18th August 2006 Archive

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Websites 'leaked' Microsoft Zune details, blurry pics

No better than iPod, no worse either

Details of Microsoft's Zune digital music player leaked out overnight to a variety of websites hot on the heels of EMI's announcement it will supply music and video content for the software giant to pre-install on the player. A number of websites - most notably Gizmodo and iLounge were sent blurry pics of the now-familiar …

Media players 18 Aug 2006, 10:15
Shuttle launches 'fastest' SFF PC

World's first Core 2 Duo-friendly small form-factor box, too

Shuttle today announced what it said is the first ever small form-factor PC chassis designed for Intel's Core 2 Duo desktop processor family. It's also the fastest machine of its kind, the company claimed. The XPC Barebone SD37P2 is fitted with a motherboard based on Intel's 975X chipset, enabling it to host a 1,066MHz …

PCs 18 Aug 2006, 10:41
Samsung turns out music-friendly pivot phone

Rotation nation

You've seen clamshell phones and you've spied slider phones. But how about a pivot phone? Come October, you'll be able to get your hands on Samsung's latest rotator, the GSM-connected, music-oriented X830 handset with 1GB of on-board memory. It'll play all the usual music formats and the Linux-friendly Ogg. There's a 1.3 …

Phones 18 Aug 2006, 11:25
Elgato equips Macs with digital, analogue USB TV tuner

DVR-on-a-dongle

Mac-friendly TV tuner maker Elgato has announced EyeTV Hybrid, a twin-tuner - digital and analogue - dongle that pops into a USB port to deliver television programmes straight to your Mac's display. The hardware ships the with company's EyeTV 2 software which not only allows you to choose your channel, but provides a range …

Mac 18 Aug 2006, 11:57
Apple patches MacBook 'fan behaviour'

So they won't be so vociferous from now on?

Apple has posted a firmware update for its MacBook consumer-oriented laptops, the latest in a series of "fan behaviour" adjustments made to the company's Intel-based computers. The patch adjusts the machine's System Management Controller (SMC), a device that monitors and manages Intel-based Macs' power-related functions. …

Mac 18 Aug 2006, 14:24