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11th May 2007 Archive

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  • Apple invents novel back-to-front iPod control

    Touchpad on the back of the device

    Apple has asked the US Patent and Trademark Office to credit it with inventing the concept of a rather clever reverse-action user interface: the display on the front is controlled by a touchpad on the back. It's a smart idea derived, we'd imagine, from observing how people hold phones, iPods, PDAs and the like. All these …

    Media players 11 May 2007, 09:57

  • Nvidia Q1 yields big year-on-year gains

    World+dog wants graphics chips

    Nvidia last night reported quarterly sales and earning down on the previous three-month period but well up on the year-ago quarter. Revenues for three three months to 29 April 2007 - the first quarter of the graphics company's 2008 fiscal year - came to $844.3m, down 3.9 per cent sequentially but up 23.8 per cent on Q1 FY2007 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 11 May 2007, 10:17

  • Hitachi spins up fastest encrypted laptop drive

    Hitachi's Global Storage team have begun spinning what they claim is the world's fastest notebook hard drive with on-board automatic data encryption technology. The Travelstar 7K200 rotates at a desktop-level 7,200rpm. The 2.5in drive is available in capacities ranging from 120GB to 200GB. It connects across a 1.5Gbps or a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 11 May 2007, 10:45

  • Logitech Alto keyboard and laptop stand

    Review Posture improver?

    If your laptop is your primary work machine then you'll end up spending a fair amount of time hunched over it - which isn't exactly good for your back, let alone your posture. Logitech's Alto stand allows you to raise the screen up, so it's at a more natural height and also includes a full keyboard for, it claims, better typing …

    Gadgets 11 May 2007, 11:00

  • Laptop overheats, vapourises Brazil... almost

    Red hot Compaq

    Pity reader Rafael Santos, who came home from work, started up his Compaq nc8430 only to find it refusing to start up because the on-board thermal sensor was registering an internal temperature of 5155°C. To put that into context, the surface of the Sun is, at 5526°C just 371°C hotter than Rafael's laptop. It's not far off …

    PCs 11 May 2007, 15:44

  • SanDisk and Microsoft BFFs around software-stuffed memory

    Cruzer replaced by new entity

    Microsoft and SanDisk have inked a deal to create USB flash drives and memory cards with built-in software and user preferences to replace SanDisk's existing U3 Cruzer line. Under the agreement, Microsoft will develop new software and SanDisk will cover the hardware for the products. The hardware/software pairing will allow …

    PCs 11 May 2007, 23:49