560km/h target for TGV

The French will today attempt to claim the world's fastest "train on rails" title by accelerating a modified TGV to a white-knuckle 560km/h (350mph), the BBC reports.

More important than screen, size, capacity

Size, it seems, no longer matters. Or rather it doesn't matter as much as a built-in radio. Yes, we're talking what consumers want from future iPods - at least what rock-centric radio station listeners demand, according to a new poll.

Sign of things to come, apparently

Virgin Media has announced Virgin Free TV - basically a Freeview set-top box with a Virgin sticker on the front and a Virgin-branded electronic programme guide (EPG) inside.

Filed under: Digital Cameras

While we've already seen one underwhelming point-and-shoot in the last 24 hours, the last thing we need is yet another subpar ultracompact cluttering up the camera shelves, but unfortunately for us, that's exactly what we've got. At first glance, it's hard to hate such a shiny, stylish, and uber-thin digicam, but once reviewers got beyond the excellent design, satisfactory noise control, and very respectable battery life, this seven-megapixel darling suffered in the areas that matter most. Put frankly, the M30's "heavy file compression did nothing to help with picture quality," and the lackluster lens led to "heavy barrel distortion at wide angle, pincushion distortion, and appallingly bad corner blurring at medium zoom settings and close range." Moreover, hints of purple fringing reared its ugly head, and performance under low light scenarios was less than enthralling, leaving reviewers with no real option but to rate the M30 a paltry five out of ten. Needless to say, we'd pass on this one.

[Via PhotographyBlog]

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