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7th February 2006 Archive

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  • 'All' AMD CPUs to support virtualisation mid-2006

    Pacifica promoted as firm demos first DDR 2-supporting Opteron

    AMD yesterday demo'd its upcoming DDR 2-supporting dual-core 64-bit processor. The core also supports 'Pacifica', AMD's answer to Intel's Virtualisation Technology. AMD said Pacifica was now available for broad licensing, and will be built into "all" its CPUs this year. The updated dual-core chip - an Opteron, apparently - …

    Bits 'n' Chips 7 Feb 2006, 10:31

  • IBM launches chipset on unlicensed waveband

    Lots of data but not much distance...

    IBM says its latest chip could boost wireless data transfer to ten times the current capacity. The silicon-germanium chip uses an unlicensed section of the radio spectrum. There have been previous attempts to exploit the 30-300GHz wavelength bands, but they've been hampered by cost, size and difficulty integrating with other …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 7 Feb 2006, 10:40

  • DDR 2 memory prices leap 18%

    Vendors raise contract supply quotes amid tight supply

    DDR 2 SDRAM chip contract prices have jumped 18 per cent this month compared to the average price during the last two weeks of January, market watcher DRAMeXchange has said. And with both Samsung, Hynix and other memory makers already implementing price-rises this month, the increase is going to continue. Contract prices for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 7 Feb 2006, 10:58

  • Inventec preps 'Mercury' smart phone

    Palm's upcoming low-end Treo revealed?

    Is this the face of Palm's upcoming 'Lowrider' low-end smart phone? At this stage we can't say, but it's certainly the case that it's made by Inventec, it's a Windows Mobile-powered device and it's a codenamed 'Mercury', as revealed by the manufacturer's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing. Documents posted as …

    Phones 7 Feb 2006, 11:39

  • Samsung readies TV phone for Europe

    But has it chosen the wrong broadcast format?

    Samsung will next week formally unveil the handset it will pitch at Europeans who want to watch TV on their mobile phones. It's called the SGH-P900 and it's capable of receiving T-DMB (Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) signals and relaying them on its 2.2in swivel screen. Samsung's home nation, South Korea, has …

    Phones 7 Feb 2006, 12:14

  • Court hands Gizmondo Europe to liquidators

    Attempt to seek bankruptcy protection fails

    Gizmondo Europe has gone into liquidation after parent company Tiger Telematics' attempt to persuade the English High Court to put the subdsidiary into administration failed last week, Reg Hardware can reveal. The court hearing took place on Thursday, 2 February after being adjourned from Tuesday, 31 January. The court ordered …

    Consoles 7 Feb 2006, 12:59

  • Apple cuts iPod Shuffle prices, debuts 1GB Nano

    Still no explanation of Nano capacity inflation phenomenon

    Apple has begun shipping the much-rumoured 1GB iPod Nano, pitching the new product as the "affordable" entry into the Nano line-up. The company also slashed the iPod Shuffle family's prices. The 1GB Nano, which goes on sale today in the customary black and white versions, will retail for £109 in the UK and $149 in the US. The …

    Media players 7 Feb 2006, 14:56

  • E-tailer rocks to Pebble MP3 player

    Life's a beach

    UK online retailer Advanced MP3 Players will this month ship its first own-brand device: the small, ready to skim across the waves Pebble. The ovoid audio item sports a shiny black back and a mirrored silver front lit by a blue OLED status panel. The controls are arranged in a circle that'll be familiar to iPod Shuffle users …

    Media players 7 Feb 2006, 15:24

  • Mens fashion store offers custom-coloured iPods

    Purple and puce, sir? Oh, sir. Suits you, sir

    Posh gents outfitters Bamford & Sons has followed Selfridges down the expensive iPod-related services path by offering to paint any new iPod bought at one of its London stores with a custom colour scheme of the buyer's choice. It's a snip at between £121 and £196, excluding the cost of the music player. B&S isn't opening …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 7 Feb 2006, 16:15

  • O2 to launch 'radio with pictures'

    Virgin on the ridiculous

    O2 has pledged to become the first mobile phone network to bring Nokia's 'visual radio' technology to UK consumers, courtesy of a tie-in with the Virgin Radio station. It's a "completely new kind of radio experience", apparently. In the early days of television, the new medium was largely considered to be little more than " …

    Phones 7 Feb 2006, 16:55

  • IBM thumbs nose at heat concerns, kicks Power6 to 6GHz

    Taunts rivals with pure speed

    IBM has carved out a renegade path for the upcoming Power6 processor, opting to crank the chip's clock speed much higher while rivals shy away from major gigahertz boosts with their products. The Power6 chip will run between 4GHz and 5GHz, and has been shown to hum away at 6GHz in the lab. IBM reckons that some process …

    Bits 'n' Chips 7 Feb 2006, 19:55