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27th June 2006 Archive

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  • Server vendors prepare for 120W 'Clovertown'

    Xeon 5100-oriented systems designed for successor chip

    Early indications that Intel's upcoming four-core 'Covertown' server processor will consume up to 120W have been confirmed by sources from within Taiwan's motherboard-manufacturer community. And they claim systems made for the dual-core 'Woodcrest' Xeon have been designed with Clovertown's thermal envelope in mind. The claims …

    Bits 'n' Chips 27 Jun 2006, 09:15

  • Personal computer failure rates reduce

    Is the kit more reliable - or users more careful?

    PCs are more reliable than they used to be, market watcher Gartner has claimed. Desktops and notebooks bought in the period 2003-2004 were more likely to experience hardware failures than those purchased in 2005 and 2006, the researcher said this week. Gartner records a hardware failure as any incident that requires a …

    PCs 27 Jun 2006, 10:24

  • Sony unveils Flash-based UMPC

    What, no hard drive?

    Sony has extended its Vaio UX ultra-mobile PC line by introducing a model that drops the hard drive in favour of a Flash-based storage unit. There's a catch, of course: the machine's storage capacity is down to 16GB from the 30GB of the HDD-based original. The Flash versions' other specifications match those of the UXs Sony …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 2006, 10:57

  • Toshiba open to re-opening HD DVD/Blu-ray merger talks

    No more chance of success than last time...

    Toshiba has once again said it's open to the development of a single, unified next-generation optical disc format to end the battle between the HD DVD format it backs and the Sony-led Blu-ray Disc camp. "We have not given up on a unified format. We would like to seek ways for unifying the standards if opportunities arise," …

    HD 27 Jun 2006, 11:25

  • Brits offered wireless-stereo PMP

    No PC? No problem

    UK retailer Advanced MP3 Players has launched what it reckons is a portable media player capable of "taking on the big boys" - a wireless PMP that never needs to be connected to a host computer and can show movies for eight hours solid. The iubi Blue stores content on a 30GB hard drive and shows it on a 4.3in, 480 x 272 LCD …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 2006, 11:55

  • Oz censor offs Reservoir Dogs game

    Too much tomato ketchup, apparently

    Australia has effectively banned Eidos' upcoming Reservoir Dogs game. The nation's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), which vets all movie, video and game releases, has not granted the title a certificate, and the game can't be sold without one. According to a local newssite APC report, there's no game …

    Consoles 27 Jun 2006, 12:26

  • Competition World Cup Camera Phone Contest Gallery

    Welcome to the Reg Hardware World Cup Camera Phone Contest winners gallery. We'll be posting all the winning entries here every day throughout the remainder of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament... Wednesday, 29 June 2006 Lawrence Duru took this shot on a Nokia 8800 on the Hohenhollernring in Cologne after Italy beat …

    Phones 27 Jun 2006, 13:11

  • Sony, Samsung LCD JV 'to build 8G plant'

    Deal almost done

    Sony and Samsung's LCD partnership will extend to the eighth-generation panels after the pair agreed to put up the cash for a new plant in South Korea, it has been claimed. According to industry sources cited by South Korean newssite Digital Chosunilbo, the two panel partners are about to shake hands on the deal which will …

    HD 27 Jun 2006, 13:48

  • Intel sells XScale business to Marvell for $600m

    Wants to push x86, not ARM, for handhelds

    Intel is to flog off its XScale processor operation, the chip giant said today. The move paves the way for it to push low-power x86 CPUs at mobile phone and PDA makers. The buyer is comms chip company Marvell Technology Group, which is paying $600m cash for the product line and taking on "certain liabilities". The deal covers …

    Bits 'n' Chips 27 Jun 2006, 16:25

  • Jobs to unleash Leopard on Microsoft

    Doesn't change spots, or act

    Steve Jobs will use Apple's annual developer conference for a second time as a launch pad to exploit Microsoft's discomfort over further delays to Windows Vista. Chief executive Jobs will use August's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) to stir simmering tensions by previewing Apple's next operating system, OS 10.5, …

    Mac 27 Jun 2006, 20:23