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2nd January 2007 Archive

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  • Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard 34 'super 3G' datacard

    First UK Review High-speed net access for the hottest laptops

    ExpressCard 34 add-ins are few and far between, leading a fair few notebook users to question the wisdom of laptop makers who've dropped the PC Card interconnect for the new, faster version. The mobile phone network Vodafone recently shipped a USB-connected HSDPA modem for PC Card-less. Perhaps it should have waited for Novatel' …

    Networking and Wireless 2 Jan 2007, 08:02

  • Vodafone offers buyers Samsung BlackBerry-a-like

    SGH-i320 ships

    Vodafone has begun offering Samsung's slimline BlackBerry-like i320 smart phone to its business customers, according to the carrier's website. It's charging from nothing to £140 inc. VAT for the QWERTY keypad-equipped handset, depending on which airtime package you select. The tri-band GSM/GPRS SGH-i320 runs Windows Mobile …

    Phones 2 Jan 2007, 10:12

  • AMD behind ATI R600 spec, benchmark leak?

    Downed site said to have company links

    An alleged specification for AMD's soon-to-be-announced next-generation graphics chip, the ATI R600, has been posted on the web by a site that is said to have admitted it has links with the chip maker. A covert marketing operation? Possibly, but with the website, Level 505, currently offline, it's hard to test the theory. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Jan 2007, 11:03

  • Xbox 360 led US Xmas sales - just

    Beats Wii by a nose, early figures show

    They're figures for the US market and they're just preliminary findings, but it's looking like Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 were both outsold by Microsoft's year-old Xbox 360 this Christmas - but only just. The numbers come from US retail market watcher NPD by way of a CNBC video report. According to the research …

    Consoles 2 Jan 2007, 11:40

  • eBayer offers OS X-booting Dell laptop

    One notebook, two operating systems

    A UK-based eBayer last week offered for sale a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook with a difference - this one booted into Apple's Mac OS X operating system, with Windows XP on board as an alternative. It's all a little bit iffy, of course, since Apple doesn't permit the installation and usage of its software on machines other than …

    PCs 2 Jan 2007, 12:08