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19th December 2006 Archive

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  • Intel expects small quad-core desktop sales until Q4 07?

    Core 2 Duo to dominate through Q3 2007

    Intel does not expect quad-core processors to make any major impact on the desktop PC market through to the end of Q3 2007 if a presentation slide allegedly leaked from the chip giant is to be believed. The slide, posted by Chinese-language website HKEPC, shows Intel's forecast sales percentages for each of its desktop …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Dec 2006, 10:55

  • Man boots Mac OS X on Asus UMPC, shoots video

    Too slow to be a tablet Mac?

    Apple's Mac OS X has been successfully used to boot up an Asus R2H ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), which runs the operating system slowly but surely. To minimise claims that all the still photography is faked, the start-up process has been captured on video. You can see the action over at OnlyUmpc.com. The video shows one of the …

    Mac 19 Dec 2006, 11:26

  • Sharp boosts blue-laser diode production

    Blu-ray, HD DVD component dearth coming to an end?

    Sharp has begun mass-producing blue-laser diodes, a move that may help alleviate the current dearth of this critical component for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD drives. Sharp began volume production last month, shipping 150,000 diodes from its factory in Japan, the company said yesterday, according to a Reuters report. Sharp also …

    Bits 'n' Chips 19 Dec 2006, 11:55

  • Sony posts movie playback patch for Blu-ray burner

    Sony has finally posted a patch for the CyberLink PowerDVD playback software it bundles with its internal Blu-ray Disc burner, the BWU-100A, to allow the drive to play pre-recorded BD media. Sony announced the drive in Europe in September. A month later it promised a BD playback update. And now, Sony Europe said today, it's …

    Storage 19 Dec 2006, 12:08

  • Brits are gadget addicts, says green think-tank

    Sod the planet, I must have a juicer...

    Britain is a nation of gadget addicts, according to a report from the Energy Saving Trust (EST). The environmental think tank says over the next six months Brits will buy around 30m electric or electronic gadgets, with many describing their purchases as "essential". The shopping list is composed of 2.5m digital cameras and …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 19 Dec 2006, 13:17