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26th October 2006 Archive

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  • Cool Fusion: AMD's plan to revolutionise multi-core computing

    Different cores for different chores

    AMD's Fusion CPUs will not be mere system-on-a-chip products, the chip company's chief technology officer, Phil Hester, insisted yesterday. Instead, the processor will be truly modular, capable of forming the basis for a range of application-specific as well as generic CPUs, from low-power mobile chips right up to components for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Oct 2006, 10:31

  • Mission Impossible 3 becomes mission possible

    ...when you buy a new Nokia handset

    From next week, anyone buying a Nokia N93 handset on the Vodafone network will receive a free copy of Mission Impossible 3 loaded onto a mini SD card for viewing on the phone. The film is full-length and encoded for perfect viewing on the N93's screen, though if it will generate quite the same atmosphere as a cinema viewing is …

    Phones 26 Oct 2006, 10:45

  • IE7 spoofing bug pops up

    Phisherman's friend

    Security researchers have identified a pop-up address bar spoofing weakness in Microsoft's newly released Internet Explorer 7 browser. The flaw, first reported by security notification firm Secunia, might lend itself to phishing attacks and remains currently unpatched. The security bug creates a means for hackers to display a …

    PCs 26 Oct 2006, 10:57

  • IBM taps veins for novel chip-cooling trick

    How to spread your paste more thinly

    IBM has turned to nature to develop a technique that will significantly improve the efficiency of the thermal paste used to plug the gap between hot chips and cooling systems, the company announced today. Its approach: carve a network of channels into the surface of the chip's packaging. The clever bit is the layout of the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Oct 2006, 11:05

  • VIA, Everex claim 'world's most energy efficient' laptop

    Green machine, apparently

    Taiwan's VIA today touted its eco-credentials once more, this time claiming the use of its C7-M mobile processor in US OEM Everex's NC1500 notebook makes the machines the most "energy efficient" laptop on the planet. VIA based the claim on the C7-M's "best performance-per-watt operation in the industry" - at 1.5GHz, the clock …

    PCs 26 Oct 2006, 11:26

  • Sonnet quadruples iPod video playback time

    You just can't volt it

    Sonnet is a little coy about just how much extra playtime the 2,100mAh battery in its Volta add-on for the 5G iPod - and its recent update. It provides a set of "estimates" that don't quite add up. If it adds an extra 50 hours' audio playback time to a 30GB iPod, why does it add 60 hours more to a 60GB or 80GB model? But what …

    Media players 26 Oct 2006, 15:26

  • MacExpo evicts environmentalists

    Updated Greens left boiling

    Greenpeace campaigners have been booted out of MacExpo in London after other exhibitors complained about their activities at the show. The environmental pressure group paid for a stall at Kensington Olympia under its "Green My Apple" campaign, which aims to encourage Apple to clean up its environmental record. A special spoof …

    Mac 26 Oct 2006, 15:32

  • Assault by battery: Sony's profits go up in flames

    Sets aside $432m to pay for recall

    Sony's quarterly profits plunged 94 per cent following fall-out from its exploding battery woes. The consumer electronic giant's predicament is there for all to see as it posted net profits of just 1.7bn yen ($14.3m €11.3m) for its second financial quarter on Thursday. Sony also reported an operating loss of 20.8bn yen ($175. …

    PCs 26 Oct 2006, 22:14