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6th November 2006 Archive

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  • Pantech punts 3G music phone through Orange

    Multimedia services handset

    Korean phone maker Pantech will see its U4000 3G music-centric slider phone offered to French consumers by Orange, the company announced today. Orange plans to punt its Live TV and music download services through the handset.   Pantech U4000 Tri-band GSM/GPRS + UMTS 1.9in, 176 x 220, 262,144-colour display 30MB user …

    Phones 6 Nov 2006, 10:42

  • Sony pitches Bond-branded 1GB USB Flash drive

    Licensed to fill?

    Sony's love affair with Her Majesty's Secret Service and its most famous spy shows no sign of ending. Having punted a Bond-branded briefcase, Vaio and Cyber-shot combo at the Americans, the Brits get... a 007-embossed MicroVault USB Flash disk. The USB connector's retractable, which should appeal to budding Qs, but alas there …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 6 Nov 2006, 10:58

  • Rock Pegasus P665-T76 Core 2 Duo laptop

    Review Rough diamond?

    Rock may not be up there with the Dells and HPs of this world, but this UK laptop manufacturer has been around for almost 15 years and has a proven track record of producing high-performance notebooks, especially for gamers. The Pegasus P665-T76 isn't a hardcore gaming laptop per se, but with a top-of-the-range Core 2 Duo …

    PCs 6 Nov 2006, 11:02

  • DisplayPort to support HDCP?

    Pre-version 2.0 tweak proposed

    DisplayPort, the would-be successor to today's DVI monitor connection standard and computer-centric rival to HDMI, is to support the HDCP high-definition copy-protection specification, if Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) members approve a proposed 1.1 update. According to VESA, the DisplayPort 1.1 proposal has …

    HD 6 Nov 2006, 11:44

  • Virus dances onto Mac OS X

    Macarena more embarrassment than threat

    Malware authors have created a proof-of-concept virus that's capable, in theory at least, of infecting Mac PCs running OS X. The Macarena virus isn't spreading and even in the highly unlikely event your Mac catches the infection it doesn't do any real harm. The low-threat pathogen Illustrates the point that Macs, just like …

    Mac 6 Nov 2006, 12:00

  • Motorola cuts black RAZR for Red AIDS charity

    Black is the new... er... red

    Black is the new red. Product Red, that is, the Bono-backed AIDS charity working to fight the spread of the disease in Africa. Having launched a red SLVR earlier this year and a red RAZR just recently, Motorola has launched a third Red-branded handset, this time one that's... er... black. The handset's available with either …

    Phones 6 Nov 2006, 12:02

  • Garter maker touts 'sexy' thigh-mount phone holder

    Willing suspender of disbelief?

    I'm not quite sure why you'd want a garter belt fitted with a pocket of sufficient size to hold most popular brands of mobile phone and digital music player. Simply to avoid taking a handbag when you're out for a night on the tiles? Or because you want to tease and charm the geek in your life? Personally, I'd like to think my …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 6 Nov 2006, 12:50

  • Nvidia recalls GeForce 8800 GTX boards ahead of launch

    Will ship this week as planned, company claims

    Nvidia has confirmed that graphics cards based in its upcoming GeForce 8800 GTX chip have been recalled. However, the company claimed it would still go ahead with the G80 GPU's launch on 8 November. Boards based on the GeForce 8800 GTS are not affected, it added. Nvidia laid the blame for the problem at the door of its …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Nov 2006, 13:33

  • Mio styles sat nav as girl-friendly 'fashion accessory'

    Takes 'GPS out of car, into handbag, apparently

    Mio first demo'd its H610 GPS gadget at CeBIT in March. Then, the handheld sat nav tool was merely a good-looking but non-gender specific device. But now, by the application of some flower-like screen-printing and some equally florid PR fluff, the H610 is reborn as a gadget for girls - "a must-have fashion accessory" that takes …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 6 Nov 2006, 13:45

  • Medion shows showy crystal laptop for the ladies

    Oh, lordy

    Diamonds are a girl's best friend, roars Medion's latest announcement, but you won't find any such gemstones on its new notebook, a Chavette-friendly laptop embossed with 300 Swarovski crystals - lead glass, as the material's known in the trade - arranged in Medion's logo and a flower motif. Yes, the ostentatious SIM 2060 …

    PCs 6 Nov 2006, 14:35

  • Ex-Gizmondo exec court hearing ends in mistrial

    Jury deadlocked over Fat Steffi

    Former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson, 44, faces yet more time in a US courtroom after a judge ruled the action against him was a mistrial. The verdict, announced on Friday, followed the jury's inability to reach a unanimous verdict. Los Angeles Country prosecutors had brought two counts of grand theft - covering, …

    Consoles 6 Nov 2006, 15:32

  • Nvidia buys iPod chip supplier

    Goal? Handheld chip domination

    Nvidia is buying PortalPlayer, Apple's supplier of the MP3 decoder and controller chip that goes inside your iPod. Well, the hard disk models, at any rate - other iPods use different companies' chips. Founded in 1999, PortalPlayer also supplies silicon for Sandisk media players, and counts Bang & Olufsen, Philips and Samsung …

    Media players 6 Nov 2006, 23:01