Small cameras for snap-happy holiday makers July 27, 2011 LEICA V-LUX 30 German brand Leica is known for its high-spec, ever-so-groovy cameras, and the new V-Lux 30 is a case in point. Sleek and compact, it’s got an impressive 16x zoom, touch-screen controls, GPS tagging can create 3D photos and records video in HD. £550 www.leica-camera.co.uk NIKON COOLPIX P7000 Launched last autumn, Nikon’s smart [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 18, 2011 FILM KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS Marvel at Alec Guinness playing nine roles in this Ealing classic. SPY KIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD 4D More kiddy-friendly action fun. IN A BETTER WORLD Tremendous Danish drama, winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar. DVD SOURCE CODE This year’s Inception, an exhilirating tech thriller with [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 18, 2011 FILM KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS Marvel at Alec Guinness playing nine roles in this Ealing classic. SPY KIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD 4D More kiddy-friendly action fun. IN A BETTER WORLD Tremendous Danish drama, winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar. DVD SOURCE CODE This year’s Inception, an exhilirating tech thriller with [...]
Time to reach for the stars: Britain’s new space industry has the potential to blast off November 2, 2011 SIR RICHARD Branson opened the world’s first commercial spaceport last month. As his new venture Virgin Galactic recognises, space is an industry where the sky’s not the limit. For too long the domain of superpower rivalry between America’s Nasa and Russia’s Federal Space Agency, space is now giving way to the private sector, funded by [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 4, 2011 FILM THE TREE Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in this traumatic family drama set in the Aussie outback. KNUCKLE Hard-as-nails documentary about bare knuckle boxers. FRENCH CANCAN Reissue for one of the finest films from French cinematic pioneer, Jean Renoir. DVD LIMITLESS Bradley Cooper is an unexpected success in this strange tale of power and excess. SUBMARINE [...]
FASHION NEWS August 25, 2011 DIOR’S STYLISH SMARTPHONE Dior calls itself “a pioneer in Haute Couture mobile phones” – which may not be as ludicrous as it sounds, as this is neither the first Dior has produced, nor the only brand to do so (for instance, Jill Sander is launching a smart phone). So, what does your €3,300 buy you? [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 5, 2011 AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS Goldman Sachs rates the specialist technology company as “neutral” with a target price of 390p, but updates its estimates for the company to reflect its new flat panel display forecasts. The broker predicts earnings per share of 35 cents, rising to 39 cents for 2012, and forecasts a price to earnings ratio [...]
Campbell: You can’t change the rules just to suit Bolt October 4, 2011 FORMER Olympic sprint champion Darren Campbell believes it would be dangerous for athletics chiefs to start tinkering with the false-start rule in order to prevent a repeat of Usain Bolt’s World Championship disqualification at next year’s London Olympics. Bolt fell victim of the rule – which he supported when a change was originally proposed in [...]
Campbell: You can’t change the rules just to suit Bolt October 4, 2011 FORMER Olympic sprint champion Darren Campbell believes it would be dangerous for athletics chiefs to start tinkering with the false-start rule in order to prevent a repeat of Usain Bolt’s World Championship disqualification at next year’s London Olympics. Bolt fell victim of the rule – which he supported when a change was originally proposed in [...]
PerkinElmer snaps up Dexela June 13, 2011 Albion Ventures and the London Technology Fund have sold London-based X-ray imaging specialist Dexela to US healthcare company PerkinElmer. Dexela, which was formed in 2005, is a developer of technologies for fast, low-dose X-ray imaging. Albion invested a total of £2.6m in Dexela while Albion and the LTF led a syndicate that invested over £3m. [...]