2nd November 2006 Archive

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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core CPU

Review Two cores bad - four cores good?

So here we are, not quite four months since Intel launched its Core 2 Duo processor and we're already moving up yet another level. Intel will today officially announce 'Kentsfield', aka the four-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700. Some may claim it isn't a true quad-core CPU as Intel has fitted two Core 2 Duo CPUs together in a single …

Bits 'n' Chips 2 Nov 2006, 05:02
Nvidia may take $150m hit over stock options

Restatement of recent years' figures coming

Nvidia's investigation into stock-option awards will result in a restatement of the company's financial figures for fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006, and for Q1 FY2007, the graphics chip maker admitted last night. It said the net impact of the restatement will be non-cash charges totalling less than $150m before tax. Whatever …

Bits 'n' Chips 2 Nov 2006, 09:56
LG to mass-produce $150,000 100in LCD HD TV

Price tag more overwhelming than the screen size?

LG's monster 100in (250cm) LCD TV - already assured of a place in the Guiness Book of Records as the world's largest liquid crystal telly - is finally set to go into mass production, the company has revealed. Not that it'll come cheap: expect to pay at least $150,000 if you want one. That figure's how much it costs to make …

Gadgets and Gizmos 2 Nov 2006, 10:21
Adult movies will not decide outcome of HD DVD, Blu-ray

No repeat of VHS vs Betamax

Smutty films, long touted as the pivotal factor in the VHS vs Betamax war of the 1980s, will not play a similar role in deciding whether HD DVD will beat Blu-ray Disc or vice versa, it has been claimed. Instead, porn producers will sit on the fence and release content on both formats, sources from within Taiwan's optical disc …

HD 2 Nov 2006, 10:50
Dell unveils first AMD-based laptop line

Sempron or Turion inside

Dell yesterday launched its first notebook line based on AMD processors. The Inspiron 1501 can be configured with a range of AMD CPUs, from Mobile Semprons through to dual-core Turion 64 X2s. Whichever chip you choose, it's slotted into an AMD ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 chipset which takes up to 256MB of the system memory as a …

PCs 2 Nov 2006, 11:19
Orange bleats about Samsung's Blush

Embarrassed or standing proud?

Orange describes the upcoming Samsung X830 Blush as the "only compact a girl needs", but at 2cm thick, it's not what you'd call a slimline handset. But then the Blush is bright pink, so we're clearly going to gooey at the fork for it no matter what, the fellers at Orange reckon... But what would men know? The Blush's wide …

Gadgets and Gizmos 2 Nov 2006, 12:18
Dopod pops out music-centric smart phone

Non-3G QWERTY slider handset too

Asian smart-phone supplier Dopod has unveiled its latest HTC-made handsets, among them version of the manufacturer's familiar BlackBerry-like S620, the 3G-friendly P3600 and the GPS-enabled P3300. But a couple of other, unexpected models stood out from the rest. Top of the list is Dopod's C800, a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE …

Phones 2 Nov 2006, 12:49
StyleTap completes Windows Mobile-hosted Palm emulator

Run old Palm apps on new hardware

Toronto-based StyleTap has released the final version of its Palm OS emulator and application migration tool for Windows Mobile devices - and it's already pledging a Symbian version. Also called StyleTap, the software runs apps written for any version of the Palm OS, including code created for the ARM-based version of the …

Phones 2 Nov 2006, 13:45
Asus unveils Viiv-friendly media centre

Asteio, take a bow

Say hello to Asus' Asteio D22, its first media centre, launched today in a bid for Viiv stardom. There's a dual-core Core 2 Duo desktop processor on board backed by a gig of memory and 250GB of hard drive space and one of the company's Silent-branded Nvidia 7600 GS-based passively cooled graphics card - all for an ultra-quiet …

PCs 2 Nov 2006, 15:34
Asus kits out Lamborghini VX1 Golden Edition laptop

Only 200 offered for sale

Asus has confirmed it is preparing to ship an updated version of its Lamborghini VX1 laptop. Dubbed the 'Golden Edition', the machine boasts an almost top-of-the-range Core 2 Duo mobile processor, 2GB of 667MHz DDR 2 memory, a 160GB hard drive and Nvidia's GeForce Go 7400 VX GPU. As before, the Golden Edition VX1 will ship …

PCs 2 Nov 2006, 16:05
Orange on the map with new sat nav device

Teams up with Webraksa

Orange has launched its own satellite navigation product, consisting of a GPS receiver which can be connected to an Orange mobile phone for displaying maps, giving directions, and playing geocaching games. The package comes from Webraska and is basically that company's product with an Orange wrapper. Orange is charging £150 …

Phones 2 Nov 2006, 16:38
Shadow of N-Gage looms as Nokia prepares onslaught on gaming

If at first you don't succeed ...

Nokia is taking on Microsoft in many of its key markets, and is apparently also adopting the Microsoft approach that, if a product is sub-standard the first time, it will succeed on the third reworking. Under the auspices of the Finnish giant's increasingly successful and focused multimedia devices unit - making 'multimedia …

Consoles 2 Nov 2006, 23:23