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22nd June 2006 Archive

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  • Europe to axe digital kit copyright taxes

    Cheaper MP3 players, phones, set-top boxes for all?

    Digital music devices are set to become cheaper in Europe if the European Commission has its way. It wants to abolish levies member states' governments add to prices to compensate artists and musicians for copyright infringement. According to an EC report, a copy of which made its way to the Financial Times, the EC wants …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 22 Jun 2006, 07:02

  • Toshiba unveils 1TB HDD/HD DVD recorder

    Monster box

    Toshiba will next month ship the world's first consumer-oriented HD DVD player capable of writing to next-generation recordable media, the Japanese giant said today. The unit also features a whopping terabyte of hard disk storage - sufficient for 130 hours' HD content, the company said. The RD-A1 goes on sale in Japan on 14 …

    Media players 22 Jun 2006, 09:10

  • Nokia, Sanyo scrap phone JV scheme

    Better off working separately

    Nokia and Sanyo have pulled the plug on plans to create a joint venture to manufacture and market mobile phones for CDMA markets. Both companies said they had now called a halt to negotiations made public in February this year. Neither company detailed the reasons behind the move, simply saying their investigation into the …

    Phones 22 Jun 2006, 09:27

  • Mitsubishi readies 30GB HD DVD-R media

    Ready for the Toshiba RD-A1

    Mitsubishi today said it would begin selling recordable dual-layer, 30GB HD DVD media late next month, just after Toshiba ships the world's first consumer PVR to support HD DVD-R. The disc maker said it will offer a 30GB dual-layer product. The single-sided HD DVD-R DL can hold 150 minutes' of HD content encoded at a 24Mbps …

    Storage 22 Jun 2006, 09:51

  • ATI IGP line to step over Shader Model 3.0

    RS700 geared for DirectX 10, apparently

    ATI's first DirectX 10-supporting integrated chipset will debut next year and be fabbed at 65nm, according to roadmap details leaked onto the web this week. The upshot: ATI is jumping straight from Shader Model 2.0 to Shader Model 4.0. The chipset, codenamed 'RS700', may ship under ATI's CrossFire Xpress 3200 brand, if a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jun 2006, 10:20

  • AMD's Socket F Opterons to ship as 22xx, 82xx series

    Will ship 12xx versions on Socket AM2, too

    AMD will upgrade its Opteron model-numbering scheme when it launches its 1,207-pin Socket F server processor interconnect in the coming months, it has emerged. The move will also see debut of DDR 2 support for both workstation- and server-oriented chips, none of which will be available in single-core forms. According to …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jun 2006, 11:04

  • Leak reveals ATI 80nm product plans

    Roadmap

    ATI will offer 80nm GPUs across the board following the process' debut in September, with only the top-of-the-range left out, a leaked roadmap from graphics card maker GeCube has revealed. The slide comes courtesy of Chinese-language site HKEPC. At the top of the list we have the RV560/RV570 variants, both with 12 pixel …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jun 2006, 11:32

  • HDMI 1.3 upgrade finalised, published

    PS3 to offer souped up HD interface, says Sony

    The HDMI HD equipment interconnect standard has been updated, the seven companies behind the technology announced today. One of them, Sony, said its PlayStation 3 will support the new version of the interface. HDMI 1.3 adds a number of enhancements to the current specification. For starters, it increases the interface's data …

    HD 22 Jun 2006, 12:47

  • Retailer prices up boxed Intel 'Conroe'

    £775 for a Core 2 Extreme, anyone?

    Intel's upcoming 2.93GHz Core 2 Extreme X6800 gaming-oriented processor will set you back just over £775 if pre-order prices posted by one UK supplier is anything to go by. Or you have the regular 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo E6300 for under £153 if you fancy a cheaper 'Conroe'. Overclockers UK is now taking orders for the next- …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jun 2006, 13:13

  • Samsung Q1 ultra-mobile PC

    Review Nice hardware, shame about the OS?

    The jury's still out on whether Microsoft's ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) form-factor is the next step in the evolution of mobile computing or just a development dead-end sandwiched somewhere between notebooks, PDAs and PMPs. For now, all we can do is judge whether the first-generation hardware can actually cut it as a portable PC, and …

    PCs 22 Jun 2006, 14:43

  • Casio snaps 7.2Mp anti-shake camera

    Watch the birdie...

    Casio has updated its Exilim digital camera line with a 7.2-megapixel image-grabber, 3x optical zoom and sufficient anti-blur signal processing to cope with the shakiest of paws. The EX-Z70 incorporates not only an 'easy mode' for the complete novice, but also a 'best shot' setting which grabs a series of shots, starting …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 22 Jun 2006, 15:02