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28th March 2006 Archive

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  • Intel quad-core CPUs 'to ship Q1 2007'

    Release brought forward the better to battle AMD?

    Intel's quad-core processor, 'Kentsfield', may come to market earlier than anticipated. Intel's official release window spans the whole of 2007, but when the details of the chip emerged late last year, it was said to be earmarked for a mid-2007 debut. Now, apparently, it's coming out in Q1 next year. So, at least, claim …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Mar 2006, 09:09

  • Fujitsu claims biggest 2.5in HDD capacity record

    First 200GB Serial ATA model to market

    Fujitsu has launched a 200GB Serial ATA 2.5in hard disk drive designed for notebook computers, the most capacious of its kind, the company claimed today. It said the drive's size makes it ideal for vendors who want to equip their laptops with PVR functionality, or for anyone producing "digital home appliance" products. The …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Mar 2006, 09:54

  • Elecom readies wireless pack-a-mouse

    Box doubles up as recharge station, transmitter

    Why did no one think of this before? Like all other mouse makers, Japan's Elecom ships its new wireless input device, dubbed the "M-MBDUR", in a box. But this time it's no ordinary case - the plastic packaging doubles up as the rodent's recharger and its wireless transceiver. Open the box and next to the 800dpi mouse is a …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Mar 2006, 10:35

  • Intel touts standards for notebook part swaps

    Interchangeability Initiative to boost system builder laptop biz, it hopes

    Intel wants notebook component makers to agree to a series of connectivity standards to simplify the swapping of parts. Earlier this month, the chip giant launched what it calls the Interchangeability Initiative to promote the idea. Intel has promoted whitebox notebooks since September 2005. The strategy to build a laptop …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Mar 2006, 10:47

  • Evesham ships low-cost 32in HD LCD TV

    £750 all in

    Watching HD TV just got cheaper in the UK, thanks to hardware seller Evesham which has launched a 32in HD Ready telly for a mere £750. Not only is it rather less expensive than comparably specced screens, but it's loaded with connection options and comes with a three-year warranty. As a display, the V32EMRO-ZE3 has horizontal …

    HD 28 Mar 2006, 11:45

  • Pantech preps camera-like camera phone

    Taking a leaf out of Sony Ericsson's book

    South Korea's Pantech is following Sony Ericsson's lead with a camera phone that looks more like a photography product, it said today. Pantech will offer the phone, dubbed the PG-8000, through Vietnamese cellco Glory Star. The PG-8000 sports a 2in, 262,144-colour, 320 x 240 display intended to be viewed in landscape …

    Phones 28 Mar 2006, 12:04

  • 'Party in your pants' iPod accessory ships Stateside

    iBuzzin' in the USA

    The iBuzz, the infamous iPod-enhanced vibrator, has...er...come to the US. Already on sale in the UK, the device has now gone one sale to North Americans keen to really 'feel' the music, movies or even video games... Dubbed the "music-activated orgasm machine", the iBuzz connects to an iPod or any other digital music player, …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Mar 2006, 12:41

  • Asus WL-530g compact wireless router

    Review Travel-friendly

    The wireless router market is a tough one to crack. There are already many well-established brand names that offer products at very reasonable prices. To compete successfully, you have to either offer something new and innovative, and Asus has tried to do a bit of both. Its WL-530G pocket router is by no means a unique product …

    Networking and Wireless 28 Mar 2006, 15:51

  • Dell UK shifts Inspiron line to integrated graphics

    Alienware fallout?

    Dell UK appears to believe Intel's integrated graphics cores provide plenty of power for its laptop customers' needs. All but one of the PC giant's Inspiron notebooks - including the recently released 6400, highlighted for its "versatile entertainment" provision - now ship without a discrete GPU, it has emerged. Dell …

    PCs 28 Mar 2006, 16:00

  • Bluetooth body picks WiMedia for UWB shift

    And the winner is... the WiMedia Alliance

    Future incarnations of Bluetooth will be based upon ultrawideband (UWB), the wireless technology's steering organisation announced today. It said it will use the version of UWB specified by the WiMedia Alliance (WMA) to create a version of Bluetooth that will operate in unlicensed spectrum using chipsets scheduled to sample in …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Mar 2006, 17:02