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• 23 June 2008

• News: Aurora borealis interferes with satnav devices

  According to research the Northern Lights can interfere with signals from global positioning (GPS) satellites.

• News: Sony launches 'green' 32in Bravia LCD TV

  Sony is adding to its Bravia LCD TV range with a new 32in model that consumes 25 percent less power on average than existing sets.

• News: Motorola launches 5Mp cameraphone

  Motorola and Kodak today launched the ZN5, a new candy bar-style mobile phone with a 5Mp camera, the first device from Motorola's new Zine line.

• 21 June 2008

• News: June 2008's 9 coolest gadgets

  With summer finally upon us, the sunshine's (sort of) beating down. The weather's getting (a bit) hotter, and so are the gadgets. Here's our top nine products announces in Japan this month.

• News: Diary: building a superfast, superquiet PC, part 1

  The older I get, the less tolerance I have for noisy PCs. So my new desktop computer had to be quiet, not just fast. Oh, and I needed it to be affordable, too.

• News: Expert guide: build a PC in seven steps

  Putting together an entire PC isn't as scary as it sounds - and it's well worth the hassle. We've put together a simple guide to assembling a PC in seven steps.

• 18 June 2008

• News: 3D memory coming from SanDisk & Toshiba

  Flash-memory chip-maker SanDisk has teamed with Toshiba to jointly develop and manufacture rewriteable 3D memory.

• 16 June 2008

• News: GeForce GTX 280 is nVidia's largest-ever GPU

  nVidia has launched a new graphics processor with 240 computing cores, giving PCs extra power to run 3D games and high-end scientific applications.

• News: AMD FireStream 9250 launching in September

  AMD has previewed the latest version of its high-performance FireStream 9250 chip package, which is due later this year.

• 14 June 2008

• News: 7 great ways technology can help you keep fit

  Forget the stereotype of the gadget-loving couch potato. These innovations can help you stay trim, monitor your fitness and even save your life.

• 12 June 2008

• News: Toshiba launches 1.8in 160GB hard drive

  Toshiba has launched two new 1.8in. hard drives – one 80GB model, and a 160GB version – which it claims can reduce the storage footprint in ultraportables and mini laptops by as much as 40 percent compared to traditional 2.5in drives.

• News: Intel offers USB 3.0 host controller spec for free

  Intel plans to make the specification for a USB 3.0 host controller freely available during the second half of this year, hitting back at rumours the chip maker wanted to keep the technology for itself.

• 06 June 2008

• News: Report: 3G iPhone to cost €100

  Apple's 3G iPhone will be sold for €100 (£80) in Spain through Telefonica's Movistar, according to local reports.

• 05 June 2008

• News: Apple signs iPhone deals in Japan, Spain

  Softbank - Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator - yesterday announced that it was set to sell Apple's iPhone in Japan later this year.

• 04 June 2008

• News: Intel shows off Blu-ray decoder on 4-series chipset

  At Computex 2008 today Intel showed off a small PC that uses a chipset to handle Blu-ray video playback. The PC highlighted the high-definition video playback capabilities of Intel's new 4 series chipset.

• News: AMD unleashes Puma laptop chip platform

  AMD will launch its Puma laptop chip platform at events in Taipei and Paris today.

• 30 May 2008

• News: Seagate plans 2TB hard drive and SSD model

  Seagate CEO Bill Watkins has announced that the company will introduce its first SSD (solid-state drive) storage and 2TB hard drive next year.

• 28 May 2008

• News: Sony, Sanyo, others settle LED patent dispute

  Four consumer electronics companies, including Sony and Sanyo Electric, have settled a complaint that they were infringing a patent on semiconductors related to LEDs and laser diodes used in products such as mobile phones, billboards, Blu-ray disc players and data storage devices, according to lawyers for the patent holder.

• 20 May 2008

• News: Curved LCD screen on show at displays event

  The world's first curved TFT LCD screen on a glass substrate is on show at the at the Society for Information Display (SID) exhibition in Los Angeles this week.

• News: Tranquil offers first Diamondville motherboard

  Online retailer Tranquil PC is taking pre-orders for a £53 motherboard equipped with Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of Intel's Atom processor.

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