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21st December 2007 Archive

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  • Sony Ericsson Walkman W910i motion-controlled phone

    Review The shake of things to come

    Sony Ericsson takes moving to the music literally with its motion-sensor based “shake control” track-changing gadgetry. But there’s far more to the HSDPA 3G-enabled Walkman W910i phone than slick moves. The W910i's slick sliderphone design also nods firmly in the direction of Sony Ericsson’s W880i slimline candybar - reviewed …

    Phones 21 Dec 2007, 11:03

  • Sharp, Toshiba to share LCD TV toys

    Plan to buy each others' kit

    Sharp and Toshiba have agreed to work together on the development of their LCD TV product lines. The deal will see Sharp buy Toshiba LCD TV chips in return for Toshiba buying Sharp LCD panels sized 32in and above. The arrangement will commence April 2008, when the two firms both begin new financial years. By 2010, half of …

    HD 21 Dec 2007, 12:13

  • Handhelds dominate Japanese pre-Xmas console sales

    DS rules the roost

    Nintendo's DS Lite continues to dominate the attention of Japanese consumers, notching up ever increasing weekly sales through the past four pre-Christmas weeks - even as Sony's PSP pushed ahead of Nintendo's other star, the Wii. According to figures from Japanese market watcher Media Create, some 222,132 DS Lites were …

    Consoles 21 Dec 2007, 12:44

  • Plunging player prices to reveal Blu-ray vs HD DVD winner?

    'Format clarity' coming in 2008, says analyst

    A clear leader in the battle to be the top next-generation optical disc format could emerge next year as player prices plummet and take of the cost of entry out of the equation, market watcher Understanding & Solutions (U&S) has claimed. While consumers remain confused about whether to back HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc, the high …

    HD 21 Dec 2007, 13:02

  • N-Gage First Access debut date slips... again

    November December 2008?

    Nokia's revamped N-Gage online gaming platform has fallen further behind schedule, the Finnish phone giant's official N-gage blog has admitted. An "unexpected" issue exposed by N-Gage First Access Platform testers prompted Nokia to delay the launch, planned for this week, the blog said. The launch has been put back until after …

    Phones 21 Dec 14:09

  • Censor to challenge Manhunt 2 release in court

    Judge says it has a case

    A judge has granted the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) a full court hearing for its argument that controversial videogame Manhunt 2 should not be released in this country. Mr Justice Wyn Williams also suspended the Video Appeals Committee (VAC) ruling that the game should be given a certificate, allowing it to go …

    Consoles 21 Dec 15:09

  • Wishing you an EMF-free Christmas

    Christmas gifts for the truly paranoid

    With Ofcom auctioning off spectrum left, right and centre, there has never been a better time to panic about what all those frequencies might be doing to your body, regardless of the lack of scientific evidence that it does very much at all. So if you're looking for a last-minute Christmas gift for the electromagnetic paranoid …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 21 Dec 23:02

  • Click here to turn your HP laptop into a brick

    More bundled software madness

    A second bug in HP laptop utilities creates a means for hackers to turn PCs into "unbootable" bricks. Flaws in the automatic software update tool bundled with HP notebooks might be abused to alter vital system files (in the kernel or elsewhere) leaving PC unbootable, according to a post on the milw0rm full disclosure mailing …

    PCs 21 Dec 23:12