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12th April 2006 Archive

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  • Ads watchdog bites PC World

    But with rubber teeth?

    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped PC World for advertising product on TV that it was unable to supply to customers because of lack of stocks. The UK retail chain, part of DSG International, has been told not to show the ad on TV again. This is the second time this year the ASA has chastised PC World on the …

    PCs 12 Apr 2006, 09:21

  • Apple readying multi-coloured MacBooks?

    Or maybe just iPod black and white...

    Apple's upcoming Intel-based iBooks - now firmly believed to ship under the MacBook brand - may see the company once again offer the product in a range of coloured cases not seen now for more than four years. It's highly likely that the MacBook will debut in shiny white, but sources cited by AppleInsider suggest the machines …

    Mac 12 Apr 2006, 10:02

  • TDK at work on 200GB Blu-ray Disc

    Will quadruple BD-R capacity

    TDK this week confirmed its plan to develop a Blu-ray Disc with a storage capacity of 200GB. If successful, the company's R&D effort will yield a disc with four times the capacity of today's biggest BDs and double the size of protoype next-generation BD-Rs TDK has already demo'd. TDK showed off a 100GB BD prototype in May …

    HD 12 Apr 2006, 10:32

  • Buffalo to bring 'reincarnated floppy disk' to Japan

    Follows Memorex, Verbatim

    Japan's Buffalo has become the latest storage product provider to offer M-Systems' 16MB FlashDisc, an apparently "exciting" new take on the old USB Flash disk concept that packages the solid-state storage into a circular shell reminiscent of 1970s computer tapes. Buffalo this week joined Memorex in the US and Verbatim in …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Apr 2006, 10:55

  • Website confuses Athlon XP with Pentium III

    Ye olde AMD and Intel CPUs separated at birth?

    Do AMD and Intel have something to tell us? Is their cutthroat rivalry a sham? Are they really in business together? If online retailer Ebuyer.com's website is anything to go by, the two chip makers must be in cahoots. How else are we to interpret Ebuyer's AMD Athlon XP 2200+ product page, which to show potential buyers just …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Apr 2006, 11:38

  • Asus Lamborghini 'supernote' spec not so super?

    More expensive than expected too

    Asus has finally revealed what lies under the hood of its Lamborghini-branded notebook, the VX1. Unfortunately, the laptop is unlikely to impress anyone expecting the computing equivalent of the performance cars it's named after. It's also more expensive than Asus has hinted in the past. According to Asus, the VX1 - dubbed …

    PCs 12 Apr 2006, 12:05

  • T-Mobile exposes Robbie Williams Walkman phone

    Offers protection, lots of love and affection, and moderately decent GPRS tariffs...

    T-Mobile's Robbie Williams-branded Sony Ericsson W300 Walkman phone will ship across Europe in time for the 9 June start of the European leg of the crooner's Close Encounters tour, the cellco said today. Apparently "creatively influenced" by Williams himself - 'I want some pictures of me on it, right?' - the special edition …

    Phones 12 Apr 2006, 12:45

  • Aston Martin revs £940 Nokia 8800 handset

    Vantage point

    While Asus is pondering whether to produce a Lamborghini-branded phone, Nokia beaten it to the finish line with a Aston Martin version of its Nokia 8800 handset. Like the cars, it's not cheap - Aston Martin wants a whopping £940 ($1,640/€1,353) for the device. Mind you, it looks good. The "strictly limited edition" handset …

    Phones 12 Apr 2006, 13:29

  • JVC pushes play on female-friendly MP3 players

    Blokey colours on offer too

    JVC will this month ship its latest Flash-based digital music players, offer consumers in the US a choice of five female- and fella-friendly colours, and sporting neck lanyards with integrated earphone cables. The JVC XA-F57 and XA-F107 offer 512MB and 1GB of unformatted storage capacity, respectively. Both play MP3 and WMA …

    Media players 12 Apr 2006, 14:02

  • Linksys CIT200 cordless Skype handset

    Review Talk while you walk

    Skype may have given all the microphones built into desktop and notebook computers over the years a role in life, but making calls still feels more comfortable with a phone in your hand. Yes, if you don't fancy shouting at your computer, you can use a headset, but only if you don't mind feeling like you work in a call centre …

    Phones 12 Apr 2006, 14:49

  • Asus to make MacBook with AU Optronics LCDs - report

    Rumour mill grinds on

    A second report has come out of Taiwan claiming Asus has won the contract to manufacture Apple's upcoming Intel-based iBook, expected to ship as the MacBook. According to a report on the Taiwan Economic News website, Asus - aka Asustek - will produce 1.2m MacBooks, which are due to ship this quarter. The story claims the …

    Mac 12 Apr 2006, 15:28