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2nd March 2007 Archive

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  • Sony showcases new video MP3 player

    Walkman for the next generation

    Sony has launched a super-slim Walkman video MP3 player that's less than 1cm thick. The NW-A800 series features a 2in colour LCD screen and supports the widely-used MPEG 4 video format. Sony claims the player also boasts a battery life of up to 30 hours for music and eight hours video playback. Music and videos can also be …

    Media players 2 Mar 2007, 11:34

  • Samsung ships 60nm 1Gb DDR 2 DRAM chip

    Two years in the making...

    Samsung has begun punching out 60nm 1Gb DDR 2 DRAM chips in volume, the company announced today, claiming it's the first memory maker to do so. It's offering the chip on 512MB, 1GB and 2GB DIMMs, it said. The South Korean giant first created the chip in 2005, spending the intervening time getting the design ready for mass- …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Mar 2007, 11:46

  • Maynor reveals missing Apple flaw

    And claims underhand play

    Security researcher David Maynor got some measure of vindication at the Black Hat DC Conference this year. Six months after he and his colleague Jon Ellch claimed that Mac OS X wireless drivers were vulnerable to attack, Maynor on Wednesday revealed the code he used to exploit a native flaw in the platform as well as emails …

    Mac 2 Mar 2007, 12:44

  • Intel 'Bloomfield' to intro 1,366-pin socket?

    HyperThreading back too, apparently

    Intel will next year begin shipping processors with a 1,366 pins, it has been claimed. The interface will use the same land grid array (LGA) as the chip giant's current LGA775 process, but with almost twice as many pins. According to a report on Chinese-language site HKEPC, the interface will be called Socket B and ups the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Mar 2007, 13:32

  • Nokia E65 mobile phone

    Review Looks good. Feels good. But how does it actually perform, hmm..?

    As part of an expansion to its business-orientated E Series, the Nokia E65 has been styled to give off the persona that it's designed specifically to attract a higher class of user – the modern and remotely connected business executive. The E65 has a sliding front fascia and the soft leather backing is reminiscent of a …

    Phones 2 Mar 2007, 13:46

  • AMD chipset roadmap does include Intel

    ATI acquisition changes nothing

    AMD will continue to develop chipsets for Intel processors, the company has apparently claimed, although it also admits it's not shooting for marketshare dominance. So said AMD sales and marketing VP Jochen Polster this week, according to a DailyTech report. Polster said the company wants a decent share of the third-party …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 Mar 2007, 13:53

  • Blu-ray backer Samsung shows HD DVD laptop

    Onto the format fence?

    Samsung may be a fully paid up member of the Blu-ray Disc supporters club, but that hasn't kept it out of the HD DVD camp, and today it showed off a 17in widescreen notebook that's key component is a HD DVD drive. The M55's display is a 1,920 x 1,200, ideal for 1080p HD content. The screen's driven by an Nvidia GeForce Go …

    PCs 2 Mar 2007, 17:36

  • MacRumors vigilantes nail UK teen scammer

    'Max on Macs' took cash, didn't stump goods

    A British teenager who tried to scam fellow MacRumors members learned the hard way that when enraged fanboys get up a head of indignant steam, you'd better run for cover. The story of "Max On Macs" began with this post by member skoker on 23 October 2006, and ended recently with Max on Macs interviewed by Thames Valley police …

    Mac 2 Mar 2007, 18:00