9th January 2007 Archive

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Flash firm campaigns to connect USB keys to TVs

Flash drive as content delivery platform, anyone?

CES 2007 SanDisk this week used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to launch up its latest industry consortium chartered with furthering demand for USB Flash disks. A couple of years ago, it was the U3 takeway-apps technology. This time it's the USB TV Forum, a body whose goal is to persuade TV makers to equip their products …

Storage 9 Jan 2007, 00:52
Newton preps ExpressCard-sized mouse

Penny-sized USB Bluetooth adaptor too

CES 2007 Newton Peripherals, the company behind the MoGo Mouse, a wireless optical rodent skinny enough to fit inside a PC Card slot, has introduced a version for ExpressCard 54 bays. It also showed off the world's smallest USB Bluetooth dongle. The MoGo Mouse X54, like its predecessor, has a flip down stand that raises the …

Mac 9 Jan 2007, 15:56
HD DVD, Blu-ray backers trumpet formats' victory

But which numbers really matter?

CES 2007 It's probably unwise for the companies behind the HD DVD next-generation optical disc format to talk to loudly about numbers. Last night, the HD DVD Promotion Group proudly claimed some 175,000 HD DVD players were sold in the US by 5 January this year. An impressive number for a totally new format, but one eclipsed by …

HD 9 Jan 2007, 16:01
CES' top ten weirdest gadgets

Stair-climbing robots, singing Elvis busts, MP3 baby gyms - only in Vegas...

CES 2007 This year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been quiet, very quiet. However the absence of mega announcements from Microsoft, Sony et al has left space open for some of the smaller, quirkier manufacturers to grab their share of their limelight. Here then, much more fun than an LG Blu-ray/HD DVD player, are …

Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Jan 2007, 16:17
Nokia revamps Internet Tablet as 'multimedia computer'

N800 debuts alongside Razr-like N76

CES 2007 Nokia has begun shipping the latest incarnation of its Internet Tablet line, this time rolling the product out as part of its N series of so-called "multimedia computers". Alongside the N800, Nokia also unveiled a more standard-sized N series machine, the Razr-esque N76. The Linux-based N800 provides the basic …

Phones 9 Jan 2007, 17:08
AMD launches PC sticker programme

Better by (graphical) design

CES 2007 AMD today launched its latest promotional programme, Better by Design, which, it said, will highlight "outstanding performance and superior technologies in desktop and notebook PCs designed by leading global OEMs". No explicit connection there to AMD products, you'll note, but we'll give the company the benefit of the …

Bits 'n' Chips 9 Jan 2007, 18:20
Microsoft previews Halo 3 at CES

Video report The Master Chief's back (and front)

Reg Hardware CES video reports All of CES - in five minutes! Bill Gates: a man and his music devices Honda unleashes stair-climbing 'droid HP demos touchy-feely, finger-friendly Vista media PC Windows Vista to connect to Xbox Live Xbox 360 to become internet telly Microsoft previews Halo 3 at CES Want to see more …

Consoles 9 Jan 2007, 18:26
Xbox 360 to become internet TV

Video report Bill Gates demos IPTV

Reg Hardware CES video reports All of CES - in five minutes! Bill Gates: a man and his music devices Honda unleashes stair-climbing 'droid HP demos touchy-feely, finger-friendly Vista media PC Windows Vista to connect to Xbox Live Xbox 360 to become internet telly Microsoft previews Halo 3 at CES Want to see more …

Consoles 9 Jan 2007, 18:36
Griffin Evolves wireless speakers

Journi = boombox Ikea-style?

CES 2007 It sounds like Ikea's latest dinning table, but Journi is in fact Griffin Technology's latest portable iPod speaker set, built into a slimline package and with a wrap-around cover that cleverly doubles as a stand. And for your lounge - or dinning room - how about Evolve, the company's new wireless speaker set? …

Media players 9 Jan 2007, 21:02
Jobs unveils iPhone to 4,000 drooling fans

Macworld Apple rings the changes

Ending months of rampant speculation and anticipation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled plans for the iPhone, a svelte and sexy device that melds the features of an iPod, a smart phone and an internet communicator. Tuesday's announcement at the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco ends months of rumors and prognostication …

Media players 9 Jan 2007, 21:18
Apple iTunes Music Store sells 2bn songs

Analysis As forecast here

It's nice to be right once in a while. Apple today announced it has sold more than 2bn songs through its online iTunes music store - just as Reg Hardware forecast almost a year ago. To be fair, we said the two-billionth song would be sold "early 2007", so Apple's come in slightly ahead of our expectations. But it's close …

Media players 9 Jan 2007, 21:35