Month: July 2006
Sony's PlayStation 3 will also play PS1 and PS2 titles
A senior figure at IBM claims that Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 3 console will be backwards compatible, playing virtually all of the games designed for Sony's first and second generation consoles. In an interview, Tom Reeves, VP of semiconductor and…
Improve Your Profile
We've all done it, typed our names into Google to see if we get a mention. If you have any sort of on-line presence you may well score a hit in the first few pages, but how would you…
Shortcut to ClipBook Viewer
Here's another one of those hidden features in Windows XP that are actually quite useful, except that Microsoft forget to tell anyone that was there… It's called the ClipBook Viewer and old Windows hands may remember something similar in…
Firefox Version 2.0 beta version set to launch
With Microsoft's Internet Exploter 7.0 onto its third beta version and not far from a full launch, it's no surprise to see Mozilla updating things with the first beta version of Firefox 2.0. The official launch of the beta…
Ricoh develops laser that reads both HD DVD and Blu-ray
All that talk about Samsung considering a joint Blu-ray and HD DVD player might not be as far-fetched as you might think, after it was revealed that Ricoh has developed a laser than can work with both formats. Using…
B&W VM6 flat-screen TV speakers
If you were impressed by the B&W XT series speakers we featured recently, you might want to check out the VM6 speaker system from the same company, designed specifically for use with flat panel TV screens. The VM6 has…
Freescale unveils 'Magnetic memory' chip
US company Freescale has unvieled a microchip which can store information like a hard drive. The chip, called magnetoresistive random-access memory (Mram), stores data by using magnetic properties rather than an electrical charge. Unlike flash memory, which also can…
The best and worst of the current eBay auctions
Seems like the folk over at Bayraider have been busy. Rather than picking out single quirky items on eBay, they've compiled a whole list of topical items from the week that was. All the frontpage faces are there -…
SanDisk introduces Skype U3-enabled smart drives
We covered U3 drives some time back. Effectively, they’re standard smart drives with one added bonus – they can host applications you can move from PC to PC. Which sounds pretty much ideal for Skype, so it’s no surprise…
Sony launches 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo
Sony has announced its biggest Memory Stick yet – the 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, the latest addition to a range that also includes the Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro High Speed and Memory Stick Micro….
