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5th June 2007 Archive

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  • Intel power PC platforms: Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and V8

    Review Blistering performance?

    Intel has been dancing all over AMD's financials with its Core 2 processors for the past year and it's keeping up the pressure, most recently with the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and, more intriguingly, it's product-that-isn't-a-product, the V8 platform. Intel's V8: firing on all cylinders? Let's start with V8 as it's something …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Jun 2007, 11:02

  • Sony cuts price of Blu-ray player

    Another battle in the ongoing Format War

    Sony has cut $100 (£50/€74) off the recommended retail price of its new next-generation DVD player in an attempt to forge ahead in the Format Wars. The BDP-S300 now costs $499 (£250/€370) - half what the company's first dedicated Blu-ray player cost when it was launched six months ago. Consequently, the PS3 is now no longer …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 5 Jun 2007, 12:54

  • HTC jumps on touch-screen phone bandwagon

    New handset could be the iPhone spoiler

    Today in London, HTC showed off its latest mobile phone handset, simply known to as the Touch - referring to its main feature, the fact that functions are accessed and operated through a touch screen...rather like that much-hyped other touch screen mobile phone soon to hit the shores of the US - Apple's iPhone. Until …

    Phones 5 Jun 2007, 14:36