25th October 2006 Archive

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Seagate slams profit-ignorant rivals

Knocks out 39m hard drives in Q1

Seagate gave itself a pat on the back today in its September quarter report for holding the revenue line against hard drive competitors "who seem intent on trying to capture market share without regard to profitability". Fighting fire with fire , Seagate is determined to retain market share, and that will mean more price cuts …

Channel Register 25 Oct 2006, 00:36
AMD and ATI fuse

Acquisition complete, CPUs to become integrated chipsets

AMD has completed its purchase of ATI. It spent $4.3bn in cash and 58m AMD shares on the graphics chip company, taking on $2.5bn in debt to help pay for it all. Farewell, the ATI, retained only as a product brand. And with acquisition comes integration. AMD said it plans to announce a number of platforms next year that will …

Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2006, 08:26
Mac OS X 10.4.8 runs on any PC...

...well, all but the GUI

Mac OS X 10.4.8 will now run on any generic x86-based PC. Well, almost. Kernel coder Semthex has posted what he claims is an entirely legal release of the Mac operating system's foundation layer. The only snag: you can't boot into the familiar GUI. To date, the version of Mac OS X for x86 processors has relied on kernel add- …

Mac 25 Oct 2006, 11:04
AMD: we will not kill ATI brand

To be kept for chipsets, discrete graphics products

So is ATI gone forever, as a brandname at least? Apparently not, AMD Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester revealed today. He also indicated the two companies' fusion may not necessarily mean it's curtains for ATI's Intel-oriented chipsets. Speaking in London today, Hester told Reg Hardware the ATI name will continue to be …

Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2006, 11:51
Hitachi rolls out 3.5in HDDs

Deskstar, CinemaStar

Hitachi's Global Storage Technologies division has finally begun shipping its latest 3.5in hard drives, some six months after the Deskstar and CinemaStar models were originally anounced. The Deskstar T7K500 is available in capacities from 250GB to 500GB. The drives are available with either an ATA-133 or a 3Gbps Serial ATA …

Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2006, 12:16
Sony slams Lik-Sang 'sour grapes'

Admits execs bought PSPs from grey importer

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has failed to deny claims that senior employees used Hong Kong-based online games hardware retailer Lik-Sang.com to buy PSPs more than nine months before the device finally shipped over here. In a statement, the consumer electronics giant said "the purchasing of PSP consoles by SCE employees …

Consoles 25 Oct 2006, 12:34
Nokia N73 3G smart phone

Review Does it have the X-Factor?

Nokia is sponsoring X-Factor TV talent show this year, to promote its N series phones in general and the N73 in particular. Nokia's would-be star certainly has the looks to get it in the studio, but can it take it on the chin from the judges or will it be let down by a fickle public who got bored of waiting for it to respond to …

Phones 25 Oct 2006, 13:05
Belkin gears up to ship Wi-Fi Skype phone in UK

Only a hundred quid

Belkin will ship its Skype-friendly Wi-Fi VoIP phone this coming Monday, the accessory specialist's UK operation said today. The 802.11b/g device also supports Wi-Fi's various security schemes for secure calling, while its Skype support extends to the full range of telephony services offered by the VoIP company. The handset …

Phones 25 Oct 2006, 13:27
PowerColor brings ATI X1950 Pro to AGP users

Older mobos not ignored

Tul's PowerColor operation has launched a version if its Radeon X1950 Pro graphics card for punters who've resisted the urge to go with PCI Express and are sticking to AGP 8x. The GPU has 36 pixel shaders on board fed by eight vertex shaders. The chip connects to the board's 256MB of GDDR 3 video memory across a 256-bit bus …

Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2006, 13:54