12th April 2007 Archive

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Sony US yanks 20GB PlayStation 3

Demand for 'budget' console too small

It's official: Sony has canned the 20GB PlayStation 3, a version of the console never seen in the UK, Europe and PAL territories, but released in the US and Japan. The 20GB model's status in Sony's home nation remains uncertain, but in North America, we can say it's history. "Due to the overwhelming demand for the 60GB …

Consoles 12 Apr 2007, 07:32
Shuttle debuts firey hued, liquid cooled gaming PC

Dual-core CPU, twin GPUs

Small form-factor PC specialist Shuttle has introduced its first liquid-cooled system, launching the flame-coloured performance box in Japan as the limited edition SDXi 1337 series. Beyond the custom paint job, the SDXi look like Shuttle's XPC small form-factor machines - it's the SD37P2, to be precise. Inside, it's got a 2 …

PCs 12 Apr 2007, 08:00
Orange unpeels Samsung BlackBerry-esque i600

Coming this month?

Orange will be bringing Samsung's Windows Mobile-based BlackBerry-like i600 smart phone to the UK and France, the carrier's website has revealed. It'll arrive toward the end of this month, others have claimed. Orange UK hasn't formally announced the i600, and the handset's not yet listed on the network's Coming Soon page, …

Phones 12 Apr 2007, 08:32
Intel Core 2 Celerons benchmarked

As-yet-unannounced CPUs take on AMD Athlon 64

Intel's upcoming Core 2-derived single-core 65nm Celeron 400 series looks set to give comparably clocked AMD Athlon 64 processors a run for their money, if pre-release benchmarks posted on the net are to be believed. Chinese-language website HKPEC lined up the 1.8GHz Celeron 430 and 2GHz Celeron 440 against the 2.2GHz Athlon …

Bits 'n' Chips 12 Apr 2007, 09:00
Nintendo upgrades Wii web browser

Nintendo has rolled out a smarter version of its Wii games console's Internet Channel, offering the application - based on the Opera web browser - to Net-connected Wii owners free of charge until 30 June. Nintendo and Opera claimed the new browser is faster and contains more features than its predecessor. It's easier to use …

Consoles 12 Apr 2007, 09:37
Samsung 10.9mm skinny phone slips into Europe

Samsung has launched its Ultra Edition II 10.9 - more prosiacally also known as the SGH-U600 - in Europe - for a second time. It first showed the 10.9mm-thick slider phone back in February at the 3GSM show. Still, it did reveal more about the phone's feature set this time round. Before, we know the U600 would be a quad-band …

Phones 12 Apr 2007, 10:00
Big Blue boffins build 3D chip stack tech

Look, ma, no wires

IBM is bidding to become the NCP of semiconductors with a multi-storey chip technology that it hopes will allow CPUs to be stacked with memory, specialised processing cores and other components one on top of the other. Mounting chip components vertically is nothing new, but the new IBM technique abandons the wires typically …

Bits 'n' Chips 12 Apr 2007, 10:30
Update opens 'hidden' GPS on HTC P3600

HTC's P3600 PDA phone has a secret: it's got a built-in GPS receiver. And thanks to a newly posted system software update, this previously hidden facility been activated. You'll need a navigation application to make the most of it, of course. To that end, HTC has also made available a copy of TomTom Navigator 6 and a single …

Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Apr 2007, 11:13
Enormo remote ends lost-under-sofa misery

And now the ultimate remote control not only for folk fed up with having to use different ones for all their audio-visual kit, but also for anyone who's ever lost one. Enter the Jumbo Remote, a control that's takes up more space than a sheet of paper. Innovage Products' offering measures a whopping 27.5 x 12.5cm and is …

Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Apr 2007, 13:01
Peak perfects retractable USB Flash drive

Sick of losing the caps of the end of your USB Flash drives? Peripheral maker Peak has the answer: a drive with a slide-over cover. Available now in capacities ranging from 1GB to 8GB - a 16GB model's on the way, Peak said - the Peak Slider cover just retracts back over the drive to reveal the USB connector. Done with the …

Storage 12 Apr 2007, 13:25
Sony Walkman NW-A800 media player

Review The Walkman enters the digital video arena...

Sony used to be synonymous with portable entertainment: its Walkman range was the brand that all products aspired to. After losing ground with the digital generation Sony is out to mount a comeback with the NW-A800 - its first Walkman that can handle both audio and video playback on the go. The NW-A800 is more of a competitor …

Media players 12 Apr 2007, 14:50
T-Mobile 'all white' with blanched BlackBerry Pearl

iPod-esque smart phone offered in UK

T-Mobile UK is about to add Research in Motion's white BlackBerry Pearl to its roster of smart phones, the carrier announced today. When we checked, T-Mobile's website wasn't yet listing the iPod-coloured handset, but T-Mobile said its appearance was imminent. Beyond the colour, the white model is identical to the existing …

Phones 12 Apr 2007, 15:07
Apple delays Leopard for your own good

iPhone's magic to blame

Apple Computer has delayed the highly anticipated release of Leopard - aka Mac OS X 10.5 - by four months so it can devote developers and QA resources to its other labor of love, the iPhone. That slates the unleashing of Leopard for October instead of early June at Apple's developers conference. The announcement confirms …

Mac 12 Apr 2007, 22:06