11th January 2007 Archive

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HP demos touchy-feely, finger-friendly Vista media PC

Video report Get TouchSmart

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 …

PCs 11 Jan 2007, 00:33
Cisco goes to war over the iPhone

Pick a new letter, Apple

Cisco Systems wasted no time flexing its trademark claim to the iPhone moniker. The networking giant today revealed that it has sued Apple for "infringing upon and deliberately copying" the iPhone name with the announcement of its flashy new handset at Macworld. The technology world has been waiting to see if Cisco would act …

Media players 11 Jan 2007, 01:09
Intel fires back at Transmeta

Countersues and alleges 'unclean hands'

Three months after being accused by Transmeta of patent infringement, Intel struck back, alleging the maker of the Caruso processor is infringing more than a half-dozen of Intel's own patents and alleging the lawsuit is barred by a host of legal defenses. Intel accuses Transmeta of infringing seven Intel patents relating to …

Bits 'n' Chips 11 Jan 2007, 01:36
Belkin PureAV HDMI Interface 3-to-1 Video Switch

Review Blah

This is a classic 'it does what it says on the tin' product. As the name indicates, it has three HDMI inputs and one output, and it allows you to switch signals between them so you can connect multiple devices to a single display. It's completely plug-and-play: just hook the HDMI sources into the inputs, plug the output into the …

HD 11 Jan 2007, 12:02
Jobs triggers new appliance genre with Apple TV

May sell even more than the iPhone

Apple announced a 40GB digital video player this week, but it also told us about a radical upgrade to its Wi-Fi product line, taking early adoption of the as yet incomplete 802.11n standard and offering it with MIMO (using multiple dynamic antennas) which can stream video wirelessly through the home without the risk of major …

Media players 11 Jan 2007, 14:04
Sony develops little'n'large OLED TV panels

HD ready

CES 2007 Sony this week used the Consumer Electronics Show to demo a pair of large-format widescreen OLED panels it's developing for future TVs. The two displays, bevels included, were just 5mm thick. The first display is a compact, 11in model with a native resolution of 1,024 x 600. It will be pitched at portable …

Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Jan 2007, 16:02
Shure readies three-driver in-the-ear 'phones

Splendid isolation

CES 2007 Shure has launched its latest line of pro-quality in-the-ear noise isolation earphones, pitching the range's superior sound reproduction and lower prices than its current E series line-up. The SE range comprises four models: the SE210, SE310, SE420 and SE530, the latter offered in two forms, one with Shure's Push-to- …

Media players 11 Jan 2007, 18:58
Creative rolls out X-Fi audio booster kit for iPod

Wireless units too

CES 2007 Creative is set to bring its iPod-friendly wireless music and dock accessories to the UK this spring, the company told Reg Hardware after launching the line-up in the US at the Consumer Electronics Show. The entire range centres on Creative's X-Fi sound processing technology, launched in 2005 and made more …

Media players 11 Jan 2007, 19:42
Seamless shows fold-up wireless communicator

It's a phone. It's a PDA. It's a laptop replacement. Apparently

CES 20076 The Leatherman Tool of the mobile device world, Seamless Interet's S-XGen handheld communicator was demo'd at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. The 398g clamshell unit opens to reveal its display and PDA-like control keys and media playback buttons. Below the fold, the device opens out again to …

Phones 11 Jan 2007, 20:02
Honda unleashes stair-climbing 'droid

Video report One up on the Daleks...

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 …

Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Jan 2007, 20:12
Apple swipes Visual Voicemail from Citrix

Exclusive Class action with Cisco?

Apple appears unable to "think different" on the cell phone front. First the computer maker nicked the iPhone name for the actual device from Cisco, and now we find it's grabbed an application name from poor old Citrix. Earlier this week, Apple bragged about teaming with Cingular on its Visual Voicemail software that runs on …

Media players 11 Jan 2007, 21:38