6th January 2008 Archive

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CES HD DVD bash knocked on the head

Here in Las Vegas ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the first casualty of Warner Home Video's decision to back Blu-ray is the HD DVD shindig scheduled for Sunday night. Clearly unwilling to face the press, the HD DVD camp have cancelled the event. Toshiba and co. are no longer in a party mood. The HD DVD event is …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 13:43
Netgear extends next-gen Wi-Fi into 5GHz band

CES Courtesy of 'metamaterial' antennae

Netgear today launched a raft of 802.11n Wi-Fi networking devices that take the technology into the uncrowded 5GHz band. The new kit also incorporates clever new “metamaterial” antennae to cram up to eight aerials inside each box. Netgear's Rangemax Dual Band Wireless-N router: metamaterial antennae inside Using 5GHz in …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 18:42
Pioneer presents first ever 'hybrid' navigation system

CES Sat nav with iPod link

Pioneer this morning presented what it claimed is the first ever "hybrid" navigation system, a GPS box designed to work with almost any mobile media source, including iPods and Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones. Through a combination of USB and Bluetooth for connectivity, SD memory cards and any audio input, the AVIC-F500BT can …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 19:59
CES Netgear preps power-passing powerline adaptor

Netgear's CES announcement may have centered on its 5GHz 802.11n kit, but the company also, quietly, announced an updated 200Mb/s powerline Ethernet adaptor – this time with a pass-through power socket. Interestingly, Netgear also embraced the second of two rival 200Mb/s technologies. The pass-through ported HDXB111 is, like …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 20:12
CES Panasonic shows 32GB SDHC at CES

Here's the 32GB SDHC card Panasonic promised today. It's the most capacious memory card of its kind, the company claimed, though the one it showed was a prototype ahead of the SDHC's “Spring 2008” arrival. The card's rated at Class 6 for speed, so it can transfer data at a sustained rate of at least 6MB/s, and Panasonic also …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 20:34
Systemax saves CompUSA from knacker's yard

Cherry-picks 16 stores

Systemax is buying the CompUSA brand name, its ecommerce operations and up to 16 stores in the great CompUSA close-out sale. The big US computer reseller hails CompUSA as a "strong complementary" business to its own retail TigerDirect brand and is paying up to $30m for its new baby, depending on how many stores it actually buys …

Channel Register 6 Jan 2008, 20:41
Sennheiser to show 'CD quality' wireless 'phones

CES Lossless Kleer technology better than Bluetooth, apparently

Headphones specialist Sennheiser will tomorrow show off a set of wireless earphones based on a technology it claims delivers true CD quality lossless sound in place of the compressed, lossy audio you get with Bluetooth 'phones. Sennheiser's MXW1: 'phones... The MXW1 set uses audio transmission technology from chip maker …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 21:14
CES Panasonic preps Blu-ray, iPod-friendly home theatre kit

Panasonic has combined two the consumer electronics industry's major buzzwords in a single product: a home theatre rig that incorporates not only a Blu-ray Disc player but also an iPod dock. The SC-BT100 comprises a central unit, five satellite speakers – two front, two rear and an under-screen unit – a sub-woofer. Panasonic …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 22:54
Logitech revamps Squeezebox as Duet

CES Harmony-influence remote control comes to the fore

Say hello to the Squeezebox 4. It's actually called the Squeezebox Duet, and it's the first version of the networked music player released since Slim Devices was snapped up by Logitech. Logtech's Squeezebox Duet receiver: musical box The Swiss mouse maker's influence is clear: the new remote control – now equipped with a 2. …

Reg Hardware 6 Jan 2008, 23:50