7th December 2006 Archive

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Nvidia ships Quad FX-friendly chipset

nForce 680a SLI available now, mobos too

Nvidia has begun shipping its nForce 680a SLI chipset for AMD's Quad FX gaming-oriented dual-core, dual-processor platform. Boards based on the part are capable of hosting four graphics cards, eight displays, a dozen 3Gbps SATA drives and four Gigabit Ethernet connections. Phew. The chipset can also handle four parallel ATA …

PCs 7 Dec 2006, 10:29
China unveils fleet of 'HD DVD killer' players

EVD exports to begin next year

Chinese consumer electronics companies yesterday kicked off a second attempt to establish the country's alternative to DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc as the nation's favourite format. Called Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), is essentially a DVD that uses a more efficient content compression system. China launched EVD back in …

HD 7 Dec 2006, 11:08
Palm pays $44m for Palm OS source code licence

How to buy back PalmSource without buying back PalmSource

Palm has effectively committed itself to producing handheld devices based on the Palm OS - which it no longer owns - by agreeing to pay $44m for a perpetual licence for the source code underlying the Garnet incarnation of the operating system. The move is tantamount to Palm re-acquiring PalmSource. Palm launched its latest …

Phones 7 Dec 2006, 11:35
Nintendo Wii to hit UK tonight

You say you want a Revolution...

Nintendo's Wii - aka 'Revolution' - has gone on sale in the UK. Read Reg Hardware's full review of the new games console check out the key news stories behind the Wii's global debut. Nintendo Wii Reviewed Nintendo Wii's videogames console Nintendo's Wii... Man loses weight playing Wii Sports Orb brings iTunes to Wii …

Consoles 7 Dec 2006, 11:59
BenQ takes on iPod Shuffle with micro metal music player

MusiQ line is jewellery, apparently

Meet BenQ's new dog tag-styled MusiQ MP3 player, the Taiwanese consumer electronics company's follow-up to its Joybee range. The gagdet's kitted out in brushed metal and fitted with 512MB or 1GB of Flash memory, so BenQ clearly has its eye on Apple's wearable second-generation iPod Shuffle. The MusiQ line will comprise two …

Media players 7 Dec 2006, 12:36
Retailers warn Nintendo Wii pre-orders may arrive late

Vendor cuts console allocations, sellers claim

Major UK retailers have begun warning customers they may not get their hands on Nintendo's Wii on the launch day - even if they pre-ordered the console. Sellers say the vendor has shipped too few units to meet demand. Reg Hardware today received a number of emails from readers who were last night contacted by Woolworths to …

Consoles 7 Dec 2006, 14:33
Sony updates PS3 firmware

But doesn't quite fix the HD resolution issue

Sony has updated the PlayStation 3's firmware, taking the next-generation games console's system software to version 1.3. But the patch doesn't appear to fix the problem some users have had getting the machine to work with older, 1080i-favouring HD TVs. So a variety of games publications claim. The 1.3 update adds the ability …

Consoles 7 Dec 2006, 17:25