Gareth Halfacree
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Libretto W100

Toshiba has confirmed its plans to offer a dual-screen notebook similar to Microsoft’s Courier concept, to be added to its Libretto ultra-mobile range. The Toshiba Libretto W100 was launched as part of the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations – its first laptop, the Toshiba T1100 was launched back in 1985 – with the company’s Phil Osaki [...]

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Sony HD Camcorder peek shot

Not content with shaking up the bridge camera market with its new EVIL NEX 3 and NEX 5 mirrorless cameras, Sony has snuck out a sneak preview of an up-coming camcorder using the same APS C-size CMOS high-definition sensor. Described as still “in development” over on Sony’s official blog, the un-named device will feature interchangeable [...]

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Newegg Fake i7 packaging shot

Here’s a little article originally written for bit-tech but never published, regarding the interesting case of Newegg accidentally sending a selection of fake Intel i7 CPUs to its customers.  Since this article was written, NewEgg has confessed that the CPUs in question were fakes, and has talked things over with the supplier responsible – in [...]

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LX9000 3D TV

Another article saved from the bit-bin, this time about LG Electronics’ latest LED-backlit 3D TV: LG Electronics has made good on its recent promises and announced the impending launch of its first LED-backlit 3D TV, the LX9500.

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Larrabee Slide

The second long-spike article that I’ve resurrected is regarding Intel’s decision to downgrade its Larrabee platform release into a Software Development Kit, written back in December.

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AMD Logo

I’ve been going through some of the older stuff I wrote for bit-tech, and came across a couple of articles that never made it.  Rather than consign them to the digital dustbin, I figured – having already written them – I’d resurrect them here. The first is an article about the agreement ‘twix AMD and [...]

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When I write articles for bit-tech I occasionally happen upon a topic that a full-time staffer is writing about. When this happens, one of the stories gets put on the long spike – usually mine. Below is one such story, which I figured I’d reclaim from the archives and post here – despite it being [...]