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3rd April 2006 Archive

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  • Download-only track hits number one

    The death knell for CD singles?

    Gnarls Barkley track Crazy has become the first song to top the hit parade without a record being sold. The duo's melting pot brand of paranoid soul-pop hip-hop dance-slop shifted 31,000 legal downloads last week, and was crowned top of the pops by the Official UK Chart Company on Sunday. The CD hits shops today. Downloads …

    Media players 3 Apr 2006, 09:49

  • Toshiba unveils world's first HD-DVD player

    Gets upper hand on rival Blu-ray

    In the race to set a global industry standard for next-generation DVD players, Toshiba has launched its first high definition DVD player in Japan. The Japanese firm, which is locked in a battle with Sony to gain the upper hand in this new market, released its first high-definition DVD player on Friday with little fanfare. The …

    HD 3 Apr 2006, 09:50

  • More pay-to-own movie download services debut

    US consumers get a look-in

    US video rental companies Movielink and CinemaNow will today begin offering pay-to-own movie downloads from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Sony Pictures and MGM catalogues. Tomorrow, they will offer the first Sony title to be made simultaneously available in both DVD and download formats. The first dual-format release is …

    Media players 3 Apr 2006, 12:55

  • Asus EN7600GT graphics card

    Review One of the first Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT-based cards out the door

    When Nvidia launched the GeForce 7800 GTX in June 2005 it broke with tradition by not releasing a mid-range GeForce 7600 and a budget GeForce 7200, which is what we'd expected after the precedent set by the GeForce FX5200/5600/5800 launch and followed by the GeForce 6200/6600/6800 roll-out. Instead, Nvidia demoted the GeForce …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Apr 2006, 14:30

  • No worldwide Revolution launch?

    Games Digest Will Europe be last on the list again?

    A slew of new revelations about Nintendo's next console, the Revolution, have not so much set the games world alight as poured cold water over it. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata last week said: "We don't think it's necessary to do the simultaneous worldwide launch simply because others are doing this." Some have spun Iwata's …

    Consoles 3 Apr 2006, 14:39

  • Samsung UMPC to cost UK buyers £800

    Q1 shipping on 1 June, apparently

    UK mobile device reseller Expansys has become one of the first companies here to begin taking orders for Samsung's Q1 ultra-mobile PC. But it's not cheap - the Windows XP-based handheld is set to ship for the best part of £800 ($1,390/€1,148). The compact unit is scheduled to ship on 1 June. The 22.8 x 14 x 2.7cm Q1 sports …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 3 Apr 2006, 15:30

  • Borders finds shelf space for Sony electronic book

    Reader, I downloaded him

    Sony has signed bookstore Borders to sell its electronic book, the Reader, throughout the chain's 200 US shops. The consumer electronics giant said it would also offer the gadget in its 30-odd Sony Style outlets. Sony didn't say when the product will ship - it's already missed the March deadline it set when it announced the …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 3 Apr 2006, 16:14

  • ATI next-gen Theater Pro chip wins PCI-E SIG approval

    As does the RS600 integrated chipset

    ATI's upcoming Theatre 650 Pro digital TV chip has achieved PCI Express certification, Reg Hardware can reveal, paving the way for the part's formal introduction. The graphics specialist's RS600 chipset has also passed the PCI-E test. At this stage it's unclear what the 650 Pro adds to the existing 550 Pro part, which shipped …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Apr 2006, 17:29