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10th March 2006 Archive

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  • Blu-ray body confirms format to use 'interim' copy protection code

    CeBIT Won't limit the consumer, apparently

    Blu-ray Disc's lack of full AACS support will not limit the consumer in any way, Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) spokesman Frank Simonis said today after confirming the next-generation optical disc format will incorporate an "interim" version of the copy-protection technology. The organisation also indicated the format's …

    HD 10 Mar 2006, 10:59

  • Monster TVs slug it out for CeBIT crown

    CeBIT And the winner is...

    Sony did it at CES in Las Vegas, and now it's Samsung's turn at CeBIT in Hannover. Yes, we're talking monster 82in LCD TVs. Alas, it was outscaled by LG, which is touting a 100in LCD, but don't forget that Panasonic's 103in plasma screen beats them all. Samsung can at least claim its 82in whopper has a novel LED backlight …

    HD 10 Mar 2006, 11:12

  • Jabra talks up Bluetooth iPod accessories

    CeBIT Fewer wires for PSP, DS, MP3 player owners too

    Bluetooth headset specialist Jabra this week stepped into the iPod, handheld games console and music-phone accessory markets, pitching a handful of new products designed to free digital music device owners from cumbersome wires. Jabra's iPod-oriented offerings include a Bluetooth adaptor, the A125s, that hooks into the MP3 …

    Media players 10 Mar 2006, 11:56

  • LaCie Two Big 1TB eSATA drive

    Exclusive Review A terabyte of hot-swappable storage... on your desk

    It wasn't very long ago that having a terabyte (1TB) of storage in a home PC was considered far-fetched. But now just about every hard drive manufacturer has a 500GB drive in its product range, and having a terabyte or more in a desktop PC isn't really a big deal. However, LaCie has figured out a different approach to give you …

    Storage 10 Mar 2006, 12:05

  • Nvidia gets its chips out

    CeBIT Unleashes a couple of good handfuls of new kit

    Nvidia has announced a raft of new graphics kit at CeBIT, aimed at providing what it calls "extreme high-definition" to users. SVP Dan Vivoli said the move towards high-definition displays and the extra demands it will place on hardware is: "music to our [Nvidia's] ears". Its new flagship GeForce7900 GT high-end card leads …

    Bits 'n' Chips 10 Mar 2006, 12:26

  • PC shipments to slow in 2006

    Desktop sales on the decline

    PC sales are set to slow this year, Gartner has warned, reaching only 10.7 per cent in 2006 compared with 15.5 per cent in the previous year. Despite strong growth in the mobile PC sector, desktop PC replacement activity has peaked, contributing to the slowdown. However, this still means an impressive 234.5m units will be …

    PCs 10 Mar 2006, 14:36

  • Sony 'running jump' ad derailed

    Mind the gap

    Objections from transport staff have prompted Sony into removing posters advocating that consumers "take a running jump" from a number of tram and tube stations across the UK. The PSP promos were pulled from "inappropriate" sites after a worker on Manchester's Metrolink light rail system raised concerns after spotting the ad …

    Consoles 10 Mar 2006, 15:13

  • BrightFlash lights up pixt phone industry

    Useful night shots in a flash

    The real reason camera phones are useless, Anthony Kongats says, is that they don't have the power to light up the scene if it's dim. "Our goal is to be one of the enabling solutions to turn a useless camera in a phone into a useful one, that the average punter won't have a disappointing experience with," he said, announcing …

    Phones 10 Mar 2006, 16:01

  • Intel's talk starts to match rivals' products

    Analysis The five-year push to marketing parity

    You have to hand it to Intel for talking about power management and the benefits of multi-core processing with such confidence. Using reality distortion, Intel has convinced itself that it pioneered such technology instead of being the lone laggard to catch up with the rest of the industry. At the Intel Developer Forum, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 10 Mar 2006, 21:41