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23rd February 2006 Archive

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  • DRM delayed Nokia's 'iPod' phone

    It's coming. Honest

    Nokia's music N91 smartphone - it's first phone with a hard disk - has been held up because of DRM issues, the company confirmed. Nokia's Pekka Pohjakallio told us last week in Barcelona that adding Windows DRM was the primary cause of the slip. That confirms what Nokia executives said when the delay was acknowledged last Fall …

    Phones 23 Feb 2006, 01:13

  • Eurovision HDTV contest

    Is it nul points for the UK?

    HDTV has been creeping into Europe for a while and as we sit tight and anxiously wait for Sky, Telewest and the BBC to start rolling out our high definition signals some countries are already enjoying the delights of 720p and 1080i programming. Germany is probably the furthest on in the development of HDTV helped along no …

    HD 23 Feb 2006, 10:57

  • Apple drops 15in PowerBook

    One less PowerPC-based machine on the list

    Apple has phased out its 15in PowerBook G4. The PowerPC-based notebook has been removed from the company's online stores in the UK and the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, even as the first Intel-based 15in MacBook Pro machines began to be delivered to buyers. The end of the 15in PowerBook comes less than a month after the 17in …

    Mac 23 Feb 2006, 11:04

  • Shuttle shows M2000 media centre PC

    Time to throw out the hi-fi?

    Shuttle has taken the wraps off its second generation consumer electronics-styled PC chassis. The M2000 squeezes in twin TV tuners and a fully functional Windows XP Media Center Edition system into a box designed to replace your DVD player, set-top box and music centre. The M2000 measures 44.2 x 35 x 7.8cm and packs in a 1. …

    PCs 23 Feb 2006, 11:35

  • Ex-Gizmondo exec walks from wreckage - of $1m Ferrari

    Picture exclusive Car totalled

    Former Gizmondo Europe executive Stefan Eriksson was this week involved in a car crash that shredded in his million-dollar Ferrari Enzo. Eriksson, who told police he was not the driver of the vehicle, walked away from the impact with cuts and bruises. The accident took place on State Highway 1 in Malibu, California. The car …

    Consoles 23 Feb 2006, 11:40

  • RIM lauds latest NTP patent rejection

    Two down, one to go

    The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has rejected all the claims contained in US patent number 6,067,451, one of the three patents held by NTP, and for which it successfully sued Research in Motion for intellectual property violation. The patent contains two of nine claims that NTP said RIM had implemented in the …

    Phones 23 Feb 2006, 12:57

  • Asus dreams up modular PC of the future

    Exclusive Look, ma, no connectors

    Asus has shelved plans to develop the PC of the future - literally. The Taiwanese vendor's Green PC concept computer, shown to Reg Hardware this week, is just that: a shelf. And some clever wireless connectivity and non-contact inductive power source. Asus' design breaks the computer down into a series of interchangeable …

    PCs 23 Feb 2006, 13:25

  • Asus prices up Lamborghini laptop

    VX1 spec hints dropped too

    Asus has dropped a few more hints about what's going to be inside its upcoming Lamborghini-branded notebook. The company confirmed this week that the machine will indeed be based on Intel's Centrino Duo platform, and said it will contain more than 1GB of memory and a hard drive offering over 120GB of storage capacity. Asus …

    PCs 23 Feb 2006, 13:51

  • Apple to 'launch full movie downloads' next week

    One billion songs sold

    Apple will next week announce that it's going to start selling full-length movie downloads through the iTunes Music Store, if the forecast of a US market watcher is correct. The prediction comes in the week the company passed the 1bn music downloads mark. The one billionth song was downloaded early this morning, Apple said, …

    Mac 23 Feb 2006, 15:13

  • Thomas Pink collars iPod with commuter tie

    Tie fighter

    British shirt-maker Thomas Pink has begun selling a limited edition tie with an integrated iPod holder, the better to allow City gents to groove to their favourite beat combos as they battle their way to work every morning. The £49 ($86) tie is bright red - ideal, perhaps, for the much-rumoured red AIDS-awareness iPod - and …

    Media players 23 Feb 2006, 15:42

  • Motorola RAZR V3i

    Review Still no iTunes...

    A manufacturer with one of the most popular mobiles on the market has a problem when it comes to updating the phone: just how do you improve a product without ruining it? In the case of the V3, Motorola has obviously decided the way forward is to leave well alone, only pausing to correct a couple of oversights it made in the …

    Phones 23 Feb 2006, 16:46