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22nd January 2007 Archive

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  • AMD cuts Athlon, Sempron prices

    Seasonal adjustment

    AMD has pruned the prices of a number of its desktop processors by up to 26.8 per cent, focusing the adjustment on its low-end Sempron CPUs and its Athlon 64 dual-core lines. The Athlon 64 X2 5200+ saw is price fall from $403 to $295, a drop of 26.8 per cent, but the other changes were much more modest, ranging from 10.4 per …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jan 2007, 10:49

  • Vendors pledge to make Flash as easy to upgrade as RAM

    Open Flash spec published

    Intel, Hynix, Micron, Sony and the other companies behind the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) have announced the specification is complete and ready to use to break the proprietary link between Flash memory and controller chips. It now plans to make Flash as easy to upgrade as RAM. If widely adopted, the ONFI 1.0 spec will …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jan 2007, 11:03

  • Intel ships low-end Core 2 Duo

    FSB clocked to 800MHz

    Intel appears to have quietly rolled out a low-end Core 2 Duo desktop processor, the E4300. The part, which supports no more than an 800MHz frontside bus clock and contains just 2MB of L2 cache, went on sale in Japan this weekend. The E4300 is clocked at 1.8GHz, according to a report on Japanese-language site Akiba PC Hotline …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jan 2007, 11:22

  • Dell probes alleged Inspiron screen issue

    The line's share

    Buyers have begun complaining that the displays Dell installs in its Inspiron notebooks may not be up to scratch, and a groundswell of internet users are asking the computer giant to sort out the situation. Affected LCD panels develop one or more pixel-wide vertical lines. Typically, each line will appear as a single colour …

    PCs 22 Jan 2007, 11:44

  • New Zunes, Euro debut due next Xmas?

    Microsoft has said it could launch its Zune wireless digital media player and online song store in Europe by the end of the year, potentially much earlier than the company previously indicated. New US models may debut in the same timeframe. The software giant's marketing chief, Jason Reindorp, this weekend told the Reuters …

    Media players 22 Jan 2007, 12:07

  • Man loses weight playing Wii Sports

    'Exercise good for you' shock

    Nintendo's Wii games console will help you lose weight, at least if you play the bundled Wii Sports title on a regular basis. So claims a North American fan of the machine, and he's posted the results of a six-week weight-loss experiment conducted with the console to prove it. Mickey DeLorenzo, 25, began his fitness regime on …

    Consoles 22 Jan 2007, 12:46

  • Netgear HDX101 200Mbps powerline Ethernet adaptor

    Review HD-ready wired networking via your home's power ports

    It's a neat trick being able to transmit data around your home or office via the mains power wiring. You get a more stable, less interference-prone connection than Wi-Fi and a potentially faster link too. The downside is that there's no roaming, at least not beyond the reach of an RJ-45 cable and however many powerline adaptors …

    Networking and Wireless 22 Jan 2007, 12:48

  • Sony Ericsson eyes TV-phone market with Bravia handset

    Brand on the run

    Sony Ericsson has made use of almost every other key Sony product brand - we're thinking Walkman, we're thinking Cyber-shot - for a mobile phone, so it's no great surprise that it's borrowed the Bravia brand for a handset with the ability to show TV programmes. The Japan-only SO903iTV sports a 3in widersceen display and a fold …

    Phones 22 Jan 2007, 14:14

  • Asus confirms AMD ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 imminent

    Next-gen mobile GPU pre-announced

    Asus has thoughtfully pre-announced AMD's next-generation mobile graphics chip, the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, which the Taiwanese vendor today said it's planning to build into an upcoming Core 2 Duo-based notebook. The laptop, the A8Jr, promises a "visual feast like no other", courtesy of its unannounced AMD GPU. Asus didn't …

    Bits 'n' Chips 22 Jan 2007, 14:32

  • For Real, DRM no cure for music biz blues

    MidemNet Fine for subs, bad for downloads

    Real Networks' CEO Rob Glaser summed up the music business' ambivalence towards DRM this weekend, and said digital music needed the shackles taken off. Glaser predicted that the first year of DRM-free downloads would be the first year digital overtook physical. And only with DRM-free music would customers get the flexibility …

    Media players 22 Jan 2007, 14:42