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3rd September 2005 Archive

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  • Vendors tout DVD-RAM 16x gear

    World's fastest rewriteable spead - for now

    The Recordable DVD Council (RDVDC), the body behind the DVD-RAM specification, today announced its members have pushed the format's write speed to 16x. As part of the announcement, RDVDC backers Panasonic and Hitachi unveiled 16x DVD-RAM drives for PCs. Panasonic, along with Maxell, also demonstrated 16x media. Today's DVD-RAM …

    Peripherals 3 Sep 2005, 06:02

  • Zotob worm perps: hanging's too good for 'em

    Letters Straight talk on violence, surveys and 'mobes'

    From time to time, we at Vulture Central get emails berating us for printing what readers say are straight plugs for companies disguised as fascinating and informative surveys or analysis pieces. This one is typical: Shame on you for publishing such a shameless ad posing as a news item: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/30/ …

    Letters 3 Sep 2005, 07:12

  • Motorola-built iPod Phone next week? Not worth looking at, say pundits

    User interface is the problem, not the solution

    It's been an open secret for a while now that Apple wasn't going to let Sony Ericsson's "Walkman phone" become a market leader in the new market for a combined music/comms toy. Word on the street says that the new phone/player will be announced next week, Sept 7th. That Apple is planning a big launch is known. The invites went …

    Mobile 3 Sep 2005, 07:45