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5th November 2007 Archive

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  • Panic in smartphoneland

    Analysis Google to unveil phone; world ends at noon

    Google is set to give the mobile phone business a body blow today - the second punch in the guts it's had this year. Apple delivered the first blow, by turning the operators' subsidy model upside down - as well as making rival manufacturers look like knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. But Google's arrival may prove to be more …

    Phones 5 Nov 2007, 09:48

  • E-Ten unveils 'affordable' satnav smartphone

    Taiwan's E-Ten has unwrapped its latest Glofiish smartphone, the X600: a slim tablet-like handset that packs in Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth 2.0, all for what the company promised would be an "affordable price". E-Ten's Glofiish X600: metal casing What will you get for your money? A 107 x 58 x 14.7mm, 136g handset that's based …

    Phones 5 Nov 2007, 10:44

  • Asus spills AMD 7-series chipset beans

    Socket AM2+ mobos launched

    Asus has jumped the gun on AMD's 7-series chipset announcement by unveiling today a pair of motherboards based on two of the as-yet-unannounced product family. This morning, Asus posted details of its M3A32-MVP Deluxe and M3A mobos on its website. The first board, which will also be made available in a version with Asus' …

    Bits 'n' Chips 5 Nov 2007, 11:20

  • Samsung samples SATA II 2.5in SSD

    Solid-state storage for laptops

    Samsung has begun sampling a 2.5in notebook-oriented 64GB solid-state drive the connects to a host computer using a 3Gb/s SATA interface, the electronics giant said today. Comparing the product with an equivalent, 80GB 2.5in HDD, Samsung highlighted the SSD's superiority in weight, performance, power consumption, shock …

    PCs 5 Nov 2007, 11:58

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Finder

    Review Part 1 - the new look'n'feel

    The latest version of Apple's operating system, Mac OS X, is here and it's arguably the most significant revamp since X replaced 9. Leopard brings a new look to Mac OS X GUI, and a wealth of new features, some innovations other merely tweaks to old apps. In the first of a series looking at Leopard in depth, we go straight for …

    Mac 5 Nov 2007, 15:14

  • Gaming PC makers team for open standard monitoring spec

    Nvidia and some of the leading lights in gaming PCs have introduced what they claim is a fully open software specification to allow control apps to monitor key PC components in real time - the better, they claimed, to help enthusiasts fine-tune their systems. Dubbed the Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA), the system allows …

    PCs 5 Nov 2007, 15:46