The Register - Personal: PCsBiting the hand that feeds ITDell refreshes AMD chip rumor with 'possibility' upgrade- January 10, 2006 1,356 days of gossip Why should 2006 be any different from 2005, 2004 or 2003 That's right. It's Dell using AMD chips rumor time once again.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/10/dell_use_amd/ AMD ships dual-core gaming CPU- January 10, 2006 Athlon 64 FX-60 to face Intel's PEE 955 AMD 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/10/amd_ships_fx-60/ Disk, laptop and sport heaven spotted through the smoke- January 8, 2006 Reg hack escapes stoning undaunted CES 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/08/ces_wrap_two/ Forget Mikey Dell and his flaming gamer PC- January 7, 2006 Xbox 360 rules, dude CES Letters Call it the battle of banality. Which staid IT giant do you like more Microsoft or Dellhttp://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/07/dell_game_letters/ Handheld PC runs two OSes on two CPUs- January 6, 2006 Windows Mobile and XP ticking over simultaneously CES 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/dualcor_cpc_pda_pc/ Asus revs Lamborghini laptops- January 6, 2006 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/asus_lamborghini_laptops/ 300 Scottish jobs to go at ex-IBM plant- January 6, 2006 '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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/sanmina_jobs/ BT PC snafu leaves 3,000 families disappointed- January 6, 2006 Telco blames surge in demand BT 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/bt_pc/ Intel recruits top Hollywood talent to make Viiv thrive- January 6, 2006 Hopefully, they know what Viiv is CES 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/intel_viiv_ces/ Dell ridicules Microsoft as a 'so called' high-end gamer- January 6, 2006 Fire-breathing Renegade burns Xbox 360 CES 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.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/dell_game_ces/ |