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9th March 2007 Archive

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  • SanDisk downplays SDHC card speed ratings

    SanDisk is to add a 8GB SDHC memory card to its Ultra II line-up in June, but it's already sowing the seeds of confusion by claiming a range of speeds for the card in addition to the standard SDHC rating. SanDisk said the card's SDHC speed Class is 4, guaranteeing a 4MBps sustained data transfer rate. The company claimed …

    Storage 9 Mar 2007, 10:14

  • MedTab fulfils Xerox predictions

    It's not a tablet, OK, it's a pad

    Emanotec's newly launched MedTab has at long last realised the predictions of the future of mobile computing made years ago by Xerox Parc. Tabs, such as a watch or pager; pads, for working heads-down; and screens, for displaying or viewing data, all made up Xerox's vision. And while the screen and the tab have been with us …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Mar 2007, 10:31

  • O2 offers smart-phone buyers Graphite

    O2 has begun selling the XDA Graphite, the Asus-made Wi-Fi and 3G Windows Mobile smart phone that emerged way back in October 2006 in US Federal Communications Commission filings.   Graphite packs in a tri-band GSM/GPRS radio in addition to its 3G link. Bluetooth too. It has a 65,536-colour display and a two-megapixel …

    Phones 9 Mar 2007, 11:00

  • Palm hires iPod guru

    Take that, Apple

    Three weeks ago, Palm CEO Ed Colligan described Apple's iPhone as "a highly developed media player, which happens to include a phone". But that doesn't mean he's being complacent. According to the New York Times, Palm has hired former Apple alumini Paul Mercer to work on a new line of products. In 2001, Mercer's Pixo design …

    Phones 9 Mar 2007, 11:27

  • Russians ready Tsar-studded Nokia 8800

    I'm Lenin on a lampost at the corner of the street...

    And what mobile telephone will Moscow's most fashionable oligarchs be clasping to their ears this spring? If Russian handset supplier Isse has its way, its re-styled Nokia 8800, the Monaco, that's what. The two models strutting out on Isse's website reveal a pair of regal designs that hark back to a former era of the Tsar, St …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Mar 2007, 12:10

  • Apple 'MacBook Mini' to lose HDD, gain Flash?

    Premium product

    Rumours that Apple is working on a sub-notebook computer were given weight this week when a Wall Street analyst claimed the ultra-compact MacBook will use Flash storage. American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote and told investors: "This is a new sub-notebook form factor that will use NAND Flash as primary storage. …

    Mac 9 Mar 2007, 13:00

  • Sony to bring 'PS2-less' PS3 to US, Japan?

    Europe just the first step, newspaper suggests

    Europe may be the first region to get PlayStation 3 consoles that lack the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine chip. It has been claimed other territories will also get the machine later this year as Sony strives to boost its profitability. So says a Nikkei newspaper report, by way of Reuters. It alleged the move was being made to …

    Consoles 9 Mar 2007, 13:24

  • Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD USB TV tuner

    Review Digital telly on the move

    Digital TV isn't that easy to pick up on the go, but Hauppauge's Nova-TD has a trick up its sleeve to improve reception. It crams two tuners into its USB-connected casing and can draw on the inputs from both to create a better signal. If your coverage is fine, however, you can just use it as a twin-tuner, and as it's …

    Gadgets 9 Mar 2007, 14:20

  • Sony unwraps shot-sharing Wi-Fi digicam

    Sony has brought the wonder of wireless to its Cyber-shot digital camera family. This week it showed off the six-megapixel DSC-G1 with built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. The other features are impressive too: 3.5in LCD, 2GB of on-board memory, Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens, anti-blur technology, ISO 1000 sensetivity and a new shooting …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 Mar 2007, 15:11

  • Arcam announces audiophile iPod dock

    UK hi-fi specialist Arcam has come up with an iPod dock that has a novel way of maximising the diminutive player's sound quality - it doesn't charge the battery unless it really has to. 'Madness,' I hear you cry. But there's method too. Arcam claimed its research showed a dip in sound quality while the iPod's battery is being …

    Media players 9 Mar 2007, 16:41

  • PC World Wintel boxes suffer from Mac envy

    Even the Vista-friendly ones

    UK computer superstore chain PC World clearly thinks its customers are suffering on the sly from Mac envy. How else can we explain how the pictures of PCs on its online store and in its catalogues all show Mac OS X screenshots? Register Hardware reader Matt Kyte sent us a pic he took of a PC World catalogue page. On offer, a …

    Mac 9 Mar 2007, 17:13

  • Intel powers down four-core Xeon

    Sun stroked

    Proving that it no longer aspires to making chips hotter than the surface of the sun, Intel has pushed out new, low-voltage versions of its best Xeon chip. Server customers will now have access to a pair of 50W Xeon chips. The products consume between 35 per cent and 60 per cent less power than existing four-core Xeons which …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 Mar 2007, 22:17