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30th November 2007 Archive

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  • Dell moves 40,000 Ubuntu PCs

    Frugal faithful

    Dell agreed to ship PCs and laptops with the Ubuntu operating system after more than 130,000 people promoted the notion on the company's IdeaStorm web site. It would seem, however, that only a fraction of these zealots were willing to back their votes with cash. Dell has shipped close to 40,000 systems pre-installed with the …

    Channel Register 30 Nov 2007, 02:11

  • EU tunes in to DVB-H

    Europe gets a single mobile TV standard

    Mobile TV has moved one step nearer to widespread roll-out as the European Commission officially selects DVB-H as the standard for Europe. Despite opposition from some countries, DVB-H is to be added to the official list of standards whose use all 27 EU Member States have to actively support and encourage. The move gives …

    Phones 30 Nov 2007, 10:21

  • PS3 demand booms in Japan

    Sales surpass Wii's monthly tally

    Sony sold more PlayStation 3s in the last four weeks in its home territory of Japan than rival Nintendo sold Wiis, local games publisher Enterbrain said today. But another market watcher revealed Wii won out in the week to 25 November. According to Enterbrain, some 183,217 PS3s crossed counters in the four weeks to 25 November …

    Consoles 30 Nov 2007, 10:22

  • Nvidia GeForce 9s due Feb '08?

    And AMD prunes prices

    It's no surprise to learn that Nvidia's working on its GeForce 9 family of graphics chips, but until today we didn't know when the first of them will appear. Expect to see high-end GeForce 9s out next February, card-maker moles claimed today by way of DigiTimes. The first is codenamed 'D9E', they say, it's fabbed at 65nm - …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Nov 2007, 10:38

  • Mother of God seen on USB Flash drive

    Pray you don't lose your data

    If you lose a file from this USB drive then you’d better pick your expletives carefully or you’ll have the Good Lord, vengeful wrath and all, snapping at your heels. Thou shalt not carve graven USBs The Maria Memory Stick is USB 2.0 compatible and can be used to store all your essential files. However, unlike any other Flash …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 30 Nov 2007, 10:51

  • LG KU990 Viewty cameraphone

    Review Give a phone a touchscreen and suddenly everyone's interested

    Touchscreen mobiles are destined to be a hot ticket for the foreseeable future, but with the touch-controlled KU990 Viewty from LG there’s far more than screen-fingering novelty to tap your attention. The Viewty - daft name, it has to be said - adopts the stylish look and feel of LG's Prada phone released earlier this year but …

    Phones 30 Nov 2007, 12:00

  • New Zealander's Nokia explodes

    Battery detonation probe launched

    Nokia is investigating why a New Zealand man's phone blew up while it was being recharged. According to national broadcaster One News, Auckland resident Norman Sievewright's handset exploded during Wednesday night. It was by his bedside at the time, and the detonation caused him a "huge fright". It also left charred marks on …

    Phones 30 Nov 2007, 12:30

  • IBM sues seller over alleged fake ThinkPad batteries

    Power packs claimed to be a fire-risk too

    IBM has accused a New York-based spare computer parts company of trademark infringement in a bid to stop the firm selling what it alleges are dangerous fakes. It's demanding $1m for each claimed counterfeit use of its logos. In a lawsuit filed with the US District Court for Northern Ohio this month, IBM claims that Shentech. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 30 Nov 2007, 13:09

  • Nintendo DS to get movie, TV download service

    But not over Wi-Fi

    Japanese gamers will soon be able to watch movies on a Nintendo DS, thanks to the creation of a movie download service for the handheld console. DSVision: download and watch films on your DS Lite It’s to be called DSVision and will, upon its launch next year, carry around 300 films, e-books, TV programmes and comics - …

    Consoles 30 Nov 2007, 13:18