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14th June 2007 Archive

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  • Sony shows 17-in-1 memory card reader

    Got lots of memory cards you need to connect to your computer? Sony's new MRW62E S1/171 - what a mouthful - lets you plug in 17 different types of memory card, including all of its Memory Stick varieties. Sony's 17-in-1 card reader: small box, many formats The unit's ready to use: just plug in into a spare USB 2.0 port and …

    Storage 14 Jun 2007, 09:10

  • Intel 45nm Core 2 Extreme roadmapped

    Intel's next Core 2 Extreme quad-core gaming processor, the QX6850, may be expected to make its entrance in Q3, but the chip giant's roadmap has apparently begun showing the new product's 45nm successor. Details remain scarce, but since the upcoming QX6850 is set to run at 3GHz on a 1333MHz frontside bus and pack in a total …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Jun 2007, 09:24

  • ExpressCard 34 digital TV tuners debut in Japan

    Travelling to Japan with your ExpressCard-equipped notebook? Then you may care to sample the delights of the nation's bizarre - by Western standards - telly programming with local supplier Sanwa's new ExpressCard 34 digital TV tuners. Sanwa's ExpressCard Japanese TV tuners for Mac (left) and Windows Sanwa today launched …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Jun 2007, 09:51

  • Biostar debuts double-the-memory GeForce 8600 GTS card

    Updated World first, firm claims

    Mobo maker Biostar has launched what it claims is the first Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS-based graphics cards fitted with 512MB of GDDR 3 memory. Interesting, particularly since Nvidia states the 8600 GTS only supports 256MB of memory... Biostar's Sigma Gate V8604TS51: double the memory of other 8600 GTS-based cards Biostar's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Jun 2007, 11:03

  • Orange goes green for festival phone-fuelling

    Wind-powered charger prototyped

    Eco-warriors planning to head down to the Glastonbury mud festival - sorry, music festival - later this month will be able to re-charge their mobile phones in an almost entirely carbon-neutral fashion. Orange's wind-powered phone charger: UK climate friendly Orange today launched a prototype wind-powered charger capable …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Jun 2007, 11:28

  • AMD workstation market share plunges

    Pressure on to get 'Barcelona' out

    Intel has recaptured all the market share it lost to AMD last year during the two rival chip makers' battle for supremacy in the Windows workstation arena, the latest market stats show. According to Jon Peddie Research (JPR), AMD's share of the two-socket workstation market slid to just eight per cent during Q1 2007, leaving …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Jun 2007, 12:54

  • BBC, ITV, Channel 4 plot single broadband TV player

    Project Kangaroo is go

    The UK's terrestrial broadcasters are reportedly in talks to establish a single platform for on-demand TV to broadband devices. The BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 are said to be aiming to create a "one-stop shop", open to other channels too, which would allow legal broadband viewing from one programme. According to The Guardian, the …

    HD 14 Jun 2007, 13:42

  • Coming soon: the PC-powered paper shredder

    We're not sure how many important documents with fit into the 12.3cm maw of Hong Kong-based Brando's latest USB gadget, a handheld electric paper shredder, but it'll do fold magazine covers if a video on the firm's website is anything to go by. Brando USB shredder: slice of life However, there's something appealing about …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Jun 2007, 13:57

  • O2 unwraps Cocoon music phone

    Updated Silky smooth

    Ladies and gentlemen, will you please welcome the O2 Cocoon, the mobile phone network's latest 3G media phone with a stylish white clamshell casing that manages to look cool without aping the iPod. Closed, the 114g Cocoon has a set of music playback controls running down its blacked-shaded side ready to set it pumping out …

    Phones 14 Jun 2007, 14:23

  • Samsung makes big noise about skinny music player

    Samsung has launched a skinny, stick-like digital music player that squeezes in touch-sensitive controls, 128 x 64 OLED screen and a retractable slimline USB connector. Samsung's U3: bubblegum pop preferred? Dubbed the U3, the player contains up to 4GB of song storage, though there's an FM radio on board if you tire of …

    Media players 14 Jun 2007, 15:01

  • Apple plugs holes in new Safari beta

    Windows browser not 'secure from day one'

    Three days after unleashing a bug-infested beta version of its Safari browser on Windows users, Apple has released an update plugging three serious holes that could allow miscreants to commandeer a user's machine. The fixes are available by downloading Safari 3.0.1 Public Beta for Windows or by using the "Apple Software …

    Mac 14 Jun 2007, 20:14