6th March 2008 Archive

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Intel Atom said to gain second core in Q2

Cool fusion?

Intel's Atom processor family looks set to go dual-core in the third quarter of this year, the latest leaks coming out of Taiwan imply. The desktop version of Atom was previously known by its codename, 'Diamondville'. The first Diamondvilles will be single-core parts clocked, it's claimed, at 1.87GHz. They will contain 512KB …

Bits 'n' Chips 6 Mar 10:26
Palm OS-based Centro arrives in UK

Still no 3G or Wi-Fi...

Palm has rolled out the Palm OS-based Centro smartphone in the UK, pitching the £199 handset as a yoof-oriented alternative to its more 'serious' Treo phones. Centro uses the same layout and look as the recently released, Windows Mobile-based Treo 500, but it's rather narrower in profile and with a crisper, higher resolution …

Phones 6 Mar 10:41
AMD lets Puma release date out of the bag

Laptop platform to challenge Centrino on power consumption

AMD's would-be Centrino-beater, its 'Puma' platform for laptops, will debut in June in notebooks you can actually buy, the chip maker promised this week. AMD first began talking about Puma almost a year ago. The platform comprises 'Griffin', a dual-core processor designed specifically for mobile applications but built using …

Bits 'n' Chips 6 Mar 11:03
Acer trumped Dell in Q4 07 world laptop sales

While Asus saw explosive growth

Acer nudged Dell into third place in the world notebook sales chart for the last quarter of 2007, but the market leader, HP, and up-and-coming Asus experienced the most growth. So state stats released this week by market watcher DisplaySearch. HP shipped 20.1 per cent of all the laptops that left manufacturer warehouses in Q4 …

PCs 6 Mar 11:22
Pure Highway in-car DAB radio

Review DAB in your motor, without breaking the bank

If rumours are to be believed, Ford will soon be fitting DAB as standard on some vehicles. But the retro-fit market still has massive potential and to fill that gap digital radio specialist Pure has come up with a really neat little gadget: the Highway. It's like all those iPod-oriented FM devices. Highway picks up digital …

Media players 6 Mar 12:08
Taking the piste: Wii to bring skiing to the living room

And here's a Japanese lass to show you how...

If you’re bummed about the coming end of the skiing season, then video games are the answer - in particular a skiing game that uses the Wii’s new Balance Board add-on to send you sliding down the mountainside, virtually speaking. Developer Namco Bandai said We Ski lets up to four gamers ski across virtual mountains while …

Consoles 6 Mar 12:23
Asus to offer Linux-less Eee PCs globally

XP to be pre-installed

Asus has formally announced it will begin offering outside of Japan its tiny Eee PC laptop with Windows XP pre-installed in place of the Linux distro it's offered to date. That's not to say the Eee will not ship with Linux. While Asus was a little vague on the matter, it's likely it will offer the Eee in multiple forms, some …

PCs 6 Mar 13:03
Adidas coaches Samsung on phone design

Feel and hear the burn

People have been walking and talking with mobile phones ever since the devices' mass adoption in the late 1990s, but Samsung and Adidas now want users to jump up to running and talking. They've launched an "exercise phone". Samsung's and Adidas' miCoach: makes calls, keeps you fit The miCoach slider handset creates …

Phones 6 Mar 14:53
Garmin touts new Nuvi range

CeBIT Pimp your satnav

Garmin has given GPS enthusiasts a sneak peek at its upcoming satnav-cum-portable TV. It also unveiled its latest range of entry-level models this week. Garmin's 900T: picks up DVB-H broadcasts and GPS signals The TV-equipped model, dubbed the Nuvi 900T, is thought to be the first portable GPS device with an extendable …

GPS and Satnav 6 Mar 15:07
Paranoid partners to get GPS snooper

Behind you...

If you’re suspicious about the missus’ daily movements or wonder exactly which 'old friend' your hubby is meeting for dinner, then you’ll be glad that a GPS gadget’s been made available to help you track their movements. Blip's Snitch: track people online and via SMS The GPS Snitch, from manufacturer Blip, is designed for …

GPS and Satnav 6 Mar 18:22
Alabama admits developing country status

One Laptop Per Poor Southern Child

Birmingham, Alabama may soon join the third world. As reported by the The Associated Press, Birmingham's city council has rubber-stamped a $3.5m deal with the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, ogling 15,000 laptops designed for less-than-affluent children in developing countries, including Rwanda, Libya, and Mongolia. This is …

PCs 6 Mar 22:11
Ghosts of the 128KB Mac haunt the iPhone, Touch

Comment Putting the MultiTouch UI to work

Are mobile gadgets tools, or just toys? There's one way to find out of course, the hard way. Throw something at the market in a recession, and see if it finds a use. Apple has created a wonderful new user interface for its iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac notebooks that should be the basis for a generation of consumer products. But …

Phones 6 Mar 22:27