13th April 2007 Archive

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Games swap site goes live

Anyone who's thought of flogging their old games on eBay or Amazon and found prices too small to be worth the hassle may care to try new website Infinite Continues, a kind of Multicoloured Swap Shop for games. Well, without Keith Chegwin and Noel Edmonds, of course. The site formally launched this week after six months' …

Consoles 13 Apr 2007, 08:02
AMD to brand ATI Radeon 2000 series for HD era

R600 details finalised as launch nears

AMD's 'R600' graphics chip will ship as the ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, the company has apparently revealed. Note the expulsion of the 'X'. The chip will contain 320 unified shaders and is capable of 24x anti-aliasing. So claims website DailyTech, citing the vendor itself. The GPU can connect to memory across an eight-channel …

Bits 'n' Chips 13 Apr 2007, 08:39
Sony revamps satnav line-up

Scenting summer and out to appeal to anyone who got lost or stuck in traffic during the Easter break, Sony has pointed the way to a major refresh of its Nav-U satellite navigation kit range. The new line-up comprises four models. The NV-U52 contains 512MB of on-board memory, enough for maps covering a single country. It has …

GPS and Satnav 13 Apr 2007, 08:43
Samsung says 'yes' to dual HD DVD, Blu-ray player

Didn't appear in 2005, 2006; will ship in 2007

Samsung's on again, off again plan to produce a player that can handle both next-gen optical disc formats - HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc - is going to happen after all. The Korean giant today said it will ship such a machine in the US in time for Christmas. Dubbed the Duo HD player - the more prosaic model number is BD-UP5000 - …

HD 13 Apr 2007, 09:10
Wi-Fi equipped iPod on the horizon?

Apple will bring out an iPod with Wi-Fi wireless connectivity on board during the latter half of the year - if the latest whispers coming from Taiwan's electronics manufacturer community are to be believed, that is. So claims local newssite DigiTimes today, which mentions moles from contract manufacturers Foxconn and …

Media players 13 Apr 2007, 09:46
LG offers taster of candybar Shine

Metal mobile to appear in all form-factors

LG has introduced a candybar incarnation of its Shine slider phone. The new model - dubbed the KE770 - is 9.9mm thick, just shy of the regular Shine's 14mm waist. Otherwise the specs remain pretty much the same, LG indicated when it showed the new handset off in Russia today. Expect it to pack in a 262,144-colour, 240 x 320 …

Phones 13 Apr 2007, 11:43
Why the PS3 might share the same fate as the PSP

Opinion Will the Wii beat the PS3 like the DS Lite trumped the PSP?

Especially with the recent indicators that the Wii is outselling the PS3, I'm beginning to think I'm seeing the PSP vs the DS again, but writ large. On the one hand you've got the Wii, a game console with a unique control system. Its graphically superior Sony competitor, the PS3, is more expensive, pumps out better graphics …

Consoles 13 Apr 2007, 13:46
WD touts quieter, smoother drives for video

Bidding for the DVR and set-top box business

Audio-video drives are back on the menu, with Western Digital bringing out a range of IDE and SATA hard disks that goes to a chunky 500GB – enough for up to 30 hours of HD video, reckons WD. The drives include a number of tweaks and new technologies to optimise them for AV applications. WD claimed that they can deliver smooth …

Bits 'n' Chips 13 Apr 2007, 19:24