OK, here you go. This is the latest update on the latest rumour that Sony may be planning to introduce an 80Gb version of the PS3. This latest ‘hint’ comes just a week after the company confirmed that it was killing off the 20GB version in the US due to poor demand.
Sony spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka told Reuters:
“For users who vigorously store [games and other entertainment content] in the PS3, 20GB is probably going to be to small. Even 60GB may not be big enough eventually. We are not likely to change its [the PS3’s] core components and functions such as the Cell, RSX, Blu-ray drive and network capability but, outside that realm, addition and deletion is quite possible.”
Since we can count the pre-launch removal of the dedicated PS2 chip from the European PS3 as a ‘deletion’ it’s not that unreasonable to assume a larger hard drive is on the way.
My issue is that 80GB is a dismal upgrade from 60Gb, hardly worth the effort. Surely it can’t be that hard to squeeze in a 100Gb+ HDD. Can it? Let me know. -Martin Lynch
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Regular MP3 tunes are typically converted at 128kbps, which is pretty poor compared to CD quality. The difference might be harder to hear in earphones but hook your MP3 player to a decent hi-fi system and the quality shortfall is noticeable.
Creative Labs, the force behind PC audio, has not given up its efforts to stay sharp in the digital music scene by launching some products that will put some ‘oomph’ back in your MP3 audio, without encoding tunes at a higher bitrate.
They use the company's X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio standard. The two main features in this are X-Fi Crystalizer which enhances the audio quality and X-Fi CMSS-3D which converts audio to surround sound. Be warned, prices here are conversions so expect this bunch to cost more here by 10-20% - at least.
First up is the big boy of the bunch: the shiny X-Fi Sound System i600 [above]. This is a 2.1 speaker system for iPods, with a compact subwoofer. A pricey £198.
Jump now for details and photos of the rest of Creative’s 2007 line-up.-Martin Lynch
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War-driving, the nefarious art of stealing other’s people’s Wi-Fi bandwidth by driving around with a laptop, is now somewhat of an urban sport. However, more people in the UK are getting nabbed by the police for stealing Wi-Fi from the comfort of their cars. But how?
We know police have trouble enough catching large gangs of marauding drunk teenagers in town centres at any given weekend, so how the hell do they manage to catch one person, in a car, at night with a laptop? It seems, it’s less to do with great deductive reasoning and hi-tech and more down to really stupid people.
Here’s how not to do it, like the guy caught in Redditch a few days ago.
(a) If you’re planning to steal Wi-Fi from some home at night, don’t park in front of their house
(b) Don’t cover your windows with cardboard because that doesn’t look at all suspicious to passersby or nosey neighbours.
(c) Poorly cut cardboard does not stop the flashing blue light from your notebook’s display, just makes it look like there’s a disco in your car.-Martin Lynch
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