29th March 2007 Archive

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Apple Windows-on-Mac tool now works with Vista

So much for the Leopard delay claims

Apple has updated its Boot Camp beta software to support Windows Vista. So much for claims that Mac OS X 10.5 would be delayed to ensure Vista compatibility. The new release, version 1.2, not only adds support for the 32-bit version of Vista but also implements a number of interesting tweaks, including the ability to use the …

Mac 29 Mar 2007, 09:03
AMD launches laptop-friendly 690 chipset

Variants offer HDMI, Display Cache tech

AMD has rolled out the notebook-centric version of its recently released 690 integrated chipset. Like the 690V, the M690 incorporates an ATI Radeon X1200-branded, X700-class graphics core capable of driving HDMI and DVI outputs to external displays. It also supports an x16 PCI Express connection for an external GPU. The GPU …

Bits 'n' Chips 29 Mar 2007, 09:25
SiS flags down Intel 1333MHz bus

Core 2 Quad chipsets coming

Chipset maker SiS has licensed Intel's 1333MHz frontside bus technology, allowing it not only offer product that supports the higher bus speed but also to support the chip giant's Core 2 Quad four-core processor. SiS didn't say how long its licence lasts but claimed it was a "long-term" deal. Its announcement came on the same …

Bits 'n' Chips 29 Mar 2007, 09:41
Retailer offers DAP-disclosing Easter Eggy

When I was a kid, I'd be lucky if an Easter Egg had a few Smarties inside. Offspring are more spoiled these days: now they find MP3 players inside their seasonal confections. The brainchild of UK digital media player specialist Advanced MP3 Players, the foil-wrapped egg comes in a golden presentation box. Tear it open and …

Gadgets and Gizmos 29 Mar 2007, 09:59
Dell pricks up its ears

Pre-installed Linux soon coming to a desktop near you

Hot on the heels of our Dell story yesterday, the computer maker has announced plans to release PCs and laptops that ship with the Linux operating system. Desktoplinux.com was given the nod by Dell yesterday, which indicated its intention to provide home users with pre-installed Linux on a select range of its PCs and laptops …

PCs 29 Mar 2007, 10:36
Nokia gushes over colourful phone threesome

An 'artful balance between technology and nature'. Apparently

Nokia introduced a trio of colourful, consumer-friendly handsets today, connecting its XpressMusic line to 3G networks and its L'Amour - urgh - phones to CDMA carriers. But what caught our eye was the budget, voice-centric 5070. It's aimed at kids, of course, though Nokia must also have its eye on wrinklier generations or …

Gadgets and Gizmos 29 Mar 2007, 10:56
Motorola Motofone F3 e-ink handset

Review Can a phone this basic, this cheap be any good? Yes it can

Spiritual successor to Motorola's budget C113 handset, the new 'Motofone' F3 has clearly been designed with developing markets and the more technophobic among us in mind. All you get is a very basic phone that does nothing other than make and take calls and texts, and work as an alarm clock. That's it. No, really, that is it …

Phones 29 Mar 2007, 10:59
iTunes tempts single-buyers with album-purchase carrot

No more paying for singles twice

Bought a single from iTunes? Want to buy the rest of the album? Well, you always could, just by buying all the other tracks one after the other, but Apple has finally added a button to do it with a single click. Actually, this new Complete My Album is more useful than it sounds, given the number of albums that contain long …

Media players 29 Mar 2007, 14:15
Apple TV-to-SD TV adaptor price cut 40%

Only viable option?

Would-be Apple TV buyers looking to hook the iPod-style set-top-box to a standard-definition telly will be pleased to hear one of best ways of hooking the two up together is now rather cheaper. J S Technology this week knocked the price of its component-video to RGB converter from £150 down to £90. In addition to RGB Scart …

Media players 29 Mar 2007, 15:18