Get yourself connected
Bluetooth? FireWire? USB? They're all different, but they all do the same thing: connect devices to your PC. But which is best? Digit connects with the issues.
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Diet Coke shell out
Meet Diet Coke’s new secret weapon. Follow Tort’s adventures as he skateboards, dances along a keyboard and whooshes down the Diet Coke ribbon. The Mill’s Stephen Venning explains.
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The joy of InDesign
InDesign may well be conquering the world of DTP, but can it cut it as graphic design tool par excellence in the world of branding and graphic design? Digit found out.
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iLovedust
With clients like Marks & Spencer and Hugo Boss on their books, newly established creative design trio iLovedust are making waves from their seaside base in Southsea.
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Mac mini: What you need to know
The Mac mini has arrived. Here’s what you need to know about the machine that’s tipped to propel Apple into mainstream computing.
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TimeSplitters: Future perfect
UK-based company Free Radical is the brain behind the TimeSplitters video game series. Digit got the inside story.
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State of the Nation
Digit reviewed the surveys and spoke to people at the top and bottom of the design industry to bring you the state of the nation in 2005.
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Netscape browser gets an overhaul
Netscape’s new browser impresses with its revamped look and new functionality. We dissect the beta version.
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Multimedia search comes of age
Internet search providers are reacting to users’ rising interest in finding video content on the Web. But there are some steep challenges to be overcome.
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Digital TV comes to the masses
Projecting 3D models onto real people gave a distinctive look-&-feel to Aardman Animation’s campaign for the BBC’s multichannel services.
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Modern is the new old
Wowed by the lastest digital technologies? Think again – what we consider new is actually heading for the techno scrapheap.
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Under the covers
Great covers burn themselves into your brain and sell magazines by the truckload. Here, some of the industry’s best people reveal what makes a magazine fly.
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Graphics for gamers guide
As games such as Doom 3 push PC hardware to its limits, gamers are looking to PCI Express cards to maximize performance. We investigated the best upgrade options.
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City Paradise
Channel Four’s Animator in Residence scheme allows fresh talent Gaelle Denis to realize her curious, charming vision of a foreigner in London.
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Brand Designs
Creating a brand identity for a global company can be financially lucrative, but the commission will bring its own kind of design challenges.
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Practice safe surfing, use a firewall
The amount of malicious code on the Internet is staggering – experts say an unprotected PC will be under attack within 20 minutes of connecting. Here’s everything you need to know about firewalls – your saving grace.
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The Syndicate
When British Telecom wanted to get their 'networked-business' message across they turned to Californian VFX company The Syndicate. The 60-second ad took five months to make. We asked how they did it.
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Managing creative colour
Colour management needn’t be something best-left to others. Understanding how to create a colour-accurate workflow will benefit you, and your clients.
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Rip your records
Vinyl's not dead yet. The market for records has never gone away, and chances are good that you still have some albums tucked away that you can't part with but no longer listen to.
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Warhammer 40K: The Dawn of War
Take one of the leading games franchises, mix in a four-week deadline, add the talented team at Blur, stir, and serve up a sizzling CG sequence.