29th June 2007 Archive

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Blu-ray, HD DVD combo discs due early '08

Total HD release slides?

Warner Home Video may not release dual-format HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc media - launched in January this year under the Total HD brand - until 2008 and not late 2007 as originally planned. Total HD glued a standard HD DVD and a standard Blu-ray Disc together, back to back. This 'glu-ray' disc will then play in any next-gen optical …

HD 29 Jun 2007, 07:28
WD debuts DVR friendly add-on hard drive

Finding the hard drive in your DVR no longer capacious enough for all the digital TV programmes you want to record? If you don't fancy transplanting in a new drive, Western Digital may have the answer: an external HDD for DVRs. But don't hold your breath: right now, the product operates only with one DVR range, and one only …

Storage 29 Jun 2007, 08:15
Apple iPhone from all angles

The hooplah. The stories. The comment

Apple's iPhone goes on sale in the US this evening. The queues have formed, and limits placed on how many of the handsets punters can take away with them. What is all the fuss about? Find out by reading Register Hardware's most popular iPhone stories... After the launch Apple's iPhone Reviewed iPhone autopsies conducted …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 09:07
O2 set to ditch handset upgrade lock-in

Subsidy cuts

UK telecommunications operator O2 will aim to break the mobile phone handset upgrade cycle with a new selection of tariffs that will be cheaper than the pay-as-you-talk and monthly contract offerings currently available. A source familiar with the new O2 Simplicity range, which will be announced next week, said they will cut …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 09:23
ZyXel NSA-2400 network attached storage box

Review Four-drive central storage for your LAN

Ever more capacious computer hard drives encourage us to stuff more and more content on them, which means backing it all up can prove to be a pain. And what if you have more than one computer in your household? Enter the ZyXel NSA-2400, a single, shareable repository for all your data storage needs. The NSA-2400 isn't the …

Storage 29 Jun 2007, 11:04
Forgotten Tech Apple's first handheld: the Newton MessagePad

Some say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and when you consider the history of the PDA, that statement holds many truths. While the iPhone looks set to take the market by storm, the HTC S620 and Samsung i600 were good takes on the Blackberry, and the Palm Treo range has long been tested and trusted. The Treo's roots …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 11:14
HTC rolls out old-style PDA phone

Another day and another bland PDA phone slips into the market. This time it's the turn of HTC's P6300, an unassuming tri-band GSM/GRPS offering with a 3.5in, 240 x 320 touchscreen. The P6300 runs on Windows Mobile 5 and crams 256MB Rom, 128MB Ram and a two-megapixel camera into its shell. Wi-Fi (802.11b./g), Bluetooth 2.0 …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 14:04
Logitech pumps up webcams to 720p HD

Everything is going HD these days, it seems, and the latest gadget to take advantage of high-def imaging is Logitech's latest line of QuickCam Pro webcams. Logitech's QuickCam Pro 9000 The Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and Logitech QuickCam Pro for notebooks video capture at 720p HD resolution at up to 30 frames per second. …

Gadgets and Gizmos 29 Jun 2007, 14:14
Gateway brings a new twist to the tablet PC

Gateway clearly thinks it's onto a winner with its tablet PC range, so much so that it's sketched out two additional models: the E-295C for budding artists, and the C-140 for home users. Both have 14in displays that can be rotated by 180° to lay flat over the keyboard, effectively turning them into freestyle sketching pads, …

PCs 29 Jun 2007, 14:36
AMD to crush AMD with 2.0GHz 'Barcelona'

Hits stores in September

Barcelona has arrived, sort of, and AMD is talking more about beating itself up than knocking Intel with the new chip. AMD has finally set a firm ship date for the four-core processor, saying customers will receive 2.0GHz SE standard and 1.9GHz HE low-power parts in August. Systems from server makers should then start …

PCs 29 Jun 2007, 15:16
Euro iPhone launch will reveal 3G handset for Vodafone, T-Mobile

Ignore the US launch...

A new 3G (European) version of the iPhone will be launched Monday in the UK by Apple - in a joint promotion with Vodafone, T-Mobile of Germany, and Carphone Warehouse. It should answer the disappointment with the US version of the iPhone which has been widely slammed for its poor performance as a phone. Hints of the European …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 15:36
Apple posts iPhone-friendly iTunes, accessories

With just hours to go before the iPhone officially goes on sale, Apple has paved the way with a new version of its iTunes jukebox software and a barrel-load of iPhone accessories. The latest version of iTunes, 7.3, allows the handset to synchronise music, videos and personal information data with a Mac or PC. It also allows …

Phones 29 Jun 2007, 16:23
Intel has four-core Opteron stuffer set for August

Exclusive Barcelona: 'It could have been a contender'

Intel looks set to blunt AMD's August Barcelona processor release by handing customers a 2.0GHz version of its four-core Clovertown, The Register has learned. Just this morning, AMD announced that in August it will ship customers 1.9GHz low power and 2.0GHz standard editions of Barcelona - a four-core version of the Opteron …

PCs 29 Jun 2007, 17:53
The greening of Dell notebooks

Energy Star 4.0 badges for new launches

Dell, the green movement's most recent recruit, is trumpeting yet another be-kind-to-the-environment initiative. This time it's mobile workstations and notebooks that have been greenwashed, with the firm's latest launches, the Dell D430 Notebook and the Dell Precision M4300 mobile workstation earning the Environmental Protection …

PCs 29 Jun 2007, 20:24