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On-demand DVD burning to make niche movies available at last

9 October 2006, 16:32

A new initiative by Sonic Solutions and Macrovision could soon see consumers being offered a far wider range of movies on DVD, with retailers and e-tailers custom-burning discs on demand

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OLPC $100 laptop promising 'revolutionary' security

9 October 2006, 14:27

The $100 One Laptop Per Child project's PC for the third world might turn out to be as revolutionary for its security measures as for its low-cost economics

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'Final' beta version of Vista (RC2 build 5744) available

9 October 2006, 12:53

Windows Vista RC2 (build 5744) - possibly the last beta version before the final operating system is released - came available Friday to technical beta testers

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Review: Foxconn GeForce 7950 GT

9 October 2006, 10:11

We mooted the idea of special signature boards bearing the Foxconn logo to the VGA product manager earlier in the year, wondering if they were going to go down that ...

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Run Linux for free on your USB stick drive

6 October 2006, 21:23

Pendrivelinux.com has a tutorial showing you how you can easily set up Linux to boot from a USB stick drive. Links are provided to the only two downloads required - ...

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ATI RD580 set to star in AMD's '4x4'?

6 October 2006, 17:33

ATI's ageing AMD-oriented RD580 discrete chipset will soon be upgraded to support three graphics cards and two CPUs, it has been claimed. The part will join the upcoming RS690 to ...

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Nokia floats Wibree - a low-power, low-cost Bluetooth-alternative

6 October 2006, 11:53

Nokia is floating the idea of a new low-cost, close-range wireless standard, Wibree, that consumes far less power than Bluetooth and makes connectivity possible even with small devices powered only ...

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AMD helps Intel get back its market share

6 October 2006, 08:31

Is AMD trying too hard to fight against Intel, and is it fighting on the wrong fronts? It looks that way to us.

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devolo dLAN 200 AVdesk - ultra-fast mains-borne networking

5 October 2006, 16:10

Next week sees the introduction by devolo of a product - the dLAN 200 AVdesk - that promises ultra-fast around-the-home networking without the hassle and expense of Ethernet cables

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A visit to ECS in ShenZhen

5 October 2006, 09:52

When prestigious international trade events take place, Team-HEXUS attends in force to bring the latest news to you, our dear readers. If that means flying all the way to Taiwan ...

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AMD-based Dell PC examined

4 October 2006, 11:31

HEXUS.community member and PC modder extraordinaire Gordon Handley recently received one of Dell's new AMD-powered SKUs. He's given it a bit of a poke and run some benchmarks to give ...

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Review: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 3-way shootout

4 October 2006, 08:59

Radeon X1650 PRO is an easy one to explain, thankfully. Think Radeon X1600 XT but with slightly higher clocks and you're bang on, ATI asking its AIB partners to pretty ...

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Serif offers up two low-cost software bundles

3 October 2006, 18:31

Close behind the revelation that Tesco is launching a range of inexpensive own-brand software this month, comes Serif's announcement of a pair of low-cost software bundles

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ATI offers up a Mini Cooper

3 October 2006, 17:14

In what might be considered a somewhat unusual offer for a company famous for GPUs, ATI is giving away a Mini Cooper. Yes, a car...

Money-back possibilities for UK Toshiba laptop buyers

3 October 2006, 13:54

Sony's recently announced global recall of batteries might result in a number of UK purchasers of Toshiba laptop PCs being given their money back and getting new battery packs on ...

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Fujitsu among first to join global Sony-battery recall scheme

3 October 2006, 12:34

Fujitsu is one of the first companies to announce that it is taking advantage of the global battery-recall offer from Sony to makers of notebook PCs

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Tesco to start selling low-cost, own-brand software

2 October 2006, 17:05

UK supermarket giant Tesco is to start selling low-cost, own-brand software this month - on the web and in 100 stores

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BenQ-Siemens phone-maker files for insolvency protection

2 October 2006, 14:18

BenQ Mobile, the German maker of BenQ-Siemens mobiles files for insolvency protection after Taiwanese parent BenQ said it would no longer fund "unsustainable" losses

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Sony Blu-ray movie playback patch - still not available

2 October 2006, 12:47

Sony's BWU-100A Blu-ray Disc burner can at last play BD movies thanks to a free downloadable upgrade. In theory. Trouble is, attempting a download only results in a 'come-back-later' message

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Gaming firms in freefall as US bans online betting

2 October 2006, 11:06

Shares in online gambling companies like Partygaming are in freefall this morning after the US Congress unexpectedly passed anti-online gambling laws late on Friday.

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Review: MESH Elite Fire X1950 PC

2 October 2006, 08:58

Those with £1600± to spend on a full PC system in the coming weeks will wish to pay close attention, and those expecting to pair up Core 2 Duo and ...

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Sony gets pro-active with global laptop-battery recall

30 September 2006, 14:22

Sony is to carry out a global recall of 'certain' lithium-ion laptop batteries, 'to address concern related to recent over-heating incidents'

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HEXUS.beans :: Liquid-cooled SAPPHIRE TOXIC X1950 XTX

30 September 2006, 13:58

August 2006 saw the air-cooled ATI RADEON X1950 XTX attain the highly coveted HEXUS.eXtreme Editors Choice Award, but HEXUS has just - exclusively - been dropped the the liquid-cooled SAPPHIRE ...

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Folding@Home project to run on GPUs

29 September 2006, 19:59

On the 2nd of October 2006, the Stanford University's Folding@Home distributed computing project will release a beta client for the project where a large chunk of the GROMACS core run ...

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Digital homes necessitate better backups and metadata

29 September 2006, 17:41

In Brendan Traw's technology insight presentation, he hit on the need for easy backups and metadata, but didn't really tell us how Intel was going to help.

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Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Watch MBW-100

29 September 2006, 15:23

Okay, it's not a wristwatch phone, but Sony Ericsson's MBW-100 could be the next best thing - a watch that interacts with your Bluetooth mobile phone and controls various functions

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Bringing corporate management technology into the home

29 September 2006, 15:15

Intel's Active Management Technology could be making its way into the home, it was revealed at IDF on Thursday.

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HomePlug AV demoed

29 September 2006, 12:04

HomePlug networking solutions provider Intellon was showing off its HomePlug AV home networking solutions, compared against older and slower non-HomePlug technology.

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IBM & Lenovo recall over half a million fire-risk laptop batteries

29 September 2006, 11:47

Lenovo and IBM are the latest companies to instigate a recall of Sony-made laptop PC batteries - over half a million of them in this round

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More IDE flash

29 September 2006, 11:42

Having a nosy around Super Talent's stand at IDF, we ran into a 4GiB flash drive with integrated IDE controller.

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A mighty sharp blade

29 September 2006, 11:28

Now here's a blade server that wouldn't look out of place in Kill Bill...

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New battery saving tricks and UMPC uses

29 September 2006, 10:43

We continue our coverage of Dadi Perlmutter's IDF keynote with a look at the battery saving technologies he discussed, along with a brief look at a couple of UMPCs.

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IDF :: Just what will Quad core mean for gaming?

29 September 2006, 09:36

Developers Remedy demo Alan Wake on an Intel Quad core system.

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