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17th July 2007 Archive

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  • Ministry of Sound goes mobile

    Considered by many to once upon a time represent the epitome of clubbing culture, the Ministry of Sound has launched its latest digital music player, pitching it against the epitome of MP3 gadgets, the iPod. Ministry of Sound's MP3 player: fit for some bangin' tunes The MoS machine comes with the slightly less cool name of …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 17 Jul 2007, 08:02

  • Intel intros fast FSB dual, quad-core CPUs

    Competitively priced, too

    Intel has followed the launch of its first mobile Core 2 Extreme processor with a handful of desktop CPUs that support the chip giant's 1333MHz frontside bus upgrade. As expected, the line-up of new processors comprises three dual-core chips and a pair of quad-cores. The quads are the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q6700 and the Core 2 …

    PCs 17 Jul 2007, 08:56

  • Asus announces 'super 3G' add-in card

    ExpressCard 34 slot essential

    Asus wants to connect ExpressCard-equipped laptops to 3G networks, and to that end this week launched the T500, an add-in card with cellular connectivity capable of downloading data at up to 3.6Mbps. Asus' T500: high speed downloads in black... The download speed is network dependent, of course, but many carriers are now …

    Networking and Wireless 17 Jul 2007, 09:46

  • Nintendo yanks Mario Party 8 - offensive language to blame?

    Updated Pic seems to suggest as much...

    Nintendo has pulled its new Wii console game Mario Party 8 from UK shops just days after its release and during a massive TV advertising campaign for the title. All UK copies of the game will be withdrawn from sale, the games console pioneer said, adding that it had decided to take this drastic measure because "small number …

    Gaming 17 Jul 2007, 10:09

  • iPhone 2.0 screen-maker rumour really points to video iPod?

    Coming too soon at too low a price

    Apple will release a second-generation, lower cost iPhone in September for an iPod-like price of $249-299 - if a Chinese-language newspaper report citing Taiwanese industry moles is to be believed, that is. The story - relayed by local newssite DigiTimes - goes along these lines: supplier Wintek has been contracted to make …

    Media players 17 Jul 2007, 10:51

  • AppleStore shut for 'update' - new kit coming?

    Watch this space

    Apple's online AppleStore - it's US incarnation, at least - has temporarily shut its doors to customers pending an update. This typically happens when the Mac maker's just about to announce new products. As we wrote earlier, it's unlikely to be a new, smaller, cheaper iPhone, but in this business you never say never. The …

    Mac 17 Jul 2007, 11:09

  • Fujitsu fetes world's slimmest waterproof mobile

    No Japanese bathroom should be without one, apparently

    Sometimes you suddenly come to your senses and ask yourself what in the world you are doing. This happened to me today, as I was taking pictures of a bikini-clad beauty who was brandishing a mobile phone while standing up to her knees in a swimming pool on the roof of a nine-storey building in central Tokyo. Fujitsu's F704i …

    Phones 17 Jul 2007, 14:07

  • Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 & MSI P35 Diamond mobo

    Review Intel's fastest desktop quad-core

    Intel is getting ready to move to a new generation of processors on a 45nm fabrication process, but that hasn't stopped it from squeezing some more performance out of its existing, 65nm chips. So, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 3GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6850 with the chip giant's brand new 1333MHz frontside bus. MSI's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Jul 2007, 14:39

  • Pepper Pad 3 Linux UMPC arrives in UK

    It may not be the most attractive portable device on the market, but the Linux-based Pepper Pad 3 internet tablet has been given a technical makeover that includes faster Wi-Fi connectivity and a much needed slimmer body. The Pepper Pad 3: additional capabilities The Pepper Pad 3 sports a 7in, 800 x 480 (WVGA) stylus- …

    PCs 17 Jul 2007, 15:11

  • Vodafone to offer Samsung slider smartphone

    Samsung's anticipated i620 Windows Mobile smartphone - a skinny slider phone with a drop-down BlackBerry-style QWERTY keypad - is to go on sale in the UK through Vodafone. Samsung's i620: offspring of U600 and BlackBerry? The 11.3 x 5.9 x 1.1cm, 95g handset sports a 320 x 240 display above a standard array of shortcut keys …

    Phones 17 Jul 2007, 17:02