24th July 2007 Archive

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Sony shows self-filling Walkman

Can it be true - a self-filling digital music player? That's what Sony claims for its new Walkman NWD-B100, a Flash-based DAP with the ability to pull tracks off a PC as soon as it's connected. Sony's NWD-B100: self-filling The 30g B100 has a built-in USB connector a la the first generation iPod Shuffle and once mounted …

Media players 24 Jul 2007, 07:23
Intel cuts desktop prices by up to 50%

Aggressive 1333MHz FSB pricing strategy

Intel has slashed the price of a number of its desktop and mobile processors, but the cuts, while deep, aren't as extensive as anticipated. However, the move confirms an aggressive pricing plan for the chip maker's 1333MHz frontside bus parts. The headline reduction is the 50 per cent Intel knocked off the price of the four- …

PCs 24 Jul 2007, 07:47
Sony preps fix-filled PS3 firmware update

Music and movie joy

Sony has confirmed that the next release of the PlayStation 3 firmware, version 1.9, will be available in the US "in the next few days". It's already been released to Japanese console owners, and will almost certainly come to Europe shortly. Firmware 1.9 will allow users to customise their XMB - the PS3's answer to a computer …

Consoles 24 Jul 2007, 08:05
Laptop sales drive PC shipments in EMEA

Sales up 13.5%

PC sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) were up 13.5 per cent in Q2 2007, according to market watcher IDC. A total of 17.5m desktop and notebook computers were sold in the region, with a 31 per cent increase in notebook sales compared to the same period last year. IDC said competition among the leading vendors …

PCs 24 Jul 2007, 09:34
Dell, ThinkPad laptops first on official Wireless USB kit list

D-Link, Iogear adaptors too

The first six Wireless USB products allowed to use the cable-free connectivity technology's official logo have been named. Standing out from the various adaptor accessories: a pair of laptops from Dell and Lenovo. Dell's Inspiron 1720 Dell's WUSB offering is the 17in Inspiron 1720, though it isn't yet listed on the Dell …

Networking and Wireless 24 Jul 2007, 10:13
Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB external hard drive

Review Slim, sleek storage

Hard drive maker Seagate continues to try and persuade consumers that add-on drives aren't just for geeks but for everyone. It's latest attempt is the compact and eminently palm-able Go, part of its FreeAgent line up of external hard drives... er... "data movers". The FreeAgent Go has the same dark brown and orange colour …

Storage 24 Jul 2007, 11:03
Western Digital's hard drives go green

Western Digital (WD) has jumped on the eco bandwagon and parted the leaves to reveal a series of 2.5in "green" hard drives, designed to help users reduce the size of their data storage carbon footprints. The Green Power range is based on three power saving technologies: IntelliPower, which balances spin speed, transfer rate …

Storage 24 Jul 2007, 12:23
Hitachi component launches point to Blu-ray camcorder?

Fresh speculation has begun circulating online that Hitachi is set to bring the world's first Blu-ray Disc-equipped camcorder to market, after the company announced a camcorder friendly optical pick-up. Hitachi's Blu-ray camcorder: the shape of things to come? Hitachi first showed a prototype for such a camcorder at the …

Cameras 24 Jul 2007, 13:09
Sony claims price-driven PS3 sales hike

Up 135 per cent, apparently

Sony has claimed that PS3 sales in North America have jumped 135 per cent since it brought the price of the 60GB console down to $499 two weeks ago. The increase comes from sales of the console through Sony's five biggest retail customers, though it doesn't appear to have said whether or not there was a proportionate fall in …

Consoles 24 Jul 2007, 14:09
Panasonic illuminates Lumix digicam trio

Panasonic has expanded its range of Lumix wide-angle digital cameras with the addition of a seriously professional-looking 8.1-megapixel model with 18x optical zoom. It also release two new compact models. Panasonic's Lumix DMC FZ18: Leica lens Since Panasonic's DMC FZ18 has a 28mm wide-angle lens. This is complimented by …

Cameras 24 Jul 2007, 14:19
Flash flaw may prompt Wii to 'hang'

Wii splat

Nintendo's Wii gaming console could be at risk from vulnerabilities within Adobe's Flash software, incorporated in the console's Opera-based web browser, security firm Symantec has warned. The vulnerability, which affects Flash .FLV video files, means creators could send gamers a link to a "specially crafted video" that once …

Consoles 24 Jul 2007, 14:59
Intel's Core-fueled Xeon MP arrives at 2.93GHz

Meanwhile, lab grunts notch silicon photonics win

Intel finally looks set to carry its Core processor architecture to midrange and high-end servers with the release of a new Xeon code-named Tigerton. The chip maker revealed that the Tigerton chip will be sold as the Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series and will rely on the 7300 chipset – code-named Clarksboro. The fresh Xeon should …

Bits 'n' Chips 24 Jul 2007, 19:01