Dual Screen Entourage Set For March Launch
Much of the e-reader chatter of late has focused around the Kindle and how it will compare to the iPad, but there'll soon be another hat in the ring. Last October we discussed the Entourage Edge and its nifty dual-screen design; we now know that the tablet-sized e-reader/netbook (Entourage is calling it a Dualbook) will retail for $490. That's quite a bit more than the basic Kindle, which now retails for $259, but it's a match for the $489 Kindle DX. Instead of trying to beat Amazon at its own game, Entourage
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OCZ Technology Introduces External Enyo USB 3.0 Solid State Drive
Just a few years ago, tech-related trade shows meant hard drive after hard drive announcement. Today, it's SSD after SSD announcement. OCZ Technology, a mainstay in the flash storage industry, has chosen Germany's CeBIT trade show to reveal their first USB 3.0 portable SSD. The Enyo USB 3.0 is an external drive that houses an SSD and connects to PCs via the new SuperSpeed USB protocol; OCZ promises that this drive will deliver 10x faster transfers than USB 2.0 SSDs, but few other details are being provided.
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Plextor Ships Their First SSD Line: 64GB And 128GB Versions Available
It's beginning to feel like a new solid state drive is being introduced each week now, and recently, every day. Plextor is best known for their optical storage products, primarily optical drives and optical media. But with the SSD market exploding, the company has decided to shuffle their priorities somewhat and join the fun. Plextor's very first line of SSDs are now available in 64GB and 128GB sizes, with the PX-64M1S (64GB) and the PX-128M1S (128GB) using NAND memory and Marvell controller chipsets. Both drives
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Apple Fesses Up to Underage Labor Violations
The Internet is abuzz this morning over Apple's "2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report." In it are some 24 pages detailing the results of Apple's self-imposed audit of all of its suppliers to ensure that each one meets the company's "Supplier Code of Conduct." What has the Internet swarming with activity is this little tidbit:"Apple discovered three facilities that had previously hired 15-year-old workers in countries where the minimum age for employment is 16. Across the three facilities, our auditors
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WD Adds E-Paper Label Display Onto My Passport Studio Hard Drive
Western Digital has a good thing going with their "My [insert name here]" line of external storage solutions, and that train keeps rolling today with an all-new My Passport Studio drive. Design wise, it doesn't look all that different than prior versions at first glance, but there's one particular change across that front that could very well revolutionize the seemingly stagnant external HDD sector.As with prior versions, Western Digital's newest My Passport Studio comes pre-formatted for use with Macs, but
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Netgear Introduces NAS, Streaming and HomePlug Devices At CeBIT
Today sure feels like launch day, as quite a few big-name companies have decided to kick March off with a bang this morning. Of course, CeBIT is getting underway in Germany, so no one should really be surprised. One of those companies is Netgear, who has decided to introduce a couple of new devices that provide a wide variety of functionality. Starting off is the High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004), which is designed to wirelessly play back "multiple jitter-free 1080p HD video and audio
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AMD's Six-Core Thubans Reportedly Launching In April
If current rumors are to be believed, AMD's hexa-core Thuban processors are headed for desktops in the near future. First we'll see the new 890GX chipsets launching in March, with three Thuban models following on April 26. The new desktop processors will reportedly come in three flavors: Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T, and the 1075T. We've got no idea what the numbers are supposed to represent in this case; drop a comment below if you've got a theory. Thuban, like Phenom II, will be backwards-compatible and can drop
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MSI 890GXM-G65 HTPC Motherboard Brings AMD, USB 3.0 And SATA 6GB/sec Support
If there were ever an underserved market in the PC industry, it's the HTPC niche. We understand that this market is exceptionally tiny when compared to the desktop or notebook landscape, but it's still one that is becoming all the more important with the shift in content distribution from conventional Pay-TV providers to Internet delivery and OTA broadcasts. One could easily replace their existing cable subscription with a fully-equipped HTPC, and if you toss in a Netflix account, you'd really be set.MSI has
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HP Reveals Two New EliteBook, Four New ProBook Laptops
We're now in the second full month after CES, which means that PC companies are finally free to start really introducing bang-up products once again. As the Spring swings in and consumer dollars begin to flow, Hewlett-Packard is hoping to take advantage of the yearning for a new notebook. We assume as much, otherwise we have not a clue why they would introduce three new additions to the mobile portfolio.Starting first is the HP EliteBook 2740p, described as an ultra-thin, multitouch-enabled convertible tablet
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Verizon Touts Apps for Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus
In recent months, Verizon Wireless has used various map ads to tell everyone about its 3G network. Now, the company wants its users to know about various apps for the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus smartphones that will shine thanks to the wireless carrier's 3G network. More specifically, Verizon Wireless points out the following apps for business users: AP Mobile, a free news app which provides news, rich photo galleries and videos from more than 1,000 local trusted news sources.A free app from The New York
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Steve Jobs Still Using iPhone OS 3.1.2; Surely Not Jailbroken?
Since the iPhone OS 3.1.3 update came out, the word has spread far and wide among jailbreakers: don't upgrade! There's no reason to do so, as no new features were added, and a "safe" effective jailbreak couldn't be guaranteed.It is interesting, therefore, to see that Steve Jobs hasn't upgraded his iPhone to 3.1.3, either. 9to5Mac, while confirming the validity of an email from Jobs to a reader, took at detailed looked at the email header. What they saw was (above) that in the X-Mailer section it said: iPhone
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AMD's Six-Core Thubans Reportedly Launching In April
If current rumors are to be believed, AMD's hexa-core Thuban processors are headed for desktops in the near future. First we'll see the new 890GX chipsets launching in March, with three Thuban models following on April 26. The new desktop processors will reportedly come in three flavors: Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T, and the 1075T. We've got no idea what the numbers are supposed to represent in this case; drop a comment below if you've got a theory.
Thuban, like Phenom II, will be backwards-compatible and can drop into AM3/AM2+/AM2 boards if your motherboard manufacturer provides an appropriate BIOS update. This last has proven a bit sketchy in my own personal experience. Some motherboard manufacturers have proven more willing to provide the necessary updates than others. Hopefully the various OEMs will do the right thing on this one. Several years ago, AMD's high-end first-generation Phenom processors required boards that could handle a TDP of 125-140W. Anyone with such a board should have no problems upgrading to a hexa-core processor.The other bit of news on Thuban is that AMD will introduce a Turbo Boost-like technology that overclocks certain cores to improve performance while shutting down unnecessary cores to reduce power consumption. We don't know yet exactly how the feature will work (or what performance levels it will allow Thuban to reach), but with six cores on a 45nm process it's safe to bet that turning a few of them off gives the company a significant reservoir of power to work with.
We expect AMD to price Thuban aggressively against quad-core Core i7/Core i5 processors. While the typical real-world benefits of having six cores are debatable to say the least, the fact that AMD has six physical cores competing against the quad-core Nehalem w/Hyper Threading should work to Sunnyvale's advantage. Whether or not it'll be enough to overcome the performance-per-clock disparity between Intel and AMD, however, remains to be seen. At present, AMD's Istanbul server Opterons top out at 2.8GHz with a TDP of 105W. The new enthusiast/desktop processors will probably follow a similar pattern; we're betting on a 2.4GHz-2.8GHz spread with all six cores enabled. Factor in AMD's Turbo Boost (whatever they end up calling it) and we might see top-end speeds at 3.2-3.4GHz depending on yields. Those of you who want low power and parallel processing will have to wait a bit, but you'll probably get a cookie. AMD already has a hexa-core 40W chip at 1.8GHz; odds are reasonable that we'll see an ultra-low-power desktop equivalent before the summer is out.
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MSI 890GXM-G65 HTPC Motherboard Brings AMD, USB 3.0 And SATA 6GB/sec Support
If there were ever an underserved market in the PC industry, it's the HTPC niche. We understand that this market is exceptionally tiny when compared to the desktop or notebook landscape, but it's still one that is becoming all the more important with the shift in content distribution from conventional Pay-TV providers to Internet delivery and OTA broadcasts. One could easily replace their existing cable subscription with a fully-equipped HTPC, and if you toss in a Netflix account, you'd really be set.MSI has today revealed their newest HTPC-centric motherboard, and contrary to what you may expect, it actually supports AMD processors. The new 890GXM-G65 utilizes the AMD 890GX chipset and supports AMD Phenom II CPUs. It also handles DirectX 10.1 and UVD 2.0 multimedia standards, and it also has native support for the new SATA 6Gb/sec transfer interface as well as USB 3.0. Both of those protocols are hard to find these days, so seeing this support blossom on a niche mainboard just makes us grin from ear to ear.
As with many of MSI's desktop motherboards, this one is also equipped with the OC Genie, albeit a "Lite" version. This enables users to easily overclock their system in the BIOS, providing up to a 15% boost in performance by adjusting the CPU and IGP clock speeds. Movie lovers will enjoy the ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics set as well as the DVI and HDMI ports; there's also support for full 7.1 surround sound, which really rounds out an already excellent HTPC option. So, is it time for movie night, or what?
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HP Reveals Two New EliteBook, Four New ProBook Laptops
We're now in the second full month after CES, which means that PC companies are finally free to start really introducing bang-up products once again. As the Spring swings in and consumer dollars begin to flow, Hewlett-Packard is hoping to take advantage of the yearning for a new notebook. We assume as much, otherwise we have not a clue why they would introduce three new additions to the mobile portfolio.Starting first is the HP EliteBook 2740p, described as an ultra-thin, multitouch-enabled convertible tablet that provides an interactive experience for businesses in health care, education, sales and more. HP designed this unit to have the reliability of an HP business notebook PC with the flexibility of a tablet, and considering that no one really knows how well tablets will take off this year, we suspect this is a pretty smart move. It starts at 3.8lbs. and has a 12.1" LCD display, but those who know they'll be using it outside a lot can opt for an outdoor-view panel with "less reflection and a higher contrast for easier viewing in natural light." As you might expect, the screen is a touch panel, and multi-touch gestures are supported. HP also gives you the choice of a six-cell li-ion prismatic battery, which provides up to 5 hours of uptime, and an optional HP 2700 Ultra-Slim Battery that provides up to 11 hours when combined with the standard battery.
Another new member of the group is the EliteBook 2540p, which is said to be the lineup's lightest member. Boasting a 12.1" LED display, a 2MP webcam, a business card reader, fingerprint sensor and an integrated WWAN (mobile broadband) card by Gobi, this on-the-go machine can last up to 10.5 hours with the extended nine-cell battery.
Finally, there's the ProBook series, which is seeing four new options unveiled today: HP ProBook 4320s (13.3-inch diagonal), HP ProBook 4420s (14-inch diagonal), HP ProBook 4520s (15.6-inch diagonal) and HP ProBook 4720s (17.3-inch diagonal). All of the machines have LED-backlit panels, with the lowest-end one starting at $719 and the whole group giving users the choice of Intel's Core i3, i5 or i7 processors. Users can also select integrated graphics or more powerful options from ATI's Mobility Radeon line. There's also "multiple wireless technologies" built in, and the ArcSoft TotalMedia Suite gives users lots of multimedia tweaking abilities from the beginning.
- The HP EliteBook 2540p starts at $1,099 and is expected to be available in the United States next month.
- The HP EliteBook 2740p starts at $1,599 and is expected to be available in the United States next month.
- The HP ProBook s-series starts at $719 and are expected to be available in the United States this month.
- The HP 2740 Ultra-Slim Expansion Base starts at $299 and is expected to be available in the United States next month.
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Steve Jobs Still Using iPhone OS 3.1.2; Surely Not Jailbroken?
Since the iPhone OS 3.1.3 update came out, the word has spread far and wide among jailbreakers: don't upgrade! There's no reason to do so, as no new features were added, and a "safe" effective jailbreak couldn't be guaranteed.It is interesting, therefore, to see that Steve Jobs hasn't upgraded his iPhone to 3.1.3, either. 9to5Mac, while confirming the validity of an email from Jobs to a reader, took at detailed looked at the email header. What they saw was (above) that in the X-Mailer section it said: iPhone Mail (7D11) which means he's on 3.1.2.
There could be many reasons that Jobs is on 3.1.2. It's quite possible that Jobs simply can't be bothered with syncing his own device and relies on his admin to do it. Surely it's not because he's using any of the numerous useful apps available only on jailbroken devices, right (such as Intelliscreen, shown above, which shows information on your lock screen)?
In the past Apple has said that jailbreaking devices is illegal. In 2009, as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking process, Apple filed comments (.PDF) with the U.S. Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking, claiming that jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation.
In the past Apple has said that jailbreaking devices is illegal. In 2009, as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking process, Apple filed comments (.PDF) with the U.S. Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking, claiming that jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation.
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Verizon Touts Apps for Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus
In recent months, Verizon Wireless has used various map ads to tell everyone about its 3G network. Now, the company wants its users to know about various apps for the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus smartphones that will shine thanks to the wireless carrier's 3G network.More specifically, Verizon Wireless points out the following apps for business users:
- AP Mobile, a free news app which provides news, rich photo galleries and videos from more than 1,000 local trusted news sources.
- A free app from The New York Times that will keep you up to date on trends in business, politics, sports and arts.
- NewsRoom, available for $4.99, provides more than just traditional news, including gossip, gadgets, sports and fan sites.
- For free real-time stock market information with prices, line charts, news stories and summaries, there's Top Stocks Lite.
- If you're on the go, Expense Tracker can help you track balances on a day-to-day basis. This app costs $1.99.
- For $1, 3D Plotter lets you plot graphs of two-dimensional functions in 3-D by entering the formula and the range.
- A free Translator app can translate 45 languages with the tap of a button using Google translation services. After translating a message, you can send it to one of your contacts via email or message.
- If you need a reference for the Periodic Table of Elements, the Periodic Table app ($1.99) is available in either Standard or Landscape mode. This app lets you use simple gestures to navigate the table and you can "click" on any element to see detailed information.
Finally, busy moms can make the most of their Web-capable smartphones thanks to these apps:
- Shopping List ($1.99) lets you create template lists for meals or items you frequently buy. With the lists, you can include a name, enable prices, specify sales tax, and assign priority. For individual items, you can include a name, price, quantity, aisle, multiple coupons, sales tax, and notes. The app also lets you send lists via e-mail and SMS.
- When you're getting ready to walk out the door, the free GPS-enabled app from The Weather Channel will tell you what you need to pack to be prepared for the weather. This app gives you instant access to interactive radar and satellite maps, current conditions, and hourly forecasts.
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AMD Based Gaming!
A Forum Deticated to dissapointed AMD Fans looking for a Laptop Worthy of Gaming
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upgrading CPU
I'm looking at upgrading my Cpu from a Intel E6850 core duo to a Intel Q9550 quad core. I'm Vista ultimate 64-bit and was wondering if there is a way to upgrade the CPU without having to Format my hard drives.
thanks for the Advice in advance
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Waiting for BFBC 2 for PC
It will be interesting to see how DX10 will look as Call of Duty 4 was a DX9 game and it looked gorgeous and played smoothly. From what I gathered DX10 should really start to shine in this game.
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