28th September 2006 Archive

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Sony Ericsson and Fossil launch Bluetooth watches

How about a snazzy name next time?

Today Sony Ericsson announced its MBW-100 Bluetooth 2.0 watch which it has developed together with Fossil. The watch features analogue dials and a small OLED screen. With the MBW-100 you can accept incoming calls and control the MP3 playback features of your Sony Ericsson Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone. The MBW-100 …

Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Sep 2006, 11:07
Intel to intro first four-core, one-die CPU in H2 07?

IDF 'Yorkfield' back on roadmap

Intel's first monolithic quad-core processor will ship in H2 2007, a variety of reports from Asia citing Taiwanese motherboard maker sources have claimed. The part, codenamed 'Yorkfield', will have four cores stamped on a single die of silicon, what AMD likes to call a "native quad-core" part. By that definition, Intel's …

Bits 'n' Chips 28 Sep 2006, 14:21
Microsoft names US Xbox 360 HD DVD drive debut date

And Peter Jackson planning more Halo games

Microsoft will ship the eagerly awaited external HD DVD drive for its Xbox 360 console into the US mid-November, the software giant has announced. The drive will set console owners back $200 and bundle the 2005 King Kong remake. Speaking of which, its director, Peter 'Lord of the Rings' Jackson, is behind the Halo movie. This …

Consoles 28 Sep 2006, 14:36
Samsung serves up six-channel media phone

It's a PDA too, maker boasts

Samsung has announced a 1.9cm thick slider handset that not only packs in phone and PDA functionality, but also manages to squeeze in Wi-Fi, digital TV reception and 5.1-channel audio. Samsung's calling the handset the FX, though it also goes by the model numbers SPH-M4500 and SCH-M450, depending on which South Korean carrier …

Phones 28 Sep 2006, 15:46
Lenovo and IBM recall 500k+ batteries

Curse of the fire-breathing Sonys

Lenovo and IBM today issued a recall on notebook batteries sold with various ThinkPad models between February 2005 and September 2006. More than 500,000 units are affected - they are powered by the now notorious lithium-ion 'Zippo' batteries made by Sony, which have a nasty habit of exploding into flames. Last week, a Lenovo …

PCs 28 Sep 2006, 21:43
Microsoft matches Apple with Zune pricing

Tune for tune

Microsoft is to retail Zune, its first digital music player, at the same price as feature-equivalent iPods. Microsoft today reveal a 30Gb Zune device will be priced $249.99 compared to a 30Gb iPod that is priced $249.00. Songs for Microsoft's player will start at just under a dollar - just like individual tracks on iTunes. …

Media players 28 Sep 2006, 21:53