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16th May 2006 Archive

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  • Creative sues Apple, seeks iPod import ban

    Loss-making MP3 player firm alleges patent infringement

    Creative has at long last put its threats into action and slapped rival MP3 player maker Apple with a lawsuit alleging the iPod violates its intellectual property. It has also asked the US International Trade Commission to ban imports of allegedly infringing products. Apple has yet to respond to the complaint's filing. …

    Media players 16 May 2006, 08:38

  • AMD unveils low-power, high speed desktop CPUs

    Athlons and Semprons to challenge Intel's 'Conroe'

    AMD today unveiled a range of "energy efficient" dual- and single-core Athlon and Sempron desktop processors it hopes will help it win the support of manufacturers of small form-factor PCs who might otherwise be tempted by Intel's Core Duo and upcoming Core 2 Duo chips. The list of new processors - which AMD said would ship …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 May 2006, 09:02

  • Sony revives mini PC line for UMPC era

    But where's the Vaio UX series' touted HDMI port?

    Sony will ship its Vaio UX UMPC on 27 May, the consumer electronics giant said today. The successor to the company's U series of handheld mini PCs will ship as the retail-oriented UX-50 and as the Sony-sold UX-90S and UX-90PS. As expected, the UX-50 will contain a 1.06GHz ultra-low voltage Intel Core Solo U1300 processor …

    PCs 16 May 2006, 09:36

  • Intel 65nm Celeron D to ship '28 May'

    Processor pair planned

    Intel has chosen 28 May as the day it will release 65nm Celeron D processor, Taiwanese motherboard maker sources have claimed. The launch date is just five days after AMD is expected to ship its Socket AM2 interconnect and compatible CPUs. According to a DigiTimes report, the moles claim the parts will consume 65W - the same …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 May 2006, 09:56

  • AMD prunes single-core prices by up to 19.2%

    Sempron, Athlon 64 ranges rejigged

    AMD has taken the opportunity present by the launch of its energy-efficient Athlon 64 and Sempron processors to prune the prices and some of the members of its existing single-core desktop chip line-ups. So out goes the Athlon 64 4000+, for example. The 3200+ and 3500+ are still there, but they're now 12.7 per cent and 9.1 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 May 2006, 10:09

  • Sony unveils Blu-ray notebooks

    Confirms Vaio AR11S details

    Sony Japan has unveiled the Blu-ray Disc player-equipped Vaio notebook expected to ship in the UK and Europe as the AR11S, which the consumer electronics giant also announced today. The Japanese model will ship on 24 June, Sony said. It didn't provide a date for the AR11S' debut, though it too is expected to debut next month …

    PCs 16 May 2006, 10:40

  • AMD's 65nm Athlon 64 X2 to debut December?

    Only as engineering samples, if it does

    AMD's first 65nm processors will appear late this year, online reports coming out of Taiwan's mobo-maker community have claimed. Four Athlon 64 X2s based on the 'Brisbane' core will ship in December, but don't get your hopes up: they're likely to be only available as engineering samples for hardware developers. In other words …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 May 2006, 11:07

  • Apple launches black, white MacBooks

    Cuts MacBook Pro prices and boosts spec, too

    Apple has introduced the long-awaited Intel-based MacBook laptop - in black and white casings. It has also dropped the 1.83GHz 15.4in MacBook Pro and made the high-end 2.16GHz 15.4in machine a standard configuration - and it cut their prices. The new MacBooks - no red version, alas - are available with either 1.83GHz or …

    Mac 16 May 2006, 13:02

  • Toshiba ships 12.1in business notebook

    Satellite Pro U200

    Apple may have dropped 12.1in notebooks from its pro-oriented notebook family, but Toshiba today stepped into the breach to offer an "ultra-portable" Centrino Duo-based machine with just such a display. The Satellite Pro U200 actually ships with a choice of single- or dual-core processor: either a Core Duo T2400 or a Core …

    PCs 16 May 2006, 15:23

  • AMD unveils 'next gen' CPU plans

    Processor Forum It's more of the same, but faster - official

    AMD confirmed details of its "Next Generation Processor Technology" today, but it's really business as usual for the company. As AMD heads to four-core country, the company will continue to improve the bandwidth of its processor package, tweak memory and rely on help from partners to compete with an upcoming line of revamped …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 May 2006, 18:35