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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:26:07 +0000 30 http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/img/gadget-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/category/3/gadgetrepublic-com-home-tech/ 144 39 Working in conjunction with Dish Network, Google has begun testing a search-engine service for custom TV set top boxes, reports the Wall Street Journal. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1759/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1759/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:28:00 +0000 Home Tech It looks as though electronics giant Samsung will be the first to bring 3D television into the home in Europe as the company announced that its 3D LED TV will begin shipping in March. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1694/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1694/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:27:00 +0000 Home Tech Get ready for the summer of 3D entertainment: Sony has launched two different 3D-ready Blu-ray players as well as several 3D-enabled home-entertainment systems. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1634/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1634/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:20:00 +0000 Home Tech Windows 7 users here in Ireland can get a richer experience of Sky's online content service now that it has teamed up with Microsoft to give Sky Player Windows Media Center integration. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1595/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1595/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:55:00 +0000 Home Tech While us Irish do have Xbox 360's Live service complete with Sky Player and movie rentals, we must stand on the sidelines and watch yet again as another games console gets streaming movies from Netflix for US gamers as the Nintendo Wii joins the ranks of the 360 and Sony's PS3. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1497/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1497/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Home Tech You may be wondering about the benefits of a Wi-Fi-enabled bathroom scale, lest it broadbast your weight to the world, but this world-first from French company Withings records the user's details and sends them only to a secure, password-protected webpage. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1489/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1489/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:12:00 +0000 Home Tech High-definition video calling at up to 720p HD quality and up to 30 frames per second will now be possible with the latest version of Skype as announced today from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas ahead of the four-day high-tech exhibition. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1452/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1452/ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Home Tech South Korean electronics giant LG claims to have come up with the world's thinnest TV panel, coming in at a mere 2.6-mm thick. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1439/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1439/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Home Tech A leading player in mobile internet device tablet technology is to pioneer the concept of tablets that allow home owners to monitor their energy usage, giving them real-time access to their electricity and gas consumption levels. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1437/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1437/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +0000 Home Tech The world's first 3D FIFA World Cup media rights have been agreed between FIFA and consumer electronics giant Sony. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1377/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1377/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Home Tech With its no fuss, no mess pods and elegant design the Nespresso CitiZ is the king of espresso makers. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/263/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/263/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Home Tech Nationwide broadband provider Digiweb has introduced a new broadband bundle that includes unlimited calls to landlines in Ireland and the UK plus 40 free mobile minutes. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1365/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1365/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Home Tech High-definition Blu-ray disc sales will not be sufficient this year to compensate for the major plummet in DVD sales, Screen Digest warns. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1328/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1328/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:47:00 +0000 Home Tech LightSleeper, a new gadget designed to help people fall asleep, resembles the notion of hypnosis, where a person grows sleepy by following an object back and forth with their eyes. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1316/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1316/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +0000 Home Tech UPC, parent company of Chorus NTL, is bringing out a new generation of its digital TV set-top box that will reduce carbon emissions and reduce energy bills for customers. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1272/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1272/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:00 +0000 Home Tech Apple's new TV 3.0 software update brings with it a redesigned user interface as well as incorporating iTunes Extras, iTunes LP and Genius Mixes into the media centre's functionality. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1256/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1256/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0000 Home Tech A deal with UK television station Channel 4 will see YouTube playing the channel's own programmes including the popular Peep Show and Skins TV series. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1196/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1196/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000 Home Tech We've already been treated to the bagless vacuum cleaner and a revolutionary hand dryer that works in just 10 seconds by scraping water from hands like a windscreen wiper, but just when you thought James Dyson couldn't come up with something even more unique he has today unviled the bladeless desktop fan. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1182/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1182/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:04:00 +0000 Home Tech The next generation of Iomega's double-drive desktop NAS appliance, the StorCenter ix2-200, combines enterprise-class EMC storage technologies with media serving to work as an affordable storage solution for both enterprise and consumer customers while flying the green flag with several power-saving features. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1179/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1179/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:44:00 +0000 Home Tech Oregon Scientific has just launched a range of eco-friendly solar-powered gadgets with the aptly named +ECO collection. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1103/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1103/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:10:00 +0000 Home Tech HP's DreamScreen is a lightweight touchscreen tablet device that will have many home owners asking why they were ever tied to the desktop or laptop. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1095/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1095/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:20:00 +0000 Home Tech There's a lot to be said for robot hobbyists; they are the reason for the existence of Lego's 'NXT' iteration of Mindstorms kits back in 2006 as their enthusiastic 'modding' inspired thi advanced 'build your own robot' gear. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1085/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1085/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:30:00 +0000 Home Tech While iTunes 9 bigged up media organisation on the home Mac or PC it was also designed to work well with Apple TV, but with the lower-priced model storing only 40GB Apple has obviously decided to drop it and concentrate on the much larger 160GB version. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1077/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1077/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:24:00 +0000 Home Tech With the growing popularity of widescreen technology for TVs, laptops and desktop monitors, Microsoft brings the LifeCam Cinema to market to take advantage of widescreen views. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1058/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1058/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Home Tech There are smart homes and then there are twittering smart homes. IBM engineer and inventor Dr Andy Stanford-Clark has hooked up his 16th thatched cottage to Twitter, allowing it to tweet when it has something newsworthy to tell him. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1053/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1053/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:48:00 +0000 Home Tech Shortly after announcing that it would begin developing both a standalone Blu-ray player and notebooks with a Blu-ray drive, Toshiba, once a proponent of the now defunct HD DVD format has unveiled its BDX2000 player. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1040/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1040/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:50:00 +0000 Home Tech Flexible OLED screens that will ensure electronic 'papers' and TV screen that weigh nothing and can wrap around walls are coming downstream but Kodak has decided to go one further with its OLED technology by making it waterproof. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1020/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1020/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +0000 Home Tech Apple is expected to be capable of offering a full-fledged TV set by 2011 that will come with advanced media functions and will be capable of synchronising with iPods, Mac computers and iPhones. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/992/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/992/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:07:00 +0000 Home Tech Microsoft has finally promised to scrap its Mac-compatible email client Entourage in favour of a Mac-specific Outlook, due out next year. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/968/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/968/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:40:00 +0000 Home Tech Toshiba announced this morning that it has applied for membership of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) with plans to soon bring out products supporting the Blu-ray format. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/945/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/945/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:30:00 +0000 Home Tech