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19th June 2006 Archive

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  • AMD 'delays' Socket F Opterons, Taiwan moles claim

    Only a few weeks if rumours are to be believed

    AMD appears to have put back the release of Socket F Opteron processors, if word coming out of Taiwan's motherboard-maker community is anything to go by. The CPUs will now ship on 1 August, not 11 July, the moles maintain. The chip maker has, of course, never said publicly when Socket F parts will be provided, and the alleged …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Jun 2006, 08:53

  • 'Energy-efficient' Athlons go on sale in Tokyo stores

    Sixty-five Watters

    The 65W "energy efficient" versions of AMD's Socket AM2-based Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 4200+ have begun to appear in Japan's computing components stores, local reports reveal. The two processors, spotted by Japanese-language site Akiba PC Hotline, are priced at ¥38,980 ($339/£183) and ¥50,800 ($441/£238), respectively. Both …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Jun 2006, 09:16

  • BenQ jogs out outdoor-folk phone

    iMac-esque blue-and-white styling

    BenQ Mobile last week unveiled its first sporty phone, kitting the handset out in blue and white water-resistant rubber and plastic, and equipping it with a scratch-retardant screen to protect the 132 x 176, 262,144-colour display. Pitched at outdoors folks, the BenQ-Siemens M81 ships with navigation software - Jentro's …

    Phones 19 Jun 2006, 09:50

  • Nokia announces 'affordable' 3G phone

    Favours fast downloads rather than video calling

    Nokia today unveiled the phone it hopes will bring 3G to the masses: a cut-price candybar handset that it reckons will retail SIM-free for a mere €240 (£164/$304) when it goes on sale in the third-quarter. The Nokia 6151 uses 3G for fast downloads rather than video calls - there's no front-mounted camera, for instance. It …

    Phones 19 Jun 2006, 10:08

  • Nokia tries to take a bite out of LG's Chocolate

    Unveils ultra-cheap handset too

    Nokia rounded out today's phone roll-out with a bid to take on LG's popular Chocolate handset and a second phone aimed at buyers on very tight budgets - it is expected to retail for around €45 (£31/$57) before sales tax. The cheap handset is the Nokia 1110i, a pared-back 80g phone with a claimed five-hour talk time and a …

    Phones 19 Jun 2006, 10:43

  • Sony Ericsson reveals 3G i-mode handset

    Faster mobile internet

    Sony Ericsson has unveiled its first 3G phone capable of supporting i-mode, the internet-on-your-phone service pioneered by Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo and offered over here in the UK by the O2 network. The K610im is a classic Sony Ericsson handset design - it's cased in black and there's a landscape-oriented two-megapixel, 2 …

    Phones 19 Jun 2006, 11:11

  • ATI said to have signed UMC to fab 80nm chips

    Foundry joins TSMC

    ATI is said to have selected UMC to punch out 80nm GPUs later this year. The graphics chip company has already chosen TSMC to fab its 80nm products from September before moving to 65nm sometime next year. ATI revealed the TSMC deal last week, and while there's no official word on other manufacturing partners, Taiwanese moles …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Jun 2006, 11:58

  • PowerColor X1900 GT ATI-based graphics card

    Review Plenty of performance for under £200

    Competition is meant to be good for the consumer and one market where this seems to be more true than anywhere else is if course computer components. There is a never-ending price war between the various manufacturers, but this has never been as apparent as it currently is when it comes to graphics cards. As long as ATI and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Jun 2006, 14:48

  • Retailers wake up to Intel Macs' WinXP capability

    UK chain targets switchers?

    The ability of Apple's new Intel-based desktops and notebooks to run Windows XP clearly has an appeal beyond Mac enthusiasts keen to see how far they can push their machines. UK retailers too are leaping at the chance to tout the platform's multiple operating system support to sell Macs to one-time PC buyers. Well, superstore …

    Mac 19 Jun 2006, 16:12