Archive for ‘2006’

GeCube Gemini 2: a double blow ATI Radeon X1650 XT

GeCube Gemini 2: a double blow ATI Radeon X1650 XT

The history of multi-chip video game has about seven years. The first company dared to bring to market a similar product, has ATI. In 1999, at the dawn of mass-3D-graphics card with Canadians made Rage Fury MAXX on the basis of two Rage 128 Pro. In 2000, 3dfx introduced its ambitious on-chip solutions VSA-100 – [...]

The new manipulator to work in three dimensions

The new manipulator to work in three dimensions

Company 3D Connexion, a subsidiary of Logitech and has already received recognition for its unusual manipulators, presented another entertaining device called SpaceNavigator. The manipulator is designed to navigate in three dimensions, which can be as 3D-window editor, and programs like Google Earth. unit is proposed to use instead of a mouse is not, and with [...]

Nokia and Yahoo! extend partnership

Nokia and Yahoo! extend partnership

Phone manufacturer Nokia and the Internet, Yahoo! decided to expand cooperation. Now, fresh Finnish mobile phones Nokia 6300, Nokia 5300 XpressMusic and Nokia 5200 will be equipped with Yahoo!-services (Yahoo! Mail and Messenger). Then the list of devices that support these applications, supplemented by 40 other models. recall that Nokia and Yahoo! are working together [...]

Open-BC: Action threat shortly before IPO

Open-BC: Action threat shortly before IPO

ambitious aims, the Internet portal-BC Open next week at the stock exchange. The planned IPO is now overshadowed by a looming legal battle with the entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, who has already created with Google. According to “Financial Times Germany” (FTD) wants to sue the lawyer Sebastian Eble of the office of Preu, Bohlig Giersch & [...]

MX-760HD: Media Center on uClinux

MX-760HD: Media Center on uClinux

Media centers are all stronger in our lives. And although at first glance all the functions of these malls can perform regular home PC, the demand for media centers increases (due to ease of use and “sharpening” by Entertainment), and with it increases the number of proposals from manufacturers. company introduced a new media center [...]

NVIDIA release a graphics chip for the iPod

NVIDIA release a graphics chip for the iPod

NVIDIA is a volatile period – say analysts at Pacific Growth Equities LLC. The company is preparing to release low-profit integrated chipsets for budget PC, in addition to the delayed release of the graphic chip for next-generation Apple iPod players with video. According to reports, starting in the manufacture of these chips moved from first [...]

Keyboard “Optimus-103″ is worth $ 1200

Keyboard “Optimus-103″ is worth $ 1200

Artemy Lebedev, famous domestic designer, recently called the cost of pre-order on an unusual keyboard “Optimus-103.” The first 103 customers will have to pay for an extravagant device just $ 1,200. The announcement caused a flurry of comments from the many fans of modern technologies that were not shy about expressing their disapproval on the [...]

New Sapphire X1950 Pro AGP-slot under

New Sapphire X1950 Pro AGP-slot under

While under the AGP bus are less likely, new products, some companies do not forget about users with legacy systems. These include producers and Sapphire: announcement of the new card was held under the AGP-slot – Sapphire X1950 Pro AGP. The card supports synchronous HDR with adaptive anti-aliasing. Sapphire X1950 Pro AGP device supports HDCP [...]

Web.de launches music download service

Web.de launches music download service

Web.de has announced the launch of a music download service called “Web.de music.” On 4 December of the web portal operator wants to expand its entertainment offerings to include an online music store. To launch the beta version, some 1.5 million titles in a quality of 192 kbit / s is available. A single song [...]

Nokia: 4 billion mobile subscribers in 2010

Nokia: 4 billion mobile subscribers in 2010

At a conference in Amsterdam, Nokia announced his vision for the future of mobile communications. Previously, it was believed that the number of mobile subscribers will reach 3 billion in 2008. Now, Nokia forecast is more optimistic. As analysts believe its 3-billion. milestone will be reached already in 2007. And in 2010 the Earth will [...]

Extended frequency range for Wireless USB

Extended frequency range for Wireless USB

Organization of USB Implementers Forum, the legislator many standards, and, in particular, specifications for the wireless version of USB, announced its intention to add support for ultra transmission at frequencies above 6 GHz in the specification of Wireless USB, scheduled for release mid-2007, in addition to the existing support frequencies up to 5 GHz. According [...]

Flexible mobile phones NEC

Flexible mobile phones NEC

The concept of birth of the concept in the mobile sector, but, rather, in the creation of mobile phones in the event of our time, a rare and unpredictable. For over a decade-standard tubes, which over time improves only in terms of performance and functionality. A truly effective proposal can be found very rarely, because [...]

Kenwood HD10GB7 – player with support for DRM10

Kenwood HD10GB7 – player with support for DRM10

Kenwood has released another audio player with a hard disk – HD10GB7. In contrast to the previously released high-end model HD30GB9, capable of storing files totaling 30 GB, the new limited capacity of 10 GB, but decreased and external dimensions, which allows the device to claim the title of the miniature in its class – [...]

Nokia is not confident of its future income

Nokia is not confident of its future income

The Finnish company Nokia has reduced the estimated amount of profit for the next two years, thus confirming the fears of analysts talking about the future decline in demand for “mobile”. The growth of supply will be slightly above 15% in Asia, China, Africa and Middle East, certain manufacturers. In Europe and the U.S. purchased [...]

Microsoft starts official sales of Windows Vista

Microsoft starts official sales of Windows Vista

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has the official launch of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and announced Exchange Server 2007. “This is the biggest launch in the history of our company,” Ballmer said at a press conference at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York. Effective immediately, the operating system and other new releases for business customers [...]