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3rd October 2007 Archive

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  • Panasonic strengthens Blu-ray recorder range

    More worry for HD-DVD supporters

    Panasonic yesterday unveiled its latest Blu-ray recorders, pitching the three Diga-brand models as the 'world's slimmest' machines of their kind. Panasonic's latest Blu-ray recorders The DMR-BW900 will ship with a 1TB hard drive, the DMR-BW800 with a lesser 500GB capacity and the DMR-BW700 with a 250GB drive. All three can …

    HD 3 Oct 2007, 09:11

  • Sony's 40GB PS3 due 28 October?

    Evidence mounts for cut-price console

    Rumours that Sony is preparing a cut-price 40GB PlayStation 3 may have been dismissed by the consumer electronics giant as "speculation", but evidence is mounting that just such a box is indeed coming later this month. UK online retailer Play.com, for instance, is listing an unspecified PS3, clearly separate from the other …

    Consoles 3 Oct 2007, 09:32

  • Apple to dial x86 for iPhone?

    Claimed shift to Intel could explain downer on third-party apps

    Suddenly, Apple's apparent downer on third-party iPhone software development becomes much clearer. Taiwanese moles claim the company is considering founding future iPhones on the next generation of Intel's Ultra Mobile Platform. Today's iPhones are based on ARM processor technology. Intel abandoned its ARM chip line in …

    Phones 3 Oct 2007, 10:05

  • Microsoft revamps Zune with Flash

    Steve Jobs' nighttime uninterrupted?

    Microsoft has restyled and expanded its Zune portable media player collection with three new models, including a pair of Flash-based players. MS' Zune family: now also available in 4 or 8GB (left), 80GB (centre) and 30GB models The 80GB hard-drive model has a 3.2in glass-fronted display - taking a lead from the iPhone …

    Media players 3 Oct 2007, 10:40

  • Toshiba pledges 30in OLED TV will ship in 2009

    Rather bigger than Sony's latest

    Toshiba has cocked a snook at the 11in OLED TV Sony announced this week and pledged to bring a 30in model to market effectively within the next two years. A company spokeswoman yesterday told IDG that the screen would go on sale in 2009. Sony unveiled its XEL-1 OLED TV in Japan - an ultraslim screen that contains a display …

    HD 3 Oct 2007, 10:50

  • DLO TuneStik with Remote FM iPod transmitter

    Review Driver-friendly iPod controller

    Thanks to a recent and long overdue amendment to the UK's 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act, it's now possible for those of us living in these sometimes benighted islands to use an in-car FM transmitter iPod adapter without fear of the long arm of the law feeling our collars for impinging on someone else's spectrum by running a …

    Media players 3 Oct 2007, 11:02

  • Palm admits new OS 18 months away

    Another day, another delay

    Palm CEO Ed Colligan has confirmed the new Palm OS won't be finished until the end of 2008. Originally scheduled for release by the end of this year, the operating system's launch date has continued to be pushed back, despite the added attention of the engineers freed up by the scrapping of Foleo last month. The new OS will …

    Phones 3 Oct 2007, 11:39

  • Nintendo to dish out free Wiimote 'condoms'

    Nintendo's taking better care of Wii remotes by issuing them with protectives. The company is offering free silicone Wii Remote Jackets to existing customers and will, from 15 October, include the protective slips with new consoles. The Wii Remote's new silicone jacket The Jacket is designed to provide impact cushioning …

    Consoles 3 Oct 2007, 13:02

  • Sony sells pink kit to benefit Breast Cancer research

    Pink products may be a downer for many women, but Sony has at least a good reason for releasing a selection of salmon-hued hardware: it's all in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness Month over in the States. Sony's Vaio CR: buy one, Sony give $75 to Breast Cancer Research Buy a pink Vaio CR notebook, a rose-tinted NWZ-A816 …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 3 Oct 2007, 13:04

  • Italian website names 40GB PS3 price

    Dollar-Euro exchange rate rewritten

    Sony's 40GB PlayStation 3 will cost €400 ($566/£277) in Europe, if a product page posted on an Italian retail chain's website is to be believed. It's expected to cost $400 (€283/£196) in the US. The website, Se-Dici Film, claims the console is available to buy immediately, which seems unlikely given the anticipated US release …

    Consoles 3 Oct 2007, 13:42

  • Hackers hit back at iPhone update

    'Bricked' phones get some functions restored

    The war between Apple and the hackers is heating up, after a 'fix' for the recent iPhone update was posted online. Apple's recent update for the iPhone's firmware rendered unlocked iPhones - those that had been modified either through software or other means to work outside of AT&T's network - unusable, and the firm has so far …

    Phones 3 Oct 2007, 13:44

  • Halo 3 misses 'UK's fastest selling game' slot

    Guns, police chases and 'hot coffee' still favourite

    Microsoft's Halo 3 is only the UK's second fastest selling game ever. Analysis by sales monitor Chart Track has positioned it behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, despite Microsoft's shoot-'em-up being bought by one in three UK Xbox 360 owners during its first week on sale. Do you prefer this type of game... Chart Track …

    Consoles 3 Oct 2007, 15:02

  • ARM to bash 'non-issue' Intel with multi-core chip

    Cortex-A9 joins the collective

    ARM’s big reveal today of its latest processor design came with the clear message that the company will use its market weight and mobile heritage to fend off challenges from Intel. Speaking here at the ARM Developers Conference, CEO Warren East began the hyping exercise around the Cortex-A9 processors. ARM plans to provide …

    Bits 'n' Chips 3 Oct 2007, 22:43