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Dialogue Box is back!
Blog of Dialogue Box, and started out by stepping into space. Charles and I have donned the lab coats one mo' time for series six - SIX! Since a very young Rupert watched Neil Armstrong hop off the ladder, the technology and potential of space has...
[April 23, 2009, 15:13]
Dialogue Box 4.1: A unique peek at a bright LED future
Video In the first of a brand new series of Dialogue Box, Charles and Rupert throw light on a revolutionary new LED technology that gives you more than just a glow. Last year, we wanted it. This year, we've got it.
[July 8, 2008, 14:30]
Dialogue Box 3.8: Fake finger fools fingerprint reader
Video Moulding plastic, jelly, milk and tea are all the ingredients that Dialogue Box needed to get past one biometric security device.
[April 28, 2008, 12:27]
Dialogue Box 5.1: 'I can't believe it's not Vista'
Video In a brand new series of Dialogue Box, Rupert and Charles poke and prod the 'pre-beta' of Windows 7 and find that it looks and feels like Vista Service Pack 2
[November 19, 2008, 11:44]
Dialogue Box - That Tricky Second Episode
Blog Dialogue Box Two - Dialogue Harder is now up and available for your viewing delight. Oops, we did it again. It's particularly interesting if you've ever asked yourself "Self, what would happen if I had an extremely high density flash memory device...
[June 4, 2007, 19:27]
Dialogue Box: Lifting technology's skirt
Articles Probably not, but then hopefully you're slightly more sensible than Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan, the presenters of ZDNet UK's weekly magazine show Dialogue Box. Slipping slyly behind the back of the latest industry headlines, while...
[October 15, 2007, 11:30]
Dialogue Box 5.8: Return of the Axis of Awesome
Video All have been examined by Dialogue Box and consigned to their places on the Axis of Awesome. What do a netbook, an ultraportable, a smartphone, a pico projector and a weird videophone have in common?
[February 13, 2009, 15:59]
Dialogue Box 5.3: Solid-state disk torture test
Video Last year Dialogue Box showed that radiation could affect data-transfer rates on solid-state disks (SSDs). How does the latest generation of products stand up to a similar zapping? Rupert and Charles don the lead-lined lab coats.
[December 5, 2008, 11:40]
Dialogue Box Series 3 kicks off
Blog We're back in front of the cameras with a newer, fresher, even bouncier series of Dialogue Box. This time, we poke around inside the new generation of low-power laptops and find out what low actually means - and then take to the streets with an...
[March 11, 2008, 11:56]
Dialogue Box 2.2: Wireless networking hits the buffers
Video Dialogue Box's resident buffers check how much of 802.11n's hype is reality and how much just irradiated hot air.
[October 15, 2007, 18:25]
Dialogue Box 3.9: JCB phone torture test
Video Dialogue Box deconstructs Sonim's JCB-branded phone, first in the studio and then by running it over with a truck. How do you make a product rugged enough to cope with challenging conditions?
[May 7, 2008, 12:48]
Dialogue Box 2.3: Smartphones and cool laptops under scrutiny
Video Dialogue Box goes on the prowl at the Symbian Smartphone Show, and finds the only full-spec laptop light enough to use as a yo-yo.
[October 22, 2007, 18:51]
Dialogue Box 5.7: A projector in the hand
Video Dialogue Box takes a peek at the new world of pico projectors Take a DLP chip and combine it with a low-power LED lamp and you've got a projection engine that can run off battery power and fit in a smartphone-sized case.
[February 5, 2009, 16:11]
Dialogue Box 5.6: When power goes bad
Video Dialogue Box pushes a capacitor to the limit — and beyond — to find out. What happens when a power surge delivers more volts and amps than your electrical equipment can handle?
[February 4, 2009, 8:05]
Dialogue Box 3.7: Place your bets on IBM's Racetrack
Video Dialogue Box marks your card, with help from the "could-o-meter". Can IBM's Racetrack memory unseat the current flash and hard disk favourites?
[April 22, 2008, 14:55]
Dialogue Box 2.4: How the Asus Eee stole our hearts
Video Dialogue Box peers into the future — and the present's pretty good too, with Asus's new £200 laptop.
[October 30, 2007, 11:16]
Dialogue Box 3.4: Are black websites really greener?
Video Dialogue Box investigates. If you want to be green, you should give your website a black background. True or false?
[March 31, 2008, 15:50]
Dialogue Box 3.3: Barbados or bust
Video Dialogue Box's Rupert Goodwins is on his own in the studio this week, as Charles McLellan jets off to the West Indies — or does he?
[March 26, 2008, 11:50]
Dialogue Box 3.2: Why the wait for solid state?
Video Dialogue Box finds out what's driving hard-disk replacements.
[March 18, 2008, 9:22]
Dialogue Box 3.1: Another fine Mesh...
Video To kick off series 3, Dialogue Box examines three low-power laptops and takes the OLPC XO into the field on a secret mission.
[March 11, 2008, 9:36]
