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11th March 2008 Archive

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  • 'Magnet boy' freezes Xbox

    Hair-raising gameplay

    Most kids dream of having a superpower, but we've never heard of any who actually had one. Until now. One 12-year-old boy claims to be magnetised and can zap games consoles and PCs. Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com Although he styled himself 'Magneto Man', Joe Falciatano from New York appears to be …

    Consoles 11 Mar 09:08

  • Nvidia dual-GPU graphics card due next week

    GeForce 9800 GX2 first; 9800 GTX a week later

    Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GX2 multi-GPU graphics card will apparently be launched on a not-entirely-unexpecting gaming community on 18 March, if piccies snapped around CeBIT are anything to go by. They usually are, and in this case the vendor mentioning the GX2's non-disclosure agreement (NDA) expiry date was MSI. It put the date …

    Bits 'n' Chips 11 Mar 10:31

  • Wal-Mart stores drop cheap-as-chips Linux PC

    A glimpse of restocking? Only online...

    Wal-Mart has stopped selling cheap PCs pre-loaded with Linux at its stores because consumer just weren't interested enough, the retail colossus said yesterday. "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for," a company spokeswoman told the Associated Press newsagency. Wal-Mart's experiment started in October 2007. …

    PCs 11 Mar 11:07

  • Intel to launch 160GB Flash laptop drives in Q2

    Taking the fight to Samsung, SanDisk et al

    Intel will ramp up its solid-state drive operation next quarter with the introduction of a range of notebook-oriented units running to 160GB of storage capacity. According to Troy Winslow, Intel's NAND Products Group Marketing Manager, interviewed by News.com, Q2 will see the chip giant roll-out 1.8in and 2.5in SSDs with …

    Storage 11 Mar 11:47

  • Archos TV+ 250GB streaming media player

    Review Very, very disappointing

    On paper, Archos' TV+ looks like a very exciting product, combining a media streamer, a digital video recorder and the ability to display content from the internet on your TV. In theory, it's everything you could want from a set-top box. The reality, however, is somewhat different. The first and perhaps biggest problem with …

    Media players 11 Mar 12:02

  • Sexy touchscreen MP4 player for under a ton, anyone?

    Notes at the ready

    If your funds don’t quite stretch to an Apple iPod Touch or Archos but you still crave a touch-sensitive widescreen video player then find yourself 70 quid and get online. Energy Sistem's Inngenio 6000: possessor of a 2.8in touchscreen and a sexy bod Just such a device, dubbed the Inngenio 6000, has cropped up on a Spanish …

    Media players 11 Mar 12:46

  • Nokia turns to TV to push music service

    You are entering the Green Room

    In a desperate attempt to drum up interest in its music service, Nokia is to launch its own TV show. The Nokia Green Room is to be shown on Channel 4 with exclusive extra bits only available through the online service. The show will run from April this year, and will feature live music as well as "reality-style" bits filmed …

    Phones 11 Mar 13:47

  • Pay lip service to loved ones with the KissPhone

    Gene Simmons' favourite blower?

    One Register Hardware staffer has admitted giving their beloved iPhone a peck now and then, but puckering up with a mobile phone in order to convey your love to another person is another thing altogether. Koussouros' KissPhone: makes and receives cellular kisses However, self-styled "freelance inventor" Georges Koussouros …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Mar 13:58

  • O2 unveils XDA Atmos

    Second own-brand smartphone in two months

    Network operator O2 has launched its latest XDA-brand smartphone just a couple of months after it released the second generation XDA Orbit onto the market. O2's XDA Atmos: HSDPA accelerated O2's new XDA is the quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge Atmos, which also is also capable UMTS 3G connections and HSDPA high-speed downloads. O2 …

    Phones 11 Mar 14:38

  • Belkin preps five-port music player-sharing widget

    The days when people sat around a campfire singing songs together are long gone, and if Belkin's latest gizmo is anything to go by, listening to music looks set to become even less of a social experience. Belkin's RockStar: one music player to five sets of ears The Belkin RockStar may look like something a Ninja would chuck …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Mar 15:31

  • Nokia N96 to land in August

    Carphone Warehouse leaks info

    Nokia’s upcoming flagship handset, the 16GB N96, will arrive in the UK in August, according to retailer Carphone Warehouse. Nokia's N96: release window narrowed down Carphone Warehouse’s website has been updated to reveal that the successor to the popular N95 will arrive in the summer. Until now, Nokia fans had been waiting …

    Phones 11 Mar 17:22