Nick Barber - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 23/01/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 23rd January, 2009

Citizen journalists chronicle the New York's plane crash, Obama's inauguration slows down the web and robots may soon be a new arcade attraction

Article | 16/01/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 16th January, 2009

This week our show comes from CES again with Palm unveiling a new phone, Sony showing off futuristic glasses and Samsung thinning down their TVs and b...

Article | 15/01/2009 CES: GPS unit lets drivers play Knight Rider

For those drivers who want to pretend they're Michael Knight, Mio offers up the Knightrider GPS unit.

Article | 15/01/2009 CES: Battery-powered bike assists riders

Schwinn showed off a bicycle at CES this year that gives you a little extra help getting up that hill

Article | 15/01/2009 CES: Videophone lets sign language users make phone calls

At CES this year a deaf owned and operated company called Viable demoed a video phone designed for people who use sign language to communicate.

Article | 15/01/2009 CES: Widgets serve information, entertainment to TVs

Widgets serve information, entertainment to TVs

Article | 15/01/2009 CES: eCoupled offers wireless power

Wireless power got a lot of buzz at this year's CES. One of the company's showing off the technology was Fulton Innovation.

Article | 14/01/2009 CES: Intel demos holographic screen to show off processor

Intel showed off a display panel that looks like something from Hollywood, but don't expect to see it on the market anytime soon.

Article | 14/01/2009 CES: Kodak shows OLED photo frame

We've seen OLED televisions at CES, but this year Kodak is showing off an OLED photo frame.

Article | 14/01/2009 CES: Viliv shows off mobile internet devies

Korea's Viliv showed off some portable Mobile Internet Devices

Article | 14/01/2009 CES: Controller helps gamers feel the action

For the extreme gamer Novint showed off the Falcon game controller at this year's CES.

Article | 13/01/2009 CES: Toshiba shows a TransferJet prototype

Toshiba is demonstrating a developing data transfer technology that promises to zap content between gadgets without wires.

Article | 13/01/2009 CES: Lock your doors from your mobile phone with Schlage's Link

There's probably been a few times when you've gone out and weren't sure if you remembered to lock the front door. Now Schlage Link makes sure that wo...

Article | 13/01/2009 CES: Hitachi and Toshiba show TVs controlled by hand gestures

We're all used to hitting the power button to switch on our television but could a wave do it in the future?

Article | 13/01/2009 CES: Ford and Microsoft update Sync

Ford and Microsoft update Sync