4th January 2007 Archive

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Samsung touts twin-view mobile display

One panel, two pictures

Samsung has developed an LCD capable of displaying two separate images independently. The South Korean giant reckons there's a market for PDAs and PMPs - the display's for mobile machines - that can show two images back to back. According to the company, the two sub-panels are 2.22in jobs, each with a 240 x 320 resolution, …

Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Jan 2007, 10:38
LG to launch dual-format HD DVD, Blu-ray player

Best of both worlds

LG will next week unveil a consumer optical disc player capable of handling both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc next-generation disc formats, it has emerged. The company appears to have confirmed that it will launch the device at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week, but it's keeping mum on details like …

HD 4 Jan 2007, 11:10
Studio to end Blu-ray, HD DVD war with dual-format disc

One ring to rule them all?

Movie studio Warner Bros. will next week unveil an optical disc format capable of being played in both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) machines, the company has revealed. Warner hasn't provided details, but the disc, dubbed Total HD, is likely to be based on technology patented back in December 2005 but revealed last September. …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Jan 2007, 11:59
Netgear Digital Entertainer EVA700 wireless media streamer

Review Pump HD content around your home

Another day, another media streamer. True, the concept isn't a bad one - video content is best enjoyed on a big telly in the comfort of your lounge, rather than hunched up in front of a computer screen. But with numerous offerings on the market, there's little to tell them apart. Netgear's Digital Entertainer EVA700, however, …

Networking and Wireless 4 Jan 2007, 12:02
SanDisk spins Flash-fitted hard drive replacement

But its solid-state disk is still pricey

SanDisk has begun offering notebook manufacturers a 1.8in, 32GB Flash-based solid-state drive, the company announced today. It pitched the part as an energy efficient alternative to traditional hard drives for machines that will run Windows Vista. It's faster too, SanDisk said. The SanDisk Ultra ATA 5000 SSD will boot …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Jan 2007, 12:21
Kodak, Sony settle digicam patent spat

Pals again

Kodak and Sony have given each other a hug and agreed to end their fight over which of them owns key digital camera intellectual property. They now both do, courtesy of a cross-licensing agreement the two have drawn up. Kodak kicked of the spat with a lawsuit alleging patent infringement filed in March 2004. A month later, …

Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Jan 2007, 12:46
Vendors partner to promote Flash-fitted hard drives

Calling Vista-running Centrino laptop makers...

Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba have come together to promote hard drives with integrated Flash caches, the better to persuade notebook manufacturers in particular to choose their offerings rather than rival technology from Intel. Windows Vista incorporates drive management code, dubbed ReadyDrive, that can take …

Storage 4 Jan 2007, 13:22
Fujifilm sharpens image at entry level

FinePix A series extended

Fujifilm has extended its entry-level A series of digital cameras, adding the FinePix A610 and A800, both equipped with the latest image capture electronics and image-processing circuitry, the company said. The A800 is an 8.3 megapixel job with ISO 800 sensitivity. The A610 has a 6.3 megapixel sensor and runs to ISO 400. …

Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Jan 2007, 15:39
Amazon.com reveals iLife '07 update due

Whoops

One certainty for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote next week: he'll announce iLife '07, the latest version of the company's consumer-friendly media tools suite. That, at least, is what Amazon.com is tacitly saying: it's posted a 'coming soon' entry for the software. The current version of the suite bundles together …

Mac 4 Jan 2007, 16:08