20th September 2006 Archive

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Intel preps Pentium-branded 'Conroe' processors

Old faithful brand shifting focus to embedded market?

The Pentium is dead. Long live the Pentium. Yes, for all Intel's keenness on its new Core brand, the Pentium name will apparently survive beyond the current P4 and PD processors in the form of an upcoming 'Conroe'-based single-core CPU family due early next year. According to the latest Intel desktop roadmap leaks, January …

Bits 'n' Chips 20 Sep 2006, 09:21
Intel preps Pentium, Celeron price cuts

Reductions due January, reports suggest

Intel is set to cut the price of its Pentium D and Pentium 4 desktop processor lines in January 2007 as it pushes the Core 2 Duo family further downmarket. But that's not stopping the chip giant from releasing at least one more PD and a top-of-the-range Celeron D in the same month. A variety of reports coming out of Taiwan - …

Bits 'n' Chips 20 Sep 2006, 09:39
Japan to get Xbox HD DVD drive on 17 November

Console to get 1080p support with software update

Microsoft will ship the Xbox 360's eagerly anticipated external HD DVD drive to Japanese consumers on 17 November, the software giant revealed today at the Tokyo Games Show. The announcement paves the way for similar declarations concerning the peripheral's launch in the US and Europe. According to Microsoft Japan, the HD DVD …

Consoles 20 Sep 2006, 10:04
Nokia opens latest 3G slider phone

Available in black and white

Nokia today launched the 6288, its latest slider phone with 3G network connectivity. Available in black and white versions, the €325 ($412/£219) handset sports a 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display, a two megapixel main camera and a VGA cam for video calling. Nokia's bundling a 512MB memory card with the handset, which is due to …

Phones 20 Sep 2006, 10:42
Panasonic preps 'first' Blu-ray player and recorder

Pre-recorded BDs? No problem

Panasonic is gearing up to launch what it claims are the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorders capable of playing back pre-recorded BDs. The units - the Diga DMR-BW200 and DMR-BR100 - can burn content from their built-in hard drives to BD-R/RE discs at 4x speed, the company claimed. With almost all BD-R/RE drives currently …

HD 20 Sep 2006, 11:09
Firm fits standard rechargeable batteries with USB

Computer connectable

No, they're not the latest USB Flash drives in a fancy casing - Moixa's USB Cell products are real batteries, charged using a spare USB port. Which, if you think about it, is genius: no cables, no special adaptor just plug 'em into your computer every so often. When so connected, the AA-format, 1,300mAh batteries take about …

Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Sep 2006, 11:35
Asus unveils 'first' music streaming Skype phone

Stream songs to your VoIP box

Asus has launched what it reckons is the world's first wireless music Skype phone - a Wi-Fi enable handset that doubles up as a speaker for songs streamed from a PC. Dubbed the AiGuru S1, the handset connects to a PC running Skype across any local 802.11b/g wireless network. It supports all the usual Skype features - SkypeIn …

Phones 20 Sep 2006, 11:59
MSI P965 Neo-F Core 2 Duo mobo

Review Budget board

Following on from the abundance of features served up by the Asus P5B Deluxe we reviewed t'other week, I've an inkling that MSI's P965 Neo is going to look a little primitive in comparison. It should be remembered, however, that the Neo is MSI's less glamorous offering, with the P965 Platinum edition catering to those with …

Bits 'n' Chips 20 Sep 2006, 12:48
LG engineers book-reading phone for the blind

Voice controlled

LG has demo'd the world's first ebook reading mobile phone, pitching the product at the visually impaired. The LF1300 is entirely operable, the company said, using voice commands relayed through a bundled Bluetooth headset. The 16mm-thick handset's audiobook facility takes text files - some 300 of which will be made available …

Phones 20 Sep 2006, 13:07