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25th July 2006 Archive

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  • Nintendo coughs to console case crack problem

    Free repair implied

    Nintendo has admitted that some of its DS Lite handheld games consoles have been affected by a problem that causes the console's case to crack. The company claimed the damage was purely "cosmetic" and does not affect the "gameplay or integrity" of the gadget. Nintendo said the issue affected just 0.02 per cent of the DS Lites …

    Consoles 25 Jul 2006, 08:29

  • Squeezebox maker pitches network music player at audiophiles

    Transporter of delight?

    Slim Devices will ship its first audiophile-oriented network music player in September, the company said today. Dubbed the Transporter, the $1,999 stack-sized system is pitched at music lovers who want better sound quality than the company's Squeezebox can offer. Transporter's functionality largely matches that of its …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 25 Jul 2006, 09:02

  • Hitachi-LG preps world's first 4x Blu-ray burner

    Twice the speed of the competition

    Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) will this month ship the world's first 4x Blu-ray Disc recorder, it has been claimed. The higher speed applies only to recording - rewriteable BD-RE media will spin at the more commonplace 2x speed. HLDS' GBW-H10N drive doesn't support dual-layer discs, either, so it's limited to 25GB media, …

    Storage 25 Jul 2006, 09:17

  • Motorola unveils slimmer, 'super 3G' RAZRs

    First GSM slider, the RIZR, too

    Motorola yesterday launched its anticipated slimline KRZR and RIZR handsets, along with two 3G versions of the RAZR and an high-speed incarnation of its SLVR phone. The KRZR K1 cuts 1cm off the RAZR's width, but still crams in a two megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, Bluetooth stereo audio, a MicroSD slot for memory …

    Phones 25 Jul 2006, 10:04

  • ATI's RD600 Intel edition will ship, says mobo maker

    Short-term roadmap unchanged by merger

    ATI CEO Dave Orton yesterday said the company's short-term roadmap remains the same, whether the firm gets bought by AMD or not, but there's still concern in some quarters that news of the takeover will impact ATI's ability to ship Intel-oriented chipsets in the near future. Well, according to mobo maker DFI, ATI's RD600 for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 25 Jul 2006, 10:19

  • BenQ readies 'world's first' HDMI monitor

    1080p ready

    BenQ is gearing up to ship what it claims is the world's first computer monitor with an HDMI port. The 24in FP241W will support the full 1080p HD resolution when it ships this coming September. The screen's native resolution is actually 1,920 x 1,200, though the screen's ability to be rotated from landscape orientation to …

    HD 25 Jul 2006, 10:48

  • Panasonic splashes photos on HD TVs

    All your snaps in 1080i

    Panasonic today announced a photo playback device that's ready for the HD TV era. It also supports the high capacity SDHC memory card format the company has been promoting of late and handily featured in its latest digital cameras and camcorders. The DMW-SDP1 is a little more than a memory card reader for HD TVs. The 85g …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 25 Jul 2006, 11:10

  • Apple ships Bluetooth Mighty Mouse

    Laser tracking enabled

    Apple has launched the wireless incarnation of its Mighty Mouse multi-button, scroll-ball fitted input device. As anticipated from recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings, the rodent used Bluetooth 2.0 and drops LED optical tracking for a laser-based system. Like the previous, wired version, the wireless MM has …

    Mac 25 Jul 2006, 13:32

  • Skype ships more 'Mac-specific' VoIP app for OS X

    Updated Video conferencing available separately

    Skype has posted version 1.5 of its VoIP client for Mac OS X. It's a pre-release test version and while Skype said the software was now even more Mac friendly than before, the OS X incarnation is still lagging some way behind the Windows release. Available here, the update sports a "simplified", Mac-specific user interface, a …

    Mac 25 Jul 2006, 14:47

  • Roxio paves way for Mac-compatible Blu-ray burners

    Toast 7 gets BD support... but only if you're an OEM

    Roxio has added Blu-ray Disc authoring support to its Mac-based burning tool Toast 7, the company said today. A sign Apple is planning to equip its upcoming Mac Pro desktops with BD drives? Certainly, Mac-compatible external drives seem thin on the ground right now. However, Roxio is pitching the software not at end-users but …

    Mac 25 Jul 2006, 15:26