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11th October 2007 Archive

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  • Apple nears MacBook revamp release?

    Speed bump and new iMac-like enclosure suggested

    Revamped Apple MacBook laptops appear to be nearing release, if online reports to be believed. The new models could be the first to sport revised power adaptors prompted byan apparent revision of the unit that ships with the MacBook Pro. The new MacBooks are likely to be speed-bumped versions of the machines available today, …

    Mac 11 Oct 2007, 09:29

  • RIM settles SureType patent infringement spat

    Licenses predictive text tech from Eatoni

    Research In Motion (RIM) has reached an agreement with Eatoni Ergonomics, a little-known developer of predictive text input software for mobile devices, who claimed the Canadian company's BlackBerry incorporated technology it had no right to use. Neither party would disclose the full terms of the deal, but they include RIM …

    Phones 11 Oct 2007, 10:45

  • JVC floats buoyant speaker for bathtimes

    If you can’t bear to be separated from your music while taking a bath, JVC may be able to help you. It’s created a speaker that’s actually designed to float alongside you while you take your daily scrub. JVC's floating speaker The XA-AW33-W is marketed as a "healing player", although its medicinal properties aren’t …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Oct 2007, 10:56

  • Sony Ericsson Walkman W660i music phone

    Review 3G makeover

    Sony Ericsson has made the most of its Walkman resurrection and is cashing in on the brand's cachet with a fast-growing range. But by filing the gaps with samey phones like the 3G-capable W660i, is Sony Ericsson in danger of losing its edge? Why change a winning formula? With the W660i, Sony Ericsson doesn’t. The W660i slips …

    Phones 11 Oct 2007, 12:13

  • Rockstar to battle BBFC over Manhunt 2 ban

    Developer says ban is a 'setback for all videogames'

    Manhunt 2 developer Rockstar will fight the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) over the organisation's second refusal to grant the game a UK rating - a verdict it said was "unacceptable". Manhunt 2: still too gory for grown-up Brits? In a statement, the game developer also branded the BBFC’s latest decision, which …

    Consoles 11 Oct 2007, 12:42

  • Korea IPTV deal recasts Sony PS3 as set-top box

    Korea Telecom will next month connect its IPTV service that will feed shows to Sony's PlayStation 3 games console. Mega TV launched in June - the same month the PS3 officially went on sale in Korea - this year as a HD-capable revamp of KT's earlier, standard-definition only Megapass internet TV offering. Last month, KT rolled …

    Consoles 11 Oct 2007, 13:26

  • MS readies second-gen 65nm Xbox 360?

    'Jasper' due next year

    Microsoft will release updated versions of its Xbox 360, this time with even more 65nm chippery, from August 2008, the console's pundit-in-chief has claimed. The new version is codenamed 'Jasper' - actually, that's the name of the motherboard new models will be based upon - and is set to incorporate an incarnation of the …

    Consoles 11 Oct 2007, 13:43

  • iPod Classic to ring till loudly for Apple, analyst says

    Kerching!

    Apple's $349 160GB iPod Classic contains $190 worth of components, it has been claimed. While the remaining $159 isn't all profit, it still means the Mac maker does very nicely, thank you, out of every Classic it sells. The figures come from market watcher iSuppli, which regularly disassembles iPods to calculate how much they …

    Media players 11 Oct 2007, 14:03

  • UK to get Samsung music phone next week

    Company begins SGH handset rollout

    Brits will next week get first dibs on one of Samsung’s latest music handsets. The company is launching three music phones across Europe over the coming weeks, starting with the SGH-F210 in the UK. Its two other music-focused phones, the SGH-i450 and SGH-F330, will eventually come to the UK, but Samsung told Register Hardware …

    Phones 11 Oct 2007, 16:15

  • Telly vision: future display technologies

    Feature Coming soon to a screen near you...

    Karl Ferdinand Braun could never have imagined how fiercely competitive and technologically advanced the global market for displaying still and moving images on a screen would become during the hundred or so years since he created the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). But in a world where CRT once reigned supreme, Liquid Crystal Display …

    HD 11 Oct 2007, 16:42