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31st July 2006 Archive

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  • Apple requests return of MacBook Pro batteries

    Free replacements offered worldwide

    Apple has asked owners of its 15in MacBook Pro notebook who bought their machine between February and May 2006 to contact the company and request a replacement battery. Apple stressed the batteries it wants to replace "do not pose a safety risk". The Mac maker didn't specify why it was recalling the MacBook Pro batteries - …

    Mac 31 Jul 2006, 09:48

  • ATI posts Catalyst 6.7 drivers

    Windows and Linux versions

    ATI has posted its Catalyst 6.7 driver package. For Windows users, the download is backed by WHQL certification, but Linux fans haven't been ignored - a version of the drivers for the open source operating system has also been released. Catalyst 6.7's headline features include the ability to activate manually CrossFire's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 31 Jul 2006, 10:36

  • Dell laptop smoked in Singapore

    Historical incident

    It's happened again. Another Dell notebook, a Latitude D410, has burst into flames, this time in Singapore. According to the machine's owner a series of popping noises culminated in a surfeit of white smoke and "flames coming up the side of the laptop". The incident actually took place in November 2005, the Sydney Morning …

    PCs 31 Jul 2006, 11:27

  • Microsoft bosses say 'no' to Xbox 360 price cut

    Well, not in Europe and Japan

    Microsoft will not cut the price of its Xbox 360 games console before Christmas, the company's head of European Xbox marketing, has revealed. Maybe not, but it looks like Microsoft will stress its machine's price advantage when Sony ships the PlayStation 3. Interviewed by UK games trade weekly MCV, Microsoft's Head of …

    Consoles 31 Jul 2006, 11:49

  • Toshiba settles spat with Flash memory inventor

    Boffin gets ¥87m but wanted ¥1bn

    Toshiba is to pay ¥87m ($758,000) to settle a lawsuit brought against it by an ex-employee: Dr Fujio Masuoka, the man credited with inventing Flash memory. Masuoka sued Toshiba in 2004, demanding compensation for the work he'd put into developing a number of semiconductor technologies later patented and exploited by his …

    Storage 31 Jul 2006, 12:20

  • Q2 sees record mobile GPU shipments

    Three-quarters of them integrated parts

    The world's graphics-chip makers shipped 71.4m personal computer-oriented GPUs in Q2, 16.6 per cent up on the year-ago quarter but down 4.6 per cent on the previous three-month period, market watcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) said today. Mobile GPUs experienced record shipments. Some 19.6m chips were aimed at notebooks, of …

    Bits 'n' Chips 31 Jul 2006, 13:00

  • HTC TyTN 'super 3G' smart phone

    Review The ideal mobile wireless communicator?

    HTC, the company behind the T-Mobile MDA, O2 XDA and Orange SPV mobile phones, not to mention a host of others offered by less well-known vendors, has broken away from its white label roots to offer its phones without operator customisation. The TyTN is one of the first... It's a Windows Mobile 5.0 device that features Wi-Fi …

    Phones 31 Jul 2006, 13:22

  • Good gives thumbs up to Nokia E61

    Brief Push email utility download posted

    Good Technology's Good Mobile Messaging - the application formerly known as GoodLink - runs on Nokia's E61 smart phone, the company said today, even though the app, now at version 4.9.1, actually shipped last week. The client-side application can be downloaded here, for both Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Domino back- …

    Phones 31 Jul 2006, 16:05