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18th July 2006 Archive

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  • LaCie Safe 250GB biometric hard drive

    World Exclusive Review Fingerprint security

    You don't have to have filled you hard drive with scandalous shots of your holiday to the fleshpots of the Far East to want to keep your files safe from prying eyes. Depending on your operating system, you can use built-in tools or third-party apps to protect the information on your computer, but what about back-ups and live …

    Storage 18 Jul 2006, 07:02

  • Apple to announce movie rentals next month?

    Last-minute developers conference keynote unveiling

    The Mac Pro may not be the only thing Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference next month: he'll pull the rabbit of iTunes Music Store movie downloads out of his hat too, one Apple-watching website claims. It's not exactly a developer-centric announcement, of course, but with all the press …

    Media players 18 Jul 2006, 08:59

  • Yes! It's the all-out nuclear war USB hub!

    Bad day at work? Then destroy the planet

    Had enough of being beaten into the submission by other USB Missile Launcher-wielding workmates? Just had a bad day with the boss? Then it's time to fall back on the ultimate sanction: the USB nuclear armageddon button. One push and... boom. The unit - which conveniently doubles up as a four-port USB hub during peacetime - …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 18 Jul 2006, 09:30

  • Intel to cut Celeron D prices in July, October?

    Model number 360 coming in August

    Intel will introduced its latest Celeron D budget desktop processor on 27 August - the day it ships 'Tulsa', the 65nm dual-core Xeon MP, incidentally - before slashing the line-up's prices on 22 October, it has been claimed. The August arrival is the 3.46GHz, 533MHz frontside bus, 512KB L2 cache Celeron D 360, DigiTimes …

    Bits 'n' Chips 18 Jul 2006, 09:49

  • Intel to fork 'Conroe'

    Low-end E4000 series to join mainstream E6000 line-up

    Intel looks set to fork its 'Conroe' Core 2 Duo desktop processor line-up in much the same way it's going to split its 'Merom' Core 2 Duo mobile family in two. Recently leaked roadmaps show a Core 2 Duo E4300 turning up in Q1 2007. The Merom split separates out mobile Core 2 Duos with 2MB of L2 from those with 4MB of cache. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 18 Jul 2006, 10:07

  • AMD plans July, October price cuts - report

    Just like Intel, apparently

    Details have emerged of the wide-ranging price cuts AMD is expected to implement later this month in response to Intel's launches of 'Merom' and 'Conroe' - the chip giant's next-generation architecture mobile and desktop Core 2 Duo processors. On the mobile side, only the Athlon 64 4200+ and 3800+ will get cheaper this month …

    Bits 'n' Chips 18 Jul 2006, 10:43

  • SanDisk preps 4GB SDHC memory card

    Bundles USB adaptor

    Solid-state memory specialist SanDisk will this month ship its first 4GB SD card, based on version 2.0 of the SD standard, also known as SDHC. The company said it plans to bundle the card with a compact USB adaptor - handy given the paucity of devices with SDHC slots. The 4GB card delivers a minimum data-transfer rate of …

    Storage 18 Jul 2006, 10:59

  • Judge slashes Rambus damages award

    Hynix should pay $133.6m not $306.5m, court suggests

    Hynix will not have to pay Rambus as much for infringing the memory technology company's patents as it had expected to after the judge presiding over the case slashed the damages awarded against it. Judge Ronald Whyte of the Northern District of California yesterday said Hynix should pay $113.6m rather than the $306.5m a jury …

    Bits 'n' Chips 18 Jul 2006, 11:17

  • Fujitsu Siemens unveils 'lightest, smallest' sat nav box

    Pocket Loox N100 series unveiled

    Fujitsu Siemens today unveiled its latest Pocket Loox PDAs: a pair of models featuring integrated GPS receivers, route-planning code, a music player app and full personal information management functionality all in a unit weighing just 110g - a record, the company claimed. The N100 series comprises the N100 and N110. Both are …

    Phones 18 Jul 2006, 12:31

  • Sony unveils 1080p HD LCD TV, 80GB twin-tuner DVR

    Freeview bonanza

    Sony has launched a slimline DVR that allows viewers to watch one Freeview channel while recording another on the box's built-in 80GB hard drive. The consumer electronics giant also introduced the first of its 1080p HD Ready Bravia LCD TVs into the UK. The SVR-S500 ships with an easy-to-use on-screen user interface, Sony said …

    Media players 18 Jul 2006, 14:42