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22nd February 2006 Archive

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  • Apple to unveil 'fun products' next week

    Pippin reborn? Just kidding...

    Apple's anticipated February product launch will take place on Tuesday, February 28, not today, as previous speculation had hinted. The event, which will be held on Apple's Cupertino campus, will see the Mac maker unveil a number of "fun new products". Data security has been particularly tight this time round, with the usual …

    Mac 22 Feb 2006, 09:58

  • Judge rejects US govt Blackberry ban immunity request

    DoJ unconvinced by RIM's contingency plan?

    RIM vs NTP trial judge James Spencer has denied a US Department of Justice demand that all the parties concerned work out a way to ensure DoJ staffers can continue to use their Blackberries even if the judge orders the service to be shut down. The request, reported by Reuters, speaks volumes not only about RIM customers' …

    Phones 22 Feb 2006, 10:52

  • Euro cops seize Razorback P2P servers

    Site owner arrested in Switzerland

    Belgian and Swiss police yesterday shut down Razorback 2, a hugely popular source of content on the eDonkey and other P2P networks. Law enforcement officials mounted early morning raids on sites in the two countries, and seized servers and network equipment. The action was instigated by the global Motion Picture Association ( …

    Networking and Wireless 22 Feb 2006, 11:10

  • Tul ships Radeon X1300 board overclocked 150MHz

    HyperMemory boosts buffer to 512MB

    Taiwan's Tul has begun shipping PowerColor ATI Radeon X1300-based graphics cards that overclock the GPU by more than 33 per cent. The PowerColor X1300 HyperMemory 2 card's 90nm graphics chip runs at 600MHz, well above the customary 450MHz. The PCI Express card contains 128MB of DDR 2 SDRAM, but it can access up to 384MB of …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Feb 2006, 11:58

  • Nintendo DS Lite to hit Europe well before 16 August?

    Manufacturer stays mum

    Nintendo's DS Lite handheld games console may launch in Europe much sooner that the Wednesday, August 16 ship date circulating on a number of websites. The rumoured debut is "way off", according to a UK retail source cited by GamesIndustry.biz. The mid-August deadline - along with an €130 price point, the same as the current …

    Consoles 22 Feb 2006, 12:17

  • Shuttle next-gen SFF PC exposed

    Exclusive Media Center PC bound

    Shuttle has taken the wraps off its upcoming next-generation small form-factor PC which crams an Intel 65nm dual-core processor, memory, hard drive, optical storage and other goodies into a case that's just 5.4cm high and has a footprint the size of an A4 page. The XPC X100 is pitched at a new era of home entertainment …

    PCs 22 Feb 2006, 12:49

  • Amazon.co.uk Xbox 360 order cancellations a 'mistake'

    Exclusive Demands £12 'sourcing fee' for some 360 games

    Amazon.co.uk today admitted that the cancellation of a raft of Xbox 360 'standard edition' orders had been a "mistake". The company told Reg Hardware it would contact all affected customers to re-instate their aborted orders. However, the online giant has also courted controversy by demanding a "sourcing fee" for certain Xbox …

    Consoles 22 Feb 2006, 13:16

  • Unpatched Mac OS X hole poses critical risk

    Hackers go on Safari

    Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Mac OS X that creates a means for hackers to compromise vulnerable systems. The critical security flaw is unpatched but workarounds have been issued. The flaw stems from errors in the processing of metadata file association meta data in ZIP archives. By renamed "safe file …

    Mac 22 Feb 2006, 13:57