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30th March 2006 Archive

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  • Navman intros 'navigation-by-pictures' GPS kit

    Hardware gets 'serious' styling

    Navman today revamped its dedicated GPS navigation kit, launching three new low-end, mid-range and top-of-the-line models - the latter with a 4in widescreen display, the first in a device of its class, the company claimed - along with an RDS traffic data system and a new look that places some clear blue water between Navman's …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 30 Mar 2006, 09:31

  • AMD readies Opteron 2xx, 8xx speed bump

    Last Socket 940 fling before Socket F debuts?

    AMD will next week take its single-core Opteron 8xx and 2xx families to 3GHz and speed-bump the dual-core line-ups, it has been claimed. The move will see the arrival of Opterons with model numbers 256, 290, 856 and 890. According to a report on Chinese-language website HKEPC, the 256 and 856 single-core chips will be clocked …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Mar 2006, 10:16

  • AMD re-schedules dual-core Turion 64 debut?

    Back a month to join Socket AM2 Athlons, mole suggests

    AMD may have put back the release of its anticipated dual-core Turion 64 X2 mobile processors to June, sources cited by website DailyTech have alleged. If the chip maker does indeed delay the chips' debut, it's also likely to reschedule the release of the parts' single-core siblings, the report claims. The story's source said …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Mar 2006, 10:34

  • Nintendo Revolution chip specs leak

    CPU, GPU clocked 50 per cent higher than GameCubes, apparently

    Nintendo's Revolution console will be powered by a 729MHz processor - 50 per cent more clock cycles than its predecessor in the GameCube - and a graphics chip set to run at 243MHz, it has been claimed. The details come courtesy of IGN which claims to have got the numbers from game development studio sources. As Nintendo has …

    Consoles 30 Mar 2006, 12:13

  • O2 confirms XDA IQ smart phone

    Launch imminent

    UK cellco O2 is preparing to extend its XDA smart-phone line-up with a model designed around the traditional candybar form-factor rather than the more PDA-styled devices the range has so far delivered, the company told Reg Hardware today. The new handset, the XDA IQ, will ship in April, a company spokesman said, but we …

    Phones 30 Mar 2006, 14:12

  • Navicore Personal 2006/1 smart phone GPS

    Review Upgrade time?

    It's only been around eight months since Navicore launched its GPS-driven smart phone-based route-planning and navigation application in the UK, but the company has already updated Navicore Personal with the latest maps and a handful of new features, some making it easier to use, others providing more travel information to the …

    GPS and Satnav 30 Mar 2006, 15:21

  • O2 to offer Palm Treo 650 smart phones

    Exclusive Smart-phone maker wins second big European carrier

    Palm has won the support of another major mobile phone operator for its Treo 650 smart phone, Reg Hardware can confirm. O2 today told us that it will shortly begin offering the handset to its business customers "from next week". The deal is an important one for Palm, which this week celebrated the tenth anniversary of the …

    Phones 30 Mar 2006, 15:35

  • Dutch offered Harry Potter 4 pay-to-own download

    Windows DRM leaves iPod owners out in the cold

    Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has become the second major home video giant to offer pay-to-keep movie downloads. Today, it announced Dutch consumers will be able to download Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on the very day the DVD goes on sale in the Netherlands. The download version will be made available from Midnight …

    Media players 30 Mar 2006, 19:41