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9th August 2006 Archive

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  • Parallels updates Mac OS X virtualisation tool

    Pleades Vista, 'fast' 3D support

    Windows-on-Mac software specialist Parallels has updated its Parallels Desktop virtual machine software, offering the new version in a pre-release test-only form. The upgrade packs in more than a dozen new features and fixes, the company said. Those features most likely to appeal to Mac users keen to run Windows XP, include …

    Mac 9 Aug 2006, 09:09

  • Dell exec confirms AMD notebooks for October

    AMD agrees

    Dell has confirmed it intends to launch AMD-based notebooks, and that it may do so as early as this coming October. The laptops will be based on Sempron and Turion 64 X2 processors, the company said, and fitted with 15.4in displays. Such a move was suggested last week by Taiwanese notebook industry moles, but the confirmation …

    PCs 9 Aug 2006, 09:38

  • T-Mobile Germany unveils 'super 3G' Vario II

    Fast-download smartphone

    T-Mobile has announced its intention to ship an own-brand version of HTC's TyTN, also known as the Orange SPV M3100. The German carrier's incarnation of the HSDPA-enabled 3G device will be called the MDA Vario II. The Vario II will provides 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and GSM/GPRS/EGDE connectivity in addition to 3G networking, T-Mobile …

    Phones 9 Aug 2006, 10:13

  • UK retailer touts ultra-slim monolith MP3 player

    2001 inspired?

    UK digital music player retailer Advanced MP3 Players has brought to Britain what could be the first device to mount a serious challenge to Apple's iPod Nano for size and slimness. The Mcody M20 weighs a mere 31g and is just 7.5mm thick - and looks like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Alas, that's a whole half a …

    Media players 9 Aug 2006, 10:51

  • Logitech revamps wireless music kit with full remote control

    Four-room ready too

    Mouse-maker Logitech has souped up its Wireless Music System PC-to-stereo link-up set, adding a slick screen-equipped remote control to the rig and fitting the hi-fi hook-up end with a docking cradle for the remote. Dubbed the Wireless DJ Music System, the set also includes a USB-connected wireless adaptor that transmits …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Aug 2006, 11:44

  • Sony Ericsson M600i smart phone

    Review Sony Ericsson challenges RIM's BlackBerry

    UIQ never really took off as an alternative to Nokia's Series 60 Symbian user interface and only Sony Ericsson and Motorola UIQ devices have ever made it to the European market. But Sony Ericsson has finally brought its first UIQ 3 device to the market, the M600i. This is the first of three new UIQ 3 smart phones to arrive this …

    Phones 9 Aug 2006, 14:18

  • Sony shuffles Sports Walkman brand into iPod era

    Tube-like DAP gets jogger-friendly features

    Sony this week pitched its new, tubular digital music players at joggers, offering one under the old Sports Walkman brand and equipping it with the kind of features iPod owners who've splashed out on the Nike+iPod gizmo get. The S2 Sports Walkman ship in 1GB and 2GB versions. Each is fitted with Sony's G-Sensor movement- …

    Media players 9 Aug 2006, 14:47