Microsoft Kicks Itanium to the Curb
Goodbye Itanium, it's been nice knowing you, but we've grown apart, and quite frankly, I'm moving on to bigger and better things. Thanks for the memories. - Microsoft.The Redmond software giant didn't quite put it that way, but did announce plans to stop supporting Intel's Itanium architecture. According to a Microsoft blog posting on Friday, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support Itanium. SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 will also be the end of the line for Itanium."Why
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Beats By Dr. Dre Delivers First Sports-Themed Headphones: Red Sox!
Did you tune into the start of the Major League Baseball season last night? A great many people did, and anyone watching ESPN2 from around 7PM ET until near midnight probably saw lots of product placement. An iPad was there, as was LeBron James and Dr. Dre, both of which were at the game primarily to pump up their latest product: the Red Sox version of a new headphone. These are the first-ever sports-themed Beats by Dr. Dre headphones available to the public, and they've been officially branded by the Red Sox
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Elgato Adds 3G Streaming To EyeTV iPhone App
This weekend has been chock full of iPad news, but there's a little bit of iPhone news to share this morning as well. Elgato's heralded EyeTV app has received an update, but this isn't just any update: it's probably the most important update a media streaming app could get. The latest version of EyeTV (1.0.2) now allows for streaming of live TV signals over Wi-Fi as well as 3G, the latter of which is brand new in this release. Previously, the app only allowed users to watch TV on the go while near a Wi-Fi connection,
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Intel Trying to Break Speed Limit with Fiber-Optic Cables
Think about all the cables protruding from the back of your home theater setup. Now imagine if you could replace some of them with a single cable, one that offers enough bandwidth to transfer a full-length Blu-ray movie from your HTPC to your desktop in half a minute. This scenario is exactly what Intel is working on with its Light Peak fiber-optic system.It's also just the beginning. If all goes to plan, consumers can expect Light Peak to initially deliver data speeds of 10 gigabits per second, with plans to
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T-Mobile Offers $350 Credit Towards HTC HD2 If You Give Up Your iPhone
How's this for a little friendly competition? Apple's iPhone has stood strong against the smartphone rivals over the past few years, but HTC and other Android-utilizing brands have begun to seriously catch up. And really, there's nothing like a little incentive to get an iPhone user to ditch what they're used to and come to another carrier for another brand (and another operating system, for that matter). According to internal communications dug up, T-Mobile will be allowing users to actually trade in their
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Apple Sells 300,000 iPads On Opening Saturday, Stock Bar Gets Raised
Wow Apple, you've done it again. And by that, we mean "sold an awful lot of things to an awful lot of people." Even with launching during a holiday weekend, Apple somehow managed to sell over 300,000 iPads on the first day in the United States. That's a lot of devices, and even the original iPhone didn't have as many buyers on the first day. But honestly, it's not Apple that we're most excited about here. But we'll still focus on them for a second: the 300,000 number includes deliveries of pre-ordered iPads
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Asus 13.3" Optimus-Enabled U30Jc Ultraportable Notebook Review
It seems like just yesterday that we commented on how many new CULV notebooks had hit the scene, and how Intel had seemingly hit the proverbial sweet spot. These low-voltage Core processors fit perfectly between high-end netbooks and low-end mainstream laptops, offering enough power for most users in a package that would run for hours on end without a recharge. The price point was also good, with many CULV options listing for around $700 to $900. And then, the Core 2010 lineup of processors were launched, and
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Dell Ships Latitude E6410 And E6510 Business Notebooks Core i5/i7 CPUs
Dell doesn't usually make a big deal about new business notebook launches, but the newest two are notable for a number of reasons. The Latitude laptop line has been around for years, and while most of them go to corporate offices, they're still solid machines for the on-the-go worker or even the average customer who simply doesn't want to pay for loads of GPU horsepower but still needs a clean, classy chassis. Starting with the 14.1" Latitude E6410, this simple, understated machine strikes a balance between
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Google's Gmail For iPad Site Adds Two-Pane View To Utilize Extra Space
If you look at what's happening in the software development world, it's pretty remarkable to see how the iPad has shuffled things up. With any new platform, some tweaks are made, but few happen this fast. There were only a few months between the debut of the iPad and the launch of it, yet many developers have already created new applications that take advantage of the extra screen space. This rapid rate of development is likely spurred by just how successful the App Store has been on the iPhone and iPod touch,
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Toshiba's Sub-25nm Memory Production To Enable Larger Flash Cards, Drives
Toshiba is currently the world's second largest flash memory producer behind Samsung, but it's pretty clear that they're looking to take that top spot over the next few years. Based on a report out of Japan, Toshiba will be moving towards and even smaller process technology in the coming years, but the investment will start this year.During 2010, the company will sink 10-billion Yen (around $160m USD), into a "a test production line for advanced flash memory chips." Toshiba currently products 32nm and 43nm memory
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Verizon To Offer 3D Content To FiOS TV Customers In 2010
3D. It's a format that's being talked about, and implemented, almost everywhere these days. It's impossible to avoid, but thankfully it doesn't seem that 3D will be completely replacing 2D anytime soon. 3D as a format has had its fair share of pundits due to having to wear 3D glasses to view most implementations, but to say that no buzz has been created because of it would be an outright lie. Now, cable and satellite companies are lining up to offer 3D content to consumers, without really knowing how long the
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Asus 13.3" U30Jc Laptop, Optimus-Enabled Mobility
It seems like just yesterday that we commented on how many new CULV notebooks had hit the scene, and how Intel had seemingly hit the proverbial sweet spot. These low-voltage Core processors fit perfectly between high-end netbooks and low-end mainstream laptops, offering enough power for most users in a package that would run for hours on end without a recharge. The price point was also good, with many CULV options listing for around $700 to $900. And then, the Core 2010 lineup of processors
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Apple Sells 300,000 iPads On Opening Saturday, Stock Bar Gets Raised
Wow Apple, you've done it again. And by that, we mean "sold an awfullot of things to an awful lot of people." Even with launching during aholiday weekend, Apple somehow managed to sell over 300,000 iPads onthe first day in the United States. That's a lot of devices, and eventhe original iPhone didn't have as many buyers on the first day. Buthonestly, it's not Apple that we're most excited about here.But we'll still focus on them for a second: the 300,000 number includesdeliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to channelpartners and sales at Apple Retail Stores. According to CEO Steve Jobs:"It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world -- it's goingto be a game changer. iPad users, on average, downloaded more thanthree apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their newiPad."
The company also noted that iPad users downloaded over one million apps from Apple's App Storeand over 250,000 ebooks from its iBookstore during the first day, andnow Canaccord Adams technology analyst Peter Misek has raised his pricetarget on Apple to $300 from $250 or 20%. What's interesting is thatweekend estimates had opening sales at 600,000 or 700,000, but evenwith real numbers coming in at just 50% of that, analysts are stillgoing nuts. This report found that there were widespread sell-outs atBest Buy (these stores likely got fewer devices), but Apple store stockstill seemed to be high.
As we mentioned earlier, this good news for Apple is actually good newsfor the industry. This basically proves that the tablet PC has found ahome, even though this form factor was largely overlooked just a fewyears ago. We're eager to see the new tablets from all of these othercompanies in the coming months, which will hopefully push Apple toenable native multi-tasking to compete with the ones that willpresumably be based on Windows 7 and/or Android. Still not excitedabout the future of touch computing? You should be.
Canaccord Adams technology analyst Peter Misek raised his price target on Apple to $300 from $250 or 20%.
“Our survey and channel checks indicated widespread sell-outs at Best Buy stores, however Apple stores appeared to have more stock and thus continued to have inventory. We believe that around 700K iPads were sold so far, including 500K of pre-orders,†Mr. Misek said.
He added that, “We also took this opportunity to channel check Apple’s other product lines and, as a result, are adjusting our shipment estimates for iPads as well as iPhones and Macs.â€
- iPad shipments for FY10E and FY11E go
to 3.7 million and 11.3 million from 1.2 million and 3.5 million
respectively
- For iPhones we are now forecasting 35.2 million (vs. 34.9
million) and 54.9 million (vs. 52.3 million) device sales in FY10 and
FY11.
- For Macs, our estimates climb to 4.3 million (vs. 3.9 million) and
4.7 million (vs. 4.1 million) for FY10 and FY11 respectively.
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T-Mobile Offers $350 Credit Towards HTC HD2 If You Give Up Your iPhone
How's this for a little friendly competition? Apple's iPhone has stoodstrong against the smartphone rivals over the past few years, but HTCand other Android-utilizing brands have begun to seriously catch up.And really, there's nothing like a little incentive to get an iPhoneuser to ditch what they're used to and come to another carrier foranother brand (and another operating system, for that matter).According to internal communications dug up, T-Mobile will be allowingusers to actually trade in their existing iPhone as a trade-up to thecompany's HTC HD2, an exclusive here in the U.S. The real news is thediscount. iPhone users who give up their smartphone (and hand it overto T-Mobile) will get a "up to a $350 credit when purchasing an HD2,"which is largely viewed as the most beautiful touch-screen-based phoneavailable in the States today.
There are, of course, lots of stipulations to go along with the offer(which ends on May 19th), and you'll be getting a Windows Mobile 6.5phone that can't be upgraded to Windows Phone 7, but it's still aninteresting offer. What if other carriers start making similar offers?Can you imagine what would happen if Verizon offered a free DROID toany iPhone user who would switch? Or maybe if Sprint offered a freeNexus One for the same thing? We wonder if AT&T would play ball aswell, potentially offering free iPhones for those who turned in theirsmartphone from someone else. At any rate, these little games arenothing but great for consumers, and we're totally glad to seeoperators fighting for business.
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Asus 13.3" Optimus-Enabled U30Jc Ultraportable Notebook Review
It seems like just yesterday that we commented on how many new CULV notebooks had hit the scene, and how Intel had seemingly hit the proverbial sweet spot. These low-voltage Core processors fit perfectly between high-end netbooks and low-end mainstream laptops, offering enough power for most users in a package that would run for hours on end without a recharge. The price point was also good, with many CULV options listing for around $700 to $900. And then, the Core 2010 lineup of processors were launched, and Intel seemingly ate its own in a ploy to get even faster chips on the market.
Today, we're taking a look at one of those very chips, a Core i3-350M that fits into the Arrandale platform. It's housed within a sleek and stunning new ultraportable from Asus, and it just might be the most classy and bold machine we've seen from the company in recent memory. The U30Jc combines the best in new mobile CPU technology with the best in new mobile GPU technology, and the result is a reasonably priced ($899.99; available today at Amazon and NewEgg), but extremely promising machine that will easily fit on a tray table in coach...
Asus 13.3" Optimus-Enabled U30Jc Ultraportable Notebook Review
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Toshiba's Sub-25nm Memory Production To Enable Larger Flash Cards, Drives
Toshiba is currently the world's second largest flash memory producerbehind Samsung, but it's pretty clear that they're looking to take thattop spot over the next few years. Based on a report out of Japan,Toshiba will be moving towards and even smaller process technology inthe coming years, but the investment will start this year.During 2010, the company will sink 10-billion Yen (around $160m USD), into a "atest production line for advanced flash memory chips." Toshibacurrently products 32nm and 43nm memory chips, but the plan is to beginproduction on "sub-25nm" chips that could obviously hold a lot morememory onto designs that are the same size as what we use today. Intheory, a sub-25nm memory chip would be able to shove more memory ontoan SDHC card than what we can today, simply because of the densityincrease.
According to those reports, Toshiba could output NAND chips with "circuitry widths in the upper 20 nanometre range soon, while production of chips with circuitry widths in the lower 20 nanometres is slated to start as early as 2012." A spokesperson for the company also said that Toshiba plans to begin "commercial production of NAND flash memory chips with circuitry widths somewhere between 20 and 29 nanometres in the second half of 2010, but it has not been decided whether the circuitry will be wider or narrower than 25 nanometres."
Gettingthe density down is key to expanding on memory; if you want largerSSDs, SDHC cards and DIMM sticks, you want these nanometers to shrink.This also allows more storage to be planted into smaller devices(smartphones, for example), where space comes at a premium.Furthermore, it drives down prices of existing sizes, which is music toany consumer ear.
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My New LANShark (with pics!) *UPDATED!*
Here are the basics of the build (with hardware updates!)...
Case: Danger Den T-16 (Acrylic MiniATX), Blue UV Reactive w/ "Blue Flaming Skull" paint job
PSU: Silverstone 750 w/ "Blue Flame" paint job
Mobo: DFI LanParty Jr x58
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 (Running @ 3.93Ghz)
Cooler: Coolit Pure CPU Watercooler
Memory: (6) 2GB Corsair Dominator-GT DDR3 DIMMs (1.87Ghz, 7-8-7-20-2T, 1.65v)
Video: Gigabyte HD 5870 UD (Core: 950Mhz, Memory: 5.1Ghz)
HDD Main: (2) OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD in RAID0
HDD Data: WD 1TB Black HDD
Disk: Asus 22x DVD+R Light-script Drive
Bling: (2) Logisys UV Cold Cathode lights, (2) Blue LED Fans, Custom Candy Blue painted Cold Cathode light
Monitor: (3) HP w2408h 24" Monitors (Eyefinity 3x1 portrait, 3600x1920)
Speakers: Logitech G51
Mouse: Logitech G9
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Storage: WD NAS (1TB) w/ (3) WD USB 1TB
Total Size: 7.75" W x 16.06" D x 16.19" H
And what you guys really want (I know you skipped over the above text), the pictures just after uncrating the thing... If the pics are cut in your view it is because the forums are chopping them. Their bigger and wider then what it shows most likely.
A picture from the front
Closeup of the front logo
Paint job on top of the DVD-Burner. It is the actual burner and not the case painted
Custom paint on the PSU. As above, the paint is on the PSU and not the case.
Full view backside of the case
Close up of details on backside of case
Full view frontside of the case
Interior full view
Another interior full view, this time at an angle
Close in of the interior. Notice the packing foam
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Google's Gmail For iPad Site Adds Two-Pane View To Utilize Extra Space
If you look at what's happening in the software development world, it'spretty remarkable to see how the iPad has shuffled things up. With anynew platform, some tweaks are made, but few happen this fast. Therewere only a few months between the debut of the iPad and the launch ofit, yet many developers have already created new applications that takeadvantage of the extra screen space. This rapid rate of development islikely spurred by just how successful the App Store has been on theiPhone and iPod touch, and many developers are seeing green at thechance to charge even more for "HD" versions of these apps for the iPad.Google is no different. The company has had their problems with Appleover the past few months (remember that lawsuit against HTC thatspecifically calls out Android devices?), but Google still understandsjust how important Apple devices are to their continued success. Inorder to make Gmail more iPad compatible, Google has retooled Gmail andhow it renders when viewed on an iPad. The new web app (which requiresaccessing it via Safari) is built on the Gmail for mobile HTML5 app,but thanks to the extra screen space on Apple's new tablet, it'sdifferent looking than the versions already out for Android and iPhone.
The iPad view of Gmail has a new two-pane view that places a list ofconversations on the left and messages on the right, which definitelymakes scrolling through your mail a lot easier. Have you tried it onyour new iPad? Google's admitting that this is still in beta, so dropthem a line if you see a bug.
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Microsoft Word / Office suite.
A few weeks ago I read that Microsoft stole the patents to the word format and as of Jan,11,2010 word / office would be taken off the market but i have not heard anything more about it?Just wondering couse i use Ms office a lot for schooling particularly office 2007.And if so what will replace it?
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Verizon To Offer 3D Content To FiOS TV Customers In 2010
3D. It's a format that's being talked about, and implemented, almosteverywhere these days. It's impossible to avoid, but thankfully itdoesn't seem that 3D will be completely replacing 2D anytime soon. 3Das a format has had its fair share of pundits due to having to wear 3Dglasses to view most implementations, but to say that no buzz has beencreated because of it would be an outright lie. Now, cable andsatellite companies are lining up to offer 3D content to consumers,without really knowing how long the lines will be to take them up onthe service. It reminds us somewhat of the initial HD rollouts, but atleast with HD, there was a general feeling that every consumer wantedin, with the only hurdle being the high cost of an HDTV.This weekend, Verizon has announced that they will join DirecTV andComcast in planning a 3D programming offering. What's interesting aboutthis is that Verizon is far from being one of the most prolific pay-TVoperators; it has connections in just 18 U.S. states, and theyannounced last week that their rollouts were hitting a stop. The goodnews for current customers is that Verizon clearly cares about theirFiOS and FiOS TV offerings, and they're still working to improve andexpand service to the areas where this option is available.
Shawn Strickland, vice president of FiOS product management forVerizon, had this to say about the company's future entry in 3D, whichshould happen sometime later this year:
"Verizon believes that new technology – especially entertainment opportunities as great as 3D TV promises to be –must be accommodated and delivered rationally and superbly, just as wehave done with our HD TV offering.  As the industry transitions tostereoscopic 3D, we are developing a broad 3D offering focused onsustainable, ongoing 3D entertainment options that can be offered to all FiOS TV customers whobuy one of the new stereoscopic 3D television sets.  As we have donewith HD, our commitment will be to bring the broadest range of 3Dprogramming to the marketplace, supported by a best-in-class userexperience.  Today, we fulfill that promise with up to 140 HD channelsand thousands of HD VOD titles.  Ultimately, we expect to provide thesame industry leadership with 3D. Â
"Themarket for 3D TV is very early in its development. Â We're monitoringthe early sales of 3D TVs and expect to announce a 3D offering well inadvance of the holiday TV-shopping season, when 3D television saleswill expand.
"3Dcontent is just now becoming available from a handful of providers likeESPN. Â As it becomes available, TV service providers like Verizon willnegotiate deals to telecast that content. Â We are in active discussionswith a number of companies in the emerging 3D value chain."
We get the feeling that Verizon's announcement will be followed soonby many other cable providers; if a relatively small carrier such asVerizon can get deals to carry 3D content, we feel confident thatbigger operators like Time Warner Cable and Dish Network will also beonboard soon. The question is: will you pay extra for the added depth?Would you buy a 3D HDTV if the 3D content were provided at no extracharge?
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Dell Ships Latitude E6410 And E6510 Business Notebooks Core i5/i7 CPUs
Dell doesn't usually make a big deal about new business notebooklaunches, but the newest two are notable for a number of reasons. TheLatitude laptop line has been around for years, and while most of themgo to corporate offices, they're still solid machines for the on-the-goworker or even the average customer who simply doesn't want to pay forloads of GPU horsepower but still needs a clean, classy chassis.Starting with the 14.1" Latitude E6410, this simple, understatedmachine strikes a balance between the bulk in "standard" sizednotebooks and the small screen that comes on ultraportables. What'sunique about these business machines is the power available; manybusiness machines scale back when it comes to internals, but the E6410can be ordered with Core i5 or Core i7 processors, Windows 7 or Vista,an Intel QM57 Express chipset, 1280x800 or 1440x900 resolution panels,two DDR3 DIMM slots (enough for up to 8GB of memory), room for a harddrive or solid state drive, an optional drive (DVD or Blu-ray),Ethernet, Intel HD integrated graphics, an optional internal modem andall sorts of wireless connectivity options (802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, WiMAX,GPS, EV-DO, Bluetooth, etc.).
If you need something a little bigger, the Dell Latitude E6510 offers a15.6" panel, along with a more powerful Core i7 CPU option and theability to get a screen with a 1080p resolution. Otherwise, thespecification lists look essentially identical. Both laptops areavailable now, with the E6410 starting at $1014 and the E6510 startingat $1681.
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