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18th July 2008 Archive

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  • What's the transistors-on-a-chip record?

    What is the current record for the number of transistors on a chip? Any sort: processor, graphics, memory, etc. Just wondering exactly how many hundreds of millions - or probably billions - the industry has actually achieved.  

    Q&A 18 Jul 07:02

  • Apple grabs number-three US PC market slot

    Steps past Acer

    Fanboys, rejoice - Apple 'aters, gnash your teeth. The Mac maker is now once again the third largest computer maker in the US. So claims market watcher Gartner, which has just posted its Q2 numbers. Dell and HP were the top two companies with market shares of 31.9 per cent and 25.3 per cent, respectively. Between them they …

    Mac 18 Jul 07:52

  • Carphone Warehouse reveals latest Sony Ericsson launch date

    T303 on sale within weeks

    Carphone Warehouse has revealed that Sony Ericsson’s latest “high-end entry-level handset” will be available next month. Sony Ericsson's T303: at the high end of the low range The T303 was unveiled at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany back in March, but at the time SE wasn’t willing to provide prospective punters with a shipping …

    Phones 18 Jul 09:20

  • LG Secret KF750 phone

    Video Review Sleek, sexy and slidey

    The Secret is LG’s latest Black Label phone. These phones are supposed to be among the swankiest on the market, and this one certainly looks the part. It’s got a touchscreen, five-megapixel camera, HSDPA 3G, Divx playback and some very funky soft buttons. But how well does it actually fare in everyday usage? Can't see the …

    Phones 18 Jul 09:40

  • Apple buys more PCBs - MacBook refresh imminent?

    More evidence has emerged that Apple's about to refresh its laptop line-up: the company is claimed to have upped its circuit-board orders by 20 per cent. So say sources cited by Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Times. That increase is over and above the volume of PCBs Apple is said to have ordered for Q2. Of course, …

    Mac 18 Jul 10:28

  • Brits more hooked on mobile tech than Yanks are

    And kids more than adults

    Britons are more mobile-obsessed than their US counterparts, a new survey has revealed. According to the latest edition of Carphone Warehouse’s Mobile Life Report, 94 per cent of British youngsters own mobile phones, compared to just 80 per cent of those in the US. CW’s report sought to analyse the relationship that 6000 …

    Phones 18 Jul 10:53

  • Sony names PlayTV debut day

    Launch confirmed

    Register Hardware has already brought you the news that Sony's PlayTV PS3 DVR add-on will be available in Europe this September, but now we can tell you exactly which day. Sony's PlayTV: arrives here on 10 September According to David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, the unit will land in Blighty on …

    Consoles 18 Jul 11:01

  • Apple iPhone 3G

    Review Love it or loathe it, it's here

    So the much-hyped iPhone 3G is finally here, flaunting its new HSDPA connection and AGPS. But all is not rosy in the Apple's garden of touchy-feely delights, since many of the old version's problems still remain. At first glance the new model looks just like the old one. From the front, there's no obvious difference between …

    Phones 18 Jul 11:51

  • Shake up your music and movie collections - literally

    PMP controlled by shakes, rattles and - possibly – rolls

    Gadget manufacturer Electron Box is on a mission to shake up the portable media player biz with a gadget that’s perfect for coffee junkies or Shakin' Stevens. Electron Box's miShake: controlled by shakes The firm’s miShake player uses motion sensing technolog to allow users to literally shake their way through the PMP’s …

    Media players 18 Jul 11:58

  • IEEE fails to agree on powerline Ethernet standard

    Vote, vote and vote again

    The organisation charged with putting in place a standard for networking over mains wiring has once again failed to elect one of the two competing specifications as its choice. Last week, members of the IEEE P1901 Working Group met in Miami to vote on the confirmation of a joint proposal from Panasonic and the HomePlug …

    Networking and Wireless 18 Jul 12:41

  • AMD confirms 'Atom-smasher' chip on its roadmap

    But Intel's Atom issues mean there's no rush to release it

    AMD will unfold its plan to take on Intel's Atom in November, newly promoted CEO Dirk Meyer said last night. As Register Hardware has reported in the past, AMD's is currently working on a chip codenamed 'Bobcat', a single-core, 64-bit processor designed for low-cost laptops and Small, Cheap Computers. Past leaks have …

    PCs 18 Jul 13:20

  • Panasonic's pivoted HDMI cable to end connector slippage?

    HDMI may be the best technology for connecting up your HD TV, but that hasn't stopped some punters complaining that the cables slip out too easily. Panasonic now reckons it has the solution. Some observers have suggested the companies behind HDMI design a version of the connector with locking screws of the kind found on VGA …

    HD 18 Jul 13:35

  • Fujitsu intros half-a-tera pocket drive

    World's largest capacity?

    Fujitsu has unveiled what it claims is the world’s highest capacity 2.5in external hard drive, the only problem being that… er… it’s not. Fujitsu's 500GB 2.5in drive The company claims that the HandyDrive storage unit features “the world's highest capacity 2.5in external hard disk drive with up to 500GB of storage space in …

    Storage 18 Jul 15:33

  • Ubisoft pirates game fix from pirates

    Great moments in lazy coders

    Companies that take an iron fist approach to fighting software piracy are generally best served by not lifting a pirate group's code themselves to fix their own product. Ubisoft, the French video game developer and publisher, was recently caught with its pants down, releasing a pirated hack as an official fix. Ubisoft sells …

    Consoles 18 Jul 19:46

  • Dell's Ubuntu love-in expands to new laptops

    Existing gear gets Hardy Heron

    Linux lovers take note, Dell is feeling another round of the community spirit tugging on its heartstrings. The Round Rock vendor said it will pre-load the Ubuntu operating system on two new boxes, starting early next month. It's also arming its current selection of Ubuntu PCs and laptops with an updated version 8.04 (AKA …

    PCs 18 Jul 22:40