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15th August 2006 Archive

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  • AMD retaliates against Intel with Rev F release

    Less magical, more practical

    A more modest, less magical AMD released the new Revision F Opteron processors on Tuesday. The days when AMD could crow about broad, breathtaking performance advantages over Intel have vanished. Now AMD sells Opteron with a humbler pitch, one that revolves around consistency and high-end server gains for customers. With Rev F …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Aug 2006, 08:58

  • ATI shifts X1950 XT launch to 14 September

    ATI has told board partners it will launch its Radeon X1950 XT and X1950 CrossFire products on 14 September. The announcement went out last week on the day after ATI was set to brief European journalists on its product plans, though for some of them London's terror alert got in the way. According to the customer-focused …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Aug 2006, 09:14

  • A draw in the next-generation DVD war?

    Neither Blu-Ray nor HD DVD likely to be a 'knock-out'

    The ongoing battle for next-generation DVD supremacy could ultimately result in an uneasy stalemate, according to a new report from media analysts. A report from Screen Digest predicts that the struggle between the latest generation of rival and mutually incompatible DVD formats - Blu-ray and HD DVD - will not mirror the …

    HD 15 Aug 2006, 09:39

  • Apple sets lawyers on pod-people

    Invasion of the trademark defenders

    Apple is stepping up legal threats against companies it accuses of infringing its trademarks. The computer giant has written to two US companies asking them to stop using the word 'pod'. Mach5 Products makes the Profit Pod, a device for wirelessly collecting data from arcade games or other vending machines. The device keeps …

    Media players 15 Aug 2006, 10:13

  • HTC roadmap 'leak' signals Muse music phone revival?

    Shame it all looks so fake...

    Rumours of the demise of HTC's 'Muse' music phone - the one equipped with 4GB of on-board NAND Flash storage, just like an MP3 player - may have been greatly exaggerated: the device is simply being renamed and rescheduled for a Q4 2006 launch. And it's no longer a 3G device. Well, that's if an allegedly leaked HTC roadmap is …

    Phones 15 Aug 2006, 10:17

  • BenQ fetes femmes with Hello Kitty handset

    Tickled pink

    BenQ Mobile has allied itself with the Hello Kitty franchise much loved by Western infants and Japanese of all ages and genders. This month, it will ship the AL26, a pink-hued slider phone splashed with HK decals, HK screen themes and a Chav-friendly HK phone charm.    The BenQ-Siemens AL26 sports a "large" 130 x 130, 65,536 …

    Phones 15 Aug 2006, 11:07

  • Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox N100 handheld GPS

    Exclusive Review A serious contender for the established players?

    The GPS gadget market is dominated by brands like Garmin, TomTom, Navman and Magellan, so it's unlikely you'd have the name Fujitsu Siemens topping your shortlist as you head down to the shops. But perhaps you should. With the introduction of the N100, Fujitsu Siemens has a real contender on its hands that will give the …

    GPS and Satnav 15 Aug 2006, 12:28

  • Nvidia revamps Opteron server, workstation chipsets

    Socket F friendly

    Nvidia today launched the nForce Pro 3000 chipset family for servers and workstations based on AMD's recently announced DDR 2 SDRAM-supporting dual-core Opteron processors. The chipsets are aimed at machines containing one to eight or more CPUs. The line-up comprises the 3050, 3400 and 3600 MCP chips. All three chipsets …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Aug 2006, 14:27

  • Samsung sleek speaker-sporting MP3 player spotted

    Touchscreen control too

    Samsung has revealed it will demo a digital music player equipped with a built-in speaker at next month's IFA show in Berlin. Or will it? Google has revealed some tantalising glimpses of the player missing from the page the online advertising broker's search engine links through to. The YP-K5 is fitted with up to 4GB of …

    Media players 15 Aug 2006, 15:10

  • US Robotics ships Skype-ready USB handset pair

    One with a screen, one without

    US Robotics has begun shipping a pair of USB-connected Skype handsets, one with a screen, the other without, but at least they're a tad more stylish than most add-ons for the popular VoIP app. The USR809601 is the one with the display to make checking your SkypeOut minutes, online status and so on easy. The USR809602 has no …

    Phones 15 Aug 2006, 15:39

  • Wanted: Reg hardware hackers for set top fun

    Exclusive What Peter Dawe did next

    Fancy yourself as a hardware hacker? Peter Dawe, who brought the internet to the UK in the 1980s when he founded Pipex, the country's first ISP, is looking for a few good women and men to experiment with his latest venture the Babelbox. He also gave us a sneak run down. BabelBox is effectively a Linux-based "set top box", …

    Consoles 15 Aug 2006, 16:57