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6th June 2007 Archive

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  • Storage 'robot' guards loads of data

    RAID for dummies

    Drobo is not much of a robot per se, but the little black box from California-based startup company Data Robotics does offer an interesting solution to external data storage. Data Robotics has opened up its RAID alternative today, targeting non-technical users awash in a sea of data. Conspicuously dubbed a "storage robot," …

    Storage 6 Jun 2007, 00:30

  • Apple adds LED-backlit displays to updated MacBook Pros

    Faster CPUs, Firewire 800 too

    Apple has upgraded its 15in MacBook Pro laptops, equipping the new models not only with Intel's latest mobile processors but also LED-backlit displays, as anticipated a month ago. Apple's 15in MacBook Pro: now with LED backlighting Two 15in models are available, with, respectively, 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processors …

    Mac 6 Jun 2007, 07:28

  • Computex SanDisk doubles Flash hard drive capacity

    SanDisk has added 64GB models to its growing line of Flash-based hard drives for notebooks and media players. That said, it'll be some time before you'll be able to buy any of them. SanDisk's 64GB 1.8in and 2.5in SSDs The memory card specialist introduced 32GB 1.8in and 2.5in drives in January and May, respectively, but …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 07:55

  • Computex Intel de-cloaks Bearlake chipsets

    Consider Intel's latest chipset family, 'Bearlake', launched. Formally dubbed the 3 series, the chipsets have had a semi-official status since April, but at the Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan yesterday, Intel made them a real product. Intel's G33 chipset The discrete P35 and integrated G33 have been leaving Intel's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 08:52

  • Ads watchdog okays Intel 'world's best processor' claim

    Time for a re-think?

    The UK's advertising watchdog has rejected complaints that a claim made by chip giant Intel that Core 2 Duo CPUs are the "world's best processors" is false. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) said today it had received seven complaints after Intel began broadcasting its latest TV ad for the Core 2 Duo, the one that …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 09:44

  • D-Link debuts 200Mbps mains networking pack

    D-Link has packed a pair of its 200Mbps powerline Ethernet adaptors into a starter kit it hopes will make networking over mains power cables more attractive. D-Link's DHP-301: ready for HD streaming over the mains The DHP-301 PowerLine HD pack contains two adaptors, but it's easy to buy and add more to create an array of …

    Networking and Wireless 6 Jun 2007, 10:12

  • AMD desktop price cuts due next month

    AMD has apparently told its product distributors to expect a round of price cuts early next month. The reductions, said to centre on the chip maker's desktop product lines, will see on average 20 per cent knocked off what it charges for dual-core CPUs. According to an AMD channel-oriented email quoted by fansite AMD Zone, the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 12:02

  • Asus pitches wee Eee PC companion

    Computex Sub-sub-notebook that's Palm Pilot for the 21st Century?

    First Palm's Foleo, now Asus' Eee PC. Different names, but the concept's much the same: a highly compact laptop that focuses on mobile internet access rather than heavy duty personal computing. Asus' Eee PC 701: sub-sub-notebook The Eee PC 701 - announced this week at the Computex show in Taipei - is built around a 7in …

    PCs 6 Jun 2007, 13:12

  • Computex Intel details Core-based mobile, desktop Pentiums

    Intel has rolled out its anticipated extension of ye olde Pentium brand into the more advanced Core era with a quintet of desktop and laptop processors based on its new architecture. They're formally named Pentium Dual-Core processors, even those most existing NetBurst-based Pentium Ds are too. All five are fabbed at 65nm …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 13:42

  • Pentax Optio M30 digital camera

    Review Photo finish or super snapper?

    The Optio M30 is a mid-level 7.1-megapixel compact digital camera, unveiled by Pentax at the beginning of this year. It features a 3x zoom lens, a 2.5in display and a maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200. Weighing in at just 135g and measuring a minuscule 5.7 x 9.7 x 1.8cm, the Optio M30 is one of the leanest and lightest …

    Cameras 6 Jun 2007, 14:02

  • AMD's neo naming scheme - details emerge

    Computex GP-7080, anyone?

    AMD has begun detailing how it plans to replace its current processor numbering scheme, this time with an Intel-esque system based on chip class, power consumption and relative performance. The new AMD numbering scheme categorises processors first by type: L for single-core chips and some low-end dual-cores. Dual-core X2 …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 14:09

  • Computex Toshiba shows 'world's first' skinny HD DVD-RW drive

    Toshiba will begin offering notebook makers samples of its upcoming slimline HD DVD-RW drive next month. The add-in is the first of its its kind, the company claimed. A slimline HD DVD-RW drive, yesterday Named the SD-L912A, the drive reads and writes burn-once HD DVD-R/RW media in both single- and dual-layer forms. It'll …

    Bits 'n' Chips 6 Jun 2007, 14:46