22nd November 2006 Archive

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Apple iPhone 'to use PortalPlayer chip'

Nvidia GPU in video-centric iPod, too

MP3 player chip maker PortalPlayer will see one of its media processors integrated into Apple's much-rumoured iPhone, a US analyst has claimed. And since PortalPlayer should soon be a Nvidia subsidiary, the deal, if true, is good news for the graphics chip company too. Actually, doubly so since, according to Friedman, …

Mac 22 Nov 2006, 10:06
Intel 'Bearlake' to support HDMI, HDCP?

Integrated chipsets ready for consumer electronics applications

Intel's upcoming integrated G35 chipset, part of the 'Bearlake' series, will incorporate support for HDMI and HDCP, leaked company information indicates. A slide published by Chinese-language site HKEPC reveals the G35's integrated GPU will be capable of feeding an HDMI port, a pre-requisite for driving the latest HD TVs. The …

Bits 'n' Chips 22 Nov 2006, 11:04
i-mate unveils candybar-sized PDA phone

Launches a BlackBerry alternative too

Smart phone seller i-mate has launched its latest Windows Mobile handhelds: a follow up to the QWERTY keyboard equipped JAQ it launched a few months ago, and a classic tablet-like PDA phone squeezed into a candybar form-factor. The JAQ3 sports a 2.4in, 320 x 240, 65,536-colour touch screen above the keyboard. It's a quad- …

Phones 22 Nov 2006, 11:29
O2 readies XDA Flame PMP phone

Why wait for the Zune phone?

As Apple prepares to take the iPod into mobile phone territory, so O2 may be preparing to pitch its XDA smart phone line as an alternative portable media player platform, if allegedly leaked marketing collateral for its upcoming XDA Flame is to be believed. According to a flyer posted on a Pocket PC Thoughts forum, the Flame …

Media players 22 Nov 2006, 11:48
Londoners like free HD TV

Freeview-based HD trial shock result revealed

UK broadcasters the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five have hailed the trial run pumping out HD content across the Freeview free-to-air digital TV network a "technical success", paving the way for terrestrially broadcast nationwide HDTV in the very near future. The trial was launched in June this year, sending HD TV broadcasts to …

HD 22 Nov 2006, 14:14
Sony punching out PS3s 'smoothly'

New kit being airlifted in to US, exec claims

Sony's PlayStation 3 production lines are "now running smoothly", a senior company executive has claimed. The consumer electronics giant is "focused on our goal of shipping a million units to retail by the end of the calendar year", he added. The claim comes from Sony Computer Entertainment America communications chief David …

Consoles 22 Nov 2006, 14:27
Unpatched bug bites Apple Mac OS X

Isn't this only supposed to happen to Windoze users?

Security researchers have discovered a serious, unpatched vulnerability in Mac OS X. The memory corruption bug creates a means for attackers to take control of even fully patched systems. Flaws in the way the AppleDiskImageController handles corrupted DMG image structures could be exploited to trigger memory corruption and the …

Mac 22 Nov 2006, 18:48