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21st February 2006 Archive

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  • Intel lines up late May Core Duo price cuts - report

    Up to 33 per cent off

    Expect Intel to cut the prices of its Core Duo mobile processor line-up at the end of May, the Chinese-language Commercial Times said today. According to the paper, the prices of the 65nm dual-core successors to the Pentium M will fall by up to 33.1 per cent. The T2600's price is set to drop from $632 to $423, a reduction of …

    Channel Register 21 Feb 2006, 10:34

  • Sony touts 'thrills'n'stills' HD camcorder

    Take photos while you're shooting video

    Sony today unveiled the compact HD camcorder it hopes will bring high definition video mainstream when it goes on sale across the world in April. That's thanks to the machine's compact size, picture resolution and ability to take stills while shooting video, Sony claimed. The HDR-HC3E contains a two megapixel, 1.3in image …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Feb 2006, 11:41

  • Nikon puts Wi-Fi, anti-blur digicams in the frame

    Compact camera cornucopia

    Nikon today unveiled its latest assault on the digital compact camera market: seven new Coolpix models, including the 8.1 megapixel, shake-resistant and Wi-Fi enabled P3, and the slimline S5 and S6 with their "wave-surface design" - it's curved, in other words - and a supercharged slideshow facility. The L2, L3 and L4 are …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Feb 2006, 12:45

  • Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod

    Review Bluteooth ends tangled earphone cable misery?

    Logitech's wireless headphone set is more iPod-specific than the company's Wireless Music System (WMS), which Reg Hardware reviewed last week, though the underlying technology is the same: Bluetooth with its optional Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) protocol to allow stereo music to be beamed from a compact transmitter …

    Media players 21 Feb 2006, 13:10

  • Commodore rises from the dead

    Comment Calls itself 'mobile media'... aka Chickenhead

    The Chickenhead company, Commodore, chose 3GSM to launch into the mobile games business as a distributor. So, what is a Chickenhead? It's the popular name for the Commodore logo. And why is that a "mobile media provider"? Ah, that's quite a story! - it goes like this... Refugee Jack Tramiel escapes the gas chambers, comes to …

    Consoles 21 Feb 2006, 15:56