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10th April 2006 Archive

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  • AMD raises Athlon 64 prices

    Adds 3GHz Opteron 2xx, 8xx series chips too

    AMD appears to be playing down the availability of its Opteron 1xx series, at least for now. The chip maker today unveiled Opteron price adjustments which relegate the 1xx CPUs' presence on its public price list to mere 'call for details' status. Today also saw the debut of Opteron x56 two-way and four-way server chips, as …

    Bits 'n' Chips 10 Apr 2006, 09:45

  • iMac boots Windows Vista, survives to tell tale

    Ends up without Mac OS X, though...

    Windows Vista has been booted on an iMac, according to a poster on the OSx86 Project forum yesterday. Previous attempts to install and run Vista - currently available in pre-release form - have been unsuccessful. According to OSx86 Project's correspondent, the solution is to eradicate the machine's Mac OS X disk partitions …

    Mac 10 Apr 2006, 11:03

  • Ex-Gizmondo exec arrested in California

    Stolen car allegations

    Malibu police arrested former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson this weekend almost two months after his $1m red Ferrari Enzo was totalled in a smash on the Pacific Coast Highway. Two other sportscars, including a second black Enzo, were taken from his home and impounded. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department yesterday …

    Consoles 10 Apr 2006, 11:33

  • O2 unveils Wi-Fi smart phone

    XDA IQ makes its debut

    UK mobile phone network O2 has formally launched its XDA IQ smart phone, as exclusively revealed by Reg Hardware last month. The IQ incorporates a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS radio with EDGE support. The phone also has Bluetooth 1.2 and 802.11b Wi-Fi wireless connectivity on board. As expected, the handset is …

    Phones 10 Apr 2006, 11:35

  • Nintendo vs Sony

    Who is winning the handheld war?

    Who exactly is winning the handheld wars? Sony says it is, and Nintendo says it is. Sony says the PSP is selling faster, from launch, than the PSOne or PS2. The PSP is selling neck-and-neck in the US and Europe with Nintendo's DS. In Japan, however, the DS is clearly trouncing the PSP. Whatever the reality is of who is edging …

    Consoles 10 Apr 2006, 11:58

  • ATI SB600 South Bridge to debut in May

    Next-gen chipsets coming sooner than expected?

    ATI will unveil its long-awaited SB600 South Bridge chip next month, a senior company executive has revealed. The product is set to help the company limit its dependency on its South Bridge-chip partner ULi, now owned by ATI's arch-rival, Nvidia. According to Billy Wang, ATI VP for Asia Pacific and China, the SB600 will be …

    Bits 'n' Chips 10 Apr 2006, 12:03

  • Transmeta begins second year working for Sony

    Helping out Microsoft, too, don't forget

    Transmeta is once again working for Sony and Microsoft. The processor power-reduction technology specialist said it would once again provide design and engineering services to Sony, which licensed Transmeta's LongRun 2 anti-leakage process in January 2005, leading to a two-year services deal being signed in March 2005. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 10 Apr 2006, 12:34

  • Orange SPV M600 PDA phone

    Review Windows Mobile push email comes to Orange

    I’m going to go out on a limb here: the SPV M600 from Orange is the best Windows Mobile smart phone I have ever used. It’s not perfect - that would be an overstatement - but if you’re after a smart phone with PDA functionality, the SPV M600 is the one to get. It’s way ahead of Orange's SPV M500 when it comes to functionality, …

    Phones 10 Apr 2006, 14:17

  • Air France says 'oui' to in-flight text messaging

    But 'non' to voice calls...

    Air France is to allow passengers to use their mobile phones once airborne on certain flights, though only for text messaging and data applications, the airline announced last week - voice calls will be interdit for the time being. The service will kick off in March 2007, three months after Air France takes possession of a …

    Phones 10 Apr 2006, 14:41

  • Logitech unrolls cylindrical iPod-friendly speaker unit

    Audio on the move or on the shelf

    Logitech will next month fill out its iPod-oriented portable speaker line-up with a mid-range set designed to provide up to ten hours' playing time using four AA batteries, though it's bundled with an AC adaptor for on-shelf playback too. The one-piece mm32 set places a pair of cylinder-enclosed speakers either side of a …

    Media players 10 Apr 2006, 15:02