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16th January 2006 Archive

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  • Cisco gets into consumer electronics

    Or consumer electronics get Cisco'd

    Cisco sees a growing percentage of its future business coming from consumer electronics. The networking giant believes increasing demand for networked devices will allow it to compete with the likes of Sony and Samsung. In an interview with the Financial Times Charles Giancarlo, chief development officer at Cisco, said that …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Jan 2006, 09:36

  • Rambus sues Micron

    Opens second front in Northern California

    Rambus has accused Micron of patent infringement, alleging the US memory maker has sold products containing its DDR 2, GDDR 2, GDDR 3 and other "advanced" memory technologies without permission. Rambus is already battling Micron in the Delaware District Court, but the new filing, made late last week, opens a new front in the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Jan 2006, 10:20

  • HP readying compact Wi-Fi PDA phone?

    Signs Quanta to make version of O2 XDA Atom, apparently

    HP may be preparing to launch an own-brand, updated version of O2's XDA Atom compact wireless PDA phone. According to Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Times, Taiwanese contract manufacturer Quanta, which is building the device for HP, will begin volume shipments of the product some time in H1 2006. The report …

    Phones 16 Jan 2006, 10:35

  • Asus moots Lamborghini-branded phones

    Wants to take the marque beyond laptops

    Asus' next Lamborghini-labelled hardware is likely to be a mobile phone, company moles have claimed. So said DigiTimes tersely today, providing no further details beyond Asus' alleged desire to take the Lamborghini brand into the consumer electronics arena. Almost two weeks ago, Asus announced plans to produce a pair of …

    Phones 16 Jan 2006, 10:48

  • Intel readies 65nm 'Yonah'-based Celeron M 4xx series

    Exclusive Ultra-low voltage Core Duo part too

    Intel is preparing to launch a 2.33GHz Core Duo chip, the T2700, The Register has learned. The chip giant's product pipeline also includes faster Core Solo chips, speedier low-voltage Core Duos and the introduction of an ultra-low voltage Core Duo, the 1.06GHz U2500. Intel's roadmap also calls for the introduction of Celeron M …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Jan 2006, 11:23

  • Intel 'Santa Rosa' Centrino to sport 800MHz FSB

    Roadmap 802.11n WLAN support in the mix too

    Intel's fourth-generation Centrino notebook platform, 'Santa Rosa', will take the hardware's frontside bus speed to 800MHz when it ships, provisionally sometime in H1 2007. So suggests roadmap information seen by Japanese-language website PCWatch. Santa Rosa will be based on the upcoming 'Merom' mobile CPU, the first of Intel's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Jan 2006, 11:40

  • Intel readies 65nm Celeron D CPUs

    Exclusive Faster Presler and Cedar Mills, too

    Intel's first 65nm desktop Celeron D chips will be the 352 and 356, The Register has learned. Based on 'Cedar Mill', the 65nm single-core chip that's the basis for the newly launched Pentium 4 6x1 series, the new Celerons will provide 512KB of L2 cache, double that of current Celeron D family members. However, like the existing …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Jan 2006, 12:01

  • Nokia readies Bluetooth 2.0 clamshell phone

    Quad-band Nokia 6125 pitched a Europeans

    Nokia will ship it latest clamshell handset next quarter, pitching the mid-range product at European buyers. The Nokia 6125 provides quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) network access with EDGE for worldwide coverage, and there's Bluetooth 2.0 on board for data synchronisation and headset support - including wireless stereo …

    Phones 16 Jan 2006, 12:48

  • Selfridges to sell pricey iPod lessons

    They're free round the corner at the Apple shop

    Posh London department store Selfridges is to begin charging punters £65 for a 40-minute one-on-one iPod tutorial later this month - almost as much as it costs to buy the cheapest iPod. According to an Agence France-Presse report, the store's "iPod Survival" lessons can be taken at home or in the store. The session covers basic …

    Media players 16 Jan 2006, 13:11

  • Plantronics Pulsar 590A Bluetooth stereo headphones

    Review Unwired for sound?

    Since the dawn of time three questions have preoccupied mankind. Is there a God? Are we alone in the Universe? And, how do I wear headphones without getting tangled up in the cord? OK, so that last one has only been around since the late-1970s when people first started to limp around with a Japanese-built electronic brick in …

    Networking and Wireless 16 Jan 2006, 13:46

  • Intel Core Duo T2700 to bring VT to Centrino?

    Exclusive Chip maker keeps mum on mobile virtualisation support

    Intel's Virtualisation Technology (VT) may not come to the mobile market until the chip giant releases the Core Duo 2700, The Register has learned. According to recent internal retail-oriented documentation seen by The Register, details for the T2300, T2400, T2500 and T2600 Core Duos have VT support listed as TBD - 'To Be …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Jan 2006, 16:55

  • Napster rejects restructure reports

    Not up for sale, either, company claims

    Napster has denied claims the digital music company is on the verge of a major shake-up that could see large numbers of employees lose their jobs. It also rejected allegations that Napster's bosses are planning to sell the business - or shut it down. The charges were made this weekend by sources, said a report at website …

    Media players 16 Jan 2006, 17:21