4th September 2006 Archive

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World sales sauntered upward in July

So much for Intel, AMD price cuts

World chip sales grew a little in July, with sale up just 1.8 per cent on the previous month's figure, the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported this past Friday. Sales for the month total $20.1bn. So much for the price cuts announced by both AMD and Intel in early July. If they stimulated the market, they did …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Sep 2006, 08:46
Apple to launch movie store, new iPods next week?

Core 2 Duo iMacs too, reports claim

Tuesday, 12 September is the big coming out day for Core 2 Duo-based iMacs, new generations of iPod and iPod Nano, and Apple's iTunes Movie store, it has been claimed after Apple began mailing out invites to the media to come along to Cupertino or attend a London-hosted simulcast of the proceedings. A satellite transmission …

Media players 4 Sep 2006, 09:11
Sandisk unveils V-mate MPEG-4 recorder

IFA 06 TV straight to flash memory

Sandisk has launched its new V-mate MPEG-4 video recorder for mobile devices this weekend at IFA. It allows you to record your favourite TV programs or any other kind of video straight onto a memory card, much like the Neuros MPEG-4 recorder. The V-mate offers the ability to select the playback device and will then record in …

Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Sep 2006, 09:48
TV research to double visible colours

Palette breakthrough

Swiss researchers are developing a colourful new technology that allows televisions to display every hue the human eye can detect. The nano-technology research, underway at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (SFIT), aims to double the range of colours televisions can produce. Most of today's televisions can only display …

HD 4 Sep 2006, 09:51
Nvidia releases latest driver package

Version 91.47 now available for download

Nvidia has updated its ForceWare 90 drivers. Version 91.47 is now available for download and essentially rolls the company's Quad SLI drivers, previously available separately as ForceWare 91.45, into the standard package. It also adds support or the GeForce 7600 GS AGP and 7100 GS products. The graphics-chip maker also said …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Sep 2006, 10:32
Intel rolls out Celeron D 360

Extends budget CPU line

Intel has added a 3.46GHz processor to its Celeron D chip line up. The 65nm LGA775 part contains 512KB of L2 cache and operates across a 533MHz frontside bus. It supports 64-bit addressing and the execute-disable bit. The Celeron D 360's debut was anticipated: it popped up on Intel's July roadmap updates. The chip giant has …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Sep 2006, 10:43
T-Mobile unveils MDA Compact III GPS smart phone

IFA 06 AKA HTC's Artemis

HTC's upcoming GPS-equipped navigation phone, codenamed 'Artemis', will ship on the T-Mobile network in Germany, the carrier revealed at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin last week. The device will be offered as the MDA Compact III. The handset was snapped by German website PPC Welt, which has a number of shots of …

Phones 4 Sep 2006, 11:08
LG shows off 32in 3D display

IFA 06 Three-dimension screens go large

3D displays have been long coming, but the models so far have been fairly small in size and have been fairly unimpressive. However, LG showed of a 32in 3D display at IFA in Berlin which did quite a good job of adding to the depth of field. The only downside was the 4m ideal viewing distance, although this shouldn't be too …

HD 4 Sep 2006, 11:36
Samsung previews updated credit-card phone

IFA 06 Won't mistake this one for a calulator...

Samsung's credit card-sized phone, the P300, is to be updated, Samsung revealed at the IFA consumer electronics show last week. The new version, the P310, ditches its predecessor's pocket-calculator look and boosts the on-board camera to two megapixels. Samsung's SGH-P310... The SGH-P310 - to give it its full designation …

Phones 4 Sep 2006, 12:01
ATI shows Dell XPS 700 with X1950 XTX CrossFire

IFA 06 Dell XPS gets CrossFire treatment

Reg Hardware spotted a Dell XPS 700 powered by an ATI X1950 XTX CrossFire setup on ATI’s stand at IFA. Rather interestingly this configuration is not as yet available from Dell and indicates the use of a different motherboard than the Nvidia one in the current XPS 700 systems. Current models of the XPS 700 are based on an …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Sep 2006, 12:17
IFA 06 Toshiba unveils Euro HD DVD player line-up

Toshiba will bring its first living room HD DVD player to Europe in November, the company announced late last week. It will follow up the mainstream launch with a higher end model early the following month, the company added. First out of the door is the HD-E1, capable of handling not only pre-recorded HD DVDs, but DVD and CD …

HD 4 Sep 2006, 12:29
Sony Ericsson P990i smart phone

Review How the mighty has fallen...

Announced almost a year ago, Sony Ericsson's flagship smart phone, the P990i, is finally making its way into the shops. Over four generations - the first, a larger device codenamed 'Pamela' never made it to market - the P series has become the single most popular smart phone design in the world, largely because Sony Ericsson …

Phones 4 Sep 2006, 13:22
Nokia to integrate satnav into N-series devices

Built in GPS in N-series phones

Nokia last week kicked off its plan to build GPS-based satellite navigation technology onto its N-series "multimedia computer" handsets with the acquisition of German route-planning software developer Gate5. Gate5 has produced route-planning software since the late 1990s and has developed software for several platforms …

Phones 4 Sep 2006, 16:17