18th April 2006 Archive

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Apple accused of patent infringement

Burst.com files countersuit

Apple has been accused of using another company's technology without permission. The Mac maker was this week accused of violating the intellectual property rights of Burst.com, which maintains Apple has infringed four patents relating to music and video downloads on demand. Burst's complaint, filed with the US District Court …

Media players 18 Apr 2006, 09:09
ATI rebuts 80nm GPU slip claim

Migrating to smaller process as planned, apparently

ATI has denied claims that it has scaled back or postponed its plan to adopt an 80nm chip fabrication process this year. Industry insiders had alleged two GPUs due to ship in Q3 will now be fabbed at 90nm and not the smaller node as planned. Both claim and counterclaim was reported by DigiTimes yesterday. The moles maintain …

Bits 'n' Chips 18 Apr 2006, 09:25
Sony debuts DVD Walkman

Same size as a disc case

Sony will offer Japanese consumers a Walkman-branded portable DVD player on 1 June, the consumer electronics giant said today. The tablet-style device sports a 7in LCD and a bundled recharging station with integrated stereo speakers. The player, dubbed the D-VE7000S, weighs 775g and measures 19.3 x 13.6 x 3.3cm - roughly …

Gadgets and Gizmos 18 Apr 2006, 09:53
AMD said to be researching 'reverse multi-threading' tech

Multiple cores to appear as one?

AMD is working on a way to make a multi-core processor appear to the host operating system as a single-core chip, it has been claimed. If true, the move turns on its head the drive to develop multi-threaded apps the better to take advantage of multiple cores. The technology is aimed at the next architecture after K8, …

Bits 'n' Chips 18 Apr 2006, 10:27
Ex-Gizmondo exec denies theft, drink-driving charges

Eriksson charged, pleads not guilty

Former senior Gizmondo staffer Stefan Eriksson this week pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzlement, grand theft, driving while drunk and the illegal possession of a firearm. Eriksson, 44, made the plea through his attorney during an appearance before the Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday. Judge Mary Strobel set bail at …

Consoles 18 Apr 2006, 11:15
Intel Mac tricked into triple-boot config

Chainloading time

Intel-based Macs can now play host to three operating systems and boot into any one of them at will. The triple-boot technique has been outlined on the OnMac.net website, home of the first code to allow the new machines to run Windows XP. The procedure's not trivial, though it makes use of Apple's BootCamp utility to ease you …

Mac 18 Apr 2006, 11:40
Nvidia touts 'flagship' GeForce Go 7900 GPUs

As Toshiba revealed last month, ahem...

Nvidia has formally unveiled the GeForce Go 7900 mobile graphics chip family notebook maker Toshiba pre-announced last month. Then, Toshiba debuted a laptop based on the 7900 GS - today, Nvidia added the 7900 GTX to the line-up. The two 7900 GPUs are fabbed at 90nm. The "flagship" 7900 GTX has a fill rate of 12bn pixels per …

Bits 'n' Chips 18 Apr 2006, 13:35
Universal releases first HD DVD movie

Serenity ships

Universal, at least, is ready for anyone who's just bought a Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player in the US and wants some hi-def films to play on it. Make that 'movie' - the studio's Home Entertainment division today began shipping its first and only HD DVD title, Serenity, but you'll have to wait a week for further discs. Today's …

HD 18 Apr 2006, 14:01
Casio Exilim Card EX-S600 6Mp camera

Review Snapability or manual control?

This, the latest edition to the company's range, without a doubt strengthens Casio's Exilim Card camera collection. The EX-S600 combines ultra-compact design with stylish looks and high-resolution six megapixel snaps... The 600 also plays host to a few neat technologies such as image stabilisation in both still and video …

Cameras 18 Apr 2006, 14:43
Dell unveils 'fastest' consumer laptop

Glowing case for gamers

Dell has announced what it claims - and it should know - is its fastest consumer-oriented notebook, the gamer friendly XPS M1710. The laptop sports Intel's quickest Core Duo processor plus Nvidia's newest, top-of-the-range mobile GPU, and comes in a choice of glowing red or metallic black carapace. The notebook's spec best …

PCs 18 Apr 2006, 15:17
Seagate doubles 15K drive capacity with perpendicular

300GB Cheetah 15K.5 ships

Seagate has updated its Cheetah 15K enterprise-oriented hard disk drive line-up with a model that incorporates perpendicular recording technology and takes the 15,000rpm drive family's capacity to 300GB - more than double the current top-of-the-line model's 147GB. The Cheetah 15K.5 will ship to the channel later this quarter …

Bits 'n' Chips 18 Apr 2006, 16:02