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28th June 2006 Archive

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  • Apple patches Tiger

    Mac OS X 10.4.7 posted

    Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.4.7, the latest update for the Mac maker's 'Tiger' operating system. The list of tweaks is as long as your arm, and the update weighs in at a 131MB download for Intel-based systems and a more modest 64MB file for PowerPC Macs. Full details of the Apple-recommended update can be found here. As …

    Mac 28 Jun 2006, 09:09

  • Acer unveils 'pure, clean' laptop

    It'll be all white on the night

    Acer has unveiled its first all-white notebook, the MacBook-like TravelMate 3020. According to the company, the colour scheme conveys "images of pureness, cleanliness and maximum lightness". Apparently. Hype aside, the spec's decent. The compact machine sports a 12.1in, 1,280 x 800 widescreen display driven by the 3020's …

    PCs 28 Jun 2006, 09:24

  • Intel ships top-of-the-line Core Duo

    'Yonah's last fling before 'Merom'

    Intel has added the 2.33GHz Core Duo T2700 mobile microprocessor to its list of available CPUs after quietly launching the part this month. The 'Yonah' processor consumes 31W of power and operates over a 667MHz frontside bus. It's almost certainly the last Core Duo to be released - 'Merom', the next-generation architecture …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jun 2006, 09:47

  • Nintendo preps pink DS Lite

    Ladies not laddies

    Nintendo's Japanese staff are cruising for chicks, apparently. Certainly, the games console pioneer has women in mind as the audience for the latest DS Lite handheld. Having shipped white, and both sky and navy blue versions of the console, next month it will release a "noble pink" version. The machine goes on sale in Japan …

    Consoles 28 Jun 2006, 10:10

  • AMD to back FB-DIMM when it's as cheap as DDR 2?

    Just in time for 2008's next-gen architecture, apparently

    AMD will bring support for fully-buffered memory to its Opteron processor line-up in 2008, the timeframe it reckons the FB-DIMM products will have fallen in price to about what we pay for DDR 2 nowadays. So claims an allegedly leaked AMD presentation slide posted by Chinese-language site HKEPC headed, "Introducing …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jun 2006, 10:38

  • Dell probes incendiary laptop incident

    Burn, baby, burn

    Dell is investigating allegations that one of its laptops underwent spontaneous combustion in Japan earlier this month. Pictures purporting to show the machine in conflagrante, as it were, popped up on the internet last week. According to Reuters, the naughty notebook is now back in the manufacturer's hands. Dell technicians …

    PCs 28 Jun 2006, 13:05

  • Review Antec Performance One P150 'super quiet' chassis

    The way we all see our PCs has changed over the last three years. It's not all just the performance inside that matters, it's also about what's on the outside. The change in the chassis manufacturers' portfolios has seen the introduction of HTPC case as well as the newer generation BTX format... So what does that mean for the …

    PCs 28 Jun 2006, 14:12

  • Tosh pledges 4GB SDHC card in September

    FATter card

    Toshiba will next September release a 4GB SDHC memory card around the world, the Japanese giant said today. Based on the SD Card 2.0 spec, the 4GB card uses the FAT 32 file system and meets the standard's 4MBps Class 4 speed setting, though Toshiba said it will write at up to 6MBps. Toshiba's not the first to announce an …

    Storage 28 Jun 2006, 14:46

  • Alienware beams in Core Duo laptop trio

    14, 15 and 17in species

    Alienware today said it will soon ship a set of three new notebooks based on Intel's Core Duo processors available with 17, 15.4 or 14.1in widescreen displays driven by a choice of Intel, ATI or Nvidia graphics chips. LAN party-ready they all ship with 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet. The 17in and 15.4in models are …

    PCs 28 Jun 2006, 15:07

  • Apple adjusts 17in MacBook Pro's fans

    Thermal underware update

    Apple has posted a firmware update for its 17in MacBook Pro. The patch adjusts the machine's System Management Controller (SMC), a device that monitors and manages Intel-based Macs' power-related functions. Its duty roster includes overseeing the battery, the sleep light in the lid latch and monitoring the hard drive's sudden …

    Mac 28 Jun 2006, 15:30

  • Palm pays $22.5m to end Xerox patent fight

    Clearing the decks for a RIM takeover?

    Palm is to cough up $22.5m to Xerox to settle a long-running patent spat over who really owns the Graffiti character entry system Palm used to bundle with its PDAs. Xerox sued Palm in April 1997, alleging Graffiti incorporated technology and techniques outlined in one of its many US patents, 5,596,656. In December 2001, Xerox …

    Phones 28 Jun 2006, 15:56

  • Intel gives up on world's biggest chip market. Why?

    Comment Curtains for the 'tele-phone'

    Intel's name looks forever to be associated with the PC, now that it's ended a nine year dalliance with the phone business. The firesale of its 1,400 strong XScale processor division, and the write down of its cellular investments, means that Intel has passed up the chance to play in the largest volume chip market of them all. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jun 2006, 17:41