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17th November 2006 Archive

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  • AMD accused of patent violation

    Opti files lawsuit

    US chip-related intellectual property company Opti has accused AMD of infringing three of its patents, all centring on techniques microprocessors can use to predict cache memory access requirements. Opti's lawsuit, filed with the US District Court for the Eastern Texas, claims AMD is shipping CPUs that use such techniques and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Nov 2006, 10:54

  • Sony Ericsson readies RAZR-killer?

    More likely gunning for Samsung's market share

    Sony Ericsson is to take Motorola and Samsung head on next year by launching an super-slim Walkman-branded candybar handset of its own, it has been claimed. Codenamed 'Ai', the phone is said to be a mere 9.4mm thick. So claims Reuters, citing an industry throat. 'Ai', it seems, comes from Ai Sugiyama, a rather successful …

    Phones 17 Nov 2006, 11:38

  • OCZ spins memory cooler for overclockers

    Clip it on yer DIMMs

    Memory specialist OCZ has launched an active cooling system for memory modules. The aluminium XTC Cooler contains a pair of 60mm "ultra-low noise" fans and clips on top of all the host PC's DDR DIMMs as one. It's all done in the name of overclocking, of course, and the fan unit is designed to work particularly well with memory …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Nov 2006, 12:53

  • AMD's chipset naming scheme: details emerge

    ATI codenames to the fore

    AMD's anticipated plan to rebrand many of ATI's chipsets under its own name will go beyond the X series products, as revealed earlier this week, to offer T-, G-, V- and M-class parts as new chipsets come to market, it has been claimed. AMD's naming scheme will run something like this, Chinese-language website HKEPC reckons. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Nov 2006, 13:22

  • Symbol readies slimmer corporate PDA phone?

    Exclusive MC35 said to offer VoIP, push-to-talk, optional Wi-Fi

    Barcode reader specialist and soon-to-be Motorola subsidiary Symbol may be set to launch its latest PDA phone in Q1 2007, Reg Hardware has learned, a more lightweight alternative to the beefier devices it's offered to date. Dubbed the MC35, the handheld is said to be a "durable, lightweight... all-in-one enterprise …

    Phones 17 Nov 2006, 13:28

  • Gear4 BluEye iPod-phone adaptor

    Review FM radio and player remote control too

    When I previewed the BlyEye Bluetooth-based iPod-to-phone connector in August this year, I was impressed by its size, its functioanlity and its price. There were some glitches, of course, but the unit I looked at was a pre-production sample, and developer Mavizen had given itself two months to iron out the wrinkles... You can …

    Media players 17 Nov 2006, 15:10

  • Man shot while queuing to buy PlayStation 3

    Americans go postal for PS3

    A man was shot in Putnam, Connecticut today by a pair of ski-mask wearing gunmen attempting to steal money from a queue of punters waiting in line to buy PlayStation 3 consoles, local police have revealed. According to Lieutenant J Paul Vance, cited by the Associated Press, the would-be thieves threatened 15-20 people …

    Consoles 17 Nov 2006, 16:28

  • eBayer bids $89m for PS3

    Going loco

    Someone - fool, twit, dunderheard, call them what you will - has apparently agreed to pay more than $89m for a 60GB PlayStation 3. At least he or she doesn't have to pay the shipping cost - the seller is generously including UPS delivery in the price. The console, which the seller pre-ordered in October after queuing outside …

    Consoles 17 Nov 2006, 17:38

  • Video game critics' bandwagon rolls backwards

    EU commissioner goes walkabout

    Keith Vaz, the prominent British Labour MP, jumped back on the anti-video game violence bandwagon today after the EU got it kick-started and on the roll again. But then the funniest thing happened - it appeared to be going backwards. Franco Frattini, speaking beyond his legal remit as EU Justice commissioner, had got a bee in …

    Consoles 17 Nov 2006, 20:55