17th August 2006 Archive

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Intel to cull all but three Pentium D CPUs by year-end?

Celeron, Pentium 4 lines may not fare much better

Farewell, Intel's Pentium D desktop processors, most of which are due to be canned by the end of the year if allegations made by Taiwanese motherboard-maker moles are to be believed. Only three such CPUs will survive the cull and remain alongside the chip giant's Core 2 Duo offerings, apparently. The claims come courtesy of a …

Bits 'n' Chips 17 Aug 2006, 09:17
Nvidia to 'hit ATI while it's down' with GeForce 7950 GT

Mid-September launch

Nvdia has begun promoting its upcoming GeForce 7900 GS and 7950 GT GPUs, it appears. The graphics chip maker is pitching the G71-based parts at arch-rival ATI's upcoming Radeon X1900 Pro and X1650 XT products, according to leaked presentation slides. The 7950 GT will launch and ship on 14 September, the company documents, …

Bits 'n' Chips 17 Aug 2006, 09:50
Intel to ship quad-core Core 2 Extreme in Q4

'Kentsfield' debut roadmapped

Intel roadmap data recently released to customers and now duly popping up on the web reveals the chip giant's quad-core offering 'Kentsfield' will be clocked to 2.66GHz at launch. It will also ship as the Core 2 Extreme. Kentsfield comprises two dual-core Core 2 Duo CPUs bonded together in a single chip package, just as it …

Bits 'n' Chips 17 Aug 2006, 10:21
Linux-based HandyPC to challenge Nokia Communicator

Brick to be batted?

German phone maker Road has announced its answer to Nokia's Communicator. Dubbed the HandyPC, the phone-computer combo is based on the Linux operating system and Trolltech's Qtopia GUI. It's a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE device with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on board too. Opening the clamshell device reveals a QWERTZ keyboard and a …

Phones 17 Aug 2006, 10:59
Intel roadmaps 1.3GHz DDR 3 chipsets

PCI Express 2.0, DirectX 10 and other goodies supported too.

Intel's 'Bearlake' chipset, the successor to the current 965 series, will debut in Q2 2007, the chip giant's latest roadmaps reveal. However, the more interesting members of the line-up will arrive the following quarter, bringing with them support for DDR 3 memory running at up to 1,333MHz. According to an Intel roadmap slide …

Bits 'n' Chips 17 Aug 2006, 11:14
US FCC posts RIM media phone test results

With pictures

Reasearch in Motion's upcoming multimedia-friendly BlackBerry has surfaced on the US Federal Communcations Commission's website, not only confirming the device's existence but many of its rumoured features. It's certainly got Bluetooth on board - a shot shows the phone-like device's Bluetooth MAC address - and the anticipated …

Phones 17 Aug 2006, 11:34
Razer reveals keyboard with iPod dock

Zune version too, apparently

Gaming peripherals specialist Razer's plan to offer a computer keyboard with an integrated iPod dock emerged back in March this year. Five months on and the company has finally confirmed it is preparing to launch just such a product. The Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard not only incorporates an iPod dock, but it has a set of …

Media players 17 Aug 2006, 12:12
Infinium Labs' successor cans console project

Games delivery service will target Windows XP now

It's official Phantom Entertainment - the company formerly known as Infinium Labs - has ditched its plan to offer a games console tied to a games-download service. The Phantom Games Service concept remains, but now it's targeted at Windows XP PCs. First due to ship in November 2003 - after a March 2003 introduction - then put …

Consoles 17 Aug 2006, 13:18
Separated at birth: Maxfield debuts Mcody M20-like MP3 player

Will LG sue?

German digital music player maker Maxfield has begun touting its Max-Sin Touch MP3 player ahead of the device's debut at the IFA show in Berlin next month. The snag: it's the same device the UK reseller Advanced MP3 Players unveiled earlier this month as the Mcody M20. Yes, Max-Sin is the same all-black gadget reminiscent …

Media players 17 Aug 2006, 13:36
Logitech readies AudioStation iPod speaker line-up

Logitech today unveiled a pair of iPod-oriented speaker sets it plans to punt at consumers this coming Christmas. Both sets will be offered under the AudioStation brand and support a wide array of dockable Apple music players. The AudioStation Express is a portable product - it runs on AA batteries or off the mains - and …

Media players 17 Aug 2006, 14:48