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- 2.93GHz mobile Core 2 Duo comes next quarter -
Fudzilla claims Intel will introduce a 2.93GHz mobile Core 2 Duo priced
at $530 in the first quarter of next year. That chip could supplant the
existing $530 Core 2 Duo T9600, which runs at 2.8GHz with a 1066MHz
front-side bus, 6MB of shared L2 cache and a 35W power envelope. Fudzilla
claims the 2.93GHz chip will bear the Core 2 Duo T9800 name and sport the
same FSB and cache size as the T9600.
- Radeon HD 4870 with 1,024 MB vs. 512 MB VRAM -
To really get
benefits of 1 Gibyte you need to have a crush on high FSAA modes and/or
a big display (1,920 x 1,200)
- $350 Eee PC 900HA has 9-inch display, 160GB storage -
The 900HA looks
to have the same Atom processor and 8.9", 1024x600 display as the Eee PC
901, but it includes a 160GB hard drive instead of the latter's 12-20GB of
flash storage. With a gig of RAM, a four-cell battery, and a copy of Windows
XP Home Edition, the 900HA costs $350 with free shipping (although it's only
up for pre-order right now).
- Samsung SM2693HM 25.5inch widescreen monitor Tested -
With the crappy
colours, poor black tones, crushed whites, mediocre viewing angles, it
certainly doesn't score highly in many areas. It's still a strangely
likeable display, though.
- Fujitsu to Sell HDD Business to Western Digital -
The two
companies are in the latter stage of negotiations over the deal and hope
to reach agreement before the end of this year, the report said
- Microsoft to tweak Windows 7 for multi-core processing -
Microsoft coders are getting their hands
dirty tweaking
the new operating system with parallel processing in mind.
- Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS, Ballmer says -
Microsoft's CEO
Steve Ballmer revealed a handful of details today on Windows Cloud, an
operating system designed to help developers write Internet-based apps.
- Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008: The Unofficial User's Guide -
Why should you
install this on your media-center PC? For folks with HDTVs, that's a
no-brainer: the TV Pack introduces support for Clear QAM unencrypted digital
cable. That means you should be able to pipe digital (and potentially
high-definition) broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, other basic channels, and
perhaps stations like MTV and TNT into your PC-something PC Magazine says
was impossible with the previous version of Windows Media Center
- Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.1 -
Apple has released iTunes 8.0.1. There update contains a bunch of
stability and performance improvements as well as a number of important bug
fixes.
- New attacks reveal fundamental problems with TCP - The problems,
which were identified as far back as 2005, are not simply vulnerabilities in
products from one or two vendors, but
are issues with
the ways in which routers, PCs and other machines handle TCP connection
requests from unknown, remote machines. The attacks can be carried out
with very little bandwidth, such as that available on a cable modem, and
there don't appear to be any workarounds or fixes for the problems at this
point.
- Google Searches Everything in Android (video) - Google may have
started out as a humble search engine, but I use Google Search for so much
more than regular web searching.
It seems that
Google is taking a similar "you can search anything" approach to Android
as well, because the smartphone platform not only uses Google to search the
web, it can also be used to search with just about any application. From
right within any application, you can tap on a search button or launch a
search widget.
- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Nokia Tube) Unveiled with S60 Touch - In
terms of specs,
the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is powered by Symbian S60 5th Edition, which
you may know better as S60 Touch. Other features include Wi-Fi, GPS,
3.2-inch touchscreen with tactile feedback (640x360 pixels), 1320 mAh
battery, 3.2 megapixel camera with Zeiss optics, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP,
stereo speakers, finger and stylus UI control, new media bar interface,
proximity sensor, and your choice of black, red, or blue.
- Apple Drops NDA for iPhone Developers - Apple has announced that
they have
dropped the iPhone Non-Disclosure Agreement for released iPhone Apps
- Toyota Innovates Safety with Industry-First Rear Airbags -
The first car to
get these rear airbags will be the Toyota iQ ultracompact microcar,
which will be getting the safety upgrade by the end of this year
- Florida Man Punches Shark To Save His Dog -
How much do you
love your pet? Enough to leap into the ocean and fight a shark to save
it?
- The REAL Sarah Palin! (video) -
Sarah Palin
the REAL story: starring Obama Girl.
- Hayden Panettiere's Little Hand Holds A Big Cup -
Everyone's
favorite little person Hayden Panettiere decided to put on her tiny
little pants and tiny little tank top and go get herself a massive
frappuccino :P
- Lucy Pinder Topless Bikini Pictures - Yes, once again some more
Lucy Pinder
bikini pictures. These pictures are very special because they appear to
have been taken before her rise to the top of British glamour model
- Diora Baird is Topless in Maxim -
Hollywood
hottie, Diora Baird, is topless in the new issue of Maxim UK magazine!
Enjoy!
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