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19th May 2006 Archive

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  • Intel to prune Core Duo prices - report

    Up to 33.6% off

    Intel will cut its Core Duo processor prices on 28 May, an online report has claimed. If true, the move will knock up to 33.6 per cent off the price of the 65nm, dual-core notebook-oriented chips. It also paves the way for the anticipated arrival of the 2.33GHz T2700 next month. According to DigiTimes, which cites sources …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 May 2006, 08:50

  • Abit spills Nvidia nForce 570 SLI beans

    Mobo maker announced KN9 SLI board

    Motherboard maker Abit has announced a board based on Nvidia's as-yet-unlaunched nForce 570 SLI chipset. The mobo, the KN9 SLI, supports AMD's upcoming Socket AM2 interconnect and the "newest dual-core AMD processors". According to Abit, the KN9 SLI supports dual-channel DDR 2 SDRAM clocked to 800MHz and a 2GHz HyperTransport …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 May 2006, 09:24

  • Intel Woodcrest Xeon DP 5100 series to 'ship 25 June'

    Speeds'n'feeds leaked, allegedly

    Intel will launch 'Woodcrest', the Xeon DP server processor based on the chip giant's 65nm next-generation architecture, on 19 June and ship the chip almost a week later, on 25 June, Taiwanese motherboard-maker moles have claimed. The new chip will debut as the Xeon 5100 series. According to a leaked presentation slide posted …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 May 2006, 09:52

  • Apple countersues Creative

    Lawsuit alleges infringement of four iPod patents

    Apple has responded to Creative Technology's patent infringement allegations by claiming the MP3 player maker has violated its own intellectual property. It has filed a formal complaint against its rival in the Wisconsin District Court. Creative's own complaint was filed Monday, 15 May, the same day Apple launched its …

    Media players 19 May 2006, 10:23

  • MS posts PC Vista-viability tool

    Can your box run the next version of Windows?

    Microsoft has specified what kit you'll need to run Windows Vista, with and without the upcoming operating system's fancy Aero user interface. It has also posted an application that will assess your system for its Vista suitability. To get Vista's full array of graphical geegaws, you'll need a Premium Ready PC. To qualify, …

    PCs 19 May 2006, 11:31

  • Intel EOLs virtualisation-friendly Pentium 4s

    Farewell, P4 662, 672

    Intel is to discontinue production of its two Virtualisation Technology-equipped Pentium 4 processors, the 662 and 672, the chip maker has told its customers. The two 90nm, LGA-775 chips only debuted in November 2005. Intel documentation seen by Reg Hardware doesn't reveal why the parts are being pulled, but it reveals the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 May 2006, 13:15

  • US State Dept pulls Lenovo PCs

    Spy fears prompt disconnections from secure networks

    The US State Department has yanked computers made by China's Lenovo from networks that provide access to information vital to national security, it has emerged. The move follows fears the kit could be used by China to spy on the US. The department ordered 16,000 PCs from Lenovo earlier this year. Some 900 of these machines …

    PCs 19 May 2006, 13:59

  • Acer n311 Wi-Fi PDA

    Review A feature-rich PDA - but is it worth the asking price?

    The introduction of the smart phone may be slowly killing off the PDA, but there are times when you need the larger screen of the handheld. The Acer n311, part of the n300 series, offers plenty of other interesting features too, but are they enough to make you want to splash your cash? The n311's stand-out feature is its …

    Phones 19 May 2006, 14:32

  • GPU shipments up 25 per cent in Q1

    Intel, ATI, Nvidia gained, while VIA and others lost share

    Intel grew its share of the graphics chip market during Q1, along with ATI and Nvidia, the latest figures from market watcher Jon Peddie Research reveal. The losers were VIA, SiS and Matrox, all of which registered sequential market-share declines. Intel's share of the 74.9m GPUs that shipped in Q1 rose from 37.5 per cent in …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 May 2006, 15:09

  • Demise fears boosts traffic for AllofMP3.com

    Downtime cheaper than advertising?

    What's the best way of boosting your share of the music download market? For Russian song supplier AllofMP3.com, three days' downtime appears to be the best bet, it seems. According to online traffic data, the website's share of the internet audience more than doubled as news of its possible demise broke. Data derived from …

    Media players 19 May 2006, 16:00

  • Apple shunned superstar chip start-up for Intel

    Exclusive PA Semi has the goods

    Did Apple make a mistake by switching to Intel? We may never know, but Apple had more options than has been previously reported, The Register can exclusively reveal. A chip start-up that created a high performance, low power processor compatible with existing Mac software had been working closely with the computer company for …

    Mac 19 May 2006, 21:21