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29th June 2006 Archive

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  • Spain adds levy to blank discs

    Taxes goods 'likely to be used to copy'

    The Spanish government will add a levy to blank media such as CDs and DVDs to hand over to copyright holders to compensate for the duplication of copyrighted materials. The move follows the lead of most European countries, which charge a levy on goods likely to be used to copy music or films or other copyrighted works. Though …

    Storage 29 Jun 2006, 08:33

  • Intel reportedly delays 'Conroe'... by four days

    Other roadmap adjustment alleged

    Intel has allegedly put back the shipment of its 'Conroe' Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors by a whopping four days, Taiwanese motherboard-maker sources have claimed. How will the chip giant's fanboys cope? No reason was given for the short delay in the DigiTimes story revealing the allegation. If true, the launch will …

    Bits 'n' Chips 29 Jun 2006, 10:32

  • Sapphire ready to ship first HDMI graphics card

    HDTV friendly

    Sapphire has claimed to be the first graphics card maker to offer a board with a built-in HDMI port. The card is based on ATI's CrossFire-ready Radeon X1600 GPU. The Radeon X1600 Pro HDMI's graphics core has 12 pixel pipelines and is connected across a 128-bit bus to 256MB of GDDR 3 clocked to 800MHz. The GPU runs at 500MHz. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 29 Jun 2006, 11:03

  • ATI RS600 said to be set to ship as Radeon Xpress 1250

    Go-to-market branding revealed

    The Intel-oriented version of ATI's RS600 chipset will ship as the Radeon Xpress 1250, it has emerged. According to a presentation slide posted by DailyTech, the 1250 will be support ATI's Avivo picture-processing system and be pitched at digital-home machines. The slide suggests the chipset will be suitable for Viiv-branded …

    Bits 'n' Chips 29 Jun 2006, 11:22

  • Intel readies 'Kaylo' uni-processor server platform

    Core 2 Duo CPU plus 3000-series chipset

    Intel appears set to ship the its anticipated Xeon 3000 processor family for single-CPU servers and workstations in August - a year after details of the new product line first emerged. The chips will form part of the company's 'Kaylo' platform for such machines. According to a roadmap graphic posted by Chinese-language site …

    Bits 'n' Chips 29 Jun 2006, 11:53

  • Plextor readies Blu-ray recorder

    Autumn introduction

    Plextor will ship its first Blu-ray Disc drive in September, the storage specialist has said. The PX-B900A is an internal unit for PCs and will support both single- and dual-layer recordable and rewriteable media. The drive connects to the host across via an ATAPI link. Like other BD recorders, it operates as 2x speed, …

    HD 29 Jun 2006, 12:41

  • Pure pushes PocketDAB sound, battery life

    Updated model offers FM tuner, Sennheiser 'phones

    Pure has updated its PocketDAB portable digital radio, boosting the battery life, trimming the weight and adding an FM tuner for good measure and overseas jaunts. Oh, and it's now available in rather more tasty black attire. The PocketDAB 1500 retails for around £90 inc. VAT. That buys you not only the player but a set of …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 29 Jun 2006, 13:02

  • Korean carrier readies 'lipstick' phone

    World's most compact slider phone?

    South Korean telco KTF has unveiled one of the world's most compact slider phones, so small it's shorter than a lipstick dispenser and perfectly sized for any purse, the company's handset design subsidiary claimed. The EV-K130 - it's less formally known as the Ever Mini Style - weighs a mere 73.5g and measures 8.2 x 3.7 x 1. …

    Phones 29 Jun 2006, 13:41

  • LG touts 'super 3G' widescreen slider phone

    High-speed video calls

    Korean industrial giant LG this week attempted to attract local buyers with a new HSDPA handset designed to allow them to make video calls in widescreen, though it'll be handy for video playback too, we'd guess. LG's offering is the Cyon-branded slider dubbed both the LG-SGH100 and the LG-KH1000. Not only does it operate as …

    Phones 29 Jun 2006, 14:16

  • Spanish revolt against blank media levy

    ¡No!

    Spanish activists have launched a web-based campaign to fight the recently-imposed levy on blank media which will "place a tax on blank CDs, DVDs and even flash memory sticks", as we reported earlier today. Todoscontraelcanon.es (all against the levy) is collecting signatures under a "Your Signature Counts" slogan, and vows …

    Storage 29 Jun 2006, 20:09