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27th June 2007 Archive

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  • Jabra motors in with in-car speakerphone

    Bluetooth headset specialist Jabra has released a sexy little car kit, the SP5050 - lightweight and with active noise cancellation to better beat out engine sounds. The SP5050 clips onto your car's visor and only requires you to take it out of the box, charge it up and auto-pair it with your phone before it's in full use. …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 2007, 07:02

  • Datawrite's cash-strapped multimedia player

    Datawrite has unveiled an all-in-one multimedia device to play music, watch videos, listen to the radio, play games and view documents on, and all for only £50. The Nitro isn’t the most stylish of multimedia players on the market, but it packs a powerful application punch nonetheless. The £50 4GB version is MP3, MP4, WMA …

    Media players 27 Jun 2007, 08:02

  • Dell pitches XPS laptops at the mainstream

    Now with 13.3in screen, now no longer just for gamers

    Dell's anticipated 13.3in laptop did make an appearance yesterday - it was launched alongside the PC maker's new, coloured Inspiron notebooks under Dell's XPS gamer-oriented brand. Dell's XPS M1330: wireless wonder? Dubbed the M1330, the Core 2 Duo powered machine is offered with a choice of Intel's own integrated X3100 …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 10:01

  • Asus re-locates GPS PDA in UK

    New take on old approach

    Time was when all budget GPS gagdets were Windows Mobile PDAs with bundled route-planning software and a satellite pick. Now they're almost all dedicated units a la Tom Tom. But Asus is having another go, with its A696 GPS PDA. The A696 is a palm sized 11.7 x 7.1cm device that weighs 165g and measures 1.5cm in thickness. …

    GPS and Satnav 27 Jun 2007, 10:31

  • SanDisk and DivX shake hands

    SanDisk and DivX are now the best of chums. The memory card specialist will now be allowed to incorporate DivX Stage 6 technology into its Sansa line of media players. Although products are not expected to be announced by SanDisk until later this year, the vendor claimed the agreement will provide its customers with access to …

    Media players 27 Jun 2007, 10:53

  • Eliminate stress at the touch of a button... literally

    USB to the rescue

    Stress gets to us all, but until now there have been only three outlets: going for a ciggie, squeezing a stress toy or punching your boss. But now you can press the red button and bring all your stress to an end with the USB stress panic button. Pretend you are bringing the world to an end by lifting its cover and slamming …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 2007, 11:09

  • Windows Live gets upgrade

    We are born to be a Live...

    Microsoft is beta testing two new features of Windows Live - its effort at delivering software as a service over the web. It has added a photo-sharing application, Live Photo Gallery, and 500MB of online storage space called Windows Live Folders. Windows Live Photo Gallery is available to testers in nine countries and is …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 11:35

  • Brand-name reviews give iPhone the thumbs-up

    First looks published

    Apple's iPhone doesn't - or shouldn't - find its way into the hands of consumers until tomorrow evening US time, but that hasn't prevented units finding their way into the hands of the brand-name reviewers like the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg. Walt is generally quite keen on Apple products, and the iPhone proves no …

    Phones 27 Jun 2007, 12:33

  • Dell dances out with desktop Inspirons

    No longer a laptop brand

    Wedged underneath the excitement of Dell's latest Inspiron and XPS notebook announcement, is a new line of Inspiron desktops that could actually give you some decent performance - if you don't mind being tied to your desk, that is. The infamously direct-only PC builder has so far taken the wraps off two models in the series: …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 13:01

  • Evesham Zieo N500-HD 17in laptop

    Review Evesham tempts us with Intel's 'Santa Rosa' notebook technology

    Evesham has moved fast to pack its Zieo N500-HD laptop with a long list of 'Santa Rosa' Centrino Duo features. The 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor runs on the new 800MHz frontside bus and the chipset is a combination of 965 northbridge and ICH8M. Ordinarily, a new southbridge adds a handful of new features such as extra …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 14:41

  • Iomega parades designer hard drive

    For anyone that thought storage wasn't sexy, think again. Iomega's eGo - the name says it all... - is the Paris Hilton of data-packing, mirroring its 160GB capacity with a svelte, catwalk-ready design. Iomega's eGo: hard drive meets hip-flask The eGo sports a curvaceous cherry-red body, finished off with chrome. The only …

    Bits 'n' Chips 27 Jun 2007, 15:02

  • Asus shows off bamboo-clad 'eco' laptop

    Wood-n't you want one too?

    Now, laptop maker Asus is well known for its willingness to bring all sorts of hi-tech compounds into the manufacture of its notebook computers, but it hasn't ignored more traditional materials. It's already released a leather-clad laptop and has now begun touting what it claims is the world's first bamboo computer. Asus' …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 15:51

  • Toshiba readies Class 4 4GB Micro SDHC card

    Toshiba has followed SanDisk to become the latest memory card maker to unwrap a Micro SD card that adheres to the high-capacity SDHC spec. Toshiba's offering, like SanDisk's - reviewed here - is a 4GB boy. Unlike SanDisk, Toshiba doesn't have a downer on the SDHC classification system, happily highlighting the card's …

    Storage 27 Jun 2007, 16:05

  • Kodak models silver snappers

    Kodak's production line must be hot to the touch now, following its roll out of four "fashionable" compact cameras - the M series - and the addition of two models to its existing high-end Z series. The M series consists of the M753, M853, M873 and the M883. The range is designed to offer compact and stylish cameras on the one …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 27 Jun 2007, 16:22

  • Microsoft to hawk PCs to India's kids

    Will it sell? That's the 40,875,000 rupee question

    Microsoft plans to sell a PC for kids and launch an educational channel on its MSN portal in India as the next step in a worldwide "Unlimited Potential" program. Aimed at school students, Microsoft's new IQ PC will be built on AMD hardware and vended by Zenith Computers. The computers will put tykes out 21,000 rupees ($514 …

    PCs 27 Jun 2007, 18:28

  • Intel releases Core 2 chip Bios fix

    Is your microcode as reliable as it could be?

    Intel has released a BIOS patch for Windows machines running Core 2 and Xeon 3000/5000 chips that addresses potential unpredictable system behavior. The update is recommended for users running an Intel Core2 Duo E4000 and E6000, Intel Core2 Quad Q6600, Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 and QX6700, Dual-COre Intel Xeon 5100 and Quad- …

    Bits 'n' Chips 27 Jun 2007, 21:02