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12th June 2007 Archive

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  • Jobs: one more thing... a browser war

    WWDC Safari comes to Windows

    Steve Jobs has re-kindled the browser wars - only this time Firefox is in the firing line, as well as Microsoft. Apple's CEO today opened his company's developer conference in San Francisco, where he outlined an ambitious target to take over Firefox's 15 per cent market share. How? By releasing a Windows version of Apple's less- …

    Mac 12 Jun 2007, 03:42

  • Jobs chucks Leopard titbits to Apple masses

    WWDC MacOS X 10.5 feature set fleshed out

    Steve Jobs opened Apple's annual developer conference by going back in time one year - in more ways than one. As well as harking back to the announcement of his company's ground-breaking relationship with Intel and taking trademark swiped at Microsoft, the Apple CEO talked up features in Mac OS X 10.5, aka Leopard, mostly …

    Mac 12 Jun 2007, 05:54

  • Intel EOLs Celeron Ds

    Last call for NetBurst-based budget chips?

    Come 6 October Intel's customers won't be able to order any more Celeron D 300 series processors. Company documents reveal what we believe are the last remaining Celerons, the 347, 356, 360 and 365 are for the chop. The chip giant's latest product discontinuance notice covers both tray-packed and boxed versions of the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Jun 2007, 08:34

  • Sony carries in portable DVD player

    Some might prefer a low-cost 14in laptop for cheap on-the-move DVD playback, but if you fancy a more dedicated device, how about Sony's latest portable DVD player, the DVP-FX850, that's ready to go without Windows. The unit is based around an 8in widescreen display that can open out through 180°. The optical drive can read …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 12 Jun 2007, 09:02

  • SanDisk 4GB Micro SDHC memory card

    Review Tiny form-factor, big storage capacity

    Micro SD memory cards are tiny - less than a ¼ of the size of a regular SD card and ½ as thick - but to date, their storage capacity has remained fairly small too. The SDHC - SD High Capacity - specification is about to change that, as it has with regular SD cards...and Register Hardware this week received one of the first Micro …

    Storage 12 Jun 2007, 10:02

  • Tosh talks up Flash chip stack tech

    Through-silicon vias to boost storage capacities

    Toshiba has applied the through-silicon via (TSV) technique - chip makers' flavour-of-the-month technology - to boost the capacity of NAND Flash chips with only a "minimal" increase in chip size and no need for a new fabrication node. Announced today at the VLSI Symposium, held in Kyoto, Japan, Toshiba's new Flash structure …

    Bits 'n' Chips 12 Jun 2007, 10:20

  • Apple's Safari 3: a crashing experience for non-US users

    International issues bugging customers

    Apple's Windows version of its Safari web browser is creating havoc on localised versions of Windows. Several international users who have downloaded the beta version noticed problems with loading bookmarks. When opening or importing bookmarks, Safari crashes. It also shows error messages such as: "Safari is missing important …

    Mac 12 Jun 2007, 11:03

  • Nokia folds Wibree into Bluetooth

    One standard not two

    Nokia launched its Wibree personal area network technology in October 2006 as an extension to Bluetooth. Today, Wibree became Bluetooth. The Nokia-led Wibree Forum is to merge with the Bluetooth SIG, the body that oversees the wireless standard. Wibree, which has been under development within Nokia since 2001, was established …

    Networking and Wireless 12 Jun 2007, 11:42