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4th April 2006 Archive

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  • Sony unveils latest Walkman Flash MP3 players

    Multi-coloured USB sticks ahoy

    Sony has confirmed the debut of its latest Flash-based E-series Walkman music players, announcing this morning that the multi-coloured line-up for 512MB, 1GB and 2GB devices will ship across Europe at the end of the month. The manufacturer touted the devices' fast charge time: three hours' playback capacity after just three …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Apr 2006, 09:06

  • Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.6 update

    Intel and PowerPC; client and server

    Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.4.6, the latest update to its 'Tiger' operating system. Released as both PowerPC and Intel versions, the new software incorporates the customary array of tweaks and fixes, but most notably incorporates a major revision of the OS' iSync tool. Indeed, Apple warned iSync users to synchronise their PDAs …

    Mac 4 Apr 2006, 09:22

  • AMD's K8L 65nm core due H1 07

    Roadmap So near, so Sparta

    AMD's next-generation AMD64 core, codenamed 'K8L', has begun appearing on the company's roadmap under that name, kicking off with a H1 2007 appearance, according to documentation leaked on the web. So has upcoming CPUs' support for 800MHz DDR 2 SDRAM. A roadmap image posted at Chinese-language site HKEPC confirms past …

    Bits 'n' Chips 4 Apr 2006, 09:52

  • Samsung re-schedules Blu-ray player debut

    Adds 1080p support, though

    Samsung has put back the release of its Blu-ray Disc player by a month, the company has revealed. However, in compensation, it has apparently upped the player's output to a maximum HD resolution of 1080p. The BD-P1000 will now ship on 25 June, not 23 May as originally planned. According to a variety of news sources, Samsung …

    HD 4 Apr 2006, 10:29

  • Fujitsu exhibits fold-out keyboard UMPC

    Unwraps better than Microsoft's Origami?

    Fujitsu has put on show a pair of conceptual PC designs, one intended to show how an "ultra-mobile" machine might operate, the other a home computer system which looks funky enough but probably won't give Apple's industrial designers any sleepless nights. The UMPC concept is certainly topical, what with the launch of …

    PCs 4 Apr 2006, 10:56

  • Epson unveils 'Windows Vista Capable' PC

    Logo goes live

    It's official - the blurry 'Windows Vista-capable' logo that appeared on the web last week is real, as Epson demonstrated today when it launched a desktop system for the Japanese market that conforms to the certification process centred on Microsoft's next generation of Windows. The machine in question is the Endeavour Pro …

    PCs 4 Apr 2006, 11:18

  • Hitachi preps quad-tuner HDD-equipped TVs

    Two analogue receivers, two digital

    Hitachi has unveiled a set of big-screen plasma and LCD TVs boasting not only four integrated tuners - two digital, two analogue - but also built-in hard disks with PVR functionality. The wonderfully named Wooo 9000 series contains six models offering 32in, 37in and 42in screen sizes. The two larger sizes are plasma panels …

    HD 4 Apr 2006, 11:50

  • Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1536

    Review A well-spec'd Centrino Duo laptop at an affordable price

    It hasn’t been three months since Intel launched the Centrino Duo platform, and you can already find much-better-than-base specification machines for quite a bit less than £1,000. The Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1536 is one such laptop, and it has a very well-rounded feature set and utilises some of the latest technology... …

    PCs 4 Apr 2006, 12:19

  • Sony Ericsson announces eighth Walkman phone

    Gold blend

    Sony Ericsson today Liberacéd up its Walkman music phone line, adding a new W700 candybar model kitted out in a "titanium gold"-coloured casing. Sony Ericsson maintains the new hue is "subtle" and the phone's look "discreet", but we'd say it's more Nescafé Gold Blend than Lavazza espresso. The W700 comes bundled with a …

    Phones 4 Apr 2006, 12:57

  • Fujitsu touts four-way slider phone

    Concept design only, alas

    Fancy a phone with a large enough screen to surf the web as well as you would on a desktop? Fujitsu may have the answer. Well, its industrial designers do, and they'll this week show off their ideas at a special exhibition taking place in Milan. In addition to a pair of concept PCs, the Japanese giant has a couple of …

    Phones 4 Apr 2006, 13:37

  • AMD Fab 36 'generating revenue'

    Shipping chips to paying customers

    AMD's Fab 36 has begun making the company money, the chip maker announced today. Processors rolling off the plant's production lines last month became the first parts to be shipped to paying customers, the company said. Fab 36 is AMD's first 300mm-wafer fab, punching out chips made using a 90nm process, though it's scheduled …

    Channel Register 4 Apr 2006, 14:04

  • Mesh seeks to net gamers with ATI CrossFire rigs

    AMD dual-core CPUs, too

    Mesh has launched two new gamer-oriented desktop PC families, each based on AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core and equipped with ATI's Radeon Xpress 3200 chipset - on an Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboard - to enable CrossFire multi-GPU graphics. The Matrix² XFR range comprises three models, as does the Matrix² CrossFire line-up. The …

    PCs 4 Apr 2006, 15:42

  • Reg Hardware's Critical Mass

    Review Round-up No-holds-barred product assessments from around the web

    This week's no-holds-barred product assessments from around the web... Dell Axim X51v "Dell has added a new member to its mobile Axim family. This model has more memory, a bigger screen, a new OS and more processing power. What's all this good for..?" - UK Gamer   Foxconn, Gigabyte and AVC coolers for Intel LGA775 and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 4 Apr 2006, 17:04

  • Asus to make 13.3in widescreen MacBook - report

    As per June 2005 allegations

    Asus has reportedly won the contract to manufacture Apple's upcoming Intel-based iBook - aka the MacBook - which will be the first consumer-oriented notebook from the vendor to incorporate a widescreen display. So claimed Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Times today, according to the AFX news service. The report …

    Mac 4 Apr 2006, 20:12