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15th July 2008 Archive

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  • Netflix will stream movies on Xbox 360

    Microsoft stretches, puts arm around distributor

    Microsoft is now flirting with making its Xbox 360 movie download service very nearly interesting thank to a new deal announced today with Netflix. The software giant has scored a pact to stream a portion of Netflix's movie library on its game console online network. About 10,000 movies and TV episodes will be available to …

    Consoles 15 Jul 00:38

  • Sky beams TV onto PSP

    Go!View test service now available

    Sony and broadcaster Sky have finally televised details of their joint subscription TV-on-PSP service, which is now available to the portable console's punters. Go!View has all sorts of TV content available, including Alan Partridge Dubbed Go!View, the service enables gamers to access a variety of telly content through Sky …

    Consoles 15 Jul 07:02

  • Price drops on Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 and 280

    Free market economics

    High-end gamers owning a bit of patience can thank the free market. Or at least offer a courteous nod to AMD for supplying sufficient heat under Nvidia's tender bits. Not a month has passed since Nvidia pushed out its new generation of GPUs, and it's already slashing the price of the GTX 260 and 280. The GTX 280 is now sold …

    Bits 'n' Chips 15 Jul 07:55

  • Soccer star scores uni degree with Wii

    Back o' the net!

    Gamers have argued about the Wii’s ability to aid weight loss since the console’s launch. But now we've got an answer, thanks to a professional footballer. Conall Murtagh, 23, plays football for Wrexham and is also a student. He’s just picked up a degree in physiology from Manchester University for studying the health benefits …

    Consoles 15 Jul 08:01

  • BT updates Home Hub Wi-Fi box with 802.11n

    Better security too?

    BT has updated its hacker-vulnerable Home Hub wireless box, introducing support for 802.11n Wi-Fi and - perhaps more importantly - the WPA security technology enabled out of the box. Designed to link in to BT's Total Broadband service, the new Home Hub doubles up as wireless router and DECT phone cradle. Nothing out of the …

    Networking and Wireless 15 Jul 08:29

  • Oz censor, gamers fall out over Fallout 3 ban

    Medicinal morphine drug reward controversy

    Australia's censor has effectively banned Fallout 3 from sale by refusing to grant it a certificate. The reason: it believes the game rewards drug-taking. The chemical in question is morphine, which the player can inject during the game to reduce the impact of damage taken during the violent post-apocalypse shoot-'em-up. And …

    Consoles 15 Jul 09:05

  • Intel rolls out Centrino 2, compares it to 2006's 'Napa'

    Vendors follow with identikit laptop launches

    Intel has formally launched Centrino 2 - actually the fifth incarnation of its laptop platform technology - and the world's notebook makers will be rolling out 'Montevina'-based machines throughout the week. They'll all contain essentially the same technology, give or take processor speeds, memory complements, drive capacities …

    PCs 15 Jul 10:03

  • Nintendo bring real-time interactivity to Wii

    Nintendo is to bring "an unmatched level of precision" to the Wii's ability to work out where a player's flinging the Wii Remote. Nintendo's Wii Motion Plus: super-sensitive add-on Due to be announced later today at the E3 games industry show, the Wii MotionPlus is a small unit that plugs onto the end of the Remote in the …

    Consoles 15 Jul 10:35

  • Motorola ROKR E8 music phone

    Review Can it revive the fortunes of the ROKR family

    Motorola’s ROKR music mobiles hasn’t exactly set the world on fire, the let-down of its E1 setting the par for the rest. With the E8 however, Motorola has approached the music mobile arena afresh. This model introduces some new design thinking to the range, not least Motorola’s own take on the current vogue for context- …

    Phones 15 Jul 11:10

  • World fails to end as Palm ships Treo smartphone with Wi-Fi

    GPS too

    Palm's smartphone family has finally joined the Wi-Fi era. The company last night introduced the Windows Mobile 6.1-based Treo 800w, which has EV-DO Rev. A 3G on board too. Initially shipping on US carrier Sprint's network, the 800w sports a Centro-like look, complete with a 320 x 320, 65,536-colour screen. Round the back is a …

    Phones 15 Jul 11:49

  • Bagel brownin' Cylon toaster now frakkin' available

    No really - it is a toaster

    Sitting somewhere in between Red Dwarf's Talkie Toaster and the 7ft tall Cylon Centurion we covered a few weeks back, comes the Comic-Con limited edition Battlestar Galactica Cylon Toaster. Oh yes. "By your comm-" crunch, crunch, crunch According to NBC Universal Store, these are one-of-a-kind made specifically for the San …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 15 Jul 11:57

  • RIM BlackBerry 9500 'Thunder' spied on web

    Specs too

    RIM's iPhone-wannabe touchscreen BlackBerry, the 9500, has made an early appearance on the web, complete with specs. The new handset - which is still down as "not announced" on Expansys' website - is described as possessing a "stunning touch screen display, rapid 3G connectivity coupled with the popular BlackBerry instant …

    Phones 15 Jul 14:43

  • Acer pitches Aspire One at Euro cellcos

    Talking to T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone

    Acer is said to be talking to T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange in a bid to persuade them to bundle its Aspire One Small, Cheap Computer with a USB 3G modem and subsidise the price through airtime subscription. So claims an unnamed Acer representative cited by IDG. The talks appear preliminary and exploratory, so it would be …

    PCs 15 Jul 15:05

  • SanDisk touts read-only SD cards for sensitive data

    Something even easier for civil servants to mislay

    Flash-fancier SanDisk's mission to eradicate all recording media and replace them with solid-state storage continued today with the release of an SD card you can only write to once. Dubbed the SD WORM (Write Once Read Many) card, the 128MB device is primarily being pitched at agencies that need to keep data forever and keep it …

    Storage 15 Jul 15:54

  • Hackintosh maker gets legal greeting from Apple

    Psystar sued for ruining perfection

    As was inevitable, hackintosh vendor Psystar has found itself on Apple's legal to-do list. Apple has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the open hardware manufacturer, which began raising eyebrows by offering a $400 computer capable of running copies of Mac OS X. Psystar Open Computer The legal grievances were …

    Channel Register 15 Jul 19:00