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- Intel Launching New Core i7 and Celeron CPUs in
2H09 - Intel will launch two CPUs
under the Celeron E3000 series initially in the third quarter. The
Celeron E3200 and E3300, featuring core frequencies of 2.4GHz, and
2.5GHz, respectively, as well as the same 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB, and
65W TDP. Celeron E3000 series CPUs will support VT-x virtualization.
Intel will launch the Core i7 960 CPU in the fourth quarter, with a
core frequency of 3.2GHz.
- NVIDIA GeForce 200M series notebook GPU technology
preview - Starting out in the mainstream segment, the
GeForce G110M is replaced as you might expect with the more powerful
GeForce G210M. Moving upwards into the performance sector,
the previous GeForce GT 130M part is replaced by a choice of two
offerings, either the GeForce GT 230M or GeForce GT 240M. Finally, the
previous enthusiast level GeForce GTX 280M and 260M remain in place at
the top of the tree, but these G92-based GPUs are now accompanied by
the GeForce GTS 250M and 260M at slightly lower performance levels
(hence the GTS rather than GTX moniker).
- Windows 7 and Multitouch Support Demonstrated - TechRadar reports
on what sounds like a really cool demo that their friends at PC Plus
got to see at Microsoft's Reading campus in the UK. MS setup an HP
IQ850 with Windows 7 and showed some converted Surface apps to show off
what Windows 7 can do.
- Microsoft to RTM Windows 7 this week? Build 7260
leaks - Russian site Wzor claims that
Microsoft will build the RTM (release to manufacturing) build between
June 15-19. If Wzor is correct, and that's a big if and rumour, then we
may see the final Windows 7 RTM build ready this weekend. Internal
sources indicate that 7260 is still the latest build under the win7_rtm
branch. Build 7260 carries the tag 7260.win7_rtm.090612-2110 and is an
RTM escrow build meaning vigorous testing will commence to ensure this
is the final code unless there are show stopper bugs. Folks inside
Microsoft who wish to remain anonymous have also indicated that many
people internally are growing tired and bored of the leaks and want
development to conclude as soon as possible. I think everyone here at
Neowin feels the same, lets see what the weekend brings. Microsoft will
officially release Windows 7 to the public on October 22.
- Microsoft's new Anti-Virus, 'Morro', revealed -
"Morro" is likely to be targeted to compete with the low end of
anti-virus products from other providers, and it will not have much of
an impact on sales of full-blown security suites. According to Janice
Chaffin, president of Symantec's Consumer Division, "Microsoft's free
product is basically a stripped down version of the OneCare product
Microsoft pulled from the shelves. A full Internet security suite is
what consumers require today to stay fully protected." Neowin
has three screenshots of the upcoming
anti-virus suite from an anonymous tipster, we understand this is an
internal build that is currently under testing so the UI is subject to
change.
- Downloading IE8 will help feed hungry Americans
- Microsoft has announced that for every completed
download of Internet Explorer 8, they will donate the financial equivalent of
eight meals
to the Feeding America network. The campaign is called "Browser for the
Better," and runs from June 10 and August 8. Only IE8 downloads from
the specific "Browser for the Better" website will count. Microsoft
will be donating $1.15 (their reported financial equivalent of eight
meals) per download, to a maximum of $1,000,000. Feeding America is the
leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the U.S and provides services
for more than 25 million low-income individuals. They distribute 2
billion pounds of donated food per year.
- Sony VAIO P Lifestyle PC Runs Mac OS X Leopard
(video) - The Dell Mini 9 isn't the only ultra portable
that's capable of running Mac OS X Leopard, as the guys over at
Insanely Mac have managed to install it on a Sony VAIO P.
Unfortunately, its 'GMA-500 video chip remains an obstinate problem,
refusing to allow real 3D graphics.'
- YouTube videos now cached by browsers - YouTube
videos are now held in the browser's cache
by default, allowing people to watch them again and again without
pauses once they have been downloaded. Videos will load from the
browser's cache even if they're embedded in a web page, so this feature
is not limited to YouTube's site.
- 200,000 Facebook Vanity Names in 3 Minutes! - The
Facebook team has just flipped the switch and you can now register your
username. Facebook revealed that 200,000
usernames have been registered in 3 minutes! 500,000
usernames in 15 minutes!! Wow :-)
- iPhone OS on Mac Pro? (video) - So
is this video real or fake? Looks fake. Smells fake. But
people are sticking to the claim that it is real.
- The first glimpses of the Nokia E72 on YouTube - Think
your $99 Nokia E71x from AT&T is all that? It might
very well be, but you might just change your tune and turn green with
envy as Nokia's Conversations blog has just posted a video of its
successor, the E72, to YouTube and it looks to be quite a nice update.
A 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, optical trackpad, 3.5mm
headphone jack and S60 FP2.
- Water Powered Car (video) -
Here's more info on that water
powered car that is being developed in Japan. Imagine what
would happen if this ever goes into production, the price of water will
skyrocket.
- Jay Leno reviews Zero S electric motorcycle -Zero
founder and CTO Neal Saiki drops by and offers a bit of commentary on
the recently-released machine, and there are a few bits of interest to
dissect. For instance, Neal says the bike's 32 horsepower is roughly
equivalent to 50 horsepower in an internal combustion engine since the
Zero S's power is available throughout the rev range. Coupled to a
weight of just 225 pounds, that's an impressive power-to-weight number,
regardless of which horsepower figure you elect to use. Saiki also says
that the Zero's frame is made from aluminum that's just three times the
thickness of a soda can. Regarding the bike's top speed of 60 miles per
hour, Saiki says it's possible to make it go much faster, but the
gearing required to hit those speeds would reduce the Zero S's ability
to wheelie on command, and that's not good.
- Two TV Spots for Halloween 2 - Two
new TV spots for Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 (H2) are
online!
- Not Quite Hollywood' Trailer - Not
Quite Hollywood is a fast moving journey through Aussie genre
cinema
- an unjustly forgotten cinematic era unashamedly packed full of boobs,
pubes, tubes and even a little kung fu. Not Quite Hollywood will
finally arrive in very limited theaters on July 31st.
- Kelly Brook In Sexy Lingerie Promoting Her Perfume
- check it out
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