21st March 2007 Archive

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Ten reasons why you should buy a Mac

Time for a shiny white box?

Yes, you can accept Apple's logic that "it all just works" straight out of the packaging, but there are better reasons for moving to a Mac than a factor that's just as true of modern PCs these days. Now there's an x86-based PC sitting under the hood of every modern Mac, the old battle lines are blurring. Time to reconsider …

Mac 21 Mar 2007, 08:40
Mag bets on black Xbox 360 for April

Clue in the date?

Microsoft's rumoured black Xbox 360 will find its way into eager gamers' hands in late April. It's said to pack a 120GB hard drive and - a much-requested feature, this - an HDMI port. So claims US-based Game Informer magazine in its April issue. Maybe that month is the key here, but staffers have been reported online as …

Consoles 21 Mar 2007, 10:08
Palm purchased by Friday?

Nokia, Moto among potential owners, it's said

Nokia is on the verge of buying Palm, with an announcement said to be due tomorrow, the day the PDA pioneer is due to report its latest quarterly financial results. Or maybe the buyer's Motorola. Or venture capitalist Texas Pacific Group. Or maybe Silver Lake Partners. Those are the scenario suggested by website Unstrung.com …

Phones 21 Mar 2007, 10:40
Samsung conjures up Gold, Brown Magic phones

Metal phones are all the rage - at least in South Korea, where local handset maker Samsung this week introduced a freash pair of alloy-clad phones into its Magic family. Joining the Magic Silver: Magic Gold and Magic... er... Brown. Samsung's Magic models - and... er... some handsets... Any metallurgists out there able to …

Phones 21 Mar 2007, 10:59
Second LG Shine phone to fold... literally

LG has taken the tin-foil off a clamshell version of its metal-clad slider phone, Shine. It also introduced a new version of the original Shine with an added digital satellite TV receiver. The clamshell is dubbed Shine Folder TV. It too has a DMB tuner on board and a 2.2in, 320 x 240, 262,144-colour display to watch …

Phones 21 Mar 2007, 11:30
Italian consumers taking PS3s home already

Retailers ignore official launch schedule

Italian gamers have got their hands on Sony's PlayStation 3 two days before anyone else in Europe as local retailers flipped the finger at the consumer electronics giant's launch target of first thing this coming Friday. The retailers appear to have been forced into the move by a single competitor. According to Trade …

Consoles 21 Mar 2007, 12:18
LG software update to fix frozen Aussie TVs

Engineers to be sent door to door

LG has admitted its code caused some of its LCD and plasma TVs to freeze during certain digital broadcasts transmitted by Australia's Nine Network. The South Korean giant apologised for any inconvenience caused and pledged to fix the troubled tellies. As we reported yesterday, LG has been monitoring the problem and promised …

HD 21 Mar 2007, 12:44
Apple TV goes on sale

Not just for the HD buffs

Apple has at last confirmed what pre-order customers already knew: its Apple TV set-top box is flying out of the warehouse doors straight to buyers. It'll arrive in Apple's offline stores in the US this week, it said. Pitched as a device for the HD era, the Apple TV is also capable of pushing video content onto the screens …

Media players 21 Mar 2007, 14:45
Kensington unpacks breast cancer benefit mouse

Accessory specialist Kensington has lent its support to charity Breast Cancer Campaign by offering ten per cent of the money it makes selling its new pink Si750 wireless optical mouse. Aimed at notebook users, the Si750 comes with a travelling pouch, and the USB receiver tucks safely into a bay built into the back of the …

Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Mar 2007, 15:02
SanDisk and Hynix buddy up

Friendship made in Flash

SanDisk and Hynix Semiconductor have reached a patent cross-licensing agreement covering Flash memory products from both companies and have come to terms over production supply. The collaboration, announced late Tuesday, included a signed memorandum of understanding - and possible pinky swears - between Milpitas-based SanDisk …

Bits 'n' Chips 21 Mar 2007, 19:27
UK cops clamp down on midnight PS3 launch

Sony's big day faces disruption

London's Oxford Street Virgin Megastore will be the only shop in the centre of the capital to offer Sony PlayStation 3s at midnight tomorrow - thanks to the actions of Westminster Council and the Metropolitan Police. The reason? Local government and law enforcement officials fear they won't be able to cope with the crowds. …

Consoles 21 Mar 2007, 20:51