14th March 2007 Archive

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Apple releases last pre-Leopard update for Mac OS X

Tiger hits 10.4.9

Apple has updated Mac OS X to version 10.4.9, offering patches for both Intel and PowerPC versions of the operating system, taking in its server and client forms. The company has also updated its iPhoto application, and beefed up the security of Mac OS X 10.3.9. The operating system updates apply fixes to a wide array of …

Mac 14 Mar 2007, 10:02
SanDisk intros internal Flash drive for laptops

Fast, quiet but expensive

SanDisk has begun offering a 32GB solid-state drive to notebook makers less than a week after it was claimed Apple's rumoured sub-notebook will only contain Flash storage. The launch also comes two months after SanDisk unveiled a similar drive based on the 1.8in form-factor favoured by manufacturers of personal media …

Bits 'n' Chips 14 Mar 2007, 10:32
VIA launches 'most feature-rich' Nano-ITX mobo

Media PC-friendly

VIA will soon bring to the built-your-own PC community what it claims is its most feature-packed ultra-compact Nano-ITX motherboard yet: the 12 x 12cm EPIA NX. Designed to work with VIA's 1.5GHz C7 chip or its 1.2GHz Eden processor, the NX backs up the CPU with up to 1GB of 533MHz DDR 2 memory and VIA's own UniChrome Pro II …

Bits 'n' Chips 14 Mar 2007, 10:52
Dell, Alienware offer 1TB single-drive upgrade

At a price...

Dell and its Alienware subsidiary have begun offering buyers the chance to configure new gaming desktop PCs with Hitachi's 1TB hard drive - enough space to store an almost inconceivable quantity of digital stuff. The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - announced earlier this year - is available to install in new Dell XPS desktops, and …

PCs 14 Mar 2007, 11:10
Sony Ericsson launches Walkman W660, plug-in speakers

Personal stereo no longer personal

Sony Ericsson's latest 3G Walkman phone will reach consumers next quarter, the handset company said today. So will a pair of clip-on speakers - a bid to appeal to all those kids who don't like keeping their music to themselves. The W660 sports a 2in, 176 x 220, 262,144-colour display, a two-megapixel main camera and a more …

Phones 14 Mar 2007, 11:40
Sony Vaio VGN-UX1XN ultra-mobile PC

Review Think of the smallest laptop you've ever seen, and this will be smaller

The Sony UX1XN is quite possibly one of the smallest laptops ever. Think of the smallest laptop you've ever seen, and this will be smaller. Probably. Everything about it is dinky - it's barely bigger than a thick-ish paperback book, yet it packs a full Vista-touting PC inside its diddy dimensions. Sony's UX series has been …

PCs 14 Mar 2007, 12:00
Microsoft goes a bundle with Lenovo PCs

The force feeding continues

Microsoft's flagging search engine is getting a boost, thanks to an agreement that will make Live.com the default service on PCs sold by Lenovo. The pact, which will also see machines outfitted with the Live toolbar, is the latest to be forged in an ongoing campaign to clutter new machines with software that users are often …

PCs 14 Mar 2007, 19:55