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5th October 2006 Archive

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  • Mag names Mac Pro 'fastest PC in UK'

    Halves previous 3D rendering record

    Apple's four-core Intel-based Mac Pro desktop has been named the UK's fastest PC after it was lined up against a top-of-the-line Windows machine by British magazine PC Pro. According to the publication's upcoming November issue, out in two weeks' time, the 3GHz Mac Pro was run alongside a Pentium D-based machine. The Mac Pro …

    Mac 5 Oct 2006, 09:04

  • REALbasic 2006 gets Mac Universal binary support

    Make your Mac apps run faster

    REAL Software has begun shipping REALbasic 2006 Release 4, offering developers targetting the Mac platform the opportunity to create apps ready to run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based boxes by selecting a single checkbox. With Release 4, REALbasic 2006 is itself now just such a Universal binary, yielding compile …

    Mac 5 Oct 2006, 09:27

  • Nvidia stock jumps on Intel takeover rumour

    Wall Street eyes deal as AMD-ATI merger nears completion

    If your arch-rival buys one of two highly competitive graphics chip companies, what else can you do but acquire the other GPU maker? That's exactly what it was yesterday claimed Intel would do: snap up Nvidia after AMD's move to acquire ATI. The Wall Street rumour put $2.32 on Nvidia's share price and saw stock trades double …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Oct 2006, 09:45

  • Vendor unveils USB Serial-ATA dongle

    Hook big, fast drives up to your USB port

    Japanese storage specialist Novac has figured out an easy way to connect eSATA drives to PCs without a suitable port: a USB-connected adaptor dongle. The manufacturer even suggests hooking up four 3.5in SATA drives to the NV-US2020, as the dongle's dubbed, via a hub. That would make for one heck of a USB Flash drive. The …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 5 Oct 2006, 10:07

  • AMD to conjure a constellation of K8L desktop chips

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star

    AMD's stellar codename sequence for its upcoming K8L desktop processor family continues with 'Antares', 'Arcturus' and 'Spica', reports coming out of Taiwan allege. These chips will join 'Altair', which we reported on earlier this week, in AMD's constellation of next-generation 65nm processors. According to a Chinese-language …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Oct 2006, 10:27

  • Nvidia to make quantum leap with GeForce 8800?

    Unified shaders to work on game physic too, it's suggested

    Nvidia will initially launch two graphics boards based on its next-generation 'G80' GPU when the graphics chip maker brings the product to market in the middle of November, it has been claimed. The boards may also be the first to tout a new physics processing system. According to a DailyTech report, the GeForce 8800 GTX will …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Oct 2006, 10:50

  • Nokia jazzes up 5500 Sport jogger phone

    New Music Edition model

    Nokia has announced its latest Music Edition handset - this time a version of the 5500 Sport the company launched in May this year. The new model features a revised colour scheme and bundles a 512MB Micro SD card for song storage. Nokia has also put "a fitness carrying strap, bicycle holder and sports headset" in the box. The …

    Phones 5 Oct 2006, 11:07

  • Vonage calls up USB key phone

    VoIP app and 250MB of storage space

    VoIP telephony company Vonage has launched its V-Phone USB calling kit in the UK. It's the size of a Flash drive - there's 250MB of free storage space on there - but also includes all you need to use your Vonage account on any PC, anywhere. The host needs to be connected to a broadband internet link, of course, and if it's …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 5 Oct 2006, 12:16

  • AMD said to have approved foundry's 65nm fab

    Chartered Semiconductor's process validated, sources claim

    Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor looks set to continue its foundry partnership with AMD into the 65nm era, if industry-insider claims that the chip maker has validated Chartered's 65nm production facility. AMD signed Chartered to produce 90nm CPUs almost two years ago, in November 2004. In July this year, AMD said …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Oct 2006, 12:52

  • AOpen touts 'speed-limit breaking' 18x DVD writer

    But Sony broke it first

    AOpen today announced its first DVD burner capable of writing DVD±R media at 18x speed. It will also read and write DVD-RAMs at 12x. A sort of 18, 12 overture perhaps? Oh well. According to AOpen, it's "a new limit of optical disk drive". Maybe, but Sony got there first with its AWG170A, launched in August this year. Just …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Oct 2006, 13:14

  • UK consumers are Europe's top tech spenders

    More than $31bn spent on electronics this year

    Brits spend more on consumer electronics than any nation in Europe, market watcher GfK has claimed. Together, we have spent £16.8bn ($31.7bn) on high-tech toys this year. Every UK household has spent, on average, £325 ($612) this year on gizmos, gadgets and assorted electronic equipment - £42 ($81) more than their nearest rivals …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 5 Oct 2006, 14:42

  • Apple admits iPod Nano colours may 'change over time'

    Coughing up before the complaints?

    Just when you thought the new metal-made iPod Nano marked an end to screen scratches, there's another threat to the diminutive music player's colorful good looks - and this time Apple's admitted it up front. Yes, the TOY boy came back from a sojourn Stateside with bag full tech toys for himself and a single girl-friendly …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 5 Oct 2006, 15:13