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13th July 2007 Archive

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  • Sony says no to Euro PS3 price cut

    Updated Starter Pack bundle instead

    Sony has left its European PS3 fans bewildered (again) after over its decision to launch a 60GB PS3 Starter Pack bundle over here instead of cutting the console's price. There was no mention of a European 80GB model, either. The double-whammy was announced at an event in Venice Beach and is likely to anger European gamers who …

    Consoles 13 Jul 2007, 10:26

  • Datawind PocketSurfer 2 handheld web browser

    First look Mobile internet for free - or just like the proverbial lunch?

    Canadian company Datawind unveiled its second-generation PocketSurfer handheld gadget for web browsing, and while its pledge that the device brings with it fast wireless access for free stretches the meaning of the word, it comes pretty close. Datawind's PocketSurfer 2: eBay on the move? First, the hardware. The …

    Phones 13 Jul 2007, 10:43

  • HD DVD 'popular with Europeans', trade body claims

    Two Europeans? 20? 200?

    Toshiba's HD DVD players account for 74 per cent of European sales of next-gen optical disc players, the local wing of the HD DVD Promotion Group proudly announced this week. But what it crucially neglected to say was 74 per cent of what? 1m units? 100,000? 10,000? 1000? 10? Without that crucial unit shipments figure, the …

    HD 13 Jul 2007, 11:21

  • Microsoft sued over alleged Xbox 360 disc damage

    Lawsuit demands at least $5m in... er... damages

    It's been a bad couple of months for Microsoft's Xbox 360 operation. Not only is it taking a $1bn hit to fix faulty consoles, but it now faces a $5m-plus class-action lawsuit in the US over allegations the console scratches discs inserted into it. Although claims that the Xbox 360 has a tendency to damage discs have led to …

    Consoles 13 Jul 2007, 11:43

  • Sony to axe 60GB PS3 in US

    $100 price cut to clear stock

    Sony has confirmed that consumers in the US will not be offered the PS3 Starter Pack announced this week for Europe, and that soon the only PS3 they'll be able to buy will be the recently announced 80GB model. Last night, David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, revealed that once existing stocks of the …

    Consoles 13 Jul 2007, 12:09

  • HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC

    Review With an IQ of 770, this TouchSmart must be a genius, surely?

    According to the famous maxim, a camel is a horse designed by committee, and it's not hard to spot the hand of a committee in the design of the HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC. The guts of the IQ770 are laptop components that have been shoehorned into a compact desktop unit that doesn't look much like a desktop PC. The base unit …

    PCs 13 Jul 2007, 12:43

  • AMD RS740 chipset wins PCI Express approval

    Still not announced though

    AMD's anticipated budget chipset, the RS740, has won the approval of PCI Express overseer, the PCI SIG, for its compatibility with version 1.1 of the standard. The RS740 turned up on a leaked chipset roadmap a wee while ago. It's expected to appear this summer to support AMD's next-generation Athlon and Sempron processors, …

    Bits 'n' Chips 13 Jul 2007, 13:02

  • OLPC czar shames Intel into board seat

    Chipzilla backs crappy AMD-based laptop

    You can usually gauge how thrilled Intel is with a given announcement by examining the length of its associated news release. Today, we find Intel joining the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program and managing a grand total of five paragraphs to tout the achievement. That's about, say, seven or eight fewer paragraphs than you …

    PCs 13 Jul 2007, 18:02