Friday, 21 April 2006

Consoles

• Blu-ray another Betamax - MS Xbox exec HD DVD support news coming at E3

iPod

• Toshiba tweaks Gigabeat P players New colours and more

Thursday, 20 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• Intel ships ultra-low voltage Core Solos 5.5W Yonahs confirmed
• Intel to push BIOS replacement with 'Centrino 4' EFI to be used in 'Santa Rosa' reference boards
• Low-cost VT-free 65nm Pentium Ds to ship Q3? 2.8GHz PD 915 joins 925 on roadmap
• Rambus posts mixed Q1 results Sales up, expenses too

Consoles

• Sony cuts US PS2 price to $130 Hoping to attract more casual gamers

Digital Media

• HD DVD to outsell Blu-ray 2.5:1 in 2006 - report But 2007 is another matter

Gadgets

• MSI preps handheld Freeview box Use it in your living room, use it on the move

Mac

• 17in MacBook Pro to launch next week? High-end model NAB'd

PC

• HP recalls 15,700 notebook batteries Overheating and fire hazard

iPod

• Chip maker's 'setback' points to major iPod revision Analysis Tacit confirmation of the iPhone?

Wednesday, 19 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD 'to bring forward' Socket AM2 launch CPUs, chipsets and mobos ready to go, apparently

Digital Media

• Philips tries to block ad-blocking You will watch these sponsorship messages

Mac

• Apple updates Intel-based Mac firmware Fixes remain a mystery
• MacBook Pro GPU underclocked, report claims Thermally challenged?

PC

• Gateway 12.1in laptop sports unannounced Intel CPU Core Solo U1300 makes first public appearance

Phones

• Germans to get pay-by-phone public transport Bus tickets today, cash payments tomorrow?

Useless... but Cool

• Samsung lauds 'fastest, biggest' MMCmicro card But when will it ship?
• Wurtlizer hip to the iPod beat Dock-sporting jukebox announced
• Zspire touts stealth-like mouse Coffin-shaped for confidence?

Tuesday, 18 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• AMD said to be researching 'reverse multi-threading' tech Multiple cores to appear as one?
• ATI rebuts 80nm GPU slip claim Migrating to smaller process as planned, apparently
• Nvidia touts 'flagship' GeForce Go 7900 GPUs As Toshiba revealed last month, ahem...
• Seagate doubles 15K drive capacity with perpendicular 300GB Cheetah 15K.5 ships

Consoles

• Ex-Gizmondo exec denies theft, drink-driving charges Eriksson charged, pleads not guilty

Digital Media

• Universal releases first HD DVD movie Serenity ships

Gadgets

• Sony debuts DVD Walkman Same size as a disc case

Mac

• Intel Mac tricked into triple-boot config Chainloading time

PC

• Dell unveils 'fastest' consumer laptop Glowing case for gamers

Reviews

• Casio Exilim Card EX-S600 6Mp camera Review Snapability or manual control?

iPod

• Apple accused of patent infringement Burst.com files countersuit

Monday, 17 April 2006

Bits 'n' Chips

• Nvidia preps single-chip integrated chipsets MCP61 series due August?

Digital Media

• DVD+RW bosses OK double-layer rewriteable format DVD+RW DL to offer 8.5GB capacity, 2.4x speed

PC

• iRiver preps WiMAX UMPC W10 to feature WiBro, Wi-Fi too

Reviews

• Nokia 6103 low-end mobile phone Review Back to basics