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TalkBack gives voice to e-mail, other text
News The CD-ROM-based title needs a Windows-based PC with sound card. Users select text and play back voice via an on-screen VCR-like facia. The company expects TalkBack to mostly be used by the visually impaired, or for listening to e-mail, or in...
[February 17, 1997, 11:52]
Vista SP1 - No Go for Me at the Moment
Blog Comment I have 2 known Driver issues with service pack 1 and yet it installed fine for me and I've had no problems with it.sigmatel sound card and my fingerprint reader). I don't think that you can upgrade to Service Pack 1 via simply checking for updates...
[March 20, 2008, 11:38]
Researchers hack Microsoft wireless keyboards
News Microsoft's Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 and 2000 keyboards communicate by transmitting radio signals to the sound card in a user's computer. The protocol for securing some of Microsoft's wireless keyboards has been cracked, opening up the...
[December 5, 2007, 11:43]
Intel Video Phone lets users chat while they Web surf
News Users require a minimum 133MHz Pentium-based PC with 16Mb RAM, full-duplex sound card, speakers or headset, microphone, 28,800bps modem and Web browser to run the software. Intel today posted the first beta of its Internet Video Phone, a tool that...
[December 19, 1996, 16:55]
Free phone calls for Microsoft IM customers
News With the Net2Phone addition, users will need a sound card, microphone and speakers to also make calls while online. Microsoft said Thursday it entered a deal with Web telephony company Net2Phone to offer free phone calls to users of Microsoft's...
[July 20, 2000, 15:17]
Nuggets: Big lizard does dictation
News Inside the pod is a sound card type device that has been designed especially for speech input. Pretty darn cool.naturally If you're running Windows 98 on an USB enabled PC and you hate typing, then pay attention.
[August 12, 1999, 13:09]
Obodex offers P-133 notebook for £150 down
News A 133MHz Pentium-based GreenNote with 16Mb RAM, 1Gb hard drive, 12.1-inch dual-scan screen, ten-speed CD-ROM drive, 16Mb video RAM , Type II PC Card slot and sound costs £1,495 + VAT. As notebooks have become more popular as users' "first...
[January 30, 1997, 16:57]
Vista could create 50,000 EU jobs
Talkback NIC card and my SB sound board. Simon & Olavi are correct. I downloaded the RC-1 version, just to check it out. It took 45 minutes to setup. Then you have to add your rd party software and hope it will work with vista.
[September 15, 2006, 15:58]
Tashika deals £59 33.6 modems, £99 multimedia kits
News The brand is called Tashika (Japanese for "quality") and initial products include 33.6kbits/sec modems at £59 for an internal version or £64 for an external device, and a multimedia kit comprising Aztech eight-speed CD-ROM drive, Aztech 16-bit...
[February 10, 1997, 9:48]
Open source - feel good, but work better.
Blog And as for professionalism - even Ubuntu broke his sound card on the last upgrade, and there was nowhere to turn for help. Over on The Guardian, Andrew Brown has applied his unique brand of gentle melancholia to the subject of open source software.
[April 30, 2009, 15:20]
Apple bolsters PowerBook line
News Mb RAM, two PC Card slots and 16-bit sound is standard. The 1400 series is improved by a 166MHz PowerPC 603e option at the high-end and a dual-scan 133MHz PowerPC 603e model at the entry-level. Bigger hard drives are also available with capacities...
[July 17, 1997, 10:42]
Mesh nets £1,899 PII desktop
News London-based direct seller Mesh Computers was among the first off the mark with 233MHz Pentium II desktops from £1,899 + VAT for a 64Mb RAM system with 3.2Gb hard drive, 15-inch monitor, 2Mb Matrox Mystique graphics card, 16-speed CD-ROM drive and...
[May 6, 1997, 13:45]
Choosing the right VoIP equipment
News The computer requires the appropriate audio equipment: a sound card with speakers or earphones to hear the other party's transmissions, and a microphone to input your own side of the conversation. Users can plug several phone lines into a single...
[September 27, 2006, 12:45]
Five years ago: AJP goes straight to 166MHz for notebook chip
News The standard specification comes equipped with 16Mb EDO RAM, 810Mb hard drive, 12.1-inch SVGA TFT screen, six-speed CD-ROM drive, removable floppy drive, one Type III PC Card slot, joypad controls, 16-bit sound and nickel metal-hydride battery.
[August 8, 2001, 8:00]
Mandrake Linux desktop goes mobile
Talkback It set up in about 2 mins, saw all my stuff right off the hop, ie.nic/sound card/drives/monitor! As a complete newbie to Linux I've been amazed at the plethora (say what? of distros whether they be source or live.
[December 5, 2003, 4:07]
AVC Broadband review
Reviews VAT) installation fee covers all the costs involved, including all the vital hardware -- although it's up to you to provide sound card and speakers. Setup is not something you can do for yourself. An engineer has to come to your home and fit the...
[June 16, 2004, 9:35]
HP DVD-Writer DVD100i review
Reviews An IDE cable, a drive-to-sound-card cable and a single DVD+RW disc also come with the drive. At £549 (ex. VAT), the DVD100i debuts at a lower price point than the £699 (ex. VAT) Pioneer DVR-A03 did last spring, although Pioneer's drive is now...
[January 2, 2002, 23:00]
Umax ships sub-£600 Mac OS desktop
News A more advanced model, the Apus 2000AV, has 32Mb RAM, 33.6kbps voice modem and ATI Xclaim VR graphics card and costs £875 + VAT. The Taiwanese firm's Apus 2000/160 is a 160MHz PowerPC-based system with 16Mb RAM, 1.2Gb hard drive, SCSI-2, SRS sound...
[June 26, 1997, 14:02]
Dell dips in support ratings
Talkback They've sent the Money CD, the encyclopedia CD, a sound CARD, but.even though 4 techs have promised it. Dell NON-service! HOW COME IT TAKES A MONTH to get one CD? We bought a Dell computer, which ran fine until we ended up with some spyware that we...
[October 23, 2004, 6:01]
Five years ago: TI to parade ultra-thin notebook
News A docking station with expansion for an eight-speed CD-ROM drive, second battery, and PCI card slots will be available as an option. The 133MHz Pentium-based machines will ship with 256Kb L2 cache, 16Mb EDO RAM, 1.35Gb hard drive, 12.1-inch dual...
[November 12, 2001, 6:01]
