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8th August 2006 Archive

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  • MSI preps Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT card with HDMI

    Not just an ATI gig

    MSI today lauded the successful certification of its first Nvidia-based graphics card with an HDMI port. Similar cards can't be far behind, but MSI claimed to be the first graphics card maker to pass the HDMI certification process. The card in question is the NX7600GT Diamond Plus. In addition to sporting an HDMI port, the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 8 Aug 2006, 09:21

  • Sony touts handheld Skype, Wi-Fi communicator

    VoIP, IM and web over Wi-Fi

    Sony will next month ship a handheld communications device designed for the Wi-Fi world. Dubbed Mylo, the palmtop features 802.11b wireless networking, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 2.4in, 320 x 240 colour display and comes pre-loaded with GoogleTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and Skype. And since Mylo's maker is Sony, of course the …

    Phones 8 Aug 2006, 09:55

  • Nokia buys Loudeye to kickstart iTunes rival

    New owner for Peter Gabriel's old download company

    Nokia is to buy Loudeye, the US digital music company that owns On-Demand Distribution (OD2), the European music download supplier started by Peter Gabriel. The Finnish mobile phone giant is paying $60m in cash for the company. Nokia described the deal as the foundation for its own music service with which it will target …

    Phones 8 Aug 2006, 11:00

  • Asus and Gigabyte to merge mobo manufacturing ops

    Unnamed JV to go into action early next year

    Asus and Gigabyte have formally announced a plan to create a joint-venture to market their motherboards and graphics cards under the Gigabyte brand. The JV's own name has yet to be decided, the partners admitted today. Whatever it's called, it will go into action on 1 January 2007. Gigabyte will own 51 per cent of the new …

    Bits 'n' Chips 8 Aug 2006, 11:41

  • Microsoft pulls plug on Virtual PC development

    Not seen as rival to BootCamp, VMware et al

    Microsoft is to end development of Virtual PC for Mac, the company admitted this week. While an x86 emulation app makes little sense in a world of Intel-based Macs, the move means the software giant has rejected the chance to turn the tool into a true virtualisation utility. Microsoft's decision, relayed by a Macworld UK …

    Mac 8 Aug 2006, 12:19

  • Sony's first Mylo

    Forgotten Tech Who remembers the Clié-friendly My Life Online?

    Sony's upcoming Wi-Fi-equipped, VoIP-oriented communications gadget isn't the first of the consumer electronics giant's products to be called Mylo, short for 'My Life Online'. Reg Hardware readers with long memories may recall a Sony PDA-friendly online service of the same name. Launched in June 2001 for Sony's Clié Palm OS- …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 8 Aug 2006, 13:04

  • Mavizen Blueye mobile phone adaptor for iPod

    Exclusive Preview Auto-pause your music when you take a call

    Nokia says we should all be playing music on our phones, but some of us like having a separate music player. But it's a problem is when a call comes in and we're left frantically trying to pause the player and pull out the phone before the caller rings off. Assuming, with earphones in, we've heard the mobile ringing in the first …

    Media players 8 Aug 2006, 14:30

  • Designer punts 'perfect' portable workstation

    Fold-up unit with 17in screen, keyboard, graphics tablet

    Portuguese industrial designer João Pedro Carneiro has come up with this intriguing design for a portable computer created specifically for content creators that incorporates not only a keyboard but a graphics tablet too. The concept is based around a free-standing 17in monitor with a flip-out stand. The tablet is mounted …

    PCs 8 Aug 2006, 15:08