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28th July 2006 Archive

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  • Rambus accepts lower damages from Hynix

    Case moves on to next phase

    Rambus has accepted the damages award granted to it by a jury following its patent clash victory over Hynix but last week slashed by the presiding judge. Hynix will pay the memory technology firm $133.6m instead of the originally awarded $306.5m. The reduction was the result of Hynix claim that the jury-decided award was …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jul 2006, 08:55

  • Nvidia to bring SLI to Intel chipsets?

    Even as Dell's XPS 700 goes Core 2, officially

    Nvidia's SLI multi-GPU technology will soon work with Intel-made chipsets, it has been alleged. The claim came after the graphics chip company began highlighting the number of Intel Core 2 Duo-based desktops that support SLI. Nvidia's arch-rival, ATI, was also quick to shout about all the machines that contain Core 2 chips …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Jul 2006, 09:14

  • Dell laptop goes up in smoke

    Oh no, not again

    Another Dell laptop has undergone spontaneous combustion, prompting the evacuation of the office it was situated in and the urgent intervention of the local fire brigade. Pictures of the incident point to a battery meltdown as the cause of the conflagration. Here's a picture, but there are plenty more over at Tom's Hardware …

    PCs 28 Jul 2006, 09:46

  • Europe demands Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD licensing details

    Competition query?

    While the consumer electronics and content industries worry that the battle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD will set company against company to the disadvantage of all, Europe's antitrust officials appear to fear that having two rival high-definition video disc formats isn't competition enough. To whit, the European …

    HD 28 Jul 2006, 10:20

  • 'Official' Vodafone 3G Treo pic spotted on web

    Originally posted by Microsoft, apparently

    Is this the face of Palm's upcoming 3G Treo smart phone for Vodafone's European networks? Euro website MSMobiles.com seems to think so, claiming to have found the snap in Microsoft document, of all places. The device in the report looks substantially like the US-only Treo 700w. There's no antenna, of course, as Europeans …

    Phones 28 Jul 2006, 11:05

  • LG to ship 5Mp camera phone next month

    Two flashes and autofocus...

    LG's five megapixel camera-equipped phone, the KG920 will hit the UK's shores next month, retailer Carphone Warehouse has claimed, though it's keeping mum on how much the handset will cost. The KG920 was announced in February this year. It's set to sport a 2in, 262,144-colour, 240 x 320 display. It's no lightweight, coming …

    Phones 28 Jul 2006, 11:40

  • MS to spend big bucks and lose money pushing Zune

    Re-uses Xbox business model

    Microsoft has pledged to spend "hundreds of millions" of dollars establishing its Zune music hardware and services combo while losing money on the package for the next few years. It'll take the company 3-5 years to make a significant impact to the market, it reckons. So Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft's Entertainment and …

    Media players 28 Jul 2006, 14:11

  • BenQ preps Bluetooth stereo speakers

    Pair your phone and play

    BenQ Mobile will next month ship its first set of mobile phone add-on speakers designed to be fed over a Bluetooth link. The stereo system is portable, running off batteries or an AC adaptor, and provides bass-boosting and stereo-widening, the company said. Judging from some of the publicity shots, the Benq-Siemens Mobile …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Jul 2006, 14:32

  • Nuclear War launcher (and USB hub) heads West

    UK to get dual-control capability?

    The all-out nuclear war launch button Reg Hardware featured a couple of weeks ago - the gadget's a four-port USB hub in its spare time - is coming to the US and will be available to buy on Sunday, we've learned. US-based purveyor of products for the nerdily inclined GeekStuff4U apparently has a consignment of the red-button …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Jul 2006, 14:57

  • Firm ships MP3 player with integrated 'iTrip'

    Time to chuck out that cassette adaptor?

    China's Netac has launched a digital music player with a built-in FM radio transmitter, pitching the product at motorists who want an MP3 machine for the car but don't want to pay extra for an iTrip. The MuStik A200 is a 1GB Flash-based unit with a 1.in "high definition" screen - 1080p, presumably... It weighs a mere 44g and …

    Media players 28 Jul 2006, 15:25