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15th November 2007 Archive

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  • AMD rolls out DirectX 10.1 Radeon HD 3800 GPUs

    Top-of-the-range peformance at mid-range price

    AMD has launched 'RV670', the - world's first - 55nm GPU it hopes will reverse the growing gap between its sales and those of Nvidia. RV670 will go on sale today as the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 - effectively what would once have been called 'Pro' and 'XT' variants, respectively. Both 192 square mm dies contain 666 - oh err …

    PCs 15 Nov 2007, 05:02

  • Hynix touts 'world's first' 1Gb GDDR 5 chip

    Thanks for the memory

    First Qimonda, now Hynix. Yes, the Korean chip-maker has become the second manufacturer to begin sampling GDDR 5 graphics memory chippage. But while its German rival is pitching a 512Mb part, Hynix has a 1Gb chip - the first of its kind in the world, the company claimed - on its books. GDDR 5 ups the maximum data throughput …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Nov 2007, 10:30

  • Retailer pitches £1000 £10,000 Nintendo Wii

    Updated Grand gesture

    Retail chain PC World is clearly out to cash in on the current shortage of Nintendo Wii in the UK. How else can we explain why it's offering one of the consoles for £1000 - more than three times' the recommend price? Here's the proof: How much? Click for full-size image It's a glitch, of course. Or a staffer's joke. And …

    Consoles 15 Nov 2007, 10:54

  • Xbox girl-on-girl game upsets Singapore

    Mass Effect banned

    Singapore has banned the Xbox 360 video game Mass Effect because it apparently contains a raunchy lesbian love scene. No video? You'll need to download Flash Player from www.adobe.com Local newspaper the Straits Times reported today that the science fiction role-playing game - which is due to be released in the UK later …

    Consoles 15 Nov 2007, 11:01

  • Nvidia to launch 'G98' GPU next month

    Die-shrink speed boost

    Nvidia will roll out a PCI Express 2.0 and DisplayPort-enabled successor to its budget GeForce 8400 GS graphics chip early next month, if the latest claim from Taiwanese industry moles is to be believed. The new chip is based on a 65nm core codenamed 'G98', Chinese-language site HKEPC reports. There are eight pixel processors …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Nov 2007, 11:45

  • Nokia 7500 Prism mobile phone

    Review If it's good enough for the Sugababes

    Any followers of the Bauhaus movement working in the Nokia design studio where presumably off sick on the day this baby was cooked up. Even the most cursory glance will tell you that form following function was not top of their agenda. That the phone appears frequently in the video for the recent Sugababes chart topper should …

    Phones 15 Nov 2007, 12:02

  • AMD announces next-gen CrossFire... sort of

    Two-, three- and four-GPU tech debuts on firm's website

    AMD has let slip the existence of the next generation of its CrossFire multi-GPU technology, dubbed CrossFire X. Technically, CrossFire X is under wraps until 19 November, but when it launched the ATI Radeon HD 3800 line of graphics chips this morning, AMD not only posted the new technology's logo on its website, but also …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Nov 2007, 12:26

  • US PS3 sales rocket after 40GB console debut

    80GB model's price cut a cause too?

    Sony's PS3 sales jumped up by almost 300 per cent last week, the company has claimed, attributing the sudden increase in demand to the introduction of the 40GB console. According to an Associated Press report, Sony sold 100,000 PS3s in the US in the week ending 11 November, up from around 30,000 to 40,000 consoles a week in …

    Consoles 15 Nov 2007, 14:14

  • Asus: 'no plans' for 10in Eee PC

    Upcoming 8GB model will have 7in screen

    Asus has claimed it has "no plans at the moment" to produce a version of its Eee PC ultra-small laptop with a 10in display. The upcoming 8GB model will sport the same 7in screen as the currently available 4GB unit, it added. Rumours that the manufacturer has a 10in Eee PC in the works have been doing the rounds since the …

    PCs 15 Nov 2007, 16:03

  • PowerColor punts overclocked ATI 3850 cards

    PowerColor has launched its line up of graphics cards based on AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 3800-series GPUs but unlike many of its rivals, it's overclocked its 'RV670's. In addition to 3850- and 3870-based cards clocked at the standard 670MHz and 775MHz frequencies, PowerColor said it will also offer a trio of core-overclocked …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Nov 2007, 16:45

  • Best Buy sells 'last Wii' twice

    Nintendo Economics 101

    How hard is it to find a Nintendo Wii? Not as hard as some might think. The official line from Nintendo is that demand for the time-wasting gaming console far exceeds supply, but some recent shenanigans at a Best Buy electronics mega-store in Princeton, New Jersey would seem to indicate otherwise. Last Saturday morning, a …

    Consoles 15 Nov 2007, 18:37

  • World of Warcraft spykit gets encrypted

    Increases effective stealth level by 5

    Tuesday's patch to World of Warcraft introduced new content and tweaks to the land of Azeroth, but with it came an important change to The Warden, Blizzard's ill-famed tool against cheaters. According to Warden-watching modders, the latest version is now encrypted, adding a major barrier for tinfoil hats who track what …

    Consoles 15 Nov 2007, 22:49

  • With one bound, Apple is free of 54 security bugs

    Mighty patches

    Apple has rolled out software updates that patch just about everything but the kitchen sink. In all, there are fixes for at least 54 security bugs, many of which could allow attackers to remotely execute code on vulnerable Macs and Windows machines. A whopping 41 vulnerabilities reside in OS X 10.4, which is better known as …

    Mac 15 Nov 2007, 23:29