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16th February 2007 Archive

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  • Intel 'Bearlake' said to deliver 15% performance boost

    Faster memory, FSB

    Intel insiders have claimed that the combination of the chip giant's P35 and G35 chipsets - aka 'Bearlake' - and its Core 2 processors will yield a performance boost of 15 per cent at a given clock speed. The boast comes from company sources cited by Isreali site IOPanel. The moles maintain Intel has finished Bearlake's ICH9 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Feb 2007, 10:21

  • PowerColor preps 'golden pig' graphics card

    Chinese New Year tie-in

    Tul has marked the coming commencement of Chinese New Year with a limited-edition Year of the Pig PowerColor graphics card. The card's based on an AMD ATI Radeon X1650 Pro with a 600MHz core and 256MB of GDDR 3 video memory clocked to an effective 1.4GHz. The big difference, though, is the gold, pig-shaped cooling fan. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Feb 2007, 10:34

  • Analyst sounds AMD cash-flow warning

    Chip maker about to be bought?

    A US analyst has expressed "increasing concerns" that AMD is heading toward a cash-flow crisis even a shareholders' ears prick to whispers that a private equity company is looking to buy a stake in the chip maker - or even the whole kit and kaboodle. AMD's cash flow was questioned yesterday by American Technology Research …

    Bits 'n' Chips 16 Feb 2007, 10:51

  • Samsung shows Mobile WiMAX kit

    Samsung is getting ready for the day when Mobile WiMAX - also known as 802.16e - services become widespread an users want to connect their computers to the network. This week it demo'd a USB key that provides both WiMAX and 3G HSDPA connectivity. Simply called the Mobile WiMAX USB Dongle SPH-H1200, the device measures 9.6 x …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Feb 2007, 12:19

  • Aussie outfit to ship wristphone next month

    Can SMS Tech succeed where Samsung, DoCoMo failed?

    Many, many wristphones have been announced, but few if any have come to market. According to Aussie company SMS Technology, that will change next month when it ships the M300, a tri-band GSM/GPRS wristwatch phone, in its native land. The phone sports a 1in colour display, contains 64MB of memory and incorporates Bluetooth 2 …

    Phones 16 Feb 2007, 13:07

  • Logic3 i-Station Traveller portable speakers

    Review Cut-price out-loud audio for your iPod

    Years ago, long before the iPod Revolution of 2001, somebody somewhere came up with the ingenious idea of packing portable speakers and then plugging their Discman in so they could listen to music in a hotel room, as very few hotel rooms had stereos of any sort. And now, post 'Pod Revolution, it's virtually impossible to …

    Media players 16 Feb 2007, 14:15

  • Twenty Logic3 i-Station Traveller iPod speakers up for grabs

    Competition Your chance to win with Register Hardware

    Logic3's i-Station Traveller is the iPod-accessory maker's latest on-the-move out-loud audio offering. You can read Register Hardware's review of the gadget here, but why not try and win one too? We've got 20 of 'em Logic3 tells us we have to give away... Sturdily made, the i-Station speakers have a folding design where you …

    Media players 16 Feb 2007, 14:19

  • Lexar announces high-speed SDHC

    Lexar's 4GB SHDC card isn't the first of its kind to be rated Class 6 for speed - Transcend won that accolade in October 2006 - but it's no slouch for that. Class 6 devices have a guaranteed minimum data transfer rate of 6MBps, and Lexar said its card has a minimum write speed of 20MBps - hence the 133x speed. Lexar said …

    Storage 16 Feb 2007, 14:39