some time back, but what looks like, the video-sharing site has taken the suggestion rather seriously, reports the Telegraph.
In a recent move Nintendo has announced that all software and games with Dsi software shall be Region Restricted which means that a person in Europe will be able to use only European Dsi and not from any other region .While Nintendo's DS and Game Cube have no such restriction and are same for all regions.