RealNetworks climbs back onto the agenda today, announcing the release of a beta of RealPlayer SP for the Mac, the latest version of the company’s multimedia playback solution. RealPlayer SP clearly wants to live at the side of the dominant iTunes ecosystem. While RealPlayer 11 let users download videos, including those from YouTunes, to the computer; this version lets you convert those clips into a format that’s suitable  Read More →

The iPhone Dev Team released Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 on Monday, only days after Apple released its iPhone OS 3.1.3 update. Pwnage Tool is a utility that “jailbreaks” the iPhone and iPod touch so users can install and run applications that aren’t available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.  Read More →

Nikon is at it yet again with another digital camera for the masses – the Nikon Coolpix S8000 is the latest in the Coolpix range which proves the age old adage of not judging a book by its cover. After all, it comes with a slim and slender body that is actually capable of holding a powerful and versatile 10x Optical Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens which will no doubt deliver extremely sharp, crisp images regardless of whether you shoot an image... 

Before zippers came along, mankind had to grapple with their arch nemesis – laces. Apart from making it extremely difficult for a hot-blooded male to relieve his consort of her extremely tight corset (which was wound with a knot that proved harder than the Gordian knot), it also proved to be rather messy when you needed it to stay in place the most. Well, the Lace-amatic could offer a dramatic solution to this age old problem, functioning... 

Filed under: iPhone , iPod touch , App Review As a tabletop board game, Hive has been around since 2001. It draws inspiration from classic abstract strategy games like chess and shogi but does away with that pesky board (see also: Tile Chess ). The iPhone/iPod touch app [US$1.99, iTunes link ] brings everything from the physical version to your pocket, and if clever placement of bug-decorated pieces is your thing, the game is well worth the... 

It’s amazing to me that some of the most prevalant brands in iPod and iPhone accessories weren’t actually available in Apple retail stores. Well, now they are – Australian distributors iWorld Australia has announced today that their products from iLuv, Dexim, Speck, 4Mac, Novothink and JWin are now available in Apple Stores around the country. (more…)  Read More →

Lately I’ve been thinking of replacing my wall clock and going for something completely different and with this Canvas Clock that’s exactly what I’ve found.  Printed onto a pretty white canvas is nothing more than a clock.  However, instead of purely being an image like it initially appears, it actually tells you the current time.  It’s a great way for you to have that tabletop clock look except on your wall. The hands... 

Turning off all of your gadgets while they’re not in use is always a good idea, be it because of the earth friendly benefits or just to bring your power bill down.  Either way we all know we should be powering down more often.  Well for those of you that still are having issues remembering to turn some things off this TrickleStrip will help make sure all of your devices hooked up to your computer will be shut down with it….  Read More →

Filed under: iPhone , Road Tested A while back, we had a product announcement about the OWLE bubo (US$129.95). That bizarre name is actually a play on words: OWLE stands for “Optical Widget for Life Enhancement” (the company’s name) and bubo is the genus for American horned owls and old world eagle owls. The device, if you have an imagination, even looks like a cartoonists idea of a horned owl. So, now that we’ve got... 

The Olympus PEN E-PL1 is the third generation device of its kind, where Olympus claims that it offers technology which normally delivers great looking photos in bigger, bulkier and heavier professional Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras as well as High-Definition (HD) camcorders, albeit with the PEN E-PL1 being a whole lot smaller. Targeting shutterbugs who were mulling over a DSLR but didn’t want to deal with the weight and size,... 

Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre has just introduced their latest collaboration – Beats Solo HD (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition Headphones that comes with a rather monstrous price poin of $229.95. Well, if you happen to have to dough to spare, why not – after all, it will be available online at HSN.com till March 1st, where a portion of…  Read More →

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One of the problems with having a car is when you lose the key and you can’t find the spare. If only you could find a friend who has the Electronic Key Impressioner. All you need to do is stick that key-shaped end into a lock, and it can scan a lock from the inside and record what it sees. From there, it is as easy as taking it back to the computer and plugging it into the computer via USB port. This gives a code that can be used in a... 

Game Developer Research says that Apple is winning the race among handheld game developers: 19 per cent write now for the iPhone and iPod touch. That’s more than double the amount of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP developers. Other interesting figures: (more…)  Read More →

Filed under: Accessories In the never ending saga of finding the best battery backup for your iPhone or iPod touch, Zagg has taken a different approach in releasing the ZAGGsparq [US $99.95]. Instead of a dongle or a snap in case , The ZAGGsparq is a big honking block, around the size of an Airport Express that contains the largest lithium polymer backup battery I’ve seen weighing in at 6000 mAh. For reference, the two Monoprice pieces...