Stories by Martyn Williams

Article | 6/06/2001 Samsung announces high-speed combo drive
Samsung has announced a series of four new optical disc drives that feature high speeds and, on one of the units, cross-platform compatibility.
Article | 4/06/2001 AMD to release faster PC chips next week
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has begun shipping faster versions of its Athlon and Duron processors and, according to industry sources, will officially...
Article | 30/05/2001 Toshiba debuts 4-megapixel digital camera
Toshiba is pushing the boundaries of consumer digital still cameras with the announcement this week of a new 4-megapixel class camera.
Article | 29/05/2001 Sharp to unveil Linux PDA next week
Sharp will unveil its long-awaited Linux-based PDA (personal digital assistant) at the JavaOne conference beginning in San Francisco on June 4, accord...
Article | 24/05/2001 Sharp claims thinnest, lightest notebook yet
Sharp has taken the wraps off a new notebook computer that the company claims is the thinnest and lightest 12.1 inch screen-equipped notebook computer...
Article | 15/05/2001 Samsung unveils customised Rambus DRAMs
Samsung Electronics has taken the wraps off three Rambus DRAM (dynamic random access memory) memory modules targeted at specific markets -- networking...
Article | 3/05/2001 New PlayStation 2 game sells a million in two days
Two days after it first went on sale, sales of Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCEI) new Gran Turismo 3 A-spec game passed 1 million, the company said ...
Article | 20/04/2001 Toshiba eyes July launch for Pocket PC PDA
Toshiba is planning its long-awaited entry into the personal digital assistant (PDA) market for July, a company source has told IDG News Service.
Article | 10/04/2001 An earful of music from Sony
Sony's latest digital music player promises to give users an earful of their favorite songs. The NW-E8P, which will be available in Japan from 21 Apri...
Article | 6/04/2001 Micron to ramp up DDR SDRAM production
Micron Technology plans to ramp up production of DDR (double data rate) SDRAM (synchronous dynamic random access memory) in the light of growing suppo...
Article | 5/04/2001 AMD sues Alcatel over flash memory contract
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has filed a lawsuit against Alcatel Business Systems, a unit of France's Alcatel, in a dispute over breach of contract re...
Article | 30/03/2001 Microsoft kicks off Xbox online games plan
Microsoft is teaming up with NTT Communications, the Internet and long distance telecommunications arm of Japan's dominant telephone operator, to deve...
Article | 30/03/2001 Sony gets ready for the broadband era
Sony set out its plans for the coming financial year Thursday and stated an intention to move from being a consumer electronics maker to a "personal b...
Article | 29/03/2001 DoCoMo to link I-mode with vending machines
NTT DoCoMo is taking its first step towards enabling users of the hit I-mode wireless Internet service to make purchases using their cellular telephon...
Article | 26/03/2001 Organic EL displays step forward
Confined to flat panel display conferences and shows until now, organic electroluminescence displays (OELDs) made an appearance at the CeBIT show in H...

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