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9th February 2007 Archive

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  • Nvidia preps sidekick for AMD's 'star' processors

    It's no great surprise to anyone that Nvidia's preparing a chipset that will work with AMD's upcoming HyperTransport 3 processors and Socket AM2+ bus, but according to the latest leak the part's codenamed MCP72 and it's a single-chip part. According to a Dailytech report, the third key feature is PCI Express 2.0 support - …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 Feb 2007, 08:02

  • Apple apps not ready for Vista

    Not just iTunes

    How many of Apple's Windows-compatible applications are ready for Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista? According to the Mac maker's own tech support site... er... none of them are. Earlier this week it emerged that iTunes isn't yet ready to run on Vista, and neither is the iPod it seems. Apple's current advice is for …

    Mac 9 Feb 2007, 10:09

  • Asus debuts lacquer'n'leather luxury laptop

    LED-backlit display and Blu-ray Disc drive too

    Asus has formally announced its anticipated U1F 11.1in compact notebook, a luxury laptop run up in carbon fibre and magnesium-aluminium alloy, decorated with piano lacquer, and mounted with a made-to-measure leather palm rest. It even has a Blu-ray Disc drive. Those Asus U1F key features in full "The beauty of the notebook …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Feb 2007, 11:06

  • Vista-effect credited with PC sales boost

    The Wow starts now...

    It might have had a mixed response from critics but Vista is being credited with a big jump in US retail computer sales. The launch of Microsoft's latest operating system apparently helped PC sales jump 173 per cent compared to the week before. According to market watcher Current Analysis, PC sales were up 67 per cent in the …

    PCs 9 Feb 2007, 11:32

  • Abit launches 'pro' Fatal1ty mobo

    Gaming friendly

    Universal Abit this week rolled its latest Fatal1ty-branded mobo, this one based on Nvidia's Intel-oriented nForce 650i SLI chipset. It'll take an Core 2 desktop processor and run it on a 1,066MHz frontside bus speed. The Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI Professional incorporates a pair of x16 PCI Express graphics card slots, ready for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 Feb 2007, 11:51

  • Nvidia's 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS goes on sale

    UK suppliers listing it, at least

    UK resellers have begun to confirm that Nvidia is indeed preparing a 320MB version of the GeForce 8800 GTS graphics chip, as was rumoured early last month. As expected, the part matches the GPU specs of the 640MB 8800 GTS: 500MHz core clock frequency, 96 unified shaders running at 1.2GHz and memory set to 1.6GHz effective. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 Feb 2007, 14:02

  • Belkin Easy Transfer Cable for Windows Vista

    Review Does exactly what it says on the box

    As the name implies, Belkin's Easy Transfer Cable for Windows Vista allows you to transfer your files to Windows Vista, easily. It'll help you to copy over all your files and settings from your shattered old XP PC to your shiny new Vista box. In the pack you get a two-headed USB cable with a soap-on-a-rope bulge in the …

    PCs 9 Feb 2007, 14:13

  • 'World first' quantum computer set to debut next week

    Landmark or footnote?

    A Canadian start-up says it will demonstrate a working commercial quantum computer in Mountain View next week, years ahead of many experts' predictions. Venture capital-funded to the tune of $20m, Vancouver-based D-Wave says it has built a quantum computer with 16 qubits - the quantum world's version of a digital bit, but …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 Feb 2007, 14:22