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7th September 2007 Archive

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  • Intel chops mobile CPU prices, intros Core 2 Solo line

    Desktop changes too

    Intel has confirmed yesterday's processor price cuts, which saw up to 40 per cent knocked off what the chip giant charges for some of its CPUs. A batch of new ones were released too, including the first single-core Core 2 processors. The update to Intel's price list also saw the addition of the recently announced mobile Core …

    Bits 'n' Chips 7 Sep 2007, 09:48

  • Dell laptop burns in China

    Another Dell laptop has gone to the great warehouse in the sky, wafted aloft on a cloud of smoke produced by a burning battery. The incident took place last week in China. Details of the Dell destruction were posted on Chinese-language blog HiPDA, along with a heap of pictures showing the blaze and its aftermath. Here are a …

    PCs 7 Sep 2007, 10:16

  • iPod Touch: how the Jesus Phone was really John the Baptist

    Comment Apple's best product in years kills 'convergence'

    So was nine months of relentless iPhone hype and froth just a distraction? Not quite, but you could be forgiven for thinking so. I believe Apple's most important product of 2007 was actually announced this week, and its significance has been slow to sink in. It might be one of the cleverest moves Apple's ever made. The 'Jesus …

    Media players 7 Sep 2007, 10:33

  • Epson P-3000 photo viewer and media player

    Review The iPod for digital photography buffs?

    Epson is probably not the first name that springs to mind when deciding which PMP to buy, and its P-3000 - a numerically and technically updated version of the company's well-received P-2000 - provides a slightly askew interpretation of what's traditionally expected from a portable media player. Epson's P-3000: more picture …

    Media players 7 Sep 2007, 11:28

  • Lenovo unwraps Reserve Edition ThinkPad

    Leather-bound for executive class

    It's been 15 years since IBM first unveiled the ThinkPad laptop and about two years since Lenovo acquired it as part of a $1.25bn spending spree. So, in an attempt to capitalise on its purchase, Lenovo has unveiled a leather-bound, 5000-unit limited edition ThinkPad. Lenovo's ThinkPad Reserve Edition: will the leather stand …

    PCs 7 Sep 2007, 12:21

  • Denon confirms Euro Blu-ray set-back

    Did we say November? We meant 2008

    Denon has confirmed to Register Hardware that any European consumers hoping to snap-up its first Blu-ray Disc player before Christmas will have to wait a while longer. The 3800BDCI player is now scheduled for release at some point in 2008, rather than the November 2007 timeframe Denon originally quoted. Denon's 3800BDCI: …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 7 Sep 2007, 15:05