13th March 2006 Archive

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Telewest TVDrive HDTV-enabled PVR

Review HD and more from the cable co

Sky might be making all the noise about HDTV in the UK but, in classic tortoise versus hare scenario, its cable rival Telewest has got there first. Telewest's HDTV enabled hard disk based video recorder, the TVDrive, went on sale last week. It is available to four million homes with viewers signing up via Currys, Dixons or …

HD 13 Mar 2006, 10:07
VIA ships C7-M ULV with Intel-like model numbers

ULV for UMPC, says VIA

VIA has begun mass production of an ultra-low voltage version of its C7-M mobile processor, the Taiwanese chip maker said late last week, allowing it on the ultra-mobile PC bandwagon and target Intel's performance-per-Watt strategy too. It's even adopted Pentium M-style 77x series model numbers for the CPU line. The C7-M ULV …

Bits 'n' Chips 13 Mar 2006, 10:47
Apple drops 20in iMac G5

Still a few available in the US, apparently

Bid farewell to the PowerPC-based iMac G5, ladies and gentlemen. Apple has dropped the 20in model from its online stores in the UK, Europe and Japan, though the machine remains on sale in the US. Not for long though, we'd guess. Apple pulled the 17in iMac G5 early in February, almost a month after introducing the Intel-based …

Mac 13 Mar 2006, 11:33
Gateway UK unveils dual-core desktop

Latest laptops ship too

Gateway UK today unveiled its latest notebook and desktop PCs, pitching the products at consumers and small businesses needing performance on a budget price. The roll-out also takes in Intel's latest dual-core desktop processor technology. That said, the notebooks feature previous-generation CPUs: the new MX6640b, MX6638b and …

PCs 13 Mar 2006, 12:09
Freecom FSG-3 Storage Gateway

Review More than your average NAS box

Network Attached Storage - NAS for short - has become immensely popular of the last couple of years, especially as hard drive sizes have increased and prices have come down. Consumer-oriented devices have been around for some time now, but most of them have been fairly basic units that you attach to an existing network. The …

Networking and Wireless 13 Mar 2006, 12:39
Samsung to bring HD Ready CRT TV to Europe

Better picture than an LCD - and much cheaper too

Yes, we know the consumer electronics industry wants us all to upgrade our TVs to brand spanking new LCD jobs - with HDTV dangled before us as bait - but some of us prefer the better picture quality, greater screen longevity and, frankly, lower price benefits of good old CRT technology. It seems Samsung, for one, has been …

HD 13 Mar 2006, 13:08
Intel marks Pentium D 920 for termination

Chip giant 'absolutely will not stop' until part is EOL'd

Intel has confirmed earlier hints that its 65nm dual-core Pentium D 920 is nearing the end of its useful life. The chip giant last week told customers that it will stop taking orders for the part on 30 June this year. Company documentation seen by Reg Hardware reveals that orders for boxed and tray-mounted 920s become non- …

Bits 'n' Chips 13 Mar 2006, 13:25
Sony readies PSP-friendly MemoryStick video recorder

A VCR for the solid-state storage era?

Sony is gearing up to help Japanese PlayStation Portable owners get more video content onto their handheld gadgets. The consumer electronics giant has announced a digital video recorder that stores programmes on MemoryStick in a PSP-friendly format. If all this sounds familiar, it's because US-based Neuros Audio has been …

Gadgets and Gizmos 13 Mar 2006, 14:34