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21st June 2007 Archive

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  • Toshiba laptop line to go totally HD DVD in 2008

    Counter to PS3?

    Toshiba has pledged to equip its entire laptop range with HD DVD drives next year. Right now, only one of its notebook's comes with a next-gen optical disc reader, with four more coming in a month or two. The announcement comes after Toshiba admitted it won't sell as many HD DVD devices this year as it previously forecast. …

    PCs 21 Jun 2007, 07:02

  • Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.10

    First palindromic version number?

    Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.4.10, the first palindromic - well, sort of - version number to be applied to its Unix-based operating system. The update includes fixes and tweaks for both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. What's it do? Apple is as terse as ever, but the patch incorporates bug fixes for the OS' Bluetooth software …

    Mac 21 Jun 2007, 09:01

  • Nvidia GPGPU line sparks into life with Tesla

    GeForce 8800 to power engineering apps

    Nvidia has made its pitch for the hearts, minds and wallets of scientists and engineers with its first line of graphics chips designed not for games but for high-level number crunching: the so-called GPGPU - General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit. Nvidia's Tesla C870: GeForce 8800 by any other name The product line's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 21 Jun 2007, 10:06

  • Levi's announces mobile phone

    But is it pre-shrunk?

    First Prada, now Levi's. The jeans maker is to launch a mobile phone, it said this week, but the doyenne of demin is remaining tight-lipped about many of the device's capabilites. Levi's Phone: iPod white for the ladies... Dubbed simply the Levi's Phone, the device will be manufactured under licence by the Paris-based …

    Phones 21 Jun 2007, 10:34

  • Intel to chop 1066MHz FSB CPUs earlier than expected?

    Big push for 1333MHz FSB chips

    Intel wants to get us all computing over a 1333MHz frontside bus pronto and to that end is to drop a stack of 1066MHz-only processors through Q3 and Q4, Taiwanese motherboard maker moles have claimed. The chip giant is expected to introduce 1333MHz FSB Core 2 Duo CPUs on 22 July, and according to a DigiTimes report, many …

    Bits 'n' Chips 21 Jun 2007, 10:57

  • Manhunt 2 rated 18+ in US

    Slasher game maker wanted 17+

    Rockstar Games' Manhunt 2 may have been banned for sale in Britain, but it has been rated Adults Only (AO) in the US, the developer's publisher, Take-Two Interactive, has confirmed. Take-Two said it believed an M rating - for Mature - was a more appropriate classification, and said it was "exploring its options with regard to …

    Consoles 21 Jun 2007, 11:27

  • LG locates Google phone in Europe

    Vodafone gets first shout

    It's here, it's the Google phone. Yes, LG's KU-580 handset, which incorporates Google Search, Google Mail and Google Maps - watch out, iPhone - has come to Europe. LG's KU-580: Google'n'Chocolate The device sports a red-on-black color scheme not unlike LG's popular Chocolate phone, but it's larger, sporting a 2in …

    Phones 21 Jun 2007, 12:55

  • Sony NAS-50HDE Gigajuke audio system

    Review If stereos were Stetsons, this would be a ten gallon hat

    Of late, the compact Hi-Fi system has struggled to find a place in the affections of consumers keener on more sophisticated home cinema audio rigs. However, the technology that looked like it was about to drive the last nail into the compact Hi-Fi coffin is set to breath new life into the format as products like the Gigajuke …

    Media players 21 Jun 2007, 12:58

  • Dell's vertical line issues lengthen

    If you haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary, there might be a problem with your monitor. May we suggest you are a victim of the heavily caterwauled vertical line problem affecting several Dell laptops? Impossible you say? After all, back in January you anxiously stroked your computer as we reported a dodgy batch of …

    PCs 21 Jun 2007, 13:01

  • Wind-powered phone-charger coming to market?

    Designer gauging interest

    Gotwind, the organisation behing the wind-powered mobile phone recharger prototypes Orange will be spinning at this weekend's Glastonbury gathering, has said it may put the product into production - if there's a demand for it. Getwind's Orange wind-powered phone charger The Orange wind chargers were developed by Gotwind's …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Jun 2007, 13:40

  • Toshiba 'world's lightest' laptop wafts down

    Toshiba has bulked up its Portégé notebook range, albeit only slightly, with the unveiling of the R500 - a 779g featherweight that the company claims is the world's lightest laptop. The 12.1in Portégé R500 line, the successor to the R200 and R400 - reviewed here - consists of a model fitted with a 120GB HDD and a second …

    PCs 21 Jun 2007, 14:41

  • Creative rocks on with Zen Stone... Plus

    Coinciding product launches with significant dates is nothing new, but Creative's Zen Stone Plus launch today comes on what is - apparently - European Music Day. The Zen Stone Plus now sits as the follow on to the Zen Stone. The main difference is the Plus' circular OLED screen, which should help it attract slightly more …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Jun 2007, 15:38