TechNews - Intel 6-core Gulftown CPU spotted - tech
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- Intel 6-core Gulftown CPU spotted - JC
from XtremeSystems Forums has managed
to score a sample of Intel's upcoming 6-core, 32-nm Gulftown
CPU which will eventually replace today's Core i7-965 at the high-end
of the Intel CPU product stack.
- AMD prepping 3.4GHz Phenom II for launch? - AMD plans to introduce a 3.4GHz
Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, its fastest processor ever, on August
13th. Like all Black Edition processors, the 965 BE will ship with an
unlocked clock multiplier for easier OC'ing. Pricing wasn't mentioned,
but if the release date is accurate, we won't have to wait long to see
how it performs and at what cost.
- AMD 785G Chipset Launch: ASUS and Gigabyte Tested
- The gaming performance of the 785G is 'good
enough' for most people. It will play older games at higher
resolutions and quality settings, but still can play more modern titles
at lower resolutions and quality settings. Casual games such as Sims 3
should have no issues with running on the 785G. AMD's recent driver
support has been very good, and while they may not put in CrossFire
profiles for the latest games until a month or two after release, we
can rest assured that even newer titles will work without problem on
the 785G. If there is one area where Intel is consistently criticized
for, it is compatibility with many gaming titles. While Intel has
improved that with the G4x series of integrated chipsets, the promise
of care free gaming from Intel is still a ways off.
- Windows 7, new laptop designs to converge - CNET takes a look at some of the
hardware and innovations that they saw at Intel's Technology Summit
last week, which you will see in the next year or so.
- Microsoft's MSN Video Player is now live,
streaming TV shows - MSN
Video Player is now available as a free online beta to those
in the UK. MSN Video Player is available exclusively in the UK and
offers over 300 hours of free content from both BBC worldwide and
producer All3Media, responsible for shows like peep show and shameless.
Microsoft is running a 6 month trial of the player during which time
Ashley Highfield, Microsoft's managing director and vice president of
consumer and online, claims that the company has sold out of its
advertising space to fund the MSN Video Player.
- Google preparing to launch theme gallery for
Chrome - The
site is not live yet. But on the default new tab/new window
page, the one with the thumbnails of your most visited sites, if you
click on the “X” to remove some of them, a themes
page shows up as a thumbnail
- DefCon Reveals Holes in SSL, Browser
Interoperability - Security researchers at DefCon demonstrated
how an enterprising hacker could "tap" into a supposedly
secure data stream to lift sensitive information.
- Apple keyboards hacked and possessed - Another
'innovation' courtesy of DefCon is the ability to compromise the
firmware of an Apple keyboard, which can give the hacker
total access to the attached system. From keylogging to
rootkits to total remote control, the sky's the limit for a system
compromised by this hack. To infect your keyboard, the attacker only
needs to exploit one of the many weaknesses in Mac OS X and Apple
applications. Once exploited, the attacker only needs to drop less than
100 KB of payload to infect the keyboard and the attack takes less than
18 seconds.
- LG BL40 Chocolate Phone Commercial Video - A
4 inch screen supporting a resolution of 800 x 345 pixel this
is what the LG BL40 packs in.
- Planet Hulk - Animated Trailer - HD - Marvel SDCC
- Full length trailer for the
upcoming animated film based on the hit comic book storyline, Planet
Hulk.
- Ridley Scott Confirmed To Direct Alien Prequel - There
is an Alien prequel coming, and it's been confirmed that
director Ridley Scott will be taking the helm for the movie
- Peter Morgan's Damned United Trailer - Sony
Pictures Classics recently debuted the
official trailer for The Damned United, which stars Michael
Sheen as Brian Clough and a host of other very talented British actors,
including Colm Meaney, Stephen Graham, Timothy Spall, and Jim
Broadbent. The film is a look at Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the
coach of the Leeds United soccer team. Sony Pictures Classics is
bringing The Damned United to limited theaters starting on September
25th this fall.
- Second Insane, Crazy Teaser Trailer for [Rec] 2 -
Another second new shorter, crazier teaser
trailer for [Rec] 2 has arrived! While you're at it, you
might as well pick up the original [Rec] on DVD (via Amazon ), as it
was just finally officially released by Sony a few weeks ago. This
looks like a direct sequel to the original horror cult classic.
- Jay Leno drives the Reasonably Priced Car (video)
- Jay gives a very strange, inaccurate answer as to why
Americans drivers won't let people with their turn signals on into a
lane , but does tell an absolutely fantastic story about two 'gang
bangers,' his McLaren F1 and the three tunnels on Kanan Road. Yes,
fine, but does Leno drive fast? Well, he's quite smooth. And
the second fastest American.
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