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1st May 2007 Archive

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  • Corsair deploys Bond-friendly Flash drive

    On the off-chance you want to take a USB Flash drive up Everest or down the Amazon, memory specialist Corsair has launched Survivor, an "ultra-rugged" storage tool that's drop-proof and water resistant to a depth of 200m. Which is more than you can say for most of the kit it'll be connected to. The Survivor is encased in …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 1 May 2007, 09:43

  • Sony eyes add-on camera for PSP

    Picture perfect?

    Sony is to offer a clip-on camera for PlayStation Portable punters this month, allowing them to get snapping months ahead of PS3 owners, whose Eye cam, announced last week, doesn't debut until the summer. The PSP version's called the Go!Cam has a 180° rotatable lens, a 1.3-megapixel image sensor and an on-board microphone …

    Consoles 1 May 2007, 10:04

  • Dell Linux is go

    Ubuntu named as distro for desktops and laptops

    Dell has finally chosen a Linux distribution to offer on its desktop and laptop machines. Following news that Michael Dell was running Ubuntu on his personal laptop, the company has followed suit and from late May Dell machines will ship with Ubuntu 7.04 as an option. There's no official word from Dell, but several sources …

    PCs 1 May 2007, 11:08

  • Sling throws in Mac-friendly SlingPlayer

    Apple TV... not on your TV

    Sling Media has released the Mac version of its SlingPlayer viewing application. It's only nine months or so behind schedule, but better late than never we say. More to the point, the UK version is available from day one. SlingPlayer displays whatever video source the Slingbox TV-via-the-net box is tuned to: its own, …

    Mac 1 May 2007, 11:13

  • Brits pitch 'extreme conditions' video cam

    Go shoot it on the mountain

    Looking for something to store on your extreme-conditions USB Flash drive? British electronics company Persides has an answer: its VEEcam take-up-a-mountain, carry-under-water video player/camera combo. The VEEcam's kitted out in the traditional 'sports' colour scheme of yellow and black, but any resemblance to consumer …

    Cameras 1 May 2007, 11:57

  • Kutaragi to pilot PlayStation development?

    Vision too vague to be sure

    Whether Ken 'Father of the PlayStation' Kutaragi will get to work on the PlayStation 4 remains to be seen, but he's certainly talking like he is. And the PS5. And the PS6. Speaking to electronics industry site EETimes, Kutaragi said: "As a matter of course, I have the vision of Playstation 4, 5 and 6, which will merge into …

    Consoles 1 May 2007, 12:44

  • Nokia N95 multimedia slider phone

    2007's Top Products Yes, it does everything - but is it any good?

    It's the Swiss Army Knife of mobile phones: a compact handset that does everything. Music, video, mobile and wireless broadand, photography, satnav, email, blogging, office work, web surfing, messaging - heck, it'll even help you talk to people over long distances. But is Nokia's top-of-the-range N95 trying too hard to be too …

    Phones 1 May 2007, 14:08

  • Sonnet add-in to tune UK MacBook Pros into to eSATA

    Mac add-on specialist Sonnet has launched its Tempo Serial ATA ExpressCard in the UK. Aimed at Apple's MacBook Pro line, the card allows laptop users to hook up a pair of eSATA-enabled hard drives. The slimline card contains a 3Gbps SATA controller, though since the ExpressCard slots in MacBook Pros connect via the …

    Mac 1 May 2007, 15:02

  • Velocity Micro buys Overdrive PC

    Overclocking in the USA

    Velocity Micro, the US PC maker, has acquired Overdrive PC, a small Georgia-based rival which specialises in highly overclocked PCs for the gaming market. Terms are undisclosed. Velocity is moving all of Overdrive's staff into its the Richmond, VA headquarters. Numbers are undisclosed again, so we assume that there aren't …

    PCs 1 May 2007, 18:20

  • Gateway ships quad-core desktop into US stores

    Retail proposition

    Gateway let slip a quad core desktop into some major US retail outlets today. It's called the Gateway FX, it costs from $2099.99 and - as you will guess from the price tag, it is aimed at the PC enthusiast and "digital creation" markets. The base spec includes Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processors, 512MB ATI Radeon X1950 …

    PCs 1 May 2007, 19:00