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2nd May 2007 Archive

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  • Apple patches security hole in QuickTime

    QuickTime one of four popular apps currently at risk

    Apple has patched a high-profile vulnerability in QuickTime eleven days after the flaw allowed a hacker to publicly hijack a brand new MacBook Pro. The Apple media player is just one of four popular applications suffering from security defects that currently require the urgent attention of those who use them. The three other …

    Mac 2 May 2007, 02:04

  • Nvidia whups Intel in Q1 desktop graphics

    But a poor quarter for the biz as a whole

    Chip maker Nvidia can be seen striding around the graphics arena, arms raised, muscles flexed after giving Intel a mighty thrashing in the first-quarter contest. Nvidia wrested leadership of the desktop graphics market from the chip giant, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) revealed today. Intel quit Q4 2006 with a share of 37.5 per …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 May 2007, 09:21

  • Sony says public to test Home for PS3 this summer

    Console fans get Sad Life all of their own

    Sony will open its Home to guests this summer, the consumer electronics giant has said. No, we're not talking some tedious Hello-esque celebrity fawn-a-thon, but the Second Life-style alternative world for the PS3. Home is currently in pre-release testing. At the moment, only Sony insiders are getting a look-in, but the beta …

    Consoles 2 May 2007, 09:54

  • Moto gives thumbs-up to 'imperial purple' RAZR

    Those about to dial, salute you

    Who can Motorola have in mind for its limited edition purple RAZR V3i handset? Roman emperors? Catholic cardinals? Prince fans? Bloggers with a particularly florid prose style? Whoever, it's offering the beetroot-hued handset to Stateside buyers. We've seen the specs before - little has changed since the RAZR's debut in …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 2 May 2007, 10:22

  • Sky customers spending more than £400 a year

    Updated HD and Sky+ promote growth

    Sky has announced its figures for the first three months of 2007, and things are looking rosy. Critically, the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) is up to £406 per year (from £394 over the last quarter) - very good news for Sky, which also saw customer numbers rise by 51,000 to just under 8.5 million. High Definition has been …

    HD 2 May 2007, 10:45

  • Ballmer: Apple's iPhone will be a niche player

    Analysis That's right, Steve - and it's a good thing too

    So did Microsoft CEO Steve 'Monkey Boy' Ballmer actually claim Apple's iPhone strategy is "flawed" or "bust", as a fair few bloggers picking up on his USA Today interview suggested? Not quite. In fact, Ballmer admitted the iPhone will make Apple "a lot of money". Which is the whole point, isn't it? However, it's an …

    Phones 2 May 2007, 11:27

  • Jesus appears in Samsung Flash memory chip

    Electron microscopy reveals 4-gig Messiah

    True believers and Golden Palace Casino take note: we have just received news that Our Lord has manifested himself in a four-gig Samsung Flash memory chip - complete with beard and ethereal "flower petal halo" effect. Yay verily, as the Bible sayeth (Luke 21:27): "At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 May 2007, 11:27

  • ION USB turntable

    Review The vinyl countdown

    The next generation of DJs are forsaking traditional 12-inchers in favour of digital means to create their sounds. If you think today's tunes could benefit from some seasoned samples, or even if you want to transfer your vintage vinyl to a digital music player, then this could be a worthwhile investment. The ION USB turntable …

    Gadgets 2 May 2007, 12:04

  • 60% of laptops to have Flash storage by 2010, claims researcher

    Notebook vendors cache in

    "More than half of new notebooks to use Flash drives by Q4 2009," shouts the headline on market watcher iSuppli's latest missive, before admitting soon after that, actually, it's counting not just solid-state drives but also regular HDDs with integrated Flash cache and separate caches like Intel's Turbo Memory module. Still, …

    PCs 2 May 2007, 13:18

  • Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra card available in two weeks' time

    It's the "world's fastest GPU", Nvidia claims, though it may not be long before AMD's ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT grabs the title from the GeForce 8800 Ultra, released today as forecast. Actually, the Nvidia chip may even have the edge even then, if early tests of the 2900 XT and 2900 XTX are anything to go by. We'd have liked to …

    Bits 'n' Chips 2 May 2007, 13:44

  • O2 re-embraces HTC with XDA Argon launch

    O2 has shown is second XDA smart phone to be made by Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC since the two companies kissed and made up after their mid-2006 falling out. The latest model, the Argon, sports a 3.5in display. The 240 x 320, 65,536-colour screen is the Argon's stand-out feature - the rest is standard fare: tri-band …

    Phones 2 May 2007, 14:11

  • Dell's dance with Ubuntu: True love or farce?

    Here we go again

    Where Dell 1.0 had Red Hat, Dell 2.0 sports Ubuntu. Can you really tell the difference? Dell 1.0 had Michael Dell brag in 2000 about being "the first major manufacturer to offer Linux across its full product line." Dell made these comments at the LinuxWorld conference, where he also promoted Dell investments in open source …

    PCs 2 May 2007, 23:33