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26th October 2007 Archive

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  • OCZ buys high-end PC builder

    Hypersonic drive

    OCZ, the California memory module maker, has gone and bought itself a PC company. Its new baby is called Hypersonic PC, a New York-based "performance" - i.e. expensive - system builder, which specialises in gaming rigs, fancy notebooks and juiced up workstations. The money it paid Silicon Data Inc., Hypersonic's former owner, is …

    PCs 26 Oct 2007, 05:04

  • Court convicts 'million pound' modchip man

    Vows to fight back

    A Bristol man has vowed to fight on after being found guilty by a UK court of more than two dozen counts of possessing and selling modchips for games consoles. Neil Stanley Higgs, 39, of Speedwell Road, Speedwell, Bristol, who called himself Mr Modchips, was found guilty of 26 offences under a 2003 amendment to the 1988 …

    Consoles 26 Oct 2007, 07:02

  • Intel opens second 45nm chip plant

    Claims it's greener then the rest

    Intel has opened the second of its chip factories capable of punching out 45nm processors, the chip giant announced last night. Clearly feeling the pressure of raised environmental awareness, it was keen to stress the plant's green credentials rather than its chip-making potential. Fab 32, located in Chandler, Arizona joins …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Oct 2007, 08:42

  • Intel roadmaps next-gen Extreme 'Nehalem' chips

    Chipset details emerge too

    Intel's first 'Nehalem' desktop processors will be aimed at gamers, the latest update to the chip giant's product roadmap has revealed. Expect a set of four-core Extreme - Core 3? - parts codenamed 'Gainstown' and 'Bloomfield'. Gainstown will be pitched at dual-processor machines, for which intel is developing 'Tylersburg', …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Oct 2007, 09:14

  • AMD 'Spider' gaming platform to debut next month

    Phenom plus RD790 plus RV670

    AMD looks set to give its 'Spider' high-end gaming platform its first major outing on 14 November - two days after Intel introduces its first 45nm 'Penryn' processors - Register Hardware has learned. Spider is based on AMD's quad-core Phenom processor, the company's RD790 chipset - approved by the PCI SIG organisation for PCI …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Oct 2007, 09:39

  • Samsung to mass-produce 14in OLED TVs in 2010

    Will Toshiba get there first?

    Sony may be about to ship the world's first commercial OLED TV, but don't expect anything bigger than the telly's 11in screen until 2010. Well, not from rival OLED maker Samsung, at any rate. Lee Sang-wan, head of the South Korean giant's LCD operation, yesterday said the company will begin mass-producing 14in OLED (Organic …

    HD 26 Oct 2007, 10:03

  • Motorola Razr 2 V8 mobile phone

    Review Cutting... er... edge

    To say it’s been difficult for Motorola to follow up the massive hit of the Razr V3 with something better is an understatement. Since its release to the sounds of jaws dropping in mid-2004, the Razr has gone from high-end must-have to mass-market. Now comes the Razr 2 V8, billed as the next-gen V3. So does it offer more than …

    Phones 26 Oct 2007, 11:02

  • Griffin evolves wireless music

    Cables are history

    Audio company Griffin has started shipping its Evolve wireless sound system for iPods, letting users wirelessly wander their homes with miniature ghetto-blaster speakers at their sides. Griffin's Evolve wireless sound system Evolve consists of a base station, with built-in docking stations for two cube-shaped wireless …

    Media players 26 Oct 2007, 13:53

  • LG switches on latest display

    Small scale, good features

    LG has unveiled its latest small size display for the high definition (HD) consumer, which wouldn’t look out of place in the bedroom or as a dedicated gaming screen. LG M228WD: Moderate size, sleek appeal The 22in widescreen display, dubbed M228WD, has a 1680 x 1050 resolution and sits within a stylish gloss black frame. …

    HD 26 Oct 2007, 14:01

  • The retro arcade controller

    For button tappers everywhere

    If wireless, vibrating and hand-moulded console controllers are too complicated for you, then reminisce over arcade machine games with an arcade-style Xbox 360 controller. Xbox 360 Solo Controller: Quarters not accepted The Xbox 360 Solo Controller features authentic coloured convex or concave arcade push buttons and a …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 26 Oct 2007, 14:10

  • Welcome back, Apple. Seriously.

    Leopard - they still do computers

    Apple may have dropped the "Computer" from the company name earlier this year, but its latest OS released today gives it a chance to remind everyone where its real value lies. Thanks to success of the iPod, Apple is now bigger than the entire global record business - digital downloads included. That's an incredible statistic …

    Mac 26 Oct 2007, 15:55

  • World of Warcraft asks Europeans to please speaka da English

    Until normal customer service is resumed

    The lights have gone out and no-one is at home at World of Warcraft's European customer support site, right now. In a message posted to a WoW support forum, a "technical issue and subsequent loss of electricity" is blamed for the outage. An earlier forum post, now vanished into the ether, mentioned a "water hazard", a Reg …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 26 Oct 2007, 22:03