21st February 2007 Archive

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Mac or PC? You've seen the ads, how do you choose for business?

Comment Practical issues

I was asked if I, as a Mac user, would recommend one to a business user who is buying a personal machine for business use. I am the proud owner of an iconic Mac PowerBook G4, an eye-catching brushed metal effort that I purchased back in 2004. I have never owned a Mac desktop, being strictly Intel/Microsoft, but I travel enough …

PCs 21 Feb 2007, 11:11
Lexar launches 45Mbps UDMA cards

Promise of less transfer time

Lexar has launched a range of Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) cards that write data at 45MB per second potentially reducing download time for digital photos considerably. If paired with a UDMA-enabled device, the card can reduce the time needed to download captured images to a computer. The cards, speed-rated at 300x, are …

Storage 21 Feb 2007, 12:04
HTC P4350 Communicator

Review Simplicity seems to be the selling point

The P4350 is a modest device, containing already-proven technology. There's no HSDPA or 3G, just GPRS EDGE; no 802.11n WLAN, just 802.11b/g, leading one to hope that the user concerns of previous models has been ironed out. Herald attempts to deal with a basic conundrum facing mobile device designers: reading documents is …

Phones 21 Feb 2007, 13:07
Whopping widescreen Wii

Games played on 388in cinema screen

You might have a 38in widescreen HDTV...you might even have a 50-in plasma display...you might even have a projector system set up as your source of home entertainment...but it's extremely unlikely you'll be able to top this... A YouTube video showing a couple of resourceful individuals hooking a Wii up to a 388in cinema …

Consoles 21 Feb 2007, 13:43
AMD wants to be seen as green

Chip maker rolls out energy-efficient processors

AMD is to sell low-wattage processors in a bid to join the campaign of many IT companies to be seen to be green. The manufacturer, which says the chips are for "energy-conscious [people] or high-performance computing", has launched two 45-watt AMD Athlon 64 single-core processors, (3500+ and 3800+) and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 …

PCs 21 Feb 2007, 14:03
Alienware upgrades to warp speed

Area-51 7500 desktops to ship with Q6600 processor

PC manufacturer Alienware today announced that the Area-51 7500 desktop will now feature the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. According to senior vice president Brian Joyce, "…customers will instantly see a performance increase on processor-intensive applications such as gaming, video editing and encoding." In addition …

PCs 21 Feb 2007, 16:09
Sticky tape USB stick holder

Keep clutter at bay with a Sellotape dispenser/USB hub

Reminiscent of something you might find in the workshop of a mad inventor, the latest in the equip-everything-with-USB craze, according to Akihabara News, is the USB hub Sellotape dispenser, made by a Hong Kong-based company called Earth-Trek. According to the manufacturer's website a variety of different colours are …

Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Feb 2007, 18:32