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2nd February 2007 Archive

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  • Intel won't launch 45nm desktop CPUs until 2008?

    Fabbed in 2007, out the following year, roadmap leak suggests

    Intel may claim its 45nm processors will be in production in H2, but it appears desktop chips may not actually launch until Q1 2008, if the latest roadmap to leak out of the chip giant is to be believed. Intel has two 45nm CPUs in the pipeline: 'Yorkfield', the sucessor to today's four-core Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Quad, and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Feb 2007, 10:37

  • AMD 690 chipset family 'to launch this month'

    Moles forecast

    AMD's long-awaited 690 chipset family should ship by the end of the month, Taiwanese mobo-maker moles have claimed. The 690 members will be the first chipsets to be released under the AMD brand and not simply rebranded ATI product. Late last year, it was claimed that AMD had put back the 690 series' launch from January 2007 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Feb 2007, 11:08

  • Sling seeks SlingPlayer Palm testers

    Slingbox maker Sling Media has begun inviting members of the public to sign up to test pre-release versions of the Palm OS incarnation of its SlingPlayer Mobile remote TV viewing application. The scheme is aimed at owners of the Palm Treo 700p. That said, Sling said it might bring on board a few Treo 650, Treo 680 and …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 2 Feb 2007, 11:48

  • Valentine's Day Gadget Gift Round-up... for her

    Reg Hardware's second round-up of cool kit. This time, prezzies for the lady in your life...

    And now, Register Hardware is proud to present the eagerly-anticipated, desperately-sought-after sequel in our romantic round-up of Valentine's Day gadget gift ideas: this time they're for her... Nabaztag What better way to say "I love you" than with a small plastic rabbit? The curiously named Nabaztag is not of the …

    Gadgets 2 Feb 2007, 12:25

  • Blu-ray media sales set to shoot past HD DVD purchases

    PlayStation 3 driving demand?

    Blu-ray Disc is catching up with HD DVD, at least in terms of US pre-recorded media retail sales, the most recently published figures from sell-through video sales tracker Nielsen VideoScan show. In the first two weeks of January, BD media outsold HD DVD. Nielsen VideoScan's numbers come from US trade publication Home Media …

    HD 2 Feb 2007, 12:40

  • Shuttle shouts up Vista-friendly SFF PCs

    Small form-factor PC specialist Shuttle hopped on the Windows Vista bandwagon with a trio of pre-configured systems that bundle Microsoft's latest offering. Shuttle said all three are compatible with Vista's Aero UI. The three Shuttles ship with 32-bit editions of Vista. Interestingly, two of the three, the XPC P2 3700GC …

    PCs 2 Feb 2007, 16:15

  • Broadcom squeezes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM onto one-die phone chip

    Broadcom has begun sampling what it claims is the first ever mobile phone chip to cram not only Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but also an FM tuner onto a single die. The part is fabbed at 65nm. The BCM4325 supports 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, incorporating the MAC, baseband circuitry and the radio on the one die. The chip includes Broadcom's …

    Phones 2 Feb 2007, 16:38