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13th November 2007 Archive

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  • The Wii Shaft controller

    Ditch your Nunchuck

    Don’t let its name throw you, because the Wii Shaft has nothing to do with 1970s private detectives. It’s actually an arcade-style joystick for the Nintendo console. The Shaft lets gamers ditch the unique style of play that’s helped catapult the console up the sales charts. The Wii Shaft controller Instead, the accessory …

    Consoles 13 Nov 2007, 07:02

  • OLPC offers one-for-two to generous North Americans

    Give One. Get One.

    For the next 15 days, it's not just One Laptop per Child. It's One Laptop per Donor. Early Monday morning, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association launched its Give One, Get One programme for donors in the US and Canada. Over the next two weeks, if you donate $399 to the foundation, one nifty Nicholas Negroponte laptop …

    PCs 13 Nov 2007, 10:15

  • Solwise pushes powerline Ethernet security - literally

    Instant network encryption

    Networking specialist Solwise has introduced a powerline Ethernet adaptor it claims offer compete security literally at the push of a button. Solwise's PL-200AV-Push: 128-bit AES encryption at the push of a button The PL-200AV-Push is based on the 200Mb/s HomePlug AV networking-over-mains-cabling standard and like other …

    Networking and Wireless 13 Nov 2007, 10:31

  • Intel readies 45nm 'Diamondville' CPU for low-cost PCs

    Foundation for Asus' desktop Eee PC?

    Intel will next year launch a low-cost desktop PC platform, it has been claimed. The news comes days after Asus said it's developing a desktop version of its Eee PC ultra-compact laptop for a 2008 release. Intel's platform is codenamed 'Shelton' and is set to centre on a 45nm processors dubbed 'Diamondville', described by …

    PCs 13 Nov 2007, 11:13

  • Pentax Optio M40 compact camera

    Review Good looks aren't everything...

    If skinny stuff does it for you, be it spray-on jeans, slim-line coffee or even soccer players, you're going to like the Pentax Optio M40. In fact, it’s so slender, you'll want to sit it down at a table and give it a good nourishing meal. Measuring just 18mm front to back, the Optio M40 is easy to slip it into a pocket and …

    Cameras 13 Nov 2007, 12:02

  • Samsung intros WiMax gadget quartet

    Samsung has rolled out the anticipated update to its UMPC-style WiMax-connected mobile internet gadget along with a PDA-style handset that also used the mobile broadband technology for access to the net. Samsung's SPH-9200: contains all the wireless standards under the sun? The SPH-9200 is the successor to the SPH-9000, …

    Phones 13 Nov 2007, 12:03

  • O2 chief dampens iPhone hype

    Always look on the bright side of life...

    Peter Erskine, CEO of UK operator O2 said it's "early days" for the iPhone in the UK - and shot down some of the larger sales numbers being touted for the device. iPhone sales were below tabloid guesstimates of 100,000 (The Sun & The Guardian) and 70,000 (The Mirror) - Erskine said the number was in the "tens of thousands". …

    Phones 13 Nov 2007, 12:04

  • Nokia unveils glamour-puss phone pair

    Put one next to your Bentley

    Nokia is hoping to seduce spendaholic customers with plenty of Euros to spare - today it launched two designer handsets, follow-ups to its Sirocco phone. Nokia's 8800 Arte: fingerprint-proof? Both have a special coating on their metal and glass surfaces, which Nokia claimed will stop unwanted smudges. However, only the …

    Phones 13 Nov 2007, 12:12

  • TomTom tackles traffic jams in HD

    We want your data

    Vodafone subscribers driving through the Netherlands may soon find themselves helping TomTom customers beat traffic jams, following the satnav specialists unveiling of the TomTom One XL HD Traffic navigation unit. TomTom's One XL HD: traffic updates provided via Vodafone The company claims its service uses “anonymously …

    GPS and Satnav 13 Nov 2007, 14:34

  • Nintendo creates online catwalk for Wii Miis

    Brickbats or bouquets

    Nintendo has launched a Wii channel for fanboys - and girls - that lets them post their Mii avatars online and have other users praise or pillory them. For anyone not in the know, a Mii is a Wii-centric cartoon representation of yourself. Your Mii can be personalised by changing, say, eyebrow shape or hair colour and is then …

    Consoles 13 Nov 2007, 15:17

  • Axe hangs over UK town's analogue TV signal

    Whitehaven forced to go digital tonight

    Residents of Whitehaven, Cumbria will tonight become the first UK inhabitants to lose analogue TV transmissions. At 2am, the region’s BBC 1, ITV 1 and Channel 4 analogue signals will be permanently switched off. The Whitehaven and Copeland TV region Last month, the town and surrounding area of Copeland lost its BBC 2 …

    HD 13 Nov 2007, 16:30

  • Nvidia to launch top-of-the-line mobile GPU on Monday?

    GeForce 8800M GTX imminent, apparently

    Monday, 19 November looks set to see the launch of Nvidia's latest top-of-the-range mobile GPU, if muted conversations we've overheared in the vicinity of London's Tottenham Court Road are to be believed. The chip's the GeForce 8800M GTX, and it's believed to be the 65nm die-shrink of the 90nm mobile 'G80' chip Nvidia released …

    Bits 'n' Chips 13 Nov 2007, 17:30

  • LG monitors to attain 5000:1 contrast ratio

    Don't sit too close

    LG has developed a range of high contrast LCD monitors, which it claims boosts the highest contrast screen currently available from 3000:1 to 5000:1. Some of the monitors included in the range The company isn’t giving much away about the monitors just yet, but a spokesman for LG told Register Hardware that all its existing …

    HD 13 Nov 2007, 17:36

  • Intel celebrates 'Penryn' launch

    Manufacturing exec warns rivals forgoing new materials

    Intel celebrated the launch of its 45nm 'Penryn' processors last evening, whooping-up their chip shrinkage at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco. The new processors are made with new materials and almost twice as many transistors by shrinking their size to 45nm from 65nm. Intel claims the technology will dramatically …

    Bits 'n' Chips 13 Nov 2007, 21:26