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9th May 2007 Archive

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  • Intel 'Santa Rosa' blooms into Centrino Duo, Pro

    Next-gen notebook platform debuts

    Intel has launched 'Santa Rosa', the latest generation of its Centrino laptop platform. This time round, the brand is being segmented: Centrino Pro for big business, Centrino Duo for the rest of us. Intel mobile Core 2 Duo processor Duo is the baseline. It's based around revised versions of the mobile Core 2 Duo processors …

    PCs 9 May 2007, 09:44

  • Sony Ericsson revamps P series smart phone

    Back to basics

    Sony Ericsson is to take its P series of Symbian-running smart phones right back to basics. Last night it launched the candybar, Wi-Fi enabled P1. The new handset brings the P series' look into line with Sony Ericsson's other top-of-the-range models. Once again, it uses the UIQ user interface, controled through the micro …

    Phones 9 May 2007, 10:27

  • Sony Ericsson phones slim for spring

    Sony Ericsson's spring handset launch - out of which sprang the revamped P series smart phone and the "nature inspired" S500 fashion phone - also the launch of a pair of lesser models.   Sony Ericsson T250 First, the T250, a low-end handset with high-end looks inspired by the new T650. The basic model is a dual-band phone …

    Phones 9 May 2007, 10:52

  • Samsung sends usable UMPC to USA

    Samsung has launched its second-generation UMPC, the Q1 Ultra, in the US - two months after the device was unveiled at the CeBIT show in Germany. This time, Samsung was able to confirm the machine is based on Intel's 'Stealy' processor, a version of the old 'Dothan' Pentium M dusted off for use in UMPCs. At the Q1 Ultra's …

    PCs 9 May 2007, 11:18

  • AMD details 65nm laptop chip line-up

    AMD has updated the announcement it made more than a week ago about 65nm dual-core Turion 64 X2 mobile processors with some solid details about the new chip family's speeds and feeds. Leading the line-up is the 2.3GHz TL-66 - as previously forecast - a 35W part sporting twin 512KB L2 caches. It's joined by the TL-62, TL-60, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 May 2007, 11:34

  • Palm preps antenna-less 3G Palm OS Treo

    750 / 680 = 755p

    Palm has shown off its latest Palm OS based Treo smartphone, a US-oriented version of the 3G-connected Treo 750 it launched in the UK in September 2006.   The Treo 755p uses the same design as the 750 and, indeed, the 2.5G 680. Initially offered through the Sprint network, the handset has a dual-band CDMA 2000 EvDO radio on …

    Phones 9 May 2007, 12:02

  • Creative tunes up laptop-friendly X-Fi audio enhancer

    Creative is to bring its X-Fi audio enhancement technology to notebook computers - at least, notebook computers with an ExpressCard 54 slot on board. Dubbed the SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook, the add-in unit was announced today in Japan. The card has analogue and digital optical 3.5mm input and output ports, and a …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 9 May 2007, 13:01

  • Nvidia targets Turion with AMD-oriented IGPs

    Nvidia today launched three GeForce 7-class single-chip integrated chipsets, all of them aimed at AMD-based notebooks, Turion 64 X2-equipped machines in particular. Branded the GeForce 7000M, 7150M and 7190M, the GPUs are integrated into a single package that also contains, respectively, the nForce 610M, 630M and 640M …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 May 2007, 14:00

  • Sony turns to Centrino revamp for Blu-ray, HDMI laptop

    Hot on the heels of chip maker Intel's Centrino Duo notebook platform revamp come the laptops based upon it. One of the first: Sony's vaguely MacBook Pro-like Vaio FZ series. The line comprises eight models. The top-of-the-line unit packs in a Blu-ray Disc burner; 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7300 processor; 2GB of 800MHz DDR 2 memory …

    PCs 9 May 2007, 14:01

  • Nvidia takes GeForce 8M laptop GPUs on the road

    Drops the 'Go'

    Nvidia has rolled out a whopping 15 laptop-centric GPUs most, but not all, based on the chip maker's eighth-generation architecture and stretching from AMD-oriented budget systems through to Intel- and AMD-based high-end rigs. The key parts are the GeForce 8400M G, GS and GT, and the 8600M GS and GT. Moving along the line, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 May 2007, 14:02

  • Palm punts free satnav kit to tempt new Treo buyers

    Buy a Palm Treo 680, 750 or 750v between now and 30 June and the PDA pioneer will give you a free TomTom 6 satnav package to run on it. The freebie includes a memory card that contains the TomTom Navigator 6 software and maps for your country of choice. You'll also get a Bluetooth GPS receiver, and an in-car mount and …

    GPS and Satnav 9 May 2007, 14:06

  • BFG water-cools, overclocks Nvidia 8800 GTS card

    Gaming PC parts provider BFG Technologies has released a 16 per cent overclocked, water-cooled graphics card based on Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTS chip. The GPU and the 640MB of GDDR 3 memory sit under a copper heatblock through which the water is pumped from a separate piping system. The liquid provides sufficient cooling for …

    Bits 'n' Chips 9 May 2007, 14:53