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 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: 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 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 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 - 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 5.5: The Mac at 25
Video Dialogue Box compares the specs, and summarises its findings in the currency it knows best: the price of a pint of beer There's a world of difference between a 1984 Macintosh and a 2009 iMac.
[January 23, 2009, 11:09]
Coming Soon: Dialogue Box Series 4
Blog Believe it or not (and we have trouble believing it ourselves) Dialogue Box has been recommissioned for a fourth series — and we didn't have to resort to Alan Partridge-style babbling about 'Monkey tennis' to get the nod!
[July 3, 2008, 11:34]
Dialogue Box 2.4: How the Asus Eee stole our hearts
Articles 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 6.5: Linux vs Windows boot-off
Video Dialogue Box puts Ubuntu 9.04 up against Redmond's latest and wields the stopwatch. Microsoft promised quicker boot times with Windows 7, while Linux has always been pretty nippy out of the traps. So which is fastest?
[May 21, 2009, 16:08]
Dialogue Box 6.4: Away day at Microsoft Research
Video Dialogue Box went along to a recent open day, to discover what 'Enabling Innovation Through Research' means in practice. Ever wondered what goes on inside Microsoft's Cambridge research lab?
[May 18, 2009, 16:10]
Dialogue Box 6.3: Whatever happened to UWB?
Video Dialogue Box explains why. It should have provided high-speed, low-power wireless connectivity for homes and offices everywhere. But instead of more products you can shake a stick at, all UltraWideBand has to show for itself to date is a French USB...
[May 8, 2009, 16:54]
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 - grand launch...
Blog Dialogue Box is our new weekly TV/video/podcast/download thingy, starring yours truly and the even more ancient Charles McLellan, reviews maestro since the days when Wedge Weekly looked at cuneiform performance.
[May 29, 2007, 17:53]
Dialogue Box - That Tricky Second Episode
Blog Comment A startling achievement, a mix between Tomorrow's World and Blue Peter. So much better than all those 'independent' webseminars regurgitating vendor sales pitches and presenting them as educational. I love the Axis - like a technology version of...
[June 7, 2007, 9:51]
Dialogue Box - That Tricky Second Episode
Blog Comment Very good - I shall henceforth start using the phrase "scared revenue-less" in everyday conversation!
[June 6, 2007, 13:57]
Dialogue Box is back!
Blog Comment Yes, it can get a bit confusing. I shall attempt to remedy this. R
[June 8, 2009, 15:07]
Dialogue Box is back!
Blog Comment Can you put your normal blog here. I keep getting annoyed that you never post in your diary, only to find your words of wisdom are alive in your blog. As your diary has its own menu item, and therefore user visibility, that should have higher...
[June 8, 2009, 15:05]
Coming Soon: Dialogue Box Series 4
Blog Comment Hooray! I can hardly wait. I, for one, look forward to DB as a source of both information and entertainment. Good news!
[July 3, 2008, 12:05]



