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3rd May 2007 Archive

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  • Danes 'prove' sudden iBook death syndrome

    Danish turnover Apple

    The Consumer Complaints Board in Denmark claims to have evidence of a original design defect in the iBook G4 that has been hotly denied by Apple. Many iBook G4 customers complained that after about one year's use, the laptop acquired the nasty habit of powering down and greeting the users with a blank screen and a loud …

    Mac 3 May 2007, 00:43

  • Intel preps lower power Core 2 Quads

    Intel is set to release in two months' time a version of its Core 2 Quad four-core processor that consumes less power than the chip available today. Due mid-July, the new version is called G0 - the current is B3 - and knocks the Core 2 Quad's Thermal Design Power - how much power the chip consumes when it's running flat out …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 May 2007, 07:02

  • Apple pledges green glasnost

    But eco-activists still not satisfied

    Apple has pledged to be more open about the steps it's taking to become more environmentally responsible. But despite the company's claim to be greener than the likes of Dell, HP and Lenovo, its eco nemesis, Greenpeace, wasn't entirely satisfied with the move. Admitting that Apple hasn't done enough to let its stakeholders …

    Mac 3 May 2007, 08:34

  • RIM reveals BlackBerry Curve

    More consumer than corporate?

    Research in Motion (RIM) has taken the wraps off the smallest, lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry yet: the Curve, a more stylish but less feature-filled alternative to the existing BlackBerry 8800. The model number gives Curve away: it's the 8300, so technically a lesser product than the 8800. So while both devices come with …

    Phones 3 May 2007, 09:05

  • AMD picks Phenom, axes Athlon as high-end handle?

    Uninspiring

    It's time to wave farewell to AMD's Athlon brand and welcome in its place... er... Phenom. According to online reports, that's what AMD is going to start calling its high-end desktop chips. The idea is that the name implies phenomenal performance, we guess, but f'nom doesn't work for us - it's too easy to glance at and read …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 May 2007, 09:34

  • Creative slings Stone at iPod Shuffle

    Zen and the art of digital music

    Creative is to cater for those "with an active lifestyle" with a new entry-level MP3 player range dubbed the Zen Stone - a compact gadget designed to take the fight to Apple's iPod Shuffle. The Stone is also remarkably reminiscent of the similar sounding Pebble, but it's the Shuffle that Creative has its eye on. The tiny …

    Media players 3 May 2007, 10:02

  • Nokia unveils 'emerging market' handset septet

    clamshells and candybars

    Nokia is all candybars and clamshells today after it launched seven handsets for developing-world markets - some designed to make it easy for them to be shared by families. Nokia 1208 The dual-band GSM Nokia 1200 and 1208, for example, each have five phonebooks on board. Both handsets have a 96 x 68 display - a monochome …

    Phones 3 May 2007, 10:55

  • HTC S310 Windows Mobile smart phone

    Review Entry-level handset

    If first impressions are as important as some people claim, then the HTC S310 is in big trouble. Selling itself as having a 'compact design', when it first sits in the palm of your hand you can't help thinking you've been handed something that's at least a few years old. Despite measuring up at just 10.8 x 4.7 x 1.85cm and …

    Phones 3 May 2007, 12:56

  • Slam out power chords like Hendrix

    Now you too can spank your plank just like legendary axeman Jimi Hendrix. Well, almost. New software, released today, can make you sound like Hendrix, but riffing like the great man will take a bucket-load of talent too. The app you'll need is Italian software developer IK Multimedia's AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix. Connect your …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 3 May 2007, 13:43

  • From 1981: the World's first UMPC

    Forgotten Tech Epson's battery powered mobile computer

    It's the original UMPC: Epson's HX-20, announced in 1981 - 25 years before Intel and Microsoft formally launched the ultra-mobile PC category, in April 2006. Epson's machine wasn't the first portable computer - that honour goes to the Osborne 1. But while the Osborne was a beast of a machine, designed more as a desktop you …

    PCs 3 May 2007, 15:54