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3rd July 2006 Archive

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  • Sky clears upgraded Sky+ PVR problem

    Firmware downgrade posted

    UK satellite TV broadcaster Sky last week quietly released a firmware downgrade to fix dozens of old Sky+ boxes rendered inoperable by a firmware update transmitted earlier in the week. PVRs affected include almost all machines equipped with upgraded hard drives. The original update was sent out in the small hours of Thursday …

    Media players 3 Jul 2006, 08:51

  • Intel's multiple Meroms pin-incompatible - report

    'Santa Rosa'-era parts to get new pin layout, apparently

    The 'Merom' Core 2 Duo mobile microprocessor Intel will ship with 'Santa Rosa', next year's Centrino upgrade, will not be quite the same Merom that it's due to launch in August. The two versions of the CPU will not be pin-compatible, it has been claimed. According to a presentation allegedly given by Intel to Taiwanese …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jul 2006, 10:39

  • MS says no to Xbox 360 with built-in HD DVD

    Sticking with external unit, employee claims

    Microsoft has "no plans" to offer a version of its Xbox 360 console with an internal HD DVD drive, a company employee has stated in a bid to confound rumours to the contrary. According to the software giant's official Xbox employee blog, the company is "sticking" with the external drive it announced in January this year and …

    Consoles 3 Jul 2006, 10:51

  • Boffins build fuel cell to power iPod

    Big, though

    UK energy company Voller has announced a fuel cell-based recharge system for Apple's iPod and other MP3 players. The downside: the thing weighs 9kg and is about the size of a large briefcase or handbag. To be fair, the Voller Automatic Battery Charger (ABC) is intended to supply power to a wide range of devices than portable …

    Media players 3 Jul 2006, 11:31

  • Palm halts Euro Treo 650 shipments

    RoHS-compliant successor coming in Q4?

    Palm will ship no further Treo 650 smart phones into Europe, the company said last week. The reason: the handset doesn't pass Europe's Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation, which came into force this past Saturday. Speaking during the company's quartely earnings announcement, Palm officials said European …

    Phones 3 Jul 2006, 11:56

  • Intel EOLs Socket 478 Celeron Ds

    Farewell

    Intel has formally forecast the demise of the Celeron D 310,345 and 350, among the last of its 478-pin processors. Come 3 November, no one will be able to order any of these chips from the manufacturer, which expects to have shipped the last ones by 3 February 2007. The 90nm CPUs incorporate 256KB of L2 cache and run over a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Jul 2006, 12:59

  • UK music biz wins right to sue AllofMP3 here

    Difficult battle ahead, even if BPI is victorious in court

    Britain's recording companies - major and minor - will be able to sue controversial Russian digital music site AllofMP3.com in the UK, the English High Court has ruled. The judgement was granted to music trade body the British Phonographic Institute (BPI), which claims the low-cost music site is operating illegally. AllofMP3. …

    Media players 3 Jul 2006, 15:06

  • MS demos Vista, Office 2007... on a Mac

    Apparently

    Microsoft has apparently taken to demo'ing Windows Vista on... er... an Apple MacBook Pro. That at least is what a series of shots taken by Belgian photographer Pieter Baert at a presentation the software giant made at its Belgian HQ, near Brussels, last month. The MS staffers were showing off Office 2007 too - again, running …

    Mac 3 Jul 2006, 15:48