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15th March 2007 Archive

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  • Linksys side-steps Wi-Fi limits with powerline kit

    CeBIT Backs HomePlug AV standard

    Linksys today gave tacit support to the notion that wireless networking has its limits by introducing a mains power networking adaptor based on the HomePlug AV standard. The adaptor, the PLE200 PowerLine AV, plugs into a power socket and quickly connects to other such devices forming a bridge between, say, a desktop …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 15 Mar 2007, 09:36

  • Samsung unveils usable UMPC

    CeBIT Q1 Ultra adds keyboard, decent screen

    Samsung has introduced its second-generation ultra-mobile PC - in one go addressing many of the key criticism of its first UMPC, the Q1. Crucially, the new model, the Q1 Ultra, delivers a higher resolution display and incorporates a thumb-operated QWERTY keyboard. The handheld runs Windows Vista Home Premium, given room to …

    PCs 15 Mar 2007, 10:48

  • Samsung tight-lipped about UMPC's 'new' Intel CPU

    CeBIT Core 2 Duo ULV or 'Steeley'

    Does Samsung's Q1 Ultra second-generation UMPC incorporate a new, as-yet-unannounced Intel mobile processor? Certainly, certain Samsung marketing material describes the CPU as a "UMPC Intel New Technology". Others documents describe it as a "ultra-low voltage Intel processor", suggesting a Core product or, like the original …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Mar 2007, 11:01

  • Commodore specs up Cxx games machine

    CeBIT C64 emulator on board

    Commodore's eagerly anticipated Cxx gaming PC will sport an Intel Core 2 Extreme four-core processor, a pair of 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card and a Creative X-Fi soundcard, the company revealed today. What it didn't say up front was how much all this gaming hardware - fitted inside a casing covered with one of a …

    PCs 15 Mar 2007, 12:04

  • AMD steams into world chip maker top ten

    ATI purchase lifts chart position

    AMD stormed up the charts last year as a string of hits - and its decision to form a 'supergroup' with ATI - pushed it from number 15 in the league of most successful global semiconductor companies straight into eighth place. AMD chart position was driven by a 91.6 per cent increase in sales revenue between 2005 and 2006, new …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Mar 2007, 12:34

  • Who needs a PC? 'Amazon Unbox on TiVo' debuts

    Comment Sticks everything on your telly

    You know that little warning on cars' passenger side mirrors - the one that says things may be closer than they look? Well, when looking at a TiVo announcement, there should be a warning that the installed base of non-DirecTV TiVos, the only ones that TiVo controls, is smaller than you think. DirecTV was responsible for most of …

    Media players 15 Mar 2007, 14:05

  • CeBIT Toshiba to bring 'budget' 1080p HD DVD player to Europe

    Toshiba will bring its mid-range, 1080p HD DVD player to Europe in May, the consumer electronics giant said today. Dubbed the HD-EP10 over here, the box was launched in the US in January as the HD-A20. The HD-EP10 builds on the already available base-line model, the HD-E1 with support for the highest HD resolution but …

    HD 15 Mar 2007, 15:05

  • Folding@home comes to the PS3

    Help frag cancer

    Sony is to let Playstation 3 users run Folding@home on their consoles, helping the study of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis and many cancers. Folding@home is a popular distributed computing app from Stanford University. It uses the downtime of many thousands of internet-connected PCs volunteered for the project by …

    Consoles 15 Mar 2007, 22:45