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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2006, Situation Publishing Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:20:28 +0100 HSDPA too, for even faster downloadsAcer is to embed 3G mobile-phone technology into its future notebook PC products, kicking off with a pair of Centrino Duo-based machines, the company said this week.… Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:45:54 +0100 Sample graphics board leaks outATI's R580 graphics chip will appear in three Radeon X1900 configurations: the XT, the XTX and a CrossFire Edition.… Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:36:11 +0100 Capacitorless memory could be the keyAMD has licensed a memory chip technology that could allow it to increase its processors' cache sizes fivefold without changing the size of each chip's die.… Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:36:26 +0100 Europe out-ships USWorldwide PC shipments rose by 17.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2005 to 61.1m, according to new figures released by IDC.… Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:48:03 +0100 Monster Core Duo-equipped Inspiron 9400 goes on saleDell has unveiled its first Core Duo-based notebook, the Inspiron 9400. The 17in-widescreen monster is a Centrino-branded machine, and ships with either a 1.83GHz Core Duo T2400 CPU or a 1.67GHz Core Solo T1300 chip. Upgrades to the Core Duo T2300, T2500 and T2600 processors are available on a build-to-order basis.… Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:35:30 +0100 Delayer becomes delayeeMicrosoft is planning its third Windows XP Service Pack (SP) for release in 2007, three years after the last SP, in order to concentrate engineering resources on Windows Vista.… Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:02:10 +0100 Can the Apple Effect trump the AMD Effect?Lower than expected PC chip sales forced Intel into a rare revenue miss during its fourth quarter. Investors then punished the chip-maker in the after-hours markets, sending Intel shares down as much as 10 per cent.… Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:11:37 +0100 Budget SLI part and mainstream PC chipset to ship later this monthNvidia has added two more chips to its Intel-oriented nForce 4 North Bridge line-up, expanding the product family at the low-cost end of the market.… Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:37:37 +0100 C7 CPU transformed for silent PCs.VIA today took its x86-compatible Eden processor family into the 90nm era by extending the series with two models derived from the company's 'Esther' core, also the basis of its C7 processor product line.… Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:55:11 +0100 Chip maker keeps mum on mobile virtualisation supportExclusive Intel's Virtualisation Technology (VT) may not come to the mobile market until the chip giant releases the Core Duo 2700, The Register has learned.… Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:01:54 +0100 Faster Presler and Cedar Mills, tooExclusive Intel's first 65nm desktop Celeron D chips will be the 352 and 356, The Register has learned.… Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:40:24 +0100 802.11n WLAN support in the mix tooRoadmap Intel's fourth-generation Centrino notebook platform, 'Santa Rosa', will take the hardware's frontside bus speed to 800MHz when it ships, provisionally sometime in H1 2007.… Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:23:33 +0100 Ultra-low voltage Core Duo part tooExclusive Intel is preparing to launch a 2.33GHz Core Duo chip, the T2700, The Register has learned. The chip giant's product pipeline also includes faster Core Solo chips, speedier low-voltage Core Duos and the introduction of an ultra-low voltage Core Duo, the 1.06GHz U2500.… Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:49:00 +0100 Can you make it to the end?Letters Call this our attention span test.… Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:41:10 +0100 Unveils hard disk product strategyFujitsu today said it plans to break into the 1.8in hard disk drive market, part of a strategy to double the company's unit sales by 2009 and grab third place in the HDD market in the same timeframe.… Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:47:31 +0100 Enter second half of 10-year R&D partnershipCell processor partners IBM, Sony and Toshiba have agreed to take their technology R&D alliance into the 32nm era.… Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:06:52 +0100 Will open tech to independent evaluation, sort ofControversial computer company Atom Chip has said it will open the claims it makes about its ultra-compact memory technology and its 6.8GHz notebook CPU to independent scrutiny.… Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:58:54 +0100 Firm announces the loss of 370 jobsThere's yet more bad news for tech workers in Scotland after a second computer firm announced plans to shut down its factory.… Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:07:21 +0100 1,356 days of gossipWhy should 2006 be any different from 2005, 2004 or 2003? That's right. It's Dell using AMD chips rumor time once again.… Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:42:26 +0100 Athlon 64 FX-60 to face Intel's PEE 955AMD has begun shipping its first dual-core Athlon 64 FX gaming processor, the FX-60, hot on the heels of Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 955.… Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:11:38 +0100 Reg hack escapes stoning undauntedCES Without question, the highlight of this year's CES (Consumer Electronics Show) for us was watching the Black Crowes play at an AMD-sponsored event. Not to gloat, but we managed to make our way backstage after the concert and meet the band. At least we think it was the band. The thick smoke – yes, that kind – made it tough to see.… Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:10:07 +0100 Xbox 360 rules, dudeCES Letters Call it the battle of banality. Which staid IT giant do you like more – Microsoft or Dell?… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:47:30 +0100 Windows Mobile and XP ticking over simultaneouslyCES DualCor will ship its dual-CPU PDA-PC combo in March, the privately held start-up revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today.… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:00:24 +0100 Vroom, vroom...CES Asus has signed a deal with Italian automobile maker Lamborghini to produce a line of notebooks that sport the car company's logo.… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:12:54 +0100 'Disappointing news for the area'Some 300 jobs are to be axed in Scotland after US-based Sanmina-SCI told staff that it was closing its computer plant in Greenock.… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:39:27 +0100 Telco blames surge in demandBT is shelling out more than £150,000 as a "goodwill gesture" after failing to deliver some 3,000 PCs to consumers in Scotland in time for Christmas.… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:36:54 +0100 Hopefully, they know what Viiv isCES Intel rolled out Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and Danny DeVito to help sell its Viiv technology here at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The star power, however, did little to convince us that this Viiv thing is more than a wishy-washy brand.… Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:53:03 +0100 Fire-breathing Renegade burns Xbox 360CES Dismissing Microsoft's Xbox 360 as "so called high-definition gaming," Michael Dell today unveiled a stunning new limited edition Dell gaming PC packed with four Nvidia graphics processors and a "factory over-clocked" 4.26GHz chip.… Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:27:04 +0100 Spits out AppleCES HP's career as an Apple reseller has come to an end. The computer maker is expected to announce that it has dropped iTunes as the main music software on its PC and picked up the Rhapsody service from Real Networks as a replacement. This move follows HP's July decision to stop selling rebadged iPods.… Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:48:41 +0100 Will focus on easy money for nowGoogle has quashed a rumor that it plans to enter the ultra low-margin PC business. The denial will surprise few given the speculative nature of the original LA Times piece that made the Google PC claim.… Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:12:21 +0100 Promises a Sin City in every room of your houseAMD made a grab for the pre-CES limelight today announcing plans for media center desktop and notebooks under its LIVE! branding.… Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:02:02 +0100 'Duo', 'Solo' to promote multi-core platformsIntel today made public the new processor branding scheme that leaked out of the company late last year.… Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:59:00 +0100 Windows-free, of courseGoogle is planning to provide an own-brand Windows-less PC and sell the low-cost system through a partnership with retail giant Wal-Mart. The machine and/or the sales deal could be announced as early as this coming Friday.… Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:04:08 +0100 Intel debuts first dual-core Xeon DP tooIntel has launched 'Sossaman', its low-power Xeon DP server processor based on its Pentium M mobile chip. The company has also added the first dual-core CPU to its Xeon DP line-up.… Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:55:24 +0100 'Napa' Centrino bundles debut, tooIntel has started shipping its 65nm dual-core mobile Pentium processor, Yonah, along with Centrino bundles based on the new processor.… Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:51:40 +0100 Next-gen dual-core and single-core desktop CPUs ahoy!Intel has debuted its latest dual-core desktop Pentium D processors, launching the chip family as the 9xx series.… Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:19:07 +0100 Time to 'Leap Ahead'It's time to retire your "Intel Inside" jokes and start coming up with some "Leap Ahead" humor. Intel is changing its branding campaign after 14 years.… Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:48:45 +0100 Take that, Taiwan, US and ChinaHitachi, Toshiba and Renesas have confirmed that they're considering creating a company to handle their shared chip fabrication needs. Meanwhile, various media reports say the three companies are much farther along with their plans than they let on.… Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:19:17 +0100 Electronic timesBelgian daily De Tijd is to be distributed electronically in what is claimed to be the first complete solution for portable electronic reading and writing.… Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:52:35 +0100 965 chipsets delayed to synchronise launchesIntel is to align the launch of its next-generation desktop processor, 'Conroe', and its upcoming 965 family of chipsets, delaying the latter and bringing forward the former.… Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:57:05 +0100 Unit growth strong, sales less soLow-cost and portable PCs will continue to fuel the PC market in 2006, despite economic slowdown and lower replacement activity.… Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:29:31 +0100 Tables turned on Patriot ScientificAlmost two dozen Japanese electronics companies have together filed five lawsuits against US intellectual property holding company Patriot Scientific. The lawsuits ask the US District Court in Oakland, California to declare three patents held by Patriot to be invalid.… Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:31:38 +0100 But when will it actually ship?NEC has announced what may well be the first notebook to be based on Intel's upcoming 65nm, dual-core processor, 'Yonah'.… Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:21:54 +0100 Bonage à troisTwenty-three years after the PC, the device responsible for much of his personal fortune, was named Time Magazine's "person of the year," Bill Gates has been honored in kind.… Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:27:32 +0100 Fire hazardDell has asked the owners of 35,000 Inspiron, Precision and Lattitude laptops to send back their batteries. According to the PC maker, the batteries in question may be faulty. If they are, they could overheat and catch fire.… Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:21:52 +0100 Second multi-core project beginsA botched attempt at creating a new Xeon processor won't slow Intel India down, according to a local report. Intel has its Indian designers creating a new multi-core Xeon chip.… Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:07:34 +0100 Car group to use Intel-based kit, tooIntel is to sponsor the BMW Sauber Formula One racing team, the chip giant announced today, characterising the arrangement as a "multi-year agreement and long-term technology partnership".… Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:11:21 +0100 A very Athlon ChristmasAMD may have pulled the ultimate coup by hiring Santa Claus as a salesman. Or so it seems by looking at HP's desktop PC online store where AMD-based products have sold out. High demand has cleared HP of 2.2GHz Athlon64-based systems and kit running on the 1.8GHz Semprons. Intel-based gear remains up for grabs across the board.… Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:38:06 +0100 Technique boosts transistor performance 40 per centAMD and IBM yesterday claimed their take on the 'strained silicon' technique had yielded a 40 per cent boost to transistor performance.… Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:20:38 +0100 Early 2006 launch date dashed?Apple's Intel-based Macs may not appear until June 2006, if claims made by sources at Taiwanese distributors are to be believed.… |
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