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14th September 2007 Archive

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  • Flash memory makers propose common card

    Or maybe the market's 20th card format...

    Nokia said today it is collaborating with several of its rivals to create a common Flash memory card format. First virtual machines, now Flash, what is the world coming to? The proposed specification is being backed by Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Micron Technology, Spansion, MTMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. The …

    Storage 14 Sep 2007, 00:27

  • Sony pitches Blu-ray deskops, laptops

    Countering Toshiba

    Sony has brought its Blu-ray Disc equipped all-in-one desktop PC, the Vaio LT, to the UK, part of a promotional programme for the next-gen optical disc format that will see more laptops fitted with BD drives too. Sony's Vaio LT: iMac inspired? Unveiled in the US last month, the LT packs in an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, …

    PCs 14 Sep 2007, 08:02

  • Intel readies successor to unlaunched gaming chipset

    X38 to launch next week, X48 by year's end

    Gamers have been waiting for Intel's X38 high-end desktop chipset to show up for some time, and it finally looks like the part will begin shipping any day now. But it had better be quick - there's apparently an updated version coming by year's end. That, it turn, should allow those companies to get boards out of the door by …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Sep 2007, 09:49

  • AMD Phenom CPUs to support DDR 3?

    AMD's Phenom processors weren't expected to gain DDR 3 support until H2 2008 when the chip maker introduces its Socket AM3 interconnect. But documents posted on the company's website show the upcoming, Socket AM2+ versions are DDR 3 compatible too. AM2+ is all about supporting HyperTransport 3, the latest version of the …

    Bits 'n' Chips 14 Sep 2007, 10:15

  • Retail giants to crack whip over digital dawdlers

    Dropping analogue kit early

    Consumers won't have much time left to buy an analogue TV set if The Digital Switchover Supply Chain Group (DSSCG) gets its way. The group, backed by the likes of DSGi, Comet, Sony and Panasonic, said it plans to phase out the manufacture and sale of analogue equipment long before the UK's digital switchover is complete. …

    HD 14 Sep 2007, 10:33

  • Want a free iPod Shuffle? Ask Tesco

    Rent DVDs, get a Shuffle

    Supermarket giant Tesco is offering new members of its online DVD rental service a free 1GB iPod Shuffle - but only until 10am, 16 September 2007. Apple's iPod Shuffle: Tesco is only offering the silver model Mind you, it pays to read the small print. The player, which was unveiled by Apple last week, will only be sent out …

    Media players 14 Sep 2007, 11:10

  • TwinMos Boom 1 2.1-channel iPod audio system

    Review This could be the walrus

    The iPod. Yes, it's arguably the most successful portable music player of all time. Yes, it's easy enough for your granny to use. And yes, everyone on the planet has one - or so it seems. But therein lies the inherent problem for any iPod accessory manufacturer... Because the iPod is so popular and the add-on market already …

    Media players 14 Sep 2007, 12:00

  • Samsung iPhone rival to hit UK in November

    Vodafone gets the gig

    Samsung's would-be iPhone beater, the F700 smartphone - aka the Croix - will come to Europe in two months' time through the Vodafone network, the company revealed today. The Ultra Smart F700, launched back in February this year, sports an iPhone-esque, Flash-based user interface and an HTC-style casing, complete with big, 3. …

    Phones 14 Sep 2007, 12:19

  • Webcam conundrum

    Q&A

    A very basic question here. I run Windows XP Home SP2 on a Fujitsu LifeBook. I just bought the Creative Live!Cam Vista IM webcam. It captures (fine quality) whatever the camera is pointed at but I cannot persuade it to transmit outbound when talking on Skype. I get the incoming live stream from correspondents on their …

    Q&A 14 Sep 2007, 12:35

  • PC shipments set to jump

    Notebooks and laptops show biggest growth

    Worldwide PC shipments are expected to rise by 12.6 per cent this year, according to new research by analysts IDC. The projected figure of 257.5 million units is up on IDC's prediction in June, which estimated growth of 12.2 per cent in 2007. The rise in the number of units shipped is being led by notebooks and laptops which …

    PCs 14 Sep 2007, 12:43

  • Sony dumps DVD for Blu-ray Disc

    Sony is steaming ahead with plans to transform the video landscape into HD as soon as possible - so long as it's based on Blu-ray Disc. To that end, the company has announced it will ditch DVD from its video recorders in Japan, in favour of BD. A Sony representative, speaking at the manufacturer's launched of four Blu-ray …

    HD 14 Sep 2007, 14:46

  • Take pot luck with the USB Greenhouse

    Calling all budding - literally, perhaps - horticulturalists. Now you can see just how green your fingers are with the USB Greenhouse. For once the computer connection isn't simply an alternative to batteries - it can be used to monitor your plant's progress too. The USB Greenhouse: weed free The egg-shaped herbarium comes …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 14 Sep 2007, 14:47

  • Self-powered Wi-Fi adaptor?

    Q&A

    I have a PC with a woefully underpowered and not upgradeable power supply. It freaks out with a PCI Wi-Fi card installed. Is there such a thing as a wireless access device that has its own power supply?

    Q&A 14 Sep 2007, 15:08

  • Brazilian physicists boycott Dell

    'Don't ask, don't Dell' policy

    A group of Brazilian physicists is trying to launch a boycott by the country's academic community to fight Dell Computer's war on terror. The campaign is a response to Dell's security checks, which take a hard line against Anti-American scheming with an impregnable barrier of drop down options and radio buttons. The story …

    PCs 14 Sep 2007, 22:53