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17th December 2007 Archive

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  • Intel pushes back X48 release?

    Mobo makers want to sell a few more X38-based boards first

    Intel has reportedly put back the release of its upcoming X48 gaming chipset to allow motherboard makers to clear the decks of boards based on the X48's predecessor, the X38. Originally due to appear next month, the X48 - reviewed here - will apparently now surface in February or March, motherboard-maker moles cited by …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Dec 2007, 10:44

  • Orange France says 'testicules' to unlocked-iPhone-not-unlocked claim

    Of course you can use an unlocked iPhone anywhere, carrier states

    Orange France has denied a claim that the unlocked iPhones it is offering are not actually unlocked but were simply set to work with any French carrier SIM card rather than, say, a SIM purchased in the UK. The claim was made by website iPhone Atlas late last week. Without stating how it knew this to be the case, the site said …

    Phones 17 Dec 2007, 11:08

  • Old Sony console outsold PS3 in US last month

    While demand for DS Lite, Wii soars

    Sony's PlayStation 3 proved less popular than its predecessor in the US last month. According to market watcher NPD, the PS3 fell way behind the market leaders: Nintendo's DS Lite and Wii. NPD's numbers for November retail sales put the PS3 down at 466,000 units, around 30,000 fewer than the 496,000 PS2s that crossed counters …

    Consoles 17 Dec 2007, 11:42

  • Hauppauge XFones PC-2400 wireless headphones

    First Review Dolby technology built in bundled

    You have to admire Hauppauge's brass. The company known for its TV tuners is marketing its XFones as wireless headphones with Dolby Headphone technology. That's all true: they are headphones, they are wireless and, yes, they do feature Dolby. But this smart sound system comes not from the hardware, but the bundled DVD playback …

    Gadgets 17 Dec 2007, 12:02

  • Intel plays down Viiv entertainment PC brand

    Now that all PCs are media PCs

    Intel appears to be de-emphasising its much-scorned Viiv brand, reducing the label from a tag designed to represent all-singing, all-dancing multimedia PCs, to a sub-brand of its Core 2 processor label. Late last week, it emerged that peripheral maker Buffalo had warned its customers that its kit would no longer off Intel's …

    PCs 17 Dec 2007, 12:47

  • UK censor to appeal against Manhunt 2 verdict

    Wants High Court to enforce original ban

    The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to ask the English High Court to uphold its decision that controversial videogame Manhunt 2 should not be sold in the UK. The BBFC today said it is seeking a judicial review of the Video Appeals Committee's decision, announced last week, that the game should be released over …

    Consoles 17 Dec 2007, 14:05

  • Toshiba unwraps 'world's first' HD DVD-RW laptop

    Toshiba demo'd its laptop-friendly HD DVD-RW drive in June this year and, six months on, the unit is at long last going to be built into a laptop. The machine in question is Toshiba's own monster Qosmio G40, which goes on sale in Japan this Friday. The 17in notebook also contains a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, 2GB of …

    PCs 17 Dec 2007, 15:05

  • Nvidia 'nveils nForce 7 chipsets

    Tri-SLI time

    Nvidia has rolled out its first nForce 7-series chipset, this one targeting Intel processors and supporting the GPU maker's new three-way SLI technology. Nvidia's nForce 780i SLI The nForce 780i SLI supports Intel's one-, two- and four-core desktop processors on a frontside bus (FSB) clocked at between 533MHz and 1333MHz. …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Dec 2007, 15:37

  • Sonnet readies ExpressCard 21-in-1 card reader, writer

    Mac accessory maker Sonnet Technologies will this week begin selling its ExpressCard adaptor capable of taking a staggering 21 different memory card types. Unlike previous ExpressCard 34-format card readers - such as Griffin Technology's ExpressCard 5:1 Reader, reviewed here - 21-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card Reader and Writer …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 17 Dec 2007, 19:05

  • Firewire to gain 3.2Gb/s bandwidth boost

    If it weren't for those pesky kids and their USB 3...

    Not to be outdone by rival peripheral interconnect technology USB, Firewire is likewise having its data throughput increased, the organisation behind the standard said today. But it's target speed of 3.2Gb/s falls some way below that of USB 3.0. Firewire currently supports two speeds: 400Mb/s and 800Mb/s. Both use different …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Dec 2007, 20:09