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ITV Digital assets go under the hammer
News Although the outstanding stock of Monkeys was sold to the Gadget Shop last month for £250,000, it turns out there were still a few knocking around the office which will also be put up for sale. The contents of ITV... [14 Aug 2002]
MMS 'not all that' say analysts
News Is MMS a gadget too far, would you pay over the odds for SMS with knobs on? By James Pearce The hype surrounding multimedia messaging services (MMS) has been attacked by an analyst group, which claims the worldwide... [09 Aug 2002]
Monkey rescued from Deloitte & Touche warehouse
News Monkey, the cult mascot of ITV Digital, is back on the streets after the chairman of the Gadget Shop rescued thousands from the company's administrators. Chris Gorman, chairman of the Gadget Shop, paid... [05 Aug 2002]
Win O2's exclusive XDA with silicon.com
News Providing access to the internet, and the ability to make calls, send emails with attachments, listen to music and play games, this is one gadget you won't want to miss out on. silicon.com has joined forces with O2 to... [12 Jul 2002]
Gadget Showdown: My wireless LAN of constant sorrow
Comment The growing popularity of Wi-Fi - or IEEE 802.11b - networks has been one of the stories of the year so far. But how easy is it to install one yourself? Ben King rolled up his sleeves. This is his story. [10 May 2002]
Gadget war hots-up with PDA watches
News The watch has 190kb of memory and is likely to appeal to the gadget-mad rather than serious mobile device users. US watch maker Fossil has launched a Palm-compatible watch aimed at fashionable, young consumers. [01 May 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Bluetooth
Cheat Sheet But when I was gadget shopping at the weekend, I didn't notice any warnings about all this stuff. The name doesn't give much away, does it? Not really. Bluetooth technology is named after a Danish King, Harald Blatand -... [12 Mar 2002]
MMS - mobile's massive stupidity?
Comment Click here for a chance to win a mobile phone by entering our Gadget Showdown competition here: www.silicon.com/goto-gadget-forma The people of Cannes must be used to corporate excess by now, and this... [21 Feb 2002]
It's open season on open systems in Nokialand
News Click here for a chance to win a mobile phone by entering our Gadget Showdown competition here: www.silicon.com/goto-gadget-forma Nokia is taking its open architecture campaign to the very limit with a... [21 Feb 2002]
HP beefs up its mobile range
News Hewlett Packard expanded its presence in the mobile world at 3GSM in Cannes today with the announcement of a raft of software and services for mobile devices. The long-awaited upgrade to its Jornada PDA was just one of the improvements... [19 Feb 2002]
Orange launches GPRS services
News Fancy a chance to win a mobile phone www.silicon.com/goto-gadget-forma Orange has today unveiled a range of business and leisure services based on the always-on high speed internet service GPRS. Orange soft-launched... [19 Feb 2002]
Win a free mobile phone!
News Following the success of our silicon.com Christmas television giveaway special, the Gadget Showdown returns with an in-depth look at the future of mobile phones. Click here to enter: ... [08 Feb 2002]
Win, win, win: Second gadget prize bonanza on the way
News Next week silicon.com launches its second gadget giveaway competition, so we thought we'd give you some clues about how to win one of the host of phones and phone-related gadgets we're giving away. We asked you to tell... [01 Feb 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: The new iMac, web services and vendor wealth
Comment Unfortunately the 'I' software is unlikely to be enough unless you're a geek or gadget lover. At the recent Macworld event the main focus was on the new iMac. The rumour mill has been working overtime since Time magazine... [14 Jan 2002]
Brits get excited over biometrics
News Nearly 30 per cent said they would like to see the emergence of a gadget that cleans your toilet for you, while a similar percentage of respondents are keen to use a contraption that completes all of your gardening chores. [11 Dec 2001]