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4th May 2007 Archive

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  • AMD Phenom X2, X4, FX processor specs leak

    'Star' chip roll out runs through to Q1 2008

    Details are beginning to come through about just how AMD will roll out its next-gen desktop 'star' processors - so called because of their astronomy inspired codenames. While Q3 appears to be the key launch point, the shift extends through Q4 into Q1 2008. According to roadmap details posted by website DailyTech, Q3 will see …

    Bits 'n' Chips 4 May 2007, 10:26

  • O2, Vodafone first in UK with BlackBerry Curve

    O2 ahead by two weeks

    O2 and Vodafone today became the first UK carriers to take on Research in Motion's consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve. The handset itself was launched yesterday. The Curve is RIM's smallest and lightest - just about - BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard: it measures 10.7 x 6 x 1.6cm and weighs 111g. The handset has a two- …

    Phones 4 May 2007, 11:06

  • Intel web tablet SoC to cut power consumption by 20x

    After 'Menlow', 'Moorestown'

    Come 2010, UMPCs will consume only a twentieth of the power last year's models did and a fifth of the company's next-generation UMPC platform, Intel forecast last night. The chip maker only announced the latest version and the next incarnation of its Ultra Mobile Platform (UMP) in April, but at its spring financial conference …

    Bits 'n' Chips 4 May 2007, 12:44

  • Core to command all of Intel chip output by 2008

    Core blimey

    Intel's Core architecture will be the foundation of all Intel's x86 processors by the beginning of 2008, CEO Paul Otellini said last night at the chip giant's spring financial conference. Actually, the chart he presented showing the rise of the Core architecture and the decline to zero of "non-Core" processors the company …

    Bits 'n' Chips 4 May 2007, 13:05

  • Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P1610

    Review The Good Book overfloweth with features

    Laptops come in all shapes and sizes, from super-big, hernia-inducing desktop replacements to mega-dinky ultra-portables. The Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P1610 sits firmly at the smaller end of the scale, with a footprint barely larger than an A5 sheet of paper. It's built to be lightweight and portable, and though it may be …

    PCs 4 May 2007, 15:37

  • Latest AACS crack 'beyond revocation'

    That's torn it

    Hackers have found a way of circumventing the AACS copy prevention technology used by next-generation DVD disks. Unlike earlier breaks, the latest crack can't be papered over simply by pushing key revocation updates. Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encryption forms the cornerstone of the content protection technology on …

    PCs 4 May 2007, 19:33