Tuesday, 11 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• 'Yonah' Celeron M 420, 430 ship in Japan
• ATI readies Radeon X1900 GT Nvidia's GeForce 7900 GT targeted
• ATI rebrands Xpress chipsets 'Radeon' out, 'CrossFire' in
• BenQ sells optical drive biz to Liteon IT Deal creates world's second largest CD, DVD drive maker
• Intel to boost chipset production, bank claims Bad news for ATI and co?

Digital Media

• Fujitsu unveils Blu-ray 37in HD PC-TV Four tuners for endless viewing and recording pleasure

Gadgets

• Sonos slims wireless music playback box Multi-room digital music rig gets cheaper too

PC

• Fujitsu unveils world's third HD DVD laptop Not shipping until June, mind you

Phones

• Samsung unveils Korean card phone Just 9mm thick

Reviews

• Ricoh GR Digital 8.1mp camera Review A classic camera revived for the digital era

Monday, 10 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD raises Athlon 64 prices Adds 3GHz Opteron 2xx, 8xx series chips too
• ATI SB600 South Bridge to debut in May Next-gen chipsets coming sooner than expected?
• Transmeta begins second year working for Sony Helping out Microsoft, too, don't forget

Consoles

• Ex-Gizmondo exec arrested in California Stolen car allegations
• Nintendo vs Sony Who is winning the handheld war?

Mac

• iMac boots Windows Vista, survives to tell tale Ends up without Mac OS X, though...

Phones

• Air France says 'oui' to in-flight text messaging But 'non' to voice calls...
• O2 unveils Wi-Fi smart phone XDA IQ makes its debut

Reviews

• Orange SPV M600 PDA phone Review Windows Mobile push email comes to Orange

iPod

• Logitech unrolls cylindrical iPod-friendly speaker unit Audio on the move or on the shelf

Friday, 7 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD to focus on Turion brand for 65nm mobile CPUs? Only 90nm Mobile Athlon 64 X2s, it seems
• Nvidia shows 'best quality' twin-tuner TV card Analogue for the Americans; digital version for the UK coming soon?

Digital Media

• Liteon to ship slotload DVD writer External drive for notebooks
• Napster subscribers up, losses down Squaring the circle?
• Sony schedules DVD/HDD recorder re-vamp Five new models in the pipeline

PC

• Acer touts 'super 3G' notebook duo But full HSDPA likely to come later as a wireless-card upgrade
• Acer unveils world's second HD DVD laptop May ship with DVD support only, at first
• Asus unveils Dolby-driven laptops Dolby Digital Live on one, Home Theater on the other

Useless... but Cool

• Firm pitches $2,800 64GB USB Flash disk Feeling flush?

iPod

• Podstar preps fiendish iPod Nano case 'I walked alone... my mind was blank...'

Thursday, 6 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel to sample Core Duo core update this month Forecast Celeron M 4xx CPUs finally make an appearance
• Seagate, Cornice settle spat... for now Can't start fighting again until 2008

Consoles

• PS3 priced at €499-€599 - Sony exec Not a cheap console
• Sony claims PS3 pricing leak 'incorrect' But close to the mark even so?

Digital Media

• Euro lobbyists demand end of levies on blank media Consumers appear unconcerned, however

Gadgets

• Sony 7mp Cyber-shot to battle blur It's highly sensitive too

Mac

• Firm follows Apple with Windows-on-Mac code Parallels ships virtualisation app beta

Phones

• US mobile digital TV service unveils smart phone Modeo ropes in HTC handset

Reviews

• Fingerprint-reading Flash drives Group Test Time to invest in some biometric data storage?

iPod

• Apple Corp. saw iTunes early, didn't complain - lawyer Apple vs Apple Closing arguments made in court case

Wednesday, 5 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• Hitachi readies high-density desktop hard drives CE-oriented versions too
• Intel 'Conroe' pricing leaks out Pentium D 9xx price cut claims confirmed
• VIA preps single-chip C7, Eden chipset CX700 pitched at embedded roles

Consoles

• Lucent sues Microsoft in Xbox 360 patent clash Alleges IP infringement, seeks damages

Digital Media

• NEC spotlights 'brightest' semi-reflective LCD yet Super screen tech for PSPs, PDAs, iPods etc, company claims

Mac

• Apple blesses Windows XP on Macs Boot Camp download makes installation more easy

Reviews

• Samsung SGH-Z320i 3G i-mode mobile phone Review O2's first 3G i-mode combi phone

iPod

• UK retailer claims Bluetooth iPod imminent Accessory after the fact