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Inventor’s gadget box alerts neighbourhoods to criminals

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By Rohit Jaggi, Social Affairs Correspondent

You can usually tell when an area has suffered a spate of burglaries or car break-ins. The local pub is full of people going on about how this could not have happened in the good old days.

But instead of getting beerily misty-eyed, one entrepreneur dreamed up a gizmo he hopes will yoke people’s community spirit in a way that can cut down both fear of crime and crime itself.

Reading-based entrepreneur Peter Harris’s AlertBox is a high-tech version of Neighbourhood Watch that allows people instantly to alert those around them to the presence of shady characters or dodgy goings-on.

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PRISMIQ MediaPlayer

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PRISMIQ MediaPlayer

Play digital audio and video files, view photos, stream Internet radio, chat with friends, and browse the Web – all from the comfort of your TV/stereo.

The PRISMIQ MediaPlayer entertainment gateway is a revolutionary consumer product that delivers high-quality digital entertainment content to standard TVs and stereos throughout the home for a fraction of the cost of competing systems.

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I Want My MobiTV

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Liane Cassavoy, PC World

BOSTON– I’m in the middle of Fanueil Hall, standing on tiptoes trying to get a glimpse of what has captivated the crowd ahead of me. “What’s going on?” I ask the woman next to me. “It’s Chris Matthews,” she says.

Apparently, MSNBC is broadcasting Hardball, Matthews’ popular talk show, live from Fanueil Hall this week during the Democratic National Convention here. Not that I could tell from back of the crowd; I couldn’t see a thing.

Luckily, I had my MobiTV.

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