13th November 2006 Archive

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Motorola Q Pro prototype pops up on web

Just like the Q, but black

Motorola's anticipated Q Pro smart phone has made another, more revealing appearance on the web in a series of pictures that indicate cellco Vodafone may have chosen to offer the Windows Mobile device to its customers. The shots appear in a short report on Czech-language website iDNES. The machine on display is marked " …

Phones 13 Nov 2006, 10:21
PS2 sales highlight Sony's challenge as PS3 debuts in Japan

Buyers queue for hours, stores sell out

Sony's PlayStation 3 got off to a brisk start this weekend when the next-generation games console made its Japanese debut. Reports from around the Net claim numerous retailers sold out of PS3s, but since none would say how many they had to sell, the value of the claim remains dubious. Sony in the past said it would be …

Consoles 13 Nov 2006, 10:48
Asus to launch gamer-friendly laptops this month

One for Nvidia fans, the other for ATI buffs

Asus has launched the two gamer-oriented notebooks it was reported to be readying last month. As expected, the two models - one with green optical highlighting, the other with red - target fans of Nvidia and AMD ATI graphics, respectively. They also sport first-person shooter-friendly keyboard markings. The G1 is a 15.4in …

PCs 13 Nov 2006, 11:18
iHome eyes road warriors with portable iPod alarm clock

Tick-tock

iHome's iH5 iPod alarm clock has found its way into many a posh hotel room, but today the company launched a portable version for folk who want clock, dock and speaker set they can take with them. The iH26's speakers fold down for easy transportation - iHome's bundling a case, along with an international power adaptor. The …

Media players 13 Nov 2006, 13:22
Japanese eBay PS3s marked up 300%

And it's all thanks to Chinese migrants, apparently

What was the easiest way to get a PlayStation 3 on the day of its Japanese launch? According to one guy who braved the rain and the cold this past Saturday, the best thing to do is pay a Chinese migrant cash to queue up for hours on your behalf. According to a correspondent of website Kotaku who claimed to have been present …

Consoles 13 Nov 2006, 13:55
ISP bundles £500 PC with broadband packages

LG flat-panel monitor too

Pssst! Want a free PC? Then have a word with UK ISP Redten. It's offering customers who take up its £20-a-month 8Mbps 'unlimited' ADSL broadband package a gratis desktop computer and monitor together worth £500. At that kind of price, you wouldn't expect a top-of-range specification and you're not going to get one. Still, it' …

PCs 13 Nov 2006, 15:10
Sony's PS3 purchased, pulled apart

Screwdrivers at dawn

All it took was a Torx wrench. Yes, the first PlayStation 3 autopsies are already starting to appear as console fans with more money than sense take Sony's next-generation machine apart to expose Cell processor, Blu-ray Disc player, Seagate hard drive and assorted chippery. First up, DailyTech's disassembly includes some …

Consoles 13 Nov 2006, 15:44
Tyan unit to push personal supercomputers

SC06 As the Typhoon turns

Tyan thinks that personal supercomputers may help it form a more direct relationship with end users. The company on Tuesday plans to reveal a new OEM division dedicated to selling its Typhoon personal supercomputers to engineers, software developers, researchers, and demanding business customers. The TyanPSC division approach …

PCs 13 Nov 2006, 16:18
Nvidia readies five more G80-based GPUs?

ForceWare spills the beans

At least five more G80-based graphics chips are on their way from Nvidia, if entries in the latest driver package to leak out of the GPU maker's labs is anything to go by. According to an NGOHQ report, one of the files inside the ForceWare 96.94 package refers directly to the G80-200, G80-400, G80-600, G80-850 and G80-875, …

Bits 'n' Chips 13 Nov 2006, 18:17