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1st June 2006 Archive

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  • Apple nears XServe, Mac Pro Intel switch

    Woodcrest, Conroe inside

    Apple will use Intel's upcoming 'Woodcrest' server processor - due to ship as the Xeon 5100 series - in the x86-based version of its XServe rackmount server, an online report has claimed. The upshot: the Power Mac G5 will become the last Mac to get the Intel treatment, shipping with a Core 2 Duo chip inside a month after the new …

    Mac 1 Jun 2006, 08:59

  • Analyst touts AMD-ATI tie-up

    Run up flagpole, see who salutes...

    AMD wants to buy ATI, a financial analyst has suggested, though he provides no direct evidence that such a move will take place or when it may happen. According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Apjit Walia, writing in a note for investment clients, it's all about the synergies between the two firms: ATI is priced right and AMD …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Jun 2006, 09:27

  • Intel to lay off 16,000 workers?

    Heard on the grapevine...

    Is Intel about to rid itself of 16,000 workers - just over 16 per cent of its global workforce - later this month? So suggest whispers doing the rounds among Silicon Valley's technology community at the moment. That's what blogger Omid Rahmat claims at least. It's certainly no secret that Intel is examining every part of its …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Jun 2006, 09:48

  • Asus readies Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme mobo

    Pitched at digital lifestyle PCs

    Intel has yet to ship either its Core 2 Duo or its Core 2 Extreme processors, but that hasn't stopped Asus from announcing a motherboard that will support both of the upcoming CPUs. The P5W DH Deluxe motherboard is based on Intel's 975X North Bridge and ICH-7R South Bridge. Asus' board will host an 800MHz or 1066MHz frontside …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Jun 2006, 10:26

  • 3G BlackBerry 8707 debuts

    Acts as a modem for laptops, too

    Research in Motion's 3G-enabled BlackBerry finally made its debut this week, initially in Germany on the Vodafone network. As expected, the BlackBerry 8707 is based on the 8700 RIM launched in November 2005. The older model supports EDGE-equipped GSM/GPRS networks. The new model will also work across 2100MHz UMTS …

    Phones 1 Jun 2006, 10:55

  • Samsung readies TV, 3G phones for Europe

    High-end handsets ahoy

    Samsung will this month ship Europe's first digital TV phone capable of receiving programmes broadcast on a terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) network, the company said yesterday. It also pledged to ship its latest 3G phone in Europe soon. The DMB handset, the SGH-P900, will initially be sold in Germany where …

    Phones 1 Jun 2006, 11:21

  • Motorola parades D&G-styled gold RAZR

    Absolutely fabulous...

    Motorola today began shipping a gold-coloured version of its RAZR V3i clamshell handset. The gaudy article is co-branded by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. The sound you can hear in the background is a million chavs clamouring for the gilt-like device. Apart from the D&G logo and the tasteless colourscheme, the phone's …

    Phones 1 Jun 2006, 11:47

  • Microsoft-led coalition bands against Apple iPod

    Can't have someone else dominating the market, can we?

    It's almost like MSX all over again. Microsoft, Toshiba, JVC, NTT DoCoMo, Creative, iRiver and three other firms have banded together in a bid to prevent Apple's iPod from completely dominating the Japanese portable music player market. The nine companies yesterday said they would co-operate to promote Windows Media-based …

    Media players 1 Jun 2006, 12:35

  • Swiss firm touts medical USB key

    Your health history on a stick

    Here at last is a good reason to keep a USB Flash drive around your neck at all times: it's got your medical history stored on it. That's the idea Swiss company Medistick is touting. It launched its first product today. So if you're involved in an accident and incapacitated or unconcious, doctors and surgeons will be able to …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 1 Jun 2006, 13:28

  • Griffin TuneBuds iPod lanyard-earphone combo

    Review Dangle your Nano

    Apple's lightweight iPod Nano would be ideal for dangling around your neck had Apple bothered to bundle a lanyard with the player as it did with the screen-less iPod Shuffle. It will sell you one, of course, neatly fitted to a pair of standard white iPod earphones, but that's not much use if you want something in black, or you …

    Media players 1 Jun 2006, 13:32

  • Cingular to offer 'world's smallest' flip phone

    Pantech's compact clamshell

    Pantech has announced what it claims is the world's smallest clamshell GSM phone is now on sale in the US, courtesy of North American carrier Cingular. The C300 was unveiled back in April. It measures just 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.9cm when closed and weighs just 70.9g, Pantech said. Open it up and you'll see the 1.52in, 262,144-colour …

    Phones 1 Jun 2006, 13:56

  • O2 brings BlackBerry 7130 to Blighty

    RIM's latest debuts in UK

    Mobile operator O2 today marked the first appearance of Research in Motion's smart-phone styled BlackBerry 7130 series - the follow on to the 7100 series - in the UK. The 7130g is based on a 312MHz Intel processor backed by 64MB of Flash and 16MB of SRAM. It has the 'two letter, one key' SureType QWERTY keypad launched with …

    Phones 1 Jun 2006, 14:58

  • AMD pegs mid-2007 for complete chip overhaul

    Quad-core and how

    AMD today dangled a couple of key dates in front of customers, hoping to keep them sweet in the coming years instead of defecting back to Intel. The chip maker has long promised to ship a four-core server processor in 2007. At its analyst conference here, AMD solidified that date by saying that the four-core product will arrive …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Jun 2006, 17:48