Intel delays consumer Larrabee graphics processor release
Intel is delaying the commercial release of its Larrabee graphics processor, which had been due out next year, and is not providing a new launch date. The company originally planned to start selling the many-core chip sometime in 2010, but has fallen behind where it hoped to be in Larrabee's development, an Intel spokesman said Friday. He did not provide a more detailed reason for the delay. We are now hearing rumors that Intel has given up on the idea for consumer graphics cards altogether. This means that Larrabee will not be launched as a standalone discrete graphics product, but rather be used as a software development platform for internal and external use. This is interesting news as Legit Reviews was present during the when Intel demonstrated Larrabee at this years developer forum. While this is sad news for Intel, it is great news for AMD and NVIDIA who don't have to worry about competition from Intel in the discrete graphics card market in the months to come.
Larrabee will be Intel's first discrete graphics processor. It has characterized it as a many-core processor that will be able to perform the same type of tasks as a multicore CPU, but deliver more parallelism by offering more pipelines to process data. The chip will be based on the x86 architecture and will be capable of full graphics-processing capabilities. It is designed to compete with offerings from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices, which offer graphics chips for gaming and high-performance applications.
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ColcaSac Macbook Pro Notebook Case Sleeve Review
Everyone wants to be different and inspiring! That is what ColcaSac is counting on with their ColcaSac line of laptop sleeves for the Macbook and Macbook pro line. With security and protection in mind, they deliver a product that is quite different and unique than any other sleeve we have seen!
When choosing a case or sleeve for your laptop, it is all about personal taste, style and security. Everyone is a little bit different in what they look for in protective covering for their laptop, and most of us like to be unique in our choice. This is where we get to introduce to you a very unique style of sleeves that have been designed specifically with the Apple line of laptops in mind. ColcaSac was born out of an idea of a college student that wanted a way to safely carry his Macbook to the many places he traveled, yet without the bulk that a full sized backpack or case would take up. This longing led to the idea that is ColcaSac.
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Tennis Star Andy Murray Dumped For Playing Modern Warfare 2 for 7 Hours a Day
Andy Murrays relationship with his girlfriend Kim Sears allegedly ended because of the British number one's passion for computer games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The pair, who are both 22, announced they were breaking up on Sunday, after Sears failed to show up at the O2 Arena to watch Murray playing in the ATP Tour Finals. Murrays agent said at the time that the split had been amicable and mutually agreed. This just goes to show that if you play games you need to date a girl that is also into playing games!
Sources close to Sears said one of the causes was the world number fours long hours playing video tennis and PlayStation 3 games such as the best selling Call of Duty sequel. Brad Gilbert, Murrays former coach, has said in the past that Murray spends seven hours a day playing video games. The source told The Sun: He would spend all his time glued to them. In the end she just got fed up with it. She wanted more out of the relationship.
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance on the ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Motherboard
SB (Universal Serial Bus) is just now beginning to transition from Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SuperSpeed USB 3.0, which has been a long time coming. SuperSpeed USB 3.0, as it is officially called, is touted as being the next generation in bus interfaces and full backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1. Read on to see how it performs!
Our friends over at ASUS were kind enough to send us over this joint ASUS/Vantec prototype USB 3.0 hard drive docking station in order for Legit Reviews to bring you some coverage on SuperSpeed USB 3.0 performance on the ASUS P7P55D-E Premium motherboard that supports the technology. This specific enclosure was designed to house a 3.5 SATA hard drive and is onyx black in color. The enclosure looked like nothing more than a slightly modified Vantec NexStar 3 hard drive enclosure to be honest.
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Vendors to launch Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010
Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo and even Micro-Star International (MSI), which originally planned to launch in December, are all set to launch their Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010, complying with their agreement with Intel to only launch the products after January 10.
Vendors will launch three versions of Atom N450-based netbooks using different operating systems Windows 7 Starter, Moblin Linux and Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 7 Starter being the most popular choice for vendors, but also featuring the highest cost among the three. Vendors also expect the appearance of Google Chrome OS, which is expected to launch in mid-to-late-2010 to put pressure on Microsoft to give vendors more flexible quotes. In addition to Atom N450, Intel will launch an upgraded Atom N470 CPU in March 2010.
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Microsoft's Got Another New Programming Language
Seems the folks at Microsoft have a released information on their new prototype programming language called Vedea. The new language is designed to be used by users that are either new to programming or those who do not program as their main job.
The Microsoft Visualization Language is built on the new .NET 4.0 Dynamic Language Runtime. Syntactically, it looks a lot like simple C# but there are no class decorations, just a collection of functions. Classes can be added for object-oriented programming, but they are not required.
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WD TV Live HD Media Player Firmware Update 1.01.12 Bricking Players
On Thursday Western Digital released a firmware update for their popular WD TV Live HD media player, but it seems something isn't quite right with the update. According to the WD site firmware version 1.01.12 improves the reliability and performance of the WD TV Live product update manager, but consumers are saying that their devices won't work after they try to install the firmware update. Western Digital tech support is saying that it is due to firmware update application is timing out because large capacity drives cannot build the media directory fast enough to allow the installation to continue. They suggest installing the update from a USB key with no files on it, but that doesn't seem to be working either. Just minutes ago WD pulled the firmware from their site, so we don't suggest updating your player.
These release notes provide information on the latest posting of firmware for the WD TV Live HD Media Player. This particular firmware updates the user interface as well as improves your media players functionality and capabilities. This firmware update will further enhance the performance, reliability, and stability of the product.
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ColcaSac Macbook Pro Notebook Case Sleeve
Everyone wants to be different and inspiring! That is what ColcaSac is counting on with their ColcaSac line of laptop sleeves for the Macbook and Macbook pro line. With security and protection in mind, they deliver a product that is quite different and unique than any other sleeve we have seen!
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 on the ASUS P7P55D-E Premium
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is just now beginning to transition from Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to SuperSpeed USB 3.0, which has been a long time coming. SuperSpeed USB 3.0, as it is officially called, is touted as being the next generation in bus interfaces and full backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and 1.1. Read on to see how it performs!
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