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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 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 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 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 - 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 5.1: '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 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 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 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 6.4: Away day at Microsoft Research
Articles 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, 16:13]
Dialogue Box 6.5: Linux vs Windows boot-off
Articles 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 26, 2009, 8:04]
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 6.3: Whatever happened to UWB?
Articles 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 14, 2009, 17:04]
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 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]
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 2.5: Who's king of the OS jungle?
Video Dialogue Box hacks its way through the IT jungle, pitting Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon, Apple's Leopard and Microsoft's Vista against each other in a bid to reveal the alpha OS.
[November 5, 2007, 9:38]
Dialogue Box 2.6: Celebrating 60 years of transistors
Video Dialogue Box marks the launch of Intel's Penryn processors by examining the history of the transistor, with the help of a kiwi fruit.
[November 14, 2007, 10:46]
