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HP asking Intel to ease restrictions on Atom processors
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is in negotiations with Intel seeking a slackening of its current restrictions which limit the use of Atom series processors only in netbook PCs with up to 10.2-inch panels, according to Taiwan-based notebook makers. HP hopes to use Atom in new mini-note PC models with larger screen sizes.
In light of competition from Asustek Computer and Acer in promoting netbook PCs, HP's 2009 roadmap shows that the company hopes to enhance its netbook lineup by offering an 11.6-inch model in the second quarter of 2009 and an 13.3-inch model in June 2009, the sources pointed out.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 - 07:53 AM
How Many Seconds Are In A Minute? 61 Seconds Tonight!
Always short of time? Not enough moments in the day? Tonight you'll get an extra second to enjoy 2008. Use it wisely; perhaps an extra long smooch is called for. These so called leap seconds are occasionally added to align atomic time with astronomical time and ensure that the Sun remains overhead at noon, which is obviously still important.
"The difference between atomic time and Earth time has now built up to the point where it needs to be corrected, so this New Year's Eve we will experience a rare 61 second minute at the very end of 2008 and revelers... will have an extra second to celebrate."
Posted by | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 - 07:52 AM
Yahoo & Intel Team Up for Internet-Enabled TV
Yahoo! and Intel announced that they will premiere their joint Internet-enabled TV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Both companies have built a substantial business in the this new media market with their ventures into home connectivity and home theater and see CES as an opportunity to show off their new ventures to the television consumer.
What exactly are they trying to achieve? For Yahoo, it's establishment of the Widget Channel, a software foundation that can house programs for browsing photos, using the Internet's abundant socially connected services, watching YouTube videos, or digging deeper into TV shows--and through which Yahoo will be able to show advertisements. For Intel, it's a foothold in an industry whose microprocessors have typically been cheaper, less powerful, and less power-hungry.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - 05:59 PM
AMD to trim about 600 jobs, 100 more than planned
Advanced Micro Devices, the second-largest producer of personal-computer processors, will cut about 600 jobs, 100 more than previously planned, as it struggles to return to profitability.
The cuts will result in an expense of about $70 million in the fourth quarter, including $34 million from severance costs and the continuation of some employee benefits, the company said Monday in a regulatory filing. Sunnyvale-based AMD said earlier that the job reduction would cost $50 million. The company, on course for its third-straight annual loss this year, is striving to keep up with larger rival Intel as demand for PC chips slumps. Intel has captured market share by adopting newer technologies more quickly.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - 09:31 AM
Asustek to showcase MEMS e-sticks for notebook games next year
Asustek Computer will showcase gyroscope e-sticks and gaming software for notebooks during Computex Taipei next year as the company explores the business opportunities of MEMS in the notebook market, according to sources with gyroscope makers. Dell, Lenovo and LG Electronics (LGE) are also planning to introduce notebooks supporting e-stick functions.
Notebooks supporting e-stick functions and coming with built-in gaming sofatware target the high-end market segment, the sources said,a adding that gyroscope makers hope the PC games will stimulate demand for gyroscopes.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - 08:44 AM
Microsoft outlines vision of pay-as-you-go computing
Microsoft has applied for a patent on metered, pay-as-you-go computing. U.S. patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day, details Microsoft's vision of a situation where a "standard model" of PC is given away or heavily subsidized by someone in the supply chain. The end user then pays to use the computer, with charges based on both the length of usage time and the performance levels utilized, along with a "one-time charge."
A computer with scalable performance level components and selectable software and service options has a user interface that allows individual performance levels to be selected," reads the patent application's abstract. The patent application was filed June 21, 2007. "The scalable performance level components may include a processor, memory, graphics controller, etc. Software and services may include word processing, email, browsing, database access, etc. To support a pay-per-use business model, each selectable item may have a cost associated with it, allowing a user to pay for the services actually selected and that presumably correspond to the task or tasks being performed," the abstract continues.
Posted by | Mon, Dec 29, 2008 - 11:28 AM
December 29 News from Around the Web
Silverstone Sugo SG04 Case Review @ Ninjalane and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
"The smaller form factor has often been overlooked by many motherboard makers because it yielded a low return on investment but as we see the hardware segment evolve we will begin to see more case designs to support the new platform. In a way the SUGO SG04 will be the benchmark for all to follow."
Posted by | Mon, Dec 29, 2008 - 07:37 AM
Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday
In a sign that times are certainly changing for consumers and retailers alike, Wal-Mart announced today that it will start selling Apple's iPhone this weekend. Wal-Mart even said that their stores could match 'local competitors' advertised prices during promotional periods - such as After Christmas sales. Both the 8 GB and 16 GB versions of the phone will be available in nearly 2,500 stores beginning Sunday, December 28.
Wal-Mart plans to sell the black 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G model, which also holds about 2,000 songs, for $197. The 16-gigabyte model, in black or white, will be priced at $297. All of the phones require a new two-year service agreement from AT&T Inc or a qualified upgrade, Wal-Mart said.
Posted by | Sat, Dec 27, 2008 - 11:37 AM
AMD desktop CPU schedule updated - Phenom X4 9650 is EOL
AMD plans to launch six 45nm CPUs under its Athlon line including the quad-core Athlon X4 615 and 605 and triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 in April next year and dual-core Athlon X2 240 and 235 in June, according to sources at motherboard makers.
Last order notice for the company's upcoming 45nm AM2+ Phenom II X4 920 and 940 Black Edition CPUs, will be issued in May next year, while AMD has already stopped taking orders for its quad-core Phenom X4 9650 this month. AMD's Phenom X4 9950 (140W) and 9850 (125W) will have their last order notice issued in March next year, and Phenom X4 9750, 9850 (95W) and 9950 (125W) will be in June. AMD's triple-core Phenom X3 8450 and 8550 CPUs have started phasing out of the market, while the Phenom X3 8650 is scheduled to have its last order notice issued in March next year followed by the Phenom X3 8850 and 8750 in June.
Posted by | Fri, Dec 26, 2008 - 08:57 AM
December 26 News from Around the Web
Gainward Rampage700 Golden Sample HD 4870 X2 On Steroids at TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
"Today we’re looking at a HD 4870 X2 from Gainward which carries those two words we love to see; Golden and Sample. What has Gainward done to make the card so special? -We will find that out in just a minute. Gainward actually has two Golden Sample HD 4870 X2s currently available; the first is the one we have today which carries with it a slight overclock and the other is the GLH or "Goes Like Hell" Edition which carries an even higher overclock. Let’s firstly have a look at what exactly we have going on with the package of the Gainward HD 4870 X2 before moving on to a closer look at the card and how well it performs."
Posted by | Fri, Dec 26, 2008 - 07:22 AM
Have a Safe and Happy Holidays
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and to be very careful while traveling as the weather across the nation isn't the best this week. I was driving to pick up some web server parts yesterday afternoon and it was raining, but the ground temperature was below freezing. That caused the roads to ice up even though it was warm enough to be raining. I was driving home on Interstate 70 and cars were wrecking all around me. I even managed to snap a picture of a box truck that slid on an overpass and sat across two guard rails. It was so bad there was even a 13 car accident about 10 miles past where I was driving that claimed a life, so be careful and see you back on the site in a couple days!
If you are still reading this please check out this definition on vacation! A period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday. Go relax!
Posted by | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 - 10:29 AM
Notebooks outship desktops for first time
Worldwide notebook computer shipments topped those of desktops for the first time ever in the third quarter, research group iSuppli said on Tuesday, calling it a "watershed event" for the industry. Shipments of notebook PCs surged nearly 40 percent to 38.6 million units, while desktop shipments fell 1.3 percent to 38.5 million. Overall, PC shipments rose 15.4 percent in the quarter to 79 million units.
Acer Inc shipped almost 3 million more notebooks in the third quarter than in the previous quarter, with the majority being netbooks, iSuppli said. The Taiwanese company is now the third largest PC company by market share at 12.2 percent, less than two percentage points behind second-place Dell Inc. Hewlett-Packard Co maintained its lead at No. 1, shipping 14.9 million units for an 18.8 percent market share.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 - 10:17 AM
Intel insists Atom only for Intel chipsets
NVIDIA's recent move to try to extend Intel's Atom ecosystem to its recently announced Ion platform appears to have been knocked back by Intel, according to a response primarily directed at PC manufacturers as seen by Digitimes. Not good news for NVIDIA, but you never know what will happen in the months to come.
Nvidia's push for the Ion platform, which combines its GeForce 9400 mGPU with the Intel Atom CPU, is heavily reliant on Intel being willing to abandon its current Atom pricing system. Under the existing scheme, Intel will only sell Atom CPUs and corresponding chipsets in a bundle, but if hardware vendors are unable to buy just the Atom CPU, the Ion platform becomes too expensive for most applications. Nvidia executives recently visited local PC makers, in an attempt to drum up support for allowing its MCP7A and MCP79 chipsets into the Atom ecosystem.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 - 10:15 AM
EA to offer 'Spore' DRM-free
Starting Monday, Electronics Arts will sell its popular video game Spore free of any digital rights management restrictions. It's part of a slew of titles which EA will offer on Valve's Steam distribution platform.
Prices for the DRM-free versions are said to be on par with what the games would sell for in a box in a retail store. It's a move likely to win EA some points with gamers after the disastrous public response to its DRM policy for Spore. Originally the company locked the game using DRM software called SecuROM to no more than three machines, which it later upped to five.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 - 09:43 AM
Prices for microSD cards increase 50% in one day
With Samsung Electronics reducing its microSD supply to the market, price for microSD card saw a record high daily increase of 50%, according to market sources.
With Toshiba and Hynix already reducing their NAND flash production in the fourth quarter, Samsung used the market situation to create a tight supply situation in order to boost the price of microSD cards and NAND flash, the market sources explained.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 - 09:40 AM
December 23 News from Around the Web
Intel DX58SO Smackover X58 Motherboard @ Benchmark Reviews and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
The i7 series of processors accompanied by an enthusiast grade motherboard utilizing the X58 chipset were one of the most highly anticipated product releases since the Core 2 Duo. At the time of the launch Intel introduced their DX58SO motherboard affectionately nicknamed the "Smackover". The DX58SO motherboard is without a doubt the most feature laden endeavor that Intel has undertaken to date. It is not only slanted towards the the serious overclocker but it provides a bevy of BIOS related features that could easily take take Intel's latest product to the next level of performance.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 23, 2008 - 07:37 AM
CyberPower Selects Cooler Master Storm Gaming Chassis
CyberPower announced today that they will be using the new CoolerMaster Storm line up for their next generation gaming systems. CyberPower will first use the much anticipated Sniper chassis and the V10 hybrid TEC cooler from CoolerMaster as well.
Combining the Cooler Master Storm Sniper and V10 hybrid TEC cooler into CyberPower's next generation gaming systems will allow its customers to experience gaming like never before. The new CM Storm Sniper features the revolutionary High Air Flow structure, which aims to keep the air inside the case just as cool as the air outside. The CM Storm Sniper will be available on CyberPower’s website beginning December 24th.”
Posted by | Mon, Dec 22, 2008 - 09:08 AM
December 22 News from Around the Web
Find reviews from around the web by visiting our forums! The following is from TweakTown's review of Sapphires Watercooled Radeon HD 4870 X2 ATOMIC Edition.
"I really do love the launch of a new ATI based graphics card, because as soon as it’s released I’m on the back of Sapphire asking when an ATOMIC and TOXIC version of the card is coming. Attention to detail on this card is nothing short of fantastic and I have to honestly say that when the card was delivered I half expected it to be hand cuffed to the courier. With all that said and done, let’s begin and see exactly what we have going on here."
Posted by | Mon, Dec 22, 2008 - 08:17 AM
Synology Announces The 2-Drive DS209+ NAS Server
Synology America Corporation today kicked off its 2009 model lineup with the announcement of the DS209+ SATA NAS server. The DS209+ is the latest addition to Synology’s “Business Class” lineup of NAS servers that offers SMB and corporate customers an unbeatable blend of maximum performance, features, and low cost of ownership while being earth-friendly. The DS209+ will be available in December at popular resellers and distributors for a list price of $499 without drives.
The DS209+ is a compact 2-drive SATA NAS server with up to 3TB capacity (using 1.5TB drives) and can be configured for RAID 0/1. The DS209+ is capable of blazing fast 42+MB/sec reading and 36+MB/sec writing performance, equaling the performance of Synology’s flagship DS508 model. Standard features include a gigabit LAN port, external storage expansion via eSATA port, 2 Hi-Speed USB ports, and a quiet smart fan that varies the fan speed based on environmental conditions. The DS209+ is at home on a Windows®, Macintosh®, or Linux-based network.
Posted by | Mon, Dec 22, 2008 - 06:57 AM
Last Minute Stocking Stuffer Needed? 8GB Flashdrive only $10
If you are looking for a last minute stocking stuffer this might be your lucky day. Office Max has the SANDISK Cruzer Micro 8GB Ready Boost USB Drive for $19.99 with no rebate and there is a widely available $10 off $20 coupon code that will bring the total down to just $10 with no rebate involved!
Imagine carrying both your files and your software in one trick USB flash drive. Now you can with the SanDisk Cruzer Micro featuring U3 technology. Your personal wallpaper, preferences, profiles, favorites and more are always there regardless of the PC you’re using. It’s your digital home away from home. There’s even a bonus retractable USB port so you never have to worry about losing caps ever again.
Posted by | Sun, Dec 21, 2008 - 12:44 PM
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