4th February 2008 Archive

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Intel single-core 'Silverthorne' to sport HyperThreading

One-core UMPC chip acts like a Core 2 Duo

Intel has spilled a few more beans about 'Silverthorne', its upcoming 45nm processor for UMPCs and mobile internet devices (MIDs). It's a single-core part that implements HyperThreading (HT) ahead of the technology's implementation later this year in 'Nehalem' next-gen CPUs. Silverthorne was developed from the ground up for …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Feb 05:02
Asus reschedules 8GB Eee PC to Q2, moles claim

Pesky Flash disks...

Waiting for the 8GB Eee PC? Then you're going to have to wait a little longer - until April at least, it has been alleged, thanks to problems Asus is having getting the machine out of the door. What those problems are, Chinese-language paper Economic Daily News doesn't say, simply stating that the 8GB Eee PC has been delayed …

PCs 4 Feb 08:52
Intel makes MacBook Air processor available to all

But the Air clones will be coming anyway

The reduced-size 65nm Core 2 Duo designed by Intel and incorporated inside Apple's super-slim MacBook Air is available for other computer makers to buy, the chip company confirmed last week. No great surprise there - Intel's in the business of selling as many chips as possible, not operating as Apple's in-house silicon …

PCs 4 Feb 10:22
Blu-ray winning in Europe

We've seen the US picture - how's the war waging over here?

Europeans together own more than 55,000 HD DVD players and Xbox 360 add-on drives, it has emerged, but that total pales beside the number of PlayStation 3s sold over here: 750,000. Market watcher Understanding and Solutions - which has long vociferously forecast Blu-ray's victory in the format war - provides the figure for …

HD 4 Feb 11:16
LG unveils unveiling of slimline sliderphone

Full specs next week

LG is building up the hype for its latest handset by announcing that it will... er... announce the phone at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. LG's KF510: touch-sensitive Looking much like Samsung’s G800 slider - reviewed here - the LG-KF510 is 10.9mm thick and incorporates a three-megapixel camera. LG will …

Phones 4 Feb 11:24
Slim’n’light PS3 en-route?

Console on a diet

Sony is preparing a slimmer version of the chunky PlayStation 3, it has been claimed, a move that would match what's it's already done with the PSone, PS2 and PSP. According to a “well-informed insider” cited by birds'n'boxes mag Tomorrow's Technology Today, that trend will be repeated with the PS3. Unfortunately, Sony’s …

Consoles 4 Feb 11:33
Old aircraft artefacts become office accessories

Buy your boss a B-52 bomber seat for a big bundle of bucks

Motoart, the company behind retro aeroplane furniture like the C-130 Hercules wing conference table, the Boeing 727 engine cowling valet desk and the MK-84 bomb casing ten-gallon fish tank, are proud to present the B-52 Stratofortress ejection seat office chair. Originally from Southern California, the artists/sculptors/metal- …

Gadgets and Gizmos 4 Feb 11:40
AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 dual-GPU graphics card

Review Do two GPUs equal double the value?

Everything about the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card is big, including the model name, so we’re going to stick to calling it the X2 here. The principle behind the X2 is simple enough. AMD's ATI Radeon HD 3870 is a decent graphics card but it's having a job competing with Nvidia's GeForce 8800 family, which is the …

Bits 'n' Chips 4 Feb 12:02
China to get Windows Mobile 6 'iPhone'

Well, it looks like one...

Want an iPhone that runs Windows Mobile 6? China's the place to go. There you can pick up the T32, a handset that's almost identical to Apple's handset, with a few (minor?) differences. First, it's quite a bit fatter - it's 15.5mm thick - and the screen's not up to iPhone spec, either. It's a 3.2in, 240 x 320 job to the iPhone …

Phones 4 Feb 13:39
Sony Ericsson ponders detachable-screen clamshell

Remove display, use it separately

Documents filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office by Sony Ericsson have revealed designs for a handset with a display that’s able to detach from the keypad and twist in numerous ways. Sony Ericsson's phone separates into two units In the documents, SE describes how the unnamed handset would comprise two detachable …

Phones 4 Feb 13:43
DS Lite dock debuts

No more pesky power cables

If you’re confused by cables whilst trying to charge your numerous gadgets, then help is at hand, for DS Lite console owners at least. Hori's DS Lite docking station: removes the hassle from charging? Japanese retailer Hori is set to release a docking station for the Nintendo console that makes charging the gaming unit as …

Consoles 4 Feb 14:02
Teen-mum flick gets filmgoers hungry for hamburger phone

I want ice cream! And pickles! And communications equipment!

Companies like Apple and Sony have known for years that movie product placement translates into big bucks. The latest such placement is...a hamburger phone, which features in new teens-up-the-duff movie Juno. Statistics floating around online, which have been attributed to eBay, claim that sales of the retro handset jumped 759 …

Phones 4 Feb 14:20
Can my Mac run Windows apps?

Q&A

I have a Mac Cube 10.4.11, 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo, 512 MB and need to access my PC at work. Does my Mac have enough memory for Bootcamp to be successful? Not only will I need to run a word package, but also Sage. Many thanks.

Q&A 4 Feb 14:56
Cigarette ash proves a drag for Nintendo's Wii

Don't smoke around my ~~baby~~ console

Everyone knows smoking's bad for you, but, until now, we didn’t know if it was also detrimental to the health of games consoles. Nintendo’s claiming that a build-up of tobacco is partly to blame for recent complaints about the quality of gameplay in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Smokers to blame for SSBB gameplay problems? The …

Consoles 4 Feb 16:14
Easy iPhone unlocking for $30?

Definitely not Apple certified

Online retailer Brando has begun selling a SIM card-sized device that it claims unlocks Apple’s iPhone for use on any network, without the need for any complicated software or soldering iron surgery. Brando's iPhone Unlock Card: the card's upper face (left) and with a SIM affixes Dubbed the iPhone Unlock Card, the widget’s …

Phones 4 Feb 17:03