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14th February 2007 Archive

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  • Nvidia lauds record-breaking fourth quarter

    Revenues, income rocket

    Nvidia last night reported a record quarterly revenenue when it posted the results of Q4 FY2007. The quarter, which ended on 28 January, saw sales rise to $878.9m, up 39 per cent on the year-ago quarter and seven per cent on the previous three-month period. Net income for the quarter reached $163.5m, up 53.5 per cent …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Feb 2007, 10:28

  • HTC quietly launches classic-style PDA phone

    3GSM P3400 hides behind Athena, Vox etc

    Smart-phone maker HTC announced a trio of new devices this week... or did it? In fact, it launched four products, but for some strange reason only mentioned three of them in its document. Would you welcome, then, the 'missing' HTC 3GSM device, the P3400. It come in a classic PDA phone form-factor: the P3400 sports a 2.8in …

    Phones 14 Feb 2007, 11:07

  • Shuttle XPC P2-3700W Gallery

    Shuttle XPC P2-3700W Gallery

    Shuttle XPC P2-3200W

    PCs 14 Feb 2007, 11:55

  • Shuttle launches 'world's first' quad-core SFF PC

    Workstation class

    Shuttle has unveiled what it claims are the world's first small form-factor computers equipped with quad-core processors. Aimed at the pro market, the two machines are fitted with Intel Xeon chips rather than the more commonplace Core 2 Quad. The XPC P2 3700W line-up includes a pair of quad-core models, both based on the 2. …

    PCs 14 Feb 2007, 12:02

  • HD DVD, Blu-ray copy protection cracked again

    Different method, same result

    The Advanced Access Content System (AACS) has been cracked. A contributor to the Doom9 online forum has figured out how to extract the so-called Processing Key (PK) from an HD player, allowing any currently available HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc to be copied. The trick, identified by a coder going by the handle Arnemazi, allows a …

    HD 14 Feb 2007, 12:45

  • Good Mobile Messaging 4.9 push email client

    Review Very 'Berry?

    Whether push email really does improve office-worker productivity is open to question, but there's no doubt that it's become a must-have. There are few smart mobile devices that don't enable its delivery, whether by bundling Research in Motion's BlackBerry Connect software or one of the handful of competing applications. In …

    Phones 14 Feb 2007, 12:55

  • Sony offers PS3 punters free copy of Blu-ray Bond

    Sony's desire to cash in on Casino Royale continued this week when the consumer electronics giant's Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) said it will send out half a million copies of the movie on Blu-ray Disc to the first PS3 users to register their purchase online. HD movie buffs will surely appreciate the disc's 50GB …

    Consoles 14 Feb 2007, 13:16

  • Nvidia to launch MCP73 chipset trio 'later this year'

    Three flavours

    Nvidia's upcoming MCP73 single-chip chipset for Intel processors will be offered in three versions, it has been claimed: two integrated models and one without a built-in GPU. Past reports have pointed to an integrated product supporting a 1,066MHz frontside bus and a single-channel 667MHz memory bus. According to a DailyTech …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Feb 2007, 13:54

  • Nokia-Intel 'super 3G' laptop module romance over

    Add-in canned, flowers sent back

    Intel and Nokia will not now produce an add-in module for laptops to provided connectivity to 3G cellular networks, the Finnish phone giant admitted today, less than six months after the product was announced. Neither firm could work out who'd pay for the gadget, a Nokia spokeswoman said, according to the Reuters newsagency …

    PCs 14 Feb 2007, 14:29

  • Neonode announces 'iPhone Nano'-esque N2

    Tiny

    Swedish phone maker Neonode launched its latest handset this week, touting its baby's compact 7.7 x 4.7 x 1.5cm size and 70g weight. Dubbed the N2, the phone's a quad-band GSM/GPRS device based around a 2in, 176 x 200, 65,536-colour display. It has a two-megapixel camera and Bluetooth. Neonode claims a four-hour talk time …

    Phones 14 Feb 2007, 15:03

  • 3GSM 2007: all the stories, all the goodies

    3GSM brought a bumper crop of handsets and hype to Barcelona. Here are all of Reg Hardware's 3GSM 2007 stories, brought together for your reading pleasure...   The Big Names Nokia turns on N series TV phone Nokia raves about new E-series phones Motorola RIZR slider becomes 'fit-to-face' banana-phone Moto's banana beats …

    Phones 14 Feb 2007, 15:32