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17th January 2008 Archive

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  • MWg unveils the Zinc II smartphone

    Another element to its range

    The Mobile and Wireless Group (MWg) - formerly O2's Asian handset business - is really pushing its name in the smartphone market, creating yet another Windows Mobile-based handset: the Zinc II. MWg's Zinc II: GPS, HSDPA and a two-megapixel camera Based on version 6.1 Pro of the OS, the Zinc II offers quad-band GSM and HSDPA …

    Phones 17 Jan 10:21

  • AMD updates Catalyst

    Version 8.1 for Windows posted

    AMD has published version 8.1 of its Catalyst driver package for Windows XP and Vista, an update that brings a host of game-related tweaks but, more importantly, supports OpenGL rendering across multiple GPUs and monitors. Games affected by the tweak include Bioshock, Half-life 2, FEAR, Oblivion, Call of Juarez, Quake Wars and …

    Bits 'n' Chips 17 Jan 10:43

  • Video game ad banned for 'realistic' violence

    Stranglehold promo strangled

    An advert for a computer game has been banned from television. The advert for Stranglehold had realistic violence, constant gunfire and condoned violence, according to ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ASA responded to two complaints about the promotional clip for the game, which is endorsed by martial …

    Consoles 17 Jan 11:08

  • Hauppauge pitches Pay TV add-on for PCs

    CAM cards at the ready

    Want to watch Pay TV on your PC? If so, Hauppauge's new WinTV-CI is here to help. It's an add-on for the company's range of WinTV tuners that allows you to plug in a Common Access Module (CAM) and signal-uncscrambling smartcard. The WinTV-CI links the WinTV tuner to a range of third-party CAM modules, such as AlphaCrypt, Conax …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 17 Jan 11:19

  • Peeved HTC smartphone owners offer bounty for driver fix

    Fix drivers, win cash prizes

    A website is offering HTC smartphone customers a $3000 financial reward if they're able to solve a series of graphics and related issues affecting the company's recent handsets, allegedly caused by missing or poorly performing hardware drivers. The organisers of the HTCClassAction.org claim that the problem, which concerns …

    Phones 17 Jan 11:37

  • Samsung SGH-G800 5Mp cameraphone

    Review G600 + 3G = G800

    Samsung has put itself in the frame as a serious cameraphone contender with the SGH-G800, a five-megapixel cameraphone sporting a 3x optical zoom plus face-detection and autofocus technology. Samsung's SGH-G800: a serious contender? Samsung has already hit the five-megapixel cameraphone mark in Europe with its stylish G600 …

    Phones 17 Jan 12:02

  • Everex follows Asus Eee to announce 9in sub-notebook

    Unreleased CloudBook follow-up named

    Not content with mounting a serious challenge to Asus' elfin Eee PC, US manufacturer Everex this week said it will follow up its 7in CloudBook sub-notebook with larger models later in the year. To be fair, these are all enhancements Asus has already pledged to make to the Eee PC line-up. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES …

    PCs 17 Jan 12:22

  • FlipStart halves handheld PC price

    Yours for $699 now

    FlipStart, the venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has slashed the price of its eponymous handheld Windows PC by more than 50 per cent. FlipStart's FlipStart PC: now (more than) half price This week, the FlipStart PC began retailing for $699 - rather less than the $1499 it was priced at when the company …

    PCs 17 Jan 12:48

  • Surgeons to turn to Wii to sharpen their scalpel skills?

    Forceps... swab... Nunchuk...

    Next time you’re about to go under the knife, you might want to ask your surgeons how much Wii training they've had to boost their medical expertise and manual dexterity. According to a report in New Scientist magazine, researchers at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona have found that its surgical …

    Consoles 17 Jan 12:55

  • TVs to play DivX thanks to AMD

    Chip deal

    DivX-encoded content looks set to be available across a wider range of multimedia devices, following its handshake with chip manufacturer AMD. The two companies have signed a licensing agreement that’ll allow AMD to include DivX’s video technology with its Xilleon processor range. AMD and DivX are yet to decide which specific …

    HD 17 Jan 16:34

  • The OLPC XO laptop

    Review Is the mean, green thing hacker-friendly?

    Originally known as the '$100 laptop' from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, the XO laptop is now available through retail. I bought one under the Give One, Get One program where for a $400 donation, OLPC would send one XO to the donator, and another to a child. This is my story of working with it for a couple of weeks …

    PCs 17 Jan 17:15

  • 'EcoDisc' allegedly trashes man's optical disc drive

    Maybe he should have read the warning label

    UK magazine PC Pro today told the world how one of its readers didn't read the warning label on a free cover-mount disc and as a result got it stuck in his computer, allegedly damaging the machine's optical drive. Last weekend, the UK's Mail on Sunday newspaper gave away a free DVD of Neil Diamond's movie, The Jazz Singer. …

    Storage 17 Jan 18:06