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19th July 2006 Archive

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  • Future iPods to morph into games consoles?

    Rumour mill spins on alleged Nintendo, Nvidia deals

    An analyst has claimed Nvidia has won the contract to supply Apple with graphics chips for future video-centric iPods. The claim comes as another, less reputable source alleged upcoming iPods will play old Nintendo games. American Technology Research market watcher Satya Chillara this week told clients Nvidia has beaten …

    Media players 19 Jul 2006, 09:10

  • Sony preps 'PC-less' DVD burners

    Straight from camcorder to disc

    Sony today pledged to ship this autumn a pair of DVD writers that will burn content straight from camcorders, cutting computers out of the digital media loop. One of the two machines can also pull pictures off digital cameras. The two DVDirect devices - the VRD-MC3 and VRD-VC30 - sport USB 2.0 and Firewire ports, along with …

    Storage 19 Jul 2006, 09:44

  • Samsung ramps up 1GB Flash chip output

    Touts 8GB package

    Samsung has begun mass-producing 8Gb - 1GB - NAND Flash chips fabbed at 60nm, the company announced this morning. It also said it will offer an 8GB chip formed from two 4GB packages mounted one on top of the the other. Each 4GB unit comprises four of the 8Gb dies. Samsung will be pitching the parts at media-player makers, and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Jul 2006, 10:07

  • Iomega blesses second-generation Rev drive

    Doubles capacity to 70GB

    Iomega yesterday doubled the capacity of its Rev back-up system to 70GB and began shipping both 2.5in disks and drives - internal and external - worldwide. The newly available Rev drives connect by USB or ATAPI, Iomega said, but it promised to offer Firewire and SATA versions later this year. The new drives will read and …

    Storage 19 Jul 2006, 10:44

  • Sony, Samsung show off Blu-ray PC kit

    Burning passion

    Sony will ship its anticipated internal Blu-ray Disc burner in the US in August, the electronics giant's North American division said yesterday. Separately, one the company's Blu-ray backing chums, Samsung, unveiled its first PC with an integrated BD-ROM drive. Sony's BWU-100A was announced back in March, when the company …

    HD 19 Jul 2006, 11:21

  • Sony production partners punching out PS3s?

    Taiwanese sources say 'yes'

    PlayStation 3 games consoles are rolling off production lines run by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Asustek, if a number of local reports are to be believed. Production began at the start of the month, they allege, albeit in small volumes. Asustek wouldn't comment on the claims, apparently, but the manufacturer was said to …

    Consoles 19 Jul 2006, 12:44

  • CoPilot Live 6 for Symbian

    Review Sat Nav for your Series 60 phone

    ALK Technologies' CoPilot Live has been at the forefront of Windows Mobile-based satellite navigation software for some time, but it's a relative newcomer to the Symbian operating system, offering a version of its route-planning application - now at version 6 - for Nokia's Series 60 user-interface only this year... UK carrier …

    GPS and Satnav 19 Jul 2006, 14:57

  • Dell Falls for AMD - analyst

    Santa not so kind to Intel

    Forget a four-way flirtation. Dell is set to go the whole hog with AMD, according to a new report from Merrill Lynch. The financial analyst firm has Dell shipping PCs and notebooks with AMD Inside during the fourth quarter. Such a move would build on Dell's decision in May to add AMD's Opteron chip as an option for high-end, …

    PCs 19 Jul 2006, 18:17