Author: Susi Weaser
CES 2009: Victorinox launches the business man's swiss army knife
The good news is Victorinox has added a 32GB USB drive, fingerprint security scanner, laser pointer and Bluetooth remote to their latest Swiss Army Knife. The bad news is that's come at the expense of that thing that got stones out of horses hooves, the unusable tweezers and at least four variations of knives. The…
CES 2009: Shiny Shiny do Vegas
Vegas - it's all about seeing and being seen. Here at Shiny Shiny, we take shifts. I'll go and schmooze with the best of them 9-5, safe in the knowledge I have left the great and the good of the tech world in the safe hands of Zara for the evening. Take yesterday for instance…
CES 2009: Yahoo cause CES storm with their Widget Channel
Yahoo has been a surprise heavy hitter at this year's CES, and seem set to continue being the name on everyone's lips. It's all to do with their Widget Channel, which they're integrating into several of the TVs launched over the past couple of days. The idea is that you'll be able to access key…
CES 2009: Gi-frickin'-normous 2TB SDXC card announced
Do you know how much stuff you can fit on a two terabyte SD card? Nine trillion hours of 1080p video, 37 kabillion emails and four King Charles Spaniels. Minimum. Now, don't get too excited, because it's still in the development stages, but Panasonic has today announced their next generation of memory cards, dubbed the…
CES 2009: EZReader
Zara loves her eBooks, and it hasn't taken her long to sniff out some new ones here at CES. There's a limited amount of innovation you can cram into an eBook, which makes it just as well that these come in a number of pretty colours.
CES 2009: Mindflex
As well as TVs, computers, media players and cameras, CES boasts some of the funnerest toys known the man. Take this for instance - the Mindflex harnesses the power of your mind and uses it to keep a ball floating in the air. For realz.
CES 2009: Upload photos straight from Sony's new camera
Get on the web from your computer. From your phone. From your car. And now, thanks to Sony, from your camera. They've launched the first camera with a web browser, which will allow you to upload your photos straight to your favourite photo sharing site, in the style previously only covered by the Eye-Fi card.…
CES 2009: Skype jumps on Android platform
Skype has tonday announced imminent death to mobile phone companies. Kinda. From today, you can now download a Skype client for both Android phones, and over 100 Java based phones from the likes of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. It'll allow you to make Skype to Skype calls for freesies, as well as…
CES 2009: Sharper Image iPod dock
One iPod dock is very much like another iPod dock, as I'm sure you're aware. Unless it's an iPod dock that does some fancy schmancy robotic orientation switching, obviously. And coincidentally, that's just what we've seen from Sharper Image! Fancy. More CES coverage here
CES 2009: Sony launches Webbie friendly camcorders
Sony are getting pocket camcorder-friendly, with the launch of their new Webbie range. Both models record in MPEG4 format, making uploading to the likes of YouTube a piece of cake, and they both record in HD. The MHS-CM1 looks more like your traditional camcorder, and features 5x optical zoom, a 5 megapixel stills camera ad…