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RSS gadgetBarking invention gives dogs a voice
News Japanese toy maker Takara will introduce a gadget next spring that lets dogs to 'talk' to their owners. The Dr Dolittle device, called Bow-lingual, picks up a dog's bark through a microphone attached to its collar. [08 Aug 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Palm v iPAQ v the rest in PDA wars
Comment The past seven days have provoked comments on a wide range of controversial subjects but here we present your views about the best PDAs, following our latest Gadget Showdown - http://www.silicon.com/a45935 [03 Aug 2001]
The Gadget Showdown: Palmtops go fisticuffs
Comment The ultimate gadget just upped the gadget stakes. Maybe the best way to start this review is by asking what a PDA is? Until recently personal digital assistants were just electronic filofaxes, but the... [23 Jul 2001]
The Gadget Showdown: The Confrontation in the Next Generation
Comment Unless you're a die-hard gadget freak with an insatiable lust for bleeding edge technology, it's too early to buy a GPRS phone. They're the nearest thing to 3G you can get if you walk into a shop today - two rival... [27 Jun 2001]
ARM in arm with Sun in Java pact
News It hopes Java will enable developers to design sophisticated applications which run on any phone or wireless gadget. Embedded chip designer ARM has teamed up with Sun to build its relatively cumbersome technology into... [25 Jun 2001]
EU compulsory recycling laws a step nearer
News Manufacturers of electronic equipment, including PCs, will be forced to collect and recycle their old kit, under proposed EU guidelines. Jurgen Trittin, EU Environment Minister for Luxembourg, wishes to implement electronic scrap... [08 Jun 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Thank you India, McCashless fast food, and web services wars
Comment The Speedpass system provides users with a gadget that can be kept on their key rings. Indian expatriates have been most vulnerable to recent dramatic changes in the demand for IT skills. At one time, Silicon Valley... [04 Jun 2001]
Mice to see you, to see you mice
News The gadget from Bogotech works by matching a person's fingerprint with a master copy that is scanned in on the machine. As far as price goes, Neil Buckle, sales director for Belgravia Biometrics, who will distribute the... [18 May 2001]
The Gadget Showdown: 'Cocaine, Mrs Phillips?'
Comment "OK Mrs Phillips, take dictation. It's not a sound heard very often in the modern office, least of all in the high-tech sector - the sound of a busy executive angrily dictating a business letter to a terrified secretary. [10 Apr 2001]
Handspring launches PDA and phone in one
News The gadget contains a speaker and antenna enabling the user to switch between voice and text messaging functions and check email or surf the web. The device, only available to US customers at present, will retail at $299... [05 Apr 2001]
Pioneer breaks new ground with re-writeable DVD
News Although no price has yet been announced, the latest gadget from the US manufacturer, able to record DVDs at twice the usual speed, is to be shipped to the OEMs in early 2001. The unit has been designed especially for... [17 Nov 2000]
Gates prescribes Tablets for web surfers
News Microsoft claims the Tablet and other .Net developments will allow information to be customised and accessed regardless of location. The Tablet also includes a feature that allows the user to draw or write on screen through 'electronic... [14 Nov 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Baan finds a buyer, the not-so-printed word, and Siebel 2000
Comment Taking into account the rapid evolution of mobile phones into intelligent devices, it is reasonable to expect that consumers will favour a compact wireless gadget with strong PDA functionality. Invensys will buy 95 per... [05 Jun 2000]
Siennax opens intranet to mobiles
News Bruna said: "The WAP component is a very interesting gadget - but at the moment it is still just that - a gadget". Dutch ASP Siennax is to WAP-enable its information management offering, allowing users... [31 May 2000]
Transatlantic Cable: Net access (and coffee) to go
Comment I know people in the UK that have had a Nokia 9000 communicator for several years, but they've only just come out over here and are being viewed as the next cool gadget. Confession time: you might picture me writing this... [14 Dec 1999]
