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2nd May 2006 Archive

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  • Visto sues Seven, targets RIM

    Wireless email patent fight widened

    Wireless email specialist Visto has sued Research in Motion (RIM), claiming the BlackBerry maker has infringed a number of its patents. At the same time, it let another player in the push email market, Intellisync, off the hook. Visto's action against RIM followed its victory against Seven Networks late last week. An Eastern …

    Phones 2 May 2006, 10:10

  • ATI buys Bitboys

    Golden child of desktop GPUs to become ATI handset R&D team

    ATI has acquired Bitboys. The Finnish graphics chip developer now focuses on handset GPU designs but is perhaps best known for pledges made in the late 1990s to ship desktop graphics cards that it claimed would massively out-perform rivals from the likes of ATI and Nvidia. Bitboys is now going to form the basis for a European …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 May 2006, 11:21

  • Apple to boost iTunes downloads with BitTorrent?

    Built into Mac OS X 10.5, rumours allege

    Apple's next major operating system release - aka 'Leopard' - will feature built-in BitTorrent support to speed up the company's eagerly anticipated movie download service, it has been alleged. If true, it would allow iTunes Music Store customers to grab video data not only from the online shop but also from other customers who' …

    Mac 2 May 2006, 11:24

  • Helio targets messaging-hungry youth

    Why email when you can blog?

    Helio, the US content-centric mobile phone service, has gone on sale today, pitching two 3G handsets, a messaging-oriented airtime package and online blogging tools to young, tech-savvy consumers. It hopes to sign up 3m of them in the next three years. Backed by South Korea Telecom and US ISP EarthLink, Helio piggybacks on …

    Phones 2 May 2006, 11:55

  • Acer extends 17in laptop line

    Aspire augmentation

    Acer has revamped its Aspire notebook line-up with four 17in models based on 1,440 x 900 displays pitched at mainstream home and office buyers, and punters looking for a large laptop on a small budget. The 9400 and 9410 sport Pentium M and Core Duo processors, respectively, with Intel 945GM and 915PM chipsets. Both use an …

    PCs 2 May 2006, 12:32

  • Samsung slimline slider to offer Bluetooth stereo audio

    D520 'defines uniqueness', company says

    Samsung will this month offer its latest slimline slider phone to European consumers, pitching the 1.6cm-thick, "easy-to-grip" device's Bluetooth 1.2-based wireless stereo playback and 80MB of on-board music storage at "the modernist and music appreciator in you". The SGH-D520 also sports a 126 x 220, 262,144-colour screen …

    Phones 2 May 2006, 13:08

  • First 'Super 3G' phones coming July?

    BenQ's HSDPA device gains carrier approval, report claims

    BenQ Mobile has brought forward the release of its first mobile phone to support the HSDPA data speed boosting extension to 3G technology. According to online reports, BenQ's EF91 will ship in Europe in July courtesy of a deal struck with T-Mobile. The claim comes via "market sources" cited by DigiTimes. How much earlier the …

    Phones 2 May 2006, 13:33

  • Samsung hails single-chip 7in LCD panel

    Q1 UMPC's 800 x 480 job revealed

    Samsung has created what it claims is the LCD industry's first single-chip, 800 x 480 colour panel made using amorphous silicon and measuring 7in in the diagonal. Interestingly, the company's Q1 UMPC, due any day now, sports a 7in, 800 x 480 display. Standard panels of this size, Samsung said, typically use four to seven …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 2 May 2006, 14:05

  • Iqua Snake wraps stereo headset around car seat

    Adder-on?

    Iqua's Snake has to be the oddest-looking in-car Bluetooth accessory we've seen, but there's a method to this particular madness. It may appear to be a hi-tech snorkel tube, but it's a microphone and speaker rig that clips onto your car seat for handsfree communications. The device fits in place between the headrest and the …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 2 May 2006, 15:06

  • Nvidia serves up free Gelato

    Still charging for the Pro release, though

    Nvidia has opened its Gelato 3D rendering software to all, releasing a free-of-charge version of the once high-end only application that will run on any Nvidia GPU - from the GeForce 5200 upwards. The Quadro-specific version is still available, as Gelato Pro 2.0. The freebie release lacks the Pro version's support for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 May 2006, 15:37