Both Apple and Dell are getting ready to launch notebook computers powered by Intel’s faster Penryn processors around the same time according to MacNN.
The 45nm Penryn processor uses less power than existing 65nm processors while performing at higher clock speeds. More…
You might have thought you really had some serious storage on your camera because you got that 4GB, but the new Kingston 16GB SDHC card can store 4 times as much.
This new SDHC card is the largest one available from Kingston, and is priced around $230.
According to Kingston’s Jaja Lin, “Our new 16GB Class 4 memory card answers the performance needs and expands Kingston’s product line to provide a memory solution for every application.” More…
The web is buzzing again over Google phone madness, but this time it is actually about a cellphone. If you remember the last time everyone was speculating about the revelation of a Google phone, dubbed the gPhone, it turned out to be a mobile platform called Android.
Although Android was a big deal, with over 30 major companies involved, it wasn’t the gPhone handset we were all waiting for.
This time it’s different because some senior industry sources reportedly told MarketingWeek that Google and Dell will announce their plans for a new handset at the 3GSM telecoms conference in Barcelona, Spain. More…
If you didn’t know already, Microsft Vista’s system requirements state that you will need 15GB just to install it. That is drastically more than what was required for Windows XP.
Luckily there is now a Vista configuration tool that allows you to modify the installation files in many ways, including making the size requirements much smaller.
It’s called vLite, and according to the vLite website it will even make Vista run faster. More…
After an absolute storm of publicity since Steve Jobs pulled the newly introduced Apple MacBook Air out of a manila folder at Macworld, many people took the time to pre-order one as soon as they could.
The people who did have begun to receive notifications that their MacBook Air is in the mail and already on the way. More…
IBM has announced that it will be offering full Ubuntu support for its Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony software. According to the chief competitive marketing officer for IBM Lotus, Antony Satyadas, Ubuntu support was a direct response to growing customer demands.
Satyadas stated that “some of the requests came from big companies,” with as many as 100,000 users who are looking to make the switch to Ubuntu. More…
This morning Steve Jobs of Apple pulled the new MacBook Air out of a manila folder. At just .76 inches, it’s the world’s thinnest notebook computer.
The MacBook Air comes complete with a full size keyboard, a 13.3 inch display and built in iSight. For those of you used to a much larger screen, the innovative touchpad may help ease the transition. The touchpad sports the same multi-touch interface found in the iPhone allowing the user to zoom and unzoom using natural motions. More…
Intel added 16 new processors to its Penryn lineup, thus making the 65nm chip officially obsolete. Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced the new additions at CES earlier.
The new lineup consists of five mobile Core2Duos ranging from 2.1 to 2.8 GHz. Each chip sports 3MB or 6MB L2 Cache and a 800MHz FSB. More…
Sony is dropping out of the Rear Projection TV market after years of poor profits. Instead, the company will be focusing on liquid crystal display (LCDs) and organic light-emitting diode (OLEDs).
The rear projection TV has been the TV of choice for big screen enthusiasts on a budget for several years. However, as LCD prices drop more and more people are choosing the LCD TV over rear projection models. LCD TVs are much thinner than DLP TVs. They can be mounted on walls, and have a much faster startup time also. More…
Details and pictures of ATI’s new low-end video cards have been leaked by MadBox PC. The cards will be based on 55nm technology and will cost between 50 and 100 dollars. They will all take advantage of the new PCI Express 2.0 slot.
The Radeon HD 3450 will cost about $50 dollars and contains an HD 3450 “display port” and a VGA port. It will run at 525 MHz and use DDR2 memory.
