16th April 2007 Archive

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Intel to build WiMAX into laptops in 2008

IDF 'Montevina' Centrino details revealed

Intel has spilled the beans on 'Montevina', the next-but-one generation of its Centrino mobile platform, due to appear during H1 2008, a year on from 'Santa Rosa', the Centrino update coming next month. Montevina will centre on a 45nm version of the mobile Core 2 Duo chip, based on Intel's 'Penryn' microarchitecture. It will …

PCs 16 Apr 2007, 04:56
Intel to take on Quad FX with 3GHz gaming CPU

IDF Quick update for Core 2 Extreme line

Intel's gaming-oriented four-core Core 2 Extreme QX6800 was expected to appear in Q3 but launched last week. So what will happen in Q3? The chip giant will release a faster version, the QX6850, according to motherboard-maker moles. That, at least, is what they've told Chinese-language site HKEPC. They claim the QX6850 will …

Bits 'n' Chips 16 Apr 2007, 05:32
Intel to evolve 'Bearlake' with 'Eaglelake'

IDF Tweaks rather than radical changes

Even as Intel's 'Bearlake' chipsets - to ship as the P35, G35, X38 and so on - near release, details have emerged of their successors, codenamed 'Eaglelake' and targeting the chip giant's 45nm dual- and quad-core desktop CPUs. According to leaked presentation slides, the chipsets' specifications are a small step forward from …

Bits 'n' Chips 16 Apr 2007, 05:39
iRiver slims second-gen Clix

iRiver's Clix 2 super-skinny digital media player - it's just 1.3cm thick in the middle, and even less at the edges - has come to the UK. The player sports a 2.2in, 320 x 240 OLED screen mounted on top of the control switches, so pushing the display itself triggers actions. The Clix 2 provides all the media playback …

Media players 16 Apr 2007, 05:40
Intel restyles laptop as wireless fashion accessory

IDF Cable-less connectivity, charging

Say hello to Intel's latest portable PC concept: the "metro notebook", an ultra-thin, ultra-light laptop for the ladies. Designed to be carried over the shoulder, the sub-0.7in thick, 1kg device sports an always-on secondary display for fast info updates. The Core 2 Duo-based machine's small screen is a colour non-volatile …

PCs 16 Apr 2007, 06:27
Intel confirms gaming Core 2 chip for notebooks

IDF Clock not locked

Intel will ship a clock-unlocked gamer-friendly Core 2 Duo mobile processor in the second-half of the year, the company has revealed. Next month's new Core 2 Duos will auto-overclock, it added. But while Quad-core laptop CPUs are coming too, Intel didn't say when. The overclockable Core 2 Duo is the anticipated Core 2 Extreme …

Bits 'n' Chips 16 Apr 2007, 06:46
Intel expects rapid 'Santa Rosa' ramp

IDF Next-gen Centrino to sell big, fast, chip maker forecasts

Almost 90 per cent of all the Centrino-branded laptops sold in Q4 will be based on the latest version of Intel's mobile platform, 'Santa Rosa', the chip giant believes. Santa Rosa debuts next month, though while some laptop manufacturers will announce models at that time, the big push will come two months later, Intel's …

Bits 'n' Chips 16 Apr 2007, 07:58
Five Samsung i600 phones to be won

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You can find out what we thought about Samsung's 3G-connected, Windows Mobile 5-based smart phone, the i600, by reading our review here. And now we've got five of these bad boys to give away... one every day this week. The i600's impressive feature set includes 3G (Third Generation) connectivity; 1.8MB high-speed downlink …

Phones 16 Apr 2007, 08:53
Belkin 802.11n hub to link up USB add-ons remotely

Sync your iPod, connect storage wirelessly

Belkin plans to make it even easier to access ordinary add-ons like iPods, printers, memory card readers, Flash keys and disk drives over wireless networks. This summer, it will release its Network USB Hub, a five-port box with an 802.11n connection. The low-rise black unit packs in two front-mounted USB 2.0 ports with the …

Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Apr 2007, 10:20
PNY pre-announces Nvidia GeForce 8600

Launch tomorrow, apparently

Graphics card maker PNY has confirmed that Nvidia is about to launch the GeForce 8600 GT graphics chip, pledging today to ship a card based on the not-yet-official GPU tomorrow. PNY's board, dubbed the 8600GTS, packs on 256MB of GDDR 3 memory. The company didn't provde any other details about the product, which it will be …

Bits 'n' Chips 16 Apr 2007, 10:37
Evesham plugs 26in LCD HDTV into Alqemi range

Evesham is continuing to advance its popular range of High Definition TVs with the addition of a new 26in LCD to its existing Alqemi selection. It comes with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 and is ready for 720p HD video. Evesham claims it has a response time of 8 mili-seconds, which should ease image smearing, or ‘ …

Gadgets and Gizmos 16 Apr 2007, 15:13