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31st January 2006 Archive

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  • MS posts Xbox 360 update

    Minor tweaks

    Microsoft posted its latest Xbox 360 update last night, which makes a handful of tweaks to the console's system software, according to the brief list of fixes posted by Microsoft. The update adds improvements to Xbox Guide and to the Dutch Xbox Live network configuration. It also provides more detailed information on unreadable …

    Consoles 31 Jan 2006, 10:23

  • Japan gets USB-connectible SD card

    Slide'n'slot

    Japanese peripherals maker Keian has launched the latest attempt to make SD memory cards sit comfortably in computers' USB ports. The company's PSB (Personal Storage Disc) product replaces past SD/USB cards' complicated folding panels with a simple removable wedge that, once gone, allows one end of the card to be fitted into a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 31 Jan 2006, 10:44

  • Nvidia ships HD TV transmission-friendly Quadro card

    SDI support for live telly

    Nvidia has begun shipping its Quadro FX 4500 SDI broadcasting workstation-oriented graphics card, the company said yesterday. The card builds on the existing FX 4500 board, adding a pair of Serial Digital Interface (SDI) component video connectors. It allows users to output uncompressed SDI data in the 2K digital cinema format, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 31 Jan 2006, 11:16

  • Imation wraps 256MB Flash round wrist

    Worth the wrist?

    Worried about losing your USB Flash drive? Concerned that if you keep it on a key ring it'll get scratched? Bothered wearing it round your neck will make it seem you're wearing a cheap iPod Shuffle knock-off? Imation has the answer: the Flash Wristband. Yes, it's modelled on those irritatingly ubiquitous 'I CARE, HONEST I DO' …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 31 Jan 2006, 11:34

  • BenQ ships P50 Wi-Fi smart phone

    Better late than never, apparently

    BenQ's P50 PDA phone has begun shipping in Europe - almost two years after the company first showed the device to the public. The keyboard-equipped P50 made its debut in March 2004 at the CeBIT show. BenQ showed it again the following May at Taiwan's Computex show, where we saw it for the first time. The company formally …

    Phones 31 Jan 2006, 13:08

  • Elonex readies 40in all-in-one Viiv media centre

    Lumina 3 shipping shortly

    UK PC maker Elonex will soon ship its upgraded Lumina TV-like media centre system, adding a 40in model to the 32in screen it currently offers and moving the line-up from the Pentium 4 to Intel's dual-core Core Duo chip - and stamping the range with the chip maker's Viiv brand. The Lumina 3 series attaches the Windows XP Media …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 31 Jan 2006, 13:18

  • Samsung preps four-hour fuel cell for portable video players

    Double the capacity of rechargeables

    Samsung has developed a fuel cell capable of powering a personal media player for four hours - almost double the video playback time of the rechargeable batteries that usually ship with such devices. For now, that is. Samsung said the fuel cell won't go into mass-production until 2008, by which time rechargeable battery …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 31 Jan 2006, 13:45

  • Dell to betray Intel with AMD mobile chip embrace - analyst

    Beware the Ides of March

    Dell's embrace of AMD processors will turn from myth to reality by March, according to a financial analyst. Dell will begin by slotting AMD's chips into its notebook product line and then "likely" move to use AMD chips in servers and desktops as well, American Technology Research analyst Doug Freedman said in a fresh note to …

    Bits 'n' Chips 31 Jan 2006, 18:12