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14th August 2006 Archive

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  • MS to offer Xbox 360 programming tool for amateurs

    Starting up a shareware community?

    Microsoft today pledged to bring Xbox 360 programming to the masses, but ordinary folk will have to wait until the end of this month to get their hands on the tools they'll need to get coding for the console. Professionals will get a version in Spring 2007, the software giant said. Microsoft will ship a pre-release beta …

    Consoles 14 Aug 2006, 09:13

  • HTC readies second-gen GPS PDA phone

    After 'Galaxy', 'Artemis'

    Handset maker HTC is preparing the successor to 'Galaxy', the company's PDA phone with a built-in GPS receiver. The new model, dubbed 'Artemis', improves on the older device with a slicker look, a quad-band, EDGE-capable cellular radio and a two megapixel digicam. So claims a Navigadget report filed recently. The site's list …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Aug 2006, 10:16

  • US vendor ships mobile-ready hotline rotary phone

    Perfect companion for the Nuclear War USB hub?

    With tech-tastes turning to everything retro, and ye olde analogue mobile phone brick-like handsets commanding high prices on eBay, how about going back more than a decade or two for the acme of old-style telephony: the rotary dial. That's what US-based Spark Fun Electronics is offering: a classic desktop dial-phone, kitted …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Aug 2006, 10:40

  • eMusic intros UK MP3 download service

    Untethered subscription package

    US digital music supplier eMusic has launched its MP3 DRM-free download subscription service in the UK, and its attempting to tempt would-be buyers with a free two-week trial and 25 free downloads. Over here, eMusic currently has some 1m tracks on offer, most of them from independent music labels. Songs are not available as …

    Media players 14 Aug 2006, 11:04

  • Intel ships G965-based mobo

    Intel has unveiled an own-brand desktop motherboard based on its G965 integrated chipset pitched at a range of processors including the chip giant's latest Core 2 Duo dualies. The Desktop Board DG965RY Classic Series has an LGA775 processor mounting and four DDR 2 SDRAM DIMM slots. Up to 8GB of 800MHz memory are supported. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Aug 2006, 12:52

  • Vodafone Mobile Connect 'super 3G' data card

    Review HSDPA for the masses?

    It's been more than three years since the UK got its first 3G mobile phone network but a little less than two years since cellco Vodafone allowed its customers access to the technology. It's not hard to see why it waited: the early hype about mobile broadband quickly proved unjustified. But a last we're coming to the end of a …

    Networking and Wireless 14 Aug 2006, 14:01

  • Logitech launches wireless Skype phone

    Array-mic speakerphone too

    Mouse maker Logitech has hopped on the VoIP bandwagon with a phone-style cordless handset capable of connecting to its host computer from almost anywhere in the house. It's got a colour display and it's set to work with Skype. The company also unveiled today a PC-connected speakerphone and a Bluetooth headset for phones. …

    Phones 14 Aug 2006, 14:30

  • Europeans bought more GPS devices last quarter than at Xmas

    Sat nav boom continues

    Demand for GPS devices continues unabated, market watcher Canalys has claimed. Its latest figures show more European consumers splashed out on handheld navigation gadgets in Q2 2006 than they did in Q4 2005, last year's Christmas quarter. Canalys' statistics record shipments of devices with integrated GPS receivers. Vendors …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Aug 2006, 15:41

  • Dell recalls 4.1m laptop batteries

    This fire is under control

    Dell's customer satisfaction flameout has started to reach record levels. The company today issued a recall for 4.1m laptop batteries out of fear that they could catch fire. The product recall stands as the largest ever for the US consumer electronics industry. Over the past two months, numerous stories have appeared …

    PCs 14 Aug 2006, 23:25