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12th January 2006 Archive

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  • CES 2006: top ten gadgets

    The hottest Vegas showstoppers since Liberace

    So the delegates have gone home, the halls are emptying and, yes, Gates (and Elvis) have left the building. The gadget fest that was the Consumer Electronics Show 2006 is now history. Yet before we bury it for good, here's our list of the ten best gadgets to emerge at the show (in no particular order)... Hannspree LCD TVs …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Jan 2006, 10:20

  • Nvidia to launch GeForce 7900 GTX 'at CeBIT'

    G71 not coming until March, moles claim

    Nvidia's 90nm G71 graphics chip, possibly planned to ship as the GeForce 7900 GTX, will not launch until March. So claims website Hexus.net, at any rate, citing whispers heard during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. According to the report, the chip will contain 32 pixel-processing pipelines in a core …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Jan 2006, 11:08

  • MS to ship Mac Office of five years 'minimum'

    Official agreement reached with Apple

    Microsoft has committed itself to supporting Office on the Mac for at least the next five years, the head of the software giant's Macintosh Business Unit said this week. Speaking during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote, MBU General Manager Roz Ho said the company had entered into an "official agreement" with Apple to …

    Mac 12 Jan 2006, 11:42

  • Griffin touts 'most advanced' iPod dock yet

    Turns portable player into home media centre

    Griffin Technology will soon ship a dock that converts any compatible iPod into a home media centre system. TuneCenter connects the iPod to a hi-fi and to a TV. Nothing new there - plenty of dock products do that already - but Griffin's baby beams a full iPod control interface into the bigger screen. The dock also incorporates …

    Media players 12 Jan 2006, 12:20

  • MS: Blu-ray on Xbox 360 'possible'

    If you can add one external drive (HD DVD), you can add another (BD)

    Microsoft has said it may ship a Blu-ray Disc drive for its Xbox 360 games console should consumers prefer that next-generation optical disc format over HD DVD. Speaking to Japanese-language website ITmedia, Microsoft's Peter Moore, head of the company's Interactive Entertainment Division, also said that the console will never …

    Consoles 12 Jan 2006, 13:01

  • Nikon to end film camera production

    Digital SLRs are the place to be, apparently

    35mm film has come to the end of the roll, Nikon has said. The camera maker this week revealed it is focusing its efforts solely on digital photography products. Nikon said its traditional film-based cameras now account for less than five per cent of its UK division's sales. It claimed the shift will also better equip the …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Jan 2006, 14:33

  • Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi Core Duo notebook

    Review The dual-core notebook other vendors have to beat?

    Over the past couple of years Acer has made quite a name for itself in the notebook market, producing high spec machines at amazing price points. The company has also built a reputation for being first out of the gate with the latest notebook technology and that's never been more true than right now. The TravelMate 8204WLMi is …

    PCs 12 Jan 2006, 14:48

  • Après le keynote, le gulp

    Analysis Was the MacBook launched too soon?

    What an ungrateful bunch you are. This week Apple began its transition to Intel processors six months ahead of schedule, and all you can do is carp. Don't you know you're supposed to swoon over every shiny new piece of kit? It's an odd moment. After years of lagging behind in the speed race, Apple will next month ship a …

    Mac 12 Jan 2006, 16:40

  • IBM, Sony, Toshiba start work on 32nm Cell

    Enter second half of 10-year R&D partnership

    Cell processor partners IBM, Sony and Toshiba have agreed to take their technology R&D alliance into the 32nm era. The trio first announced its plan to cooperate on the development of Cell and its underlying 90nm and 65nm fabrication technology back in 2001. Back then, they described the project as a five-year programme costing …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Jan 2006, 16:47

  • Apple downplays iTunes 'spyware' fears

    Track selection monitored but not stored, apparently

    Apple has denied that it retains any of the information that the latest update to its hugely popular jukebox software, iTunes, creates as it monitor users' listening selections. iTunes 6.0.2 was released earlier this week. Among the tweaks is MiniStore, an iTunes Music Store panel that appears below library track lists. Many …

    Media players 12 Jan 2006, 20:41