The Register - PersonalBiting the hand that feeds ITKonica-Minolta to quit photography market- January 19, 2006 Can't compete in the digital era Konica-Minolta today revealed it is to quit photography business after more than 103 years - with the loss of 3,700 jobs worldwide.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/konica-minolta_quits_camer... Nvidia ships 90nm, entry-level GeForce 7 GPU- January 19, 2006 No SLI support for 7300 GS Nvidia last night extended its GeForce 7 GPU family down into the mainstream market, pitching the 7300 GS at entry-level systems. The 7300 GS is also Nvidia's first 90nm GeForce 7 chip.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/nvidia_unveils_7300_gs/ Apple adds MiniStore monitor warning to iTunes- January 19, 2006 No data kept, company claims Apple has updated iTunes 6.0.2's MiniStore feature to display an explanation panel describing what the facility does the first time a user activates it.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/apple_updates_itunes_minis... MS says no to Xbox 360 Blu-ray support- January 18, 2006 Company fully committed to HD DVD, apparently Microsoft may not offer an external Blu-ray Disc drive for the Xbox 360 after all. The software giant this week said it remains "fully committed" to HD DVD and has "absolutely no plans to support other optical formats".http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/ms_says_no_xbox_360_blu-ra... Dell offers dual-core desktop replacement rig- January 18, 2006 Monster Core Duo-equipped Inspiron 9400 goes on sale Dell 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/dell_inspiron_9400/ Third XP Service Pack slips to boost Vista sales tools- January 18, 2006 Delayer becomes delayee Microsoft 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/windows_xp_sp3_delay/ Intel stuns market with Q4 sales miss- January 18, 2006 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/intel_q4_05/ Nvidia expands nForce 4 Intel line-up- January 17, 2006 Budget SLI part and mainstream PC chipset to ship later this month Nvidia 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/17/nvidia_grows_nforce_intel/ Gizmondo parent secures debt with Smart Adds IP- January 17, 2006 Back-up if it can't raise $75m by March Tiger Telematics, Gizmondo's parent company, has pledged the patent and other intellectual property rights of its Smart Adds subsidiary - plus all the shares - against the company's ability to raise $75m in funding by 31 March.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/17/gizmondo_refinance_plan/ VIA ships 90nm Eden low-power processor- January 17, 2006 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/17/via_ships_90nm_eden/ |