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20th June 2006 Archive

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  • PlayStation 2 is not a PC, says Court of Appeal

    Ruling denies import duty rebate

    Sony's PlayStation 2 is officially a games console and not a computer, according to an English court judgment that denies the electronics firm a €50m (£34.2m) rebate for import duties. Sony has been pursuing legal action for five years in attempts to have the machine classified as a "digital processing unit" and not a games …

    Consoles 20 Jun 2006, 09:08

  • IBM overclocks chip to 500GHz

    Has to be cooled to -268.5°C, mind...

    Boffins from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) have produced what they claim is the world's fastest silicon chip thanks to what must be the acme of overclocking. The researchers reached a clock speed of 500GHz by reducing its temperature to just 4.5° above absolute zero. The feat was part of the team's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 20 Jun 2006, 09:14

  • T-Mobile gears up to launch Sidekick 3

    After the rumours, the reality...

    T-Mobile and Danger are due to announce the Hiptop 3/Sidekick 3 today, and early reviews derived from pre-release hardware are already beginning to appear on the web. The new machine's key features: a very nice 240 x 160 screen and a glowing, ten-colour trackball. Early reports reveal the email and messaging gadget has a …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Jun 2006, 10:01

  • Sharp ships HD-friendly DVD player

    A snip at £90?

    Sharp yesterday launched its bid to bridge old-style DVD media and brand spanking new HD kit with a DVD player equipped not only with HDMI portage but the ability to upscale standard-definition movies to 720p or 1080i HD resolutions. Best of all, the DV-SV97H costs a mere 90 quid. The Sharp machine pretty much does everything …

    Media players 20 Jun 2006, 10:26

  • Japan gets bath-time friendly iPod speaker set

    Waterproof

    Want to take your iPod Nano to the beach but are worried about sun, sand and sea getting into the works? Then Japanese accessory maker Suntac may have the answer: the world's first portable waterproof case and powered speaker combo. It's perfect, the company claims, for the beach, poolside usage, bath time and even when you're …

    Media players 20 Jun 2006, 11:19

  • Dell HSDPA laptops work with any 3G carrier

    Exclusive Just swap that SIM

    Dell's now-shipping 'super 3G' notebooks, the Latitude D820 and D620, may not be quite as tethered to carrier Vodafone's third-generation mobile phone network as the PC giant has suggested. As Reg Hardware was first to report a couple of weeks ago, Dell is now shipping the two notebooks with its Wireless 5505 Mobile Broadband …

    PCs 20 Jun 2006, 11:34

  • Samsung models latest slimline handsets

    Skinny or what?

    Samsung today showed off its latest array of mobile phones, pitching the products' skinniness over offerings from rival handset vendors. The company used the Singapore-hosted CommunicAsia 2006 event to show off not only the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) capable SGH-P900 TV phone - which the company is hawking around …

    Phones 20 Jun 2006, 14:52

  • Moto debuts five frill-free phones

    Motomobile entry-level brand ahoy

    Motorola today unveiled a handful of handsets under a new brand, Motomobile, all pitched at entry-level buyers around the world be they in GSM or CDMA markets and part of the company's bid to win the hearts and minds of emerging markets - not to mention Westerners fed up with feature-filled phones. The W220 and W375 slimline …

    Phones 20 Jun 2006, 15:30

  • Motorola moots USB rechargeable phone recharger

    Power ranger

    Motorola has reinvented the add-on extension battery as a USB device. At the Singapore-hosted CommunicAsia 2006 event this week, it unveiled the Portable Power P970 gadget, a power pack that plugs into any device with a mini USB port either to recharge the host or provide current immediately. The P970 is essentially a 1700mAh …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Jun 2006, 15:48

  • Apple reveals next three UK retail sites

    Outlet total rises to nine

    Apple is preparing to open three new High Street stores in the UK and has begun recruiting staff for each location. The company has yet to announce the sites officially, but its situations vacant website lists the following locations: Arndale Centre, Manchester; West Quay, Southampton; and the Bentall Centre, Kingston. The …

    Mac 20 Jun 2006, 16:06

  • Voda trumpets UK first for HSDPA cards

    That's 3G broadband to you, sir

    Vodafone is first to the UK market with HSDPA - or 'Super3G' - laptop data cards. The cellco opens its doors to customers officially on Thursday, 22 June. But a couple of Reg readers tell us their account managers have already tipped them the wink - one is buying his card tomorrow. Dubbed 3G broadband cards in Voda parlance, …

    PCs 20 Jun 2006, 18:30