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30th April 2007 Archive

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  • OLPC bumps prices, adds Windows capability

    The $175 '$100 laptop'

    The $100 laptop at the heart of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme is now going to cost $175, the organisation has announced. The machine, which originally was to run its own open source operating system, will also be capable of running Windows. OLPC is a non-profit organisation, set up by the former head of MIT's Media …

    PCs 30 Apr 2007, 09:28

  • Samsung speeds Flash for MP3 players

    Samsung has begun pumping out 16Gb (2GB) Flash storage chips, the first chip maker to do so, it claimed this weekend. It maintained the parts have almost double the speed off its current Flash offerings. How come? They're fabbed at 51nm - Samsung's other Flash chips are fabbed at 60nm. The new chips' read and write speeds …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Apr 2007, 09:52

  • PlayStation mag tears out 'unsuitable' slaughtered goat pic

    Would entrails have revealed future furore?

    The UK's Official PlayStation Magazine has said today it will yank a picture depicting a headless goat - a day after the Mail on Sunday newspaper branded the imagery "depraved". The picture was taken at an Ancient Greece-themed event recently hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) to launch God of War II, an …

    Consoles 30 Apr 2007, 11:13

  • BT brings Wii-like remote control to PCs

    Shake, rattle and roll

    UK telco British Telecom has built an add-on for laptops, tablets and ultra-mobile PCs that allows users to control their computer simply by moving it around. Called Balance, the unit plugs into a spare USB port. Inside, it contains a set of motion sensors similar to the detectors build into Nintendo's Wii Remote game …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 30 Apr 2007, 11:34

  • Apple 'revises' sub-notebook Mac release date

    Mac Mini not due until 2008?

    Apple's rumoured Flash-fitted sub-notebook Mac will not appear until much later this year and possibly not until 2008, it has been claimed. According to an AppleIndsider report, the reasons for the alleged revision to the machine's release schedule are unknown. The site's sources, who first dropped hints about the sub- …

    Mac 30 Apr 2007, 13:13

  • EVGA 680i LT SLI nForce-based motherboard

    Review Cut-down 680i - or shoved up 650i?

    For some time, Nvidia's 600 family of chipsets has had a gaping chasm between the nForce 650i SLI, which typically sells for £90, and the nForce 680i SLI, which starts at £165. Enter the 680i LT SLI chipset, a budget version of the 680i SLI. EVGA's nForce 680i LT SLI board from the front As the name suggests, the nForce …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Apr 2007, 15:49

  • Xbox 360 Elite arrives in US - or does it?

    Big-name sites show limited availability

    Microsoft's 'none more black' Xbox 360 Elite has gone on sale in the US, allowing Xbox buffs to trade up to a 120GB hard drive and HDMI connectivity for just $480 - if they can find one, that is. Although the machine was to have been made available yesterday, quite a few of the big names in online retail didn't have units …

    Consoles 30 Apr 2007, 16:28