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20th July 2007 Archive

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  • Wattson to make electricity monitoring elementary?

    Power consumption monitoring in the palm of your hand

    You might question the green credentials of yet another plastic-constructed, mains-driven gadget, but the Wattson home energy monitor has the potential to make us all play closer attention to our everyday power use. The Wattson electricity monitor: or an iPod speaker in disguise? Yes, it looks rather like an add-on iPod …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Jul 2007, 08:55

  • AMD halted market share slump in Q2, says analyst

    Well, just about

    For the last six months, AMD's market share has been on the wane as arch-rival Intel regained much of the lead it lost to the smaller chip maker during 2006. But new figures show AMD's slide may have come to a halt. According to market watcher iSuppli, AMD's Q2 2007 share of the global x86 processor market rose by half a …

    PCs 20 Jul 2007, 09:13

  • AMD posts Catalyst 7.7

    Tweaks, performance boosts ahoy

    AMD has posted the latest version of its Catalyst driver package for ATI Radeon graphics chips. The new version, 7.7, focuses on enhancements to AMD's Avivo image enhancement technology, but it also incorporates some performance tweaks. The performance gains centre on Far Cry when played using an ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600 and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 20 Jul 2007, 09:31

  • Sony to simplify home cinema with all-in-one Bravia

    If you've already considered a home cinema system but been put off by the thought of all that bulky equipment and complicated set-up procedures, Sony thinks it has the answer for you: the Bravia DAV-X10. Sony's DAV-X10: compact yet powerful The DAV-X10 home cinema system comprises a pair of 80W surroun-sound speakers, an …

    HD 20 Jul 2007, 09:43

  • Wii sales top 3m in Japan

    Outsold PS3 3:1

    Nintendo has sold more than 3m Wii games consoles in Japan, local games magazine publisher Enterbrain has claimed. Earlier this week, it said Sony had shipped 1.01m PlayStation 3s in the country. Nintendo's Wii: outsold PS3 3:1 Sony passed the 1.01m mark on 15 July, Enterbrain said. On that date, Japanese Wii sales to date …

    Consoles 20 Jul 2007, 09:58

  • Star Wars laptops - for the Jedi in you

    Although the Star Wars Darth Vader "laptop" is marketed as a learning device, we're not sure if it truly is something for the kids or more for you die-hard fans of the Dark Side. The Star Wars Darth Vader laptop: an open and shut case The first thing to catch your eye is its design. The flattened Darth Vader mask opens up …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Jul 2007, 10:17

  • USB market sprouts wooden Flash drive

    It's got a sort of earthy, ecowarrior appeal, we suppose. Yes, someone's taken a 2GB USB Flash drive and embedded it in a wooden case complete with rough string neckband. Wooden't it be lovely if it was 4GB? We're not entirely sure why, given the fact that computer technology and gadgetry are hardly green - quite the …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 20 Jul 2007, 11:15

  • Hackers saw through iPhone AT&T shackles

    But global roaming still some way off

    Hackers have succeeded in (partially) unlocking the iPhone so Apple's much-hyped device can be used on at least one network other than AT&T. Although the iPhone Development Project team has broken the shackles tying the device and AT&T directly, there are still limitations that mean customers can use pre-paid SIMs from …

    Phones 20 Jul 2007, 12:32

  • Peak readies three-in-one Flash card

    We've seen SD-sized adaptors for Micro SD memory cards, and we've seen SD cards that can morph into USB connectors, but this is the first product we've come across that does both. Peak's Trio: it's a Micro SD card. It's an SD card. It's a USB drive Slide off the end of the Peak Micro SD Trio and you've got one of those …

    Storage 20 Jul 2007, 13:12

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67GHz desktop processor

    Review Bargain?

    Earlier this week, we reviewed the impressive yet ridiculously expensive Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850. Now it's the turn of another processor Intel announced this week, one that you can actually afford, the Core 2 Duo E6750. Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Intel's new 1333MHz frontside bus hasn't made a dramatic difference to the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 20 Jul 2007, 14:47