28th November 2007 Archive

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Google preps magic GDrive

Works even when you're offline

The GDrive rumors have resurfaced. This morning, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google is preparing an online storage service capable of housing all the files you now store on your very own hard drive. According to The Journal, the service could allow access from both PCs and mobile phones, and it could be released "a …

Storage 28 Nov 2007, 01:37
Dell fills out XPS laptop line

Debuts 15in model

Dell has rolled out its latest XPS laptop, a model that builds on the m1330, launched last May, with a bigger, 15.4in widescreen display and available with an optional slot-load Blu-ray Disc drive. Dell's XPS m1530: 15-incher The XPS m1530 can be configured with a range of Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors, up to 4GB of …

PCs 28 Nov 2007, 09:11
Toshiba to sell trees with laptops

Branching out

Toshiba is branching out from the electronics industry. It’s begun cross-selling an eco-service that it claims will offset the carbon cost of customers' laptops. Buy a tree from Toshiba Its Carbon Neutral Scheme allows punters to pay an optional £1.18 fee when they buy, say, a Toshiba Satellite laptop. A company spokesman …

PCs 28 Nov 2007, 09:20
Intel 'Moorestown' UMPCs to feature single-chip CPU/GPU

Will you please welcome 'Lincroft' and 'Langwell'

Intel announced its 'Moorestown' system-on-a-chip platform for UMPCs and internet tablets back in April this year, but it kept the details close to its chest. Now they've leaked out. Moorestown will comprise two chips: the SoC, codenamed 'Lincroft', and an I/O part called 'Langwell'. According to a report on Japanese-language …

PCs 28 Nov 2007, 09:56
AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics chip

Review Watch out, GeForce 8800 GT

AMD's ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT wasn’t a bad graphics chip but it spent too long in development and failed to take the fight to Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 series. But after a quick die-shrink from 80nm to 55nm, the Radeon HD 2900 XT has been reborn as the Radeon HD 3870. The new fabrication process is a good start but it doesn’t …

Bits 'n' Chips 28 Nov 2007, 11:10
Fujitsu promises 320GB laptop HDD next year

Rivals are already selling similar products

Fujitsu today pledged to make a 320GB 2.5in hard drive available to buyers in February 2008 - even though rival HDD makers like Western Digital are already selling laptop hard drives of that capacity. Fujitsu's 320GB MHZ2-BH: ready for laptops next February Fujitsu's MHZ2-BH series will come with between 40GB and 320GB of …

Storage 28 Nov 2007, 12:03
Greenpeace slams ~~Apple~~ Nintendo over eco-credentials

Apple off the hook, a little

Greenpeace has released its latest Guide to Greener Electronics report, ranking Nintendo and Microsoft as some of the world’s least eco-friendly electronics companies. How each company stacks up in Greenpeace's eyes The report, which has been expanded from previous versions to include TVs and games consoles, analyses the …

Gadgets and Gizmos 28 Nov 2007, 12:09
Nintendo DS Lite sets UK sales record

PSP left for dust

The Nintendo DS Lite has taken the record for the greatest number of games console units sold in the UK within a single week. Nintendo's DS Lite: selling like hot cakes Some 191,000 DS Lites were sold units during week 47 - the seven days up to 24 November. The console took the crown from Sony’s PSP, which until now had held …

Consoles 28 Nov 2007, 12:22
Apple Macs

Top Five Getting to the core of the line-up

If you’re considering buying an Apple machine this Christmas but you're not sure which, Register Hardware’s got you covered. We’ve spoken to Apple expert Warren D’Souza, retail manager with independent Mac specialist the Square Group, to help unwrap what’s hot and what’s not in Apple’s current line-up. Warren’s been in working …

Mac 28 Nov 2007, 12:38
Orange to offer unlocked iPhones for €749

Updated €250 less than T-Mobile wants

Orange France will sell Apple's iPhone to consumers who don't want to be tied to the carrier, provided they cough up €749 for the handset - €250 less than T-Mobile Germany's unlocked iPhones cost. Orange said it will offer four iPhone-oriented price plans ranging from €49 to €119 per month. Data usage is capped at 500MB a …

Phones 28 Nov 2007, 14:14
US HD DVD player sales pass 750,000

Demand accelerating

Three-quarters of a million Americans now own a dedicated HD DVD player or Xbox 360 add-on drive, the HD DVD Promotional Group said today. To date, 750,000 HD DVD devices have been sold in North America, the organisation said, citing "retailer reports and other point of sale data". It pointed to busy post-Thanksgiving …

HD 28 Nov 2007, 16:45
My new PC can't see my old iTunes downloads

Q&A

I just bought myself a new PC and have been moving all my files from one to the other. But I've since found that all my iTunes music files don't display in iTunes, even though I made sure to save them into the same sub-folder that they were saved in on my old PC. Have I lost the songs for good? Can anyone help?

Q&A 28 Nov 2007, 16:50
PSP battery pack lets you keep on gaming

Never rest again

If you've often set time aside for marathon PlayStation Portable gaming sessions only to have them cut short by your battery giving up the ghost, then Sony's latest announcement will please you. It has unveiled an Extended Life Battery Kit for the handheld console. Play for longer, thanks to the battery pack The 2200mAh …

Consoles 28 Nov 2007, 16:56
Nigerian keyboard firm sues One Laptop per Child

No hugs and kisses for XO Laptop

The One Laptop Per Child foundation is being sued over its XO laptop keyboard design by the Nigerian-owned, Massachusetts-based firm, Lagos Analysis Corp. Lagos claims the non-profit illegally reverse-engineered their software drivers to make the OLPC keypad more accent mark friendly to foreign fingers. The initial copyright …

PCs 28 Nov 2007, 20:00