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6th March 2006 Archive

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  • AMD kicks Opterons up a notch

    A wee notch

    AMD handed Intel a minor slap one day ahead of the Intel Developer Forum by announcing three, speedier versions of its Opteron chip. In thirty days, AMD will start shipping 2.6GHz Opterons that span across its full line from one-socket designs on up to eight-socket server products. The 885, 285 and 185 Series chips just beat …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Mar 2006, 06:42

  • Next-gen video iPod spotted on web

    If they're fakes, they're good ones

    Tantalising photos of what appears to be the video-optimised next-generation iPod have surfaced on the web. Past pictures have been exposed as fakes, but if the new set of shots are hoax images, they're very good ones: they clearly show the device's rumoured virtual UI, including a shot in regular music mode. The images were …

    Media players 6 Mar 2006, 08:52

  • Sony Ericsson reveals Walkman phone speaker

    Dock holiday

    Sony Ericsson has followed Apple and launched a portable speaker system, this time for its Walkman music phone series. The 25W RMS rig - described by the manufacturer as "room filling" - has a pair of 5W stereo speakers backed by a 15W sub-woofer. Boasting of the Cradle Audio CPF-MP001's "exceptional depth and quality" …

    Phones 6 Mar 2006, 11:11

  • Samsung to demo 8GB HDD handset

    Windows Mobile 5.0, too

    Samsung will this week unveil a Windows Mobile 5.0-based smart phone that also incorporates an 8GB hard disk, stereo speakers, digital amplifier and the ability to support Bluetooth-connected wireless stereo headphones. The SGH-i310 will be shown at the CeBIT show, which kicks off in Hannover, Germany, this week. Samsung has …

    Phones 6 Mar 2006, 11:46

  • Intel US retail desktop market share plummets

    Swaps places with AMD, says researcher

    AMD's share of the US retail desktop PC market jumped to a massive 81.5 per cent during the first two months of the year, pushing Intel's share of the market to just 18.5 per cent, researcher NPD Techworld has revealed. Intel's share of the US retail notebook fell to 63 per cent in the same period. Publication of the figures …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Mar 2006, 12:01

  • LG Blu-ray Disc player to support HD DVD too?

    Ditched single-format product, apparently

    LG has apparently abandoned plans to ship a Blu-ray DIsc player this Spring, and appears instead to be preparing a dual-mode system that incorporates HD DVD support too. So, at any rate, claims a memo allegedly sent by the company's US sales chief to staff last week. The memo, cited by consumer electronics industry-watching …

    HD 6 Mar 2006, 12:25

  • Sony beefs up Bravia LCD TV line

    Seventh-generation panels

    Sony today unveiled a range of Bravia LCD TVs, pitching the pricey but skinny alternative to standard CRT tellies. All but one of the new models sport seventh-generation LCDs with wide viewing angles and souped up backlights to deliver more realistic colour, Sony said. The consumer electronics giant launched TVs in its Bravia …

    HD 6 Mar 2006, 14:49

  • Olympus E-500/EVOLT E-500 8mp digital SLR

    Review Anti-dust vs anti-shake

    The E-500, announced in September 2005, was the third E-series digital SLR from Olympus; the fourth, the E-330, was announced in January 2006. The E-500 offers eight megapixel resolution and employs a 'FourThirds' mount which can accommodate an increasing range of lenses... Unlike the older E-300 and the latest E-330 models …

    Cameras 6 Mar 2006, 16:04