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16th November 2006 Archive

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  • Zune and Vista 'not compatible'

    Zune, the new digital music player from Microsoft, is not compatible with the software giant's new Vista operating system. Buried in the Zune website, Microsoft admits that the player is not compatible with Vista and gives no information as to when it will introduce a patch or update enabling the player to do so. Instead, …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Nov 2006, 00:08

  • Apple developing AMD-based laptop?

    Unexpected sources claim

    Apple is preparing a notebook computer based on an AMD microprocessor, it has been claimed by - of all people - sources from within Taiwan's high-capacitance multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) manufacturing community, though the reasoning behind the claim isn't entirely clear-cut. The claim - cited by DigiTimes - appears to …

    Mac 16 Nov 2006, 10:41

  • Chilly users defrosted with heated USB mousemat

    Gloves and slippers too

    We can only conclude some Japanese employers are as parsimonious as their British counterparts and refuse to turn the heat up in offices during winter. How else to explain this trio of choice items designed to prevent computer users' getting chilblains? First up, we have the heated mousepad. It looks like a dolphin, sort of …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Nov 2006, 11:09

  • HTC to combine UMPC, smart phone in 2007?

    Could be planning to use Intel's 'Steeley'

    HTC, manufacturer of rather a lot of the world's Windows Mobile-based smart phones, may be looking to break into the ultra-mobile PC market next year, according to a senior company executive. Unlike today's UMPCs, HTC's product would include full phone functionality. So indicated HTC's North American marketing VP, Todd …

    Phones 16 Nov 2006, 11:39

  • Sony PS3 'costs at least $805-840' to make

    Analyst prices up console's production

    Sony's PlayStation 3 games console costs the consumer electronics giant at least $840 to make, $241 more than the $599 asking price, market watcher iSuppli has claimed. Its figure is its estimate for the cost of the materials and manufacturing, but Sony's R&D and marketing expenditure will surely push the console's unit cost …

    Consoles 16 Nov 2006, 12:00

  • 3 signs Symbian SlingPlayer exclusive

    TV-to-Net box maker ships Mac software too

    Slingbox maker Sling Media has completed the Symbian version of its SlingPlayer Mobile application, and today announced UK mobile phone network 3 will bundle the software with two 3G handsets when they ship on 1 December. 3 said it will give a copy of SlingPlayer Mobile to customers who buy either a Sony Ericsson W950i …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Nov 2006, 12:34

  • AMD touts Radeon X1000 series' Zune friendliness

    Posts latest Catalyst driver update too

    AMD is pitching its ATI Radeon X1000-series graphics cards as the ideal add-on for anyone who buys Microsoft's Zune media player. Separately, the company updated its Catalyst drivers package to version 6.11. The graphics cards' Zune friendliness arises from AMD's Avivo video processing system, which uses the GPUs pixel …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Nov 2006, 12:55

  • Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card

    Review Cheaper than the GTX, but more bangs per buck?

    Plonk a Sparkle card based on Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTS graphics chip next to its bigger brother, the GeForce 8800 GTX - reviewed here - and you can quickly spot a couple of differences. The GTS is visibly shorter than the GTX - 23cm against 24cm - and it has a single six-pin PCI Express power connector sticking off the end, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Nov 2006, 14:28