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13th March 2007 Archive

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  • IBM produces smaller Cells

    Destined for servers not PS3, at least not at the start...

    IBM has beguin punching out a 65nm version of the Cell processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3. Gamers should not get too excited: Big Blue's Broadband Engine - to give Cell its full name - is aimed not at consoles but slimline servers. IBM co-developed Cell with Sony and Toshiba, and has been producing 90nm chips for its …

    Consoles 13 Mar 2007, 10:40

  • Apple slip exposes eight-core Mac Pro

    Quad-core Xeon machine imminent?

    Apple may be about to equip its Mac Pro desktop with Intel four-core Xeon processors, if an inadvertent posting on the company's UK online store is to be believed. The Mac maker's taken the offending entry down now, but not before a number of websites spotted it overnight. A search for 'Mac' yielded a number of entries, one …

    Mac 13 Mar 2007, 10:47

  • Ten reasons why you should buy a PlayStation 3

    Tech Digest £450 well spent?

    Is that the wind of changed opinions blowing? Since last week's Games Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, the buzz about Sony's PlayStation 3 has taken a turn for the better. The keynote presentation from Sony's Phil Harrison had a lot to do with it: he announced two separate PS3 virtual worlds - Home and …

    Consoles 13 Mar 2007, 11:16

  • Seagate ships free-fall detecting laptop hard drive

    Capacities run to 160GB

    Seagate has said you can now buy the world's first 7,200rpm notebook hard drive that uses perpendicular recording technology to boost storage capacity and can detect when it's being dropped. The drive, the Momentus 7200.2 is available in a range of capacities running from 80GB to 160GB. It's based on the 2.5in form-factor …

    Bits 'n' Chips 13 Mar 2007, 11:49

  • Beyoncé backs Samsing Ultra Music phone

    Beyoncé Knowles is the face of Samsung's F300 Ultra Music handset. The actress and Destiny's Child will appear in ads promoting the phone, and the South Korean giant will sponsor her latest world tour, which kicks off its European leg next month. Buy an F300 from April and you'll even get a pre-loaded copy of the spirited …

    Phones 13 Mar 2007, 12:34

  • Sony set to shrink PSP

    No change to screen size, though

    Remember claims made in August 2006 that Sony is planning to redesign the PlayStation Portable? It turns out they were true. Sony Computer Entertainment UK chief Ray Maguire yesterday confirmed a "smaller, lighter" version is on its way. Maguire said the PSP's screen size will remain fixed, but indicated future versions of …

    Consoles 13 Mar 2007, 13:10

  • ECS to fly Flybook wannabe into CeBIT

    Firm's G200 looks strangely familiar...

    Taiwanese hardware maker Elitegroup ECS yesterday revealed it's going to be demo'ing at Germany's CeBIT show this week. One offering caught our eye: the G200 laptop, which sports an "ingenious... smart neck that allows the screen to be lifted, tilted or swiveled to a comfortable level for the user". Indeed, it is ingenious, …

    PCs 13 Mar 2007, 13:40

  • Intel 'Bearlake' chipsets to get CeBIT outing

    Mobo makers reveal all

    Intel may be preparing to launch its 'Bearlake' chipset series later this week. Well, motherboard makers are going to be showing off boards based on the upcoming silicon at CeBIT on Thursday. The first to tell us that's what they'll be doing is Elitegroup (ECS). Today, it said its will have boards based on the P35, G35 and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 13 Mar 2007, 14:56

  • 'World's first' transistor-printing plant opens

    Austrian manufacturer Nanoident Technologies today cut the ribbon on the world's first factory that literally prints opto-electronic sensor circuitry and components onto virtually any surface, including plastic, ceramic and silicon. The Linz plant operates like a giant inkjet printer. The semiconductor is made of up of …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 13 Mar 2007, 17:04

  • Dutch reject USB flash drive tax

    Heated debate

    Dutch justice minister Hirsch Ballin has rejected calls for a copyright tax on USB Flash drives. The tax was proposed by Dutch industry group SONT, which two years ago also wanted to levy a tax for iPods and other MP3 players to compensate music artists for revenue lost to private copying. That proposal was also shelved by …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 13 Mar 2007, 22:27