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1st March 2007 Archive

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  • PowerColor readies 'no-noise' X1950 Pro board

    Passive cooling from Arctic

    Tul has extended its range of PowerColor-brand AMD ATI Radeon X1950 Pro-based graphics cards with a passively cooled "silent" version. The card's fitted with an Arctic Cooling heatsink that's bigger than it is. The PowerColor X1950 PRO SCS3 is fitted with 256MB of GDDR 3 memory clocked at 1.38GHz and connected across a 256- …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Mar 2007, 10:03

  • AMD preps PCI Express 2.0 'RV630' GPU for May?

    Mountain of Light

    May will see the arrival of AMD's 'RV630' graphics chip, it has been claimed, and the company has prepared three reference card designs for the part - two of which will support PCI Express 2.0, though only the PCIe 1.1 board may make it to market for launch. According to claims made by Chinese-language site HKEPC, the RV630 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Mar 2007, 10:43

  • Grand Theft Auto publisher tries to cool 'hot coffee' lawsuit

    Better latte than never

    Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series of games may be close to settling a long running legal battle with a New York granny who attempted to sue the company after it emerged one of those games contained adult content. This week, a Manhattan District Court judge order the case to be …

    Consoles 1 Mar 2007, 11:24

  • UK researchers reveal room-temperature graphene transistor

    You electrons - one at a time, please

    Boffins at Britain's University of Manchester have created a transistor out of an atom-thick sheet of carbon. The high-speed device is so small only one electron can pass through at once. Crucially, the transistor operates at room temperature making it potentially viable for future microprocessors. Details of the breakthrough …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Mar 2007, 12:20

  • Sapphire Radeon X1550 graphics card

    Review Groovy graphics card and a snip at £45

    Since it bought ATI last year, AMD has been busy rebranding any number of chipsets and graphics chips in its range. Some of the instances make perfect sense while others are a cynical rebranding of an old chip. In the case of the Radeon X1050, it’s an X550 under the heatsink, so it’s clear that AMD wants the customer to …

    Bits 'n' Chips 1 Mar 2007, 15:26

  • Lenovo recalls 200,000 Thinkpad batteries

    Updated Sanyo-made fire hazard

    Lenovo is recalling more than 200,000 Thinkpad batteries after some almost caught fire when owners dropped their laptops. The firm alerted America's Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) when it got four reports of notebooks overheating, following a forceful impact to the corner. One owner suffered "minor eye irritation" as …

    PCs 1 Mar 2007, 19:50

  • Philips offers sensory delights for gamers

    From hypnotic fireside flicker to a tranquil blue sky

    Philips will this year release its range of amBX PC gaming peripherals, the company announced at its European Range 2007 event in Marbella, Spain this week. amBX will provide gamers with a full "sensory surround experience" by empowering game developers to use light, colour, sound, vibration and even airflow during gameplay. …

    Consoles 1 Mar 2007, 20:33

  • Dell ends 2006 horror with $1bn drop in PC sales

    'We will be known again'

    A sedate Dell posted fourth quarter results that didn't horrify investors even though its PC and notebook sales fell in dramatic fashion. Dell reported $14.4bn in revenue – down from $15.2bn in the same period last year. The company's net income came in at $673m, which marks quite the fall from last year's haul of $1bn. …

    PCs 1 Mar 2007, 23:11