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23rd November 2006 Archive

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  • UK gets first IPTV-ready HD DVR

    Freeview upscaled

    UK retailer Evesham today introduced iPlayer, an 80GB DVR that can not only pump out HD resolution pictures but can be connected to the internet ready for IPTV-based video-on-demand services. The £300 set-top box incorporates an HDMI port for hi-def flat-panel screens. It's got a Freeview digital TV tuner on board, and …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 23 Nov 2006, 08:02

  • Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 sound card

    Review At last, a real rival for Creative's X-Fi?

    The vast majority of modern motherboards have integrated HD audio, and if you do fancy an sonic upgrade, most likely for gaming, the obvious candidate is a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi. So where the heck does Auzentech hope its X-Meridian 7.1 sound card will fit in? Integrated HD audio is fairly impressive and while the exact …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Nov 2006, 11:01

  • Cooler Master touts Nvidia Edition SLI-friendly case

    Black and green, fan-filled machine

    What do you buy for the Nvidia fanboy who has everything? Cooler Master's Nvidia Edition Stacker 830 Evolution case may be the answer. Kitted out with the appropriate logos and colours, it'll take a range of mobo form-factors and provides space for nine 5.25in drives and four 3.5in peripherals. There are a pair of front- and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Nov 2006, 11:22

  • Handheld MP3 player to turn PCs into Linux boxes

    iPod-like gadget offers full open source software suite

    It's an MP3 player. It's an FM radio. It's video and photo display device. It's an e-book reader. It's a sound recorder. It's a Linux-based personal computer ready for web, email and office usage. Yes, it's Wizpy, the Swiss Army Knife of handheld gadgets announced by Japan's Turbolinux this week. Sporting a 256,000-colour …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 23 Nov 2006, 11:49

  • AMD faces 3DNow! patent violation claim

    Second time in less than a month

    AMD has been accused of patent infringement for the second time in less than a month. Having found itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit from intellectual property holder Opti earlier this month, AMD was this week threatened by MicroUnity Systems Engineering. MicroUnity claims a whole heap of AMD CPUs, new and old, which …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Nov 2006, 13:05

  • The book is open for a Macworld launch of the iPhone

    For those prepared to put their money where their mouth is

    Bodog, the online betting site, has opened a book on whether Apple will indeed announce their much-anticipated iPhone device at Macworld Expo in January next year. The iPhone has been heavily predicted by just about everyone for years, and the anticipation is now reaching fever pitch. Strapping an iPod to a mobile phone might …

    Phones 23 Nov 2006, 13:09

  • Mellow yellow phone no longer Chocolate

    LG blamed in-pocket storage for colour change

    Bored with the traditional white, black and pink versions of the LG Chocolate phone, one Reg reader decided to take the radical step of storing the phone in his pocket - which apparently resulted in the handset changing from white to a fetching shade of yellow. He first attempted to get the unit repaired at Carphone …

    Phones 23 Nov 2006, 13:15

  • RTX ships 'first' cordless Skype phone

    Exaggerated claim?

    Danish handset maker RTX Telecom today launched what it claims is the first cordless Skype phone that doesn't require a PC. That's what the blogs are saying, at any rate. What RTX is really claiming is to have shipped the first RTX PC-less Skype handset, which is a bit like Honda making a big deal about how it's the first …

    Phones 23 Nov 2006, 15:35

  • Cops hunt Xbox hijack gang

    £500k Smackdown

    Staffordshire police are after a hijacking gang who turned over a £500,000 lorryload of Xbox 360 consoles and games in the early hours of Monday morning. At least three men in two cars - believed to be a Range Rover and a Rover saloon - flagged down the truck near Lichfield, shortly after it left a distribution centre. The …

    Consoles 23 Nov 2006, 15:52