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28th December 2006 Archive

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  • Intel to intro Core 2 Quad at CES?

    Vegas gamble

    Intel will formally launch its already announced four-core Core 2 Quad processor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in less than two week's time, it has been claimed. The allegation - made by industry sources cited by IDG - comes as no surprise. Intel announced the quad-core Q6600 chip for mainstream desktops at …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 Dec 2006, 09:53

  • HD DVD anti-rip encryption cracked

    First test of AACS key-switching system

    Has the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format's anti-rip technology been cracked? That's certainly what's being claimed by a programmer going by the name muslix64 who has posted a Java-based app he maintains will free the video on a disc from its encryption shackles. HD DVD used the AACS copy-protection system to encode …

    HD 28 Dec 2006, 10:46

  • Elgato EyeTV Diversity dual-tuner digital TV dongle

    Review When one antenna won't do, use two...

    Elgato's made-for-Mac EyeTV Hybrid analogue and digital TV tuner is an impressive add-on for a media centre, but it runs into trouble when you take it out on the road. The UK's terrestrially transmitted Freeview digital network isn't broadcast as powerfully as it could or should be, and the Hybrid's tiny antenna has a job …

    Gadgets 28 Dec 2006, 11:40