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Sony buckles, slashes PS3 prices in Japan
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-22 03:35:20
Japanese electronics giant has buckled under the pricing pressure applied by rivals Microsoft and Nintendo, announcing a 17% price cut for the Japanese release of its PlayStation 3 console on November 11.


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Lithium Ion batteries under fire
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-21 10:15:03
It is very tempting to blame computer vendors like Dell an Aple for notebooks which explode into fireballs. However, in the final analysis it all comes down to the batteries.


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Xbox 360 HD DVD player set for November Japan launch
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-20 08:23:15
Microsoft plans to release a plug-in HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 console before the end of  November in Japan for considerably less than US$200.

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Panasonic to launch Blu-ray disc recorders with play back
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-20 07:56:47
Panasonic, the leading brand of Matsushita Electric has unveiled what it claims is the world's first Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders that can play back BD-Video discs.


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Toshiba Australia moves to quell global battery recall alarm
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-19 07:04:39
Toshiba Australia has issued a statement aimed at dissipating public fears over reports of a recall of 340,000 notebook batteries by the laptop computer manufacturer worldwide, saying the recall had nothing to do with safety issues.
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Intel chip could enable terabit data transfer
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-18 18:25:22
The world's first silicon laser chip, announced today by Intel, could enable computers to be built with dramatic performance improvements because of internal optical data pipes replacing slow physical wires.


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PCs to face competition from consumer electronics over holidays
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2006-09-18 09:39:49
PCs will have a difficult time competing for consumer wallet share this holiday season with stiff competition from the consmer electronics sector, according to a new report.

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Notebooks on planes ban sends message to manufacturers
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-18 09:05:22
In these days of heightened security, airline travellers already resent having to remove their notebook computers from their cases for inspection before boarding even though most concede it's necessary. However, not being able to use the notebook during flights goes beyond the pale.

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Seagate promises a video library on a hard disc
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2006-09-18 08:09:40
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate reckons it could be shipping 2.5 terabyte hard drives by 2009. Capacities like that could change the way people buy movies.


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Intel's silicon laser promises faster data
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-18 06:41:23
Researchers at chipmaker Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have developed a break-through silicon chip that can emit a laser beam, paving the way for superfast internal communications inside computers.


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PC outlook improves but 2Q06 growth below 10%
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2006-09-16 20:29:41
The worldwide PC market continued to expand at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2006, although growth was slower than in recent quarters, according to a new report.

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Nintendo the games specialist shows others how
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-14 23:10:39
When you think of Sony and Microsoft, you think of music players, movie studios, record companies, batteries, software, and of course games consoles. With Nintendo, all you associate the name with is games. Thus, it really should come as no surprise that this time Nintendo has simply outplayed its two bigger rivals.


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Dell sets up first manufacturing facility in India
Written By: Sufia Tippu
Section: India Wire

Category: Vendors India

2006-09-14 09:05:06
ImageDell is setting up its first India manufacturing facility in the southern port city of Tamil Nadu. This would be the third manufacturing unit in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region, after Penang, Malaysia, and Xiamen, China.


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Woe is Wii says Sony
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-14 08:17:57
It seems that every time I hear an announcement come out of Sony these days, it's about how the company won't be able to meet its manufacturing commitment. As the hapless Japanese games giant struggles to produce 500,000 PS3 units by late November, it must be grinding its teeth over Nintendo's promise to move 4 million Wii consoles by the end of 2006.


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Wii 2006 release dates and prices announced
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-14 04:31:21
The word is out officially that Japan will have the new generation Nintendo Wii games console in stores on December 2 for the equivalent of about US$212 at today's exchange rates. However, an unofficial report from consumer tech site Engadget states that US consumers will get it two weeks earlier on November 17.


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Microsoft unleashes planned Vista hardware peripherals
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-14 03:32:42
Microsoft, which has been increasingly dabbling in the hardware space in recent years, plans to release a range of premium-end PC peripherals optimized to work with its new Windows Vista operating system.


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Dell opens the door and puts AMD in desktops
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-13 08:46:19
AMD has well and truly broken through the barrier with Dell as the computer announced new desktops today that for the first time include AMD processors.


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Hardware vendors to do it tough as SMB spending declines
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2006-05-30 08:33:58
A new study predicts that the next five years will see hardware vendors market shrink in the SMB space with spending declining at an alarming rate.


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Hardware system builders under pressure in 2006: IDC
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-04-03 22:51:20
Research group IDC predicts that 2006 will be a critical year for many hardware vendors in Australia, as they increasingly find themselves overseas players. The maturity and strength of the local economy has attracted a plethora of competitors that will leave many markets overcrowded in 2006, according to IDC.

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NEC and Unisys to form global alliance
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2005-10-27 00:00:00

NEC Corporation and Unisys Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to negotiate a partnership to collaborate in technology research and development, manufacturing and solutions delivery.


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