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28th May 2007 Archive

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  • Asus EN8800 Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra-based graphics card

    Review AMD who?

    Nvidia has never been shy about slicing and dicing its product line-up to meet the needs of specific groups of the graphics-card buying public with the result that you can buy its flagship DirectX 10 GeForce 8800 chip in a number of versions. Nvidia's GeForce 8800 Ultra: GPU view The bread-and butter version is the 8800 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 28 May 2007, 08:57

  • Any port in a storm: the display tech battle

    Feature HDMI. DisplayPort. UDI. Three rivals, only one winner. Which will it be?

    Take a look at the back of a typical HDTV, and you'll almost certainly see at the very least one or more Scart connectors; a handful of RCA jacks to feed in stereo audio, composite video and component video; and at least one High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port... You might even see a VGA or DVI connector to allow …

    HD 28 May 2007, 11:55

  • Calif. firm sues Sony over the way it makes Blu-ray disks

    There's a silver lining in every Blu-ray patent cloud

    Sony is facing legal action from a Californian company over claims of patent infringement in its use of Blu-ray technology in the PlayStation 3 games console. Target Technology is demanding that three Sony-related companies stop manufacturing and distributing all Blu-ray discs. The firm alleges that the technology used to …

    HD 28 May 2007, 17:34

  • Bait and switch? Not us, says Best Buy

    See you in court

    Best Buy is to "vigorously defend" a lawsuit filed by the state of Connecticut, accusing the US company of bait and switch tactics to deceive and overcharge customers. The dispute resolves around Best Buy's in-store kiosks. These let customers see what is available in the store and their interface is identical in look and …

    Channel Register 28 May 2007, 20:00