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26th March 2008 Archive

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  • Ahoy! What's the best in-boat TV streaming system?

    Q&A

    I'm looking to equip my boat with the ability to stream video, music and music videos to multiple TVs around the vessel. Please could you help me with the best options to achieve this. I have read a little about AV extenders but can only really find a single sender to receiver which would work with a single display, but I want …

    Q&A 26 Mar 07:02

  • Seagate CEO flips patent finger at SSD makers

    But now's not the time for lawsuits, apparently

    Seagate's CEO said he believes manufacturers of solid-state drives are treading on his company's technological toes. But in an interview, Bill Watkins hinted that Seagate won't sue unless SSDs become more popular. Speaking to Fortune magazine, Watkins said that right now laptops with SSDs are just too expensive and deliver too …

    Storage 26 Mar 10:02

  • Four 1TB hard drives on test

    Round-up A quartet of desktop drives compared

    Hitachi was the first hard drive company to offer a 1TB model. We got our hands on the 7K1000 and were thoroughly impressed. Since then the other drive companies have piled into the Terabyte market, so it's time to see how they compare. In the last 12 months or so, the price of the Hitachi has fallen to £159 which pitches it …

    Storage 26 Mar 11:02

  • Samsung shifts 22-vibrate-mode handset

    Throbbing technology with lots of useful applications

    Samsung has taken touchscreen vibration feedback technology, dubbed Haptic Touch, one step further, by unveiling a phone with no less than 22 different types of vibration. Samsung's AnyCall Haptic SCH-W420 has 22 vibration styles The AnyCall Haptic SCH-W420 gives off different kinds of vibration according to the user’s …

    Phones 26 Mar 11:40

  • Laptop vendors burned in battery plant blaze

    HP, Dell and Asus struggle to plug supply hole

    Some of the world’s leading computer vendors have admitted that a worldwide shortage of laptop batteries will impact prices, shipments and sales. Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Asustek have all grumbled about the dent in the supply chain caused, in part, by a fire at a Korean factory earlier this month where some laptop batteries …

    Bits 'n' Chips 26 Mar 12:19

  • Keyboard PC design recalls Amiga era

    All-in-one

    Fashion often repeats itself, with dated products reborn into popular products. Just think of VolksWagen’s Beetle or BMW's Mini. And now we can add the Commodore Amiga to the list, sort of, thanks to a new all-in-one PC with a look rather reminiscent of the home computer. Cybernet's Zero-footprint PC (ZPC), as it's curiously …

    PCs 26 Mar 13:42

  • Asus admits big global Eee supply-demand imbalance

    Only 30 per cent of customers able to buy one

    Asus has claimed that it's only able to sell one Eee PC for around every three people that want one. That's the worldwide supply-demand deficit - in Taiwan, it's able to satisfy 50 per cent of potential Eee customers. The statistic comes from Asus VP Kevin Lin by way of DigiTimes, which focused on Lin's statement that the 8. …

    PCs 26 Mar 14:07

  • Kids brought up by technology not parents, quango claims

    Robaux pairs, anyone?

    Most children are raised by their parents. Some have even been brought up by animals, she-wolves in particular. However, a report has found that increasingly large numbers of today’s kids are being raised by the web. Research and debate quango the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), today claimed that any young person …

    Consoles 26 Mar 14:52

  • iPhone to get haptic feedback, sort of

    Haptics - the ability to give users feedback through the sense of touch - aren't officially available for the iPhone yet, but one add-on manufacturer claims a plastic touchscreen overlay is just as good. My Touch Keys: claimed to improve keypad accuracy My Touch Keys (MTK) look like most existing protective plastic …

    Phones 26 Mar 15:13

  • World's slimmest 256GB SSD unveiled

    Lose pounds, not gigabytes

    US manufacturer Super Talent Technology has begun sampling what it claims is the world’s slimmest 256GB offering yet. Super Talent's 256GB SSD: ready for standard laptops The notebook-friendly 2.5in form-factor drive is encased in an aluminium housing measuring 100 x 70 x 12.5mm. 2.5in HDDs that are 12.5mm thick are ten a …

    Storage 26 Mar 16:39

  • Sony confirms Son of Connect

    Antitrustware, or third time lucky?

    Sony BMG has confirmed that it will launch a new music service - just as it's latest tilt at at the market, Sony Connect, closes its doors. CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz confirmed the new initiative on Monday, saying it will give access to the label's catalog for €6-€8 a month. Subscribers may keep some music after terminating the …

    Media players 26 Mar 18:17

  • Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows

    First they mock web security. Then EULAs

    After the following story was posted, Apple changed its license to allow Safari for Windows on Windows PCs. At least in part In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He's made a mockery of end user licensing …

    Channel Register 26 Mar 19:31