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25th October 2007 Archive

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  • Motorola: Apple will not open the iPhone

    CTIA Nix to Napster

    The senior director of entertainment products at Motorola questions whether Apple will truly "open up" the iPhone. "We've yet to see Apple's SDK [software developers' kit], and I'm sure there will be some level of [Apple] control that goes along with it. I guarantee you that you will not see a Napster music service on the …

    Phones 25 Oct 2007, 01:00

  • UK Charts Company to recognise album sales on USB Flash disks

    Exclusive Enter the DMD (Digital Memory Device)

    The Official UK Charts Company (OCC), the organisation that maintains the UK's music sales tables, will include albums sold on USB Flash disks in its tallies from next Monday, 29 October, Register Hardware has learned. In an email sent by the OCC to labels and seen by Register Hardware, the organisation gives notice that it …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 25 Oct 2007, 08:34

  • Intel pays $250m to end Transmeta patent fight

    Inks deal for ten years of patents

    Intel has agreed to stump up $250m to Transmeta to settle the patent dispute case between the firms without battling through the courts. Intel will pay its rival $150m in a lump sum, plus an annual license fee of $20m for the next five years. Transmeta sued Intel back in October 2006, alleging that the chip giant infringed …

    Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2007, 09:11

  • Vibro satnav to shake up GPS market

    Immersion branches out

    Tactile feedback firm Immersion could be on shaky ground with its latest development, the world’s first portable navigation devices (PNDs) with vibrating touchscreens. Immersion's CSN-7040: got the vibe The two devices, the CSN-7040 and the CIN-7000, use the company’s TouchSense technology to make their 7in touchscreens …

    GPS and Satnav 25 Oct 2007, 10:06

  • Creative debuts iPod Shuffle-sized speaker

    Cute or what? It's Creative's latest accessory for arch-rival Apple's diminutive iPod Shuffle: a travel speaker that clips on to the bottom of the player turning it into a handheld sound blaster. Creative's i50: iPod speaker or old-style ciggie lighter? Dubbed the TravelSound i50, the gadget has its own on-board …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 25 Oct 2007, 10:42

  • T-Mobile UK slides out latest Sidekick

    BlackBerry for kids?

    T-Mobile last night unveiled the Sidekick Slide, the first handset in the consumer-friendly email gadget range to appear since T-Mobile cut its ties with Sharp and signed up Motorola as a manufacturer. T-Mobile's Sidekick Slide: big, slide-up screen The quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge phone, pictures of which first appeared July, …

    Phones 25 Oct 2007, 10:58

  • Transformers director favours Blu-ray Disc

    HD DVD exclusives not a good thing, Bay says

    Michael Bay, the director of Transformers, has slammed distributor Paramount's decision to release the hi-def version of the film only on HD DVD. He said the move was "short-sighted" and alleged it would delay consumers' adoption of HD content. "As a director, my critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is," Bay said …

    HD 25 Oct 2007, 11:52

  • Abit IP35 Pro Intel P35-based motherboard

    Review Good all-rounder?

    The Pro is the current feature-packed flagship of Abit's P35 range of motherboards based around - surprise, surprise - Intel's P35 chipset, and supports Intel's range of 1333, 1066 and 800MHz frontside processors, including the Core 2 Extreme, the Core 2 Quad and the Core 2 Duo. Built on a blue PCB, the IP35 Pro is very neatly …

    Bits 'n' Chips 25 Oct 2007, 13:45

  • Find yourself with Satmap's sporty GPS

    Tougher than a TomTom?

    Manufacturer Satmap Systems has unveiled a handheld GPS device for outdoors types that promises to pin-point your location using SD card-based mapping. Satmap's Active 10: no more wrong turns on your way back from the pub? Called the Active 10, the device is designed to guide walkers and cyclists around the UK with …

    GPS and Satnav 25 Oct 2007, 14:02

  • Panasonic preps in-car Blu-ray player

    Are we there yet?

    The days of drive-in movies are long gone and the radio sometimes just doesn’t cut it for entertainment. So Panasonic’s unveiled what’s believed to be the world’s first in-car Blu-ray Disc drive at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. Is this the world's first in-car Blu-ray drive? The picture comes from Japanese website AV Watch …

    HD 25 Oct 2007, 14:44

  • Wii propels Nintendo sales to record heights

    Raises forecast

    The phenomenal success of Nintendo's Wii games console has helped the Japanese manufacturer to double its profits during the six months to the end of September. Nintendo said on Thursday that net profit reached 132.42bn yen ($1.2bn) for the first half of its latest fiscal year, up from 54.4bn yen for the same time last year. …

    Consoles 25 Oct 2007, 18:24