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15th December 2006 Archive

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  • HP ships 'super 3G' laptop in UK

    Tie-in with Vodafone

    Vodafone has added HP's Compaq nc6400 notebook to the list of laptops it offers with integrated HSDPA - 3G Broadband, as Vodafone calls it. HP's machine joins portable PCs from Acer, Dell and Lenovo. The laptop ships with a Vodafone 3G SIM card in the box and the carrier's Connection Manager utility pre-installed. Buyers will …

    PCs 15 Dec 2006, 08:02

  • Apple iPhone to be announced on Monday?

    Gadget site 'guarantees' it, apparently

    Apple will announce the iPhone on Monday, website Gizmodo has claimed. It cites no sources and provides no details, but a senior staffer guarantees the announcement - which he says was unexpected - will happen, for what that's worth... Assuming, for the moment, it isn't a blatant attempt to generate traffic for the site - the …

    Phones 15 Dec 2006, 10:27

  • AMD maps out path to HT 3, DDR 3, DirectX 10

    Desktop Roadmap Processor and chipset plan made public

    AMD yesterday spilled the beans on its processor plans for the next two years, at a stroke confirming much of the info that has leaked out of the company and onto the web this year. On the desktop, the future is HyperTransport 3 and DDR 3. Chipsets will not shift to DirectX 10 until late 2007. The key transition point, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Dec 2006, 10:50

  • AMD flies in Hawk, Griffin notebook CPUs

    Mobile Roadmap HDMI, DisplayPort, UVD to be added to laptop chipsets

    AMD's roadmap for its notebook-oriented has taken a decidedly avian turn as the chip maker gears up to battle Intel's Centrino, a plan that will see it support Flash-fitted hybrid hard drives, 802.11n Wi-Fi, HyperTransport 3 and DirectX 10. AMD current labels its mobile platform 'Kite'. Unlike Centrino, Kite's more a broad …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Dec 2006, 11:22

  • LG mixes Chocolate-flavoured MP3 player

    Shuffle rival

    LG likes Chocolate. Chocolate has done a rather good job of boosting LG's profile in the mobile phone market. And now the company hopes it'll do the same in the digital music arena. Enter the UP3 Flat, an oddly named but clearly Chocolate-inspired MP3 player soon to debut in Korea and maybe elsewhere. It's a Flash-based …

    Media players 15 Dec 2006, 11:59

  • Hercules Tunes Explorer remote control for iTunes

    Review WinAmp, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player too

    Not every living-room computer is a Windows XP Media Center Edition PC or a Mac capable of running Apple's Front Row software. Both systems can connect to a TV and provide a remote control to help you select content to play, but there are plenty of older machines out there that have been put to use as song storage systems. What …

    Gadgets 15 Dec 2006, 12:02

  • AMD readies second-generation quad-core Opteron

    After 'Barcelona', 'Shanghai'

    AMD will release 'Shanghai', an "enhanced" version of its recently demo'd 'Barcelona' quad-core Opteron processor family, early on in 2008, the chip maker revealed yesterday when it published a server roadmap that was also notable for the absence of FB-DIMM technology and, indeed, DDR 3. At least in public, AMD reckons DDR 2 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Dec 2006, 12:20

  • Intel vs AMD - integrated graphics shoot-out

    Head-to-Head Who's best for games - and Windows Vista?

    Make no mistake about it, the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor struggles to compete with Intel's Core 2 Duo, and the upcoming four-core Core 2 Quad will move the goalposts even further away. Which gives AMD a major problem until it starts to roll out Athlon 64 X4 mid-2007. Meanwhile, it can’t rely on sales of mobile …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Dec 2006, 14:06

  • Nintendo offers weak-of-grip fresh Wii wrist-straps

    Damage limitation

    Nintendo has begun offering Wii owners free replacement wrist-straps for folk who become way too aggressive in their gameplay and end up snapping the straps or simply - and literally - losing their grip. Since the Wii debuted in the US and, last week, the UK, the web has played host to a torrent of gripes from irate Wii fans …

    Consoles 15 Dec 2006, 14:31

  • Queen commands Samsung to supply 100 TVs

    Flat panels ordered for Buck House

    The Queen has ordered one hundred Samsung flat-panel TVs to be installed in Buckingham Palace, the South Korean giant announced yesterday. But it's not able to claim its products come 'by appointment' to the monarch of all she surveys - for that, its screens have to be under the royal gaze for the next five years. According …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 15 Dec 2006, 15:06

  • German court rules SanDisk MP3 player seizure lawful

    Patent infringement claim

    A German court has ruled that local Public Prosecution officers were right to seize SanDisk digital music players at the IFA consumer electronics show held in Berlin last September. SanDisk's players are accused of incorporating without permission technology owned by a number of European firms. The Criminal Chamber of the …

    Media players 15 Dec 2006, 16:22