Google, Intel, and Sony Team Up For Android-Based Google TV [Google]

March 17th 2010

Tags: Google, Intel, Living Room, Logitech, Nytimes, Partnerships, Set Top Boxes, Sony, Sony Team, Tvs, Web Content

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Alienware M15x Core i7-620M and 260M graphics configuration conflict ends Monday

March 17th 2010

As of Monday March 22nd, Alienware will be lifting the restriction that currently prevents customers from ordering the M15x with Intel’s Core i7-620M processor and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 260M graphics. This configuration conflict forced customers to opt for the quad-core (but lower clocked) Core i7-720QM if they wanted the best possible graphics solution on the M15x [...]

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Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Encapsulates Evil [Guts]

March 17th 2010

Tags: Asus Motherboard, Chipset Usb, Guts, Intel, Overclocking Intel, Rampage, Slots, Wicked

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Hello! Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Starting To Show Up In A Ton Of Gaming Rigs [Intel]

March 16th 2010

Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is six-cored, twelve-threaded, and starting to show up in a lot of gaming rigs by some popular builders: More »

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Tags: Extreme Edition, Gaming Rigs, Hello, Intel, Intel Intel, Lot

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Kingston unveils 2400MHz HyperX DDR3 memory with Intel XMP Core i7 certification

March 16th 2010

If you are looking to build a performance PC at the moment, then the Core i7 is probably at the top of your list for a processor. But what memory do you pair it with? Kingston may have just answered that question for you by releasing what it claims is the world’s fastest DDR3 memory.
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IBM and Swiss researchers figure out how to use 3D processors to extend Moore’s Law’s lifespan

March 15th 2010

In 1970, Caltechh professor Carved Mead coined the term “Moore’s Law,” naming it after Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore, who observed that transistor counts doubled every year in an article winningly called “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits.” The law describes an important trend in the history of computing: processing speec, memory capacity, sensors [...]

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Ex-Intel engineer says that Larabee architecture is dead for now

March 15th 2010

Despite the fact that their GPU solutions are uniformly terrible, Intel keeps on pushing the concept of fusing the GPU and CPU together into one big uberchip… which they hope will cut the legs out from under NVIDIA and AMD.
In fact, early last year, there was a lot of talk about just this scheme [...]
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Nvidia launches Case for Innovation to fight Intel

March 12th 2010

Intelsucks.com was already registered, so Nvidia launched their “Case for Innovation” microsite.
As you probably know, the two companies are not getting along too well lately. Intel has antitrust problems going on right now which Nvidia is taking part in and Nvidia has also taken serious issue with Intel preventing them from selling chipsets for Intel’s [...]

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Feature: I was an Apple Store virgin

March 12th 2010

I did it. I converted over to the “dark side”‘ or just joined the ranks of the Jedi Knights depending on your perspective. I bought a Mac.
Though I have used Macs, largely in college computer labs, I’ve never really considered buying one until Apple adopted Intel processors in their computers. Now, even if you have [...]

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Viliv S10 Blade — Unusual Resistive Multitouch Display

March 11th 2010

It is raining 10-inch notebooks at Mobile Tech Manor today as the UPS guy just dropped off the Viliv S10 Blade. The S10 is a notebook from Korea that has some features not found in most netbooks. The convertible screen swings around to convert from notebook to slate tablet, and is augmented by a unique resistive [...]

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First Peek at the JooJoo Tablet’s Guts [Guts]

March 11th 2010

Tags: Atom, Fcc, Fleeting Glimpse, Guts, Intel, Intel Bios, Nvidia, Peek

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Intel’s 6-Core Gulftown Gets Tested, Blows Us Away [CPUs]

March 11th 2010

Tags: Benchmarks, Cores, Fastest Cpu, Gulftown, Intel, Maximumpc

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Rumors Suggesting A Core i7 Mac Pro Return—With Next Tuesday Being Fingered As D-Day [Apple]

March 11th 2010

ZDNet is receiving tips claiming Apple will upgrade its Mac Pro line with an Intel Core i7-980x chipset certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard Core i7-shaped gossip. Supposedly it’ll all be unraveled next Tuesday, the 16th of March. [ZDNet via BGR] More »

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Tags: Apple, D Day, Gossip, Intel, Intel Chipset, Mac, [...]

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Intel unveils 6-core, 32nm, 3.33GHz Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor

March 11th 2010

This week the Game Developer Conference (GDC) is being held in San Francisco. The talk is not just limited to games, however, and Intel has used the gathering of developers to show-off its first 6-core, 12-thread, 32nm desktop processor.
The Core 7-980X Extreme Edition (codename Gulftown) runs at 3.33GHz and is capable of 12 software threads. [...]

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Twelve-core Mac Pros could arrive next Tuesday

March 10th 2010

Hold on that credit card, Apple’s Mac Pro desktop might receive a major brain transplant as early as this coming Tuesday. According to ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, an unnamed tipster alleged that Apple’s pro desktop is up for a big hardware refresh on Tuesday, March 16. The updated Mac Pros will allegedly pack in Intel’s rumored [...]

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Newegg Confirms That Counterfeit Intel Core i7 Processors Were Shipped [Intel]

March 8th 2010

There have been allegations that someone’s been supplying online retailer Newegg with fake Intel Core i7 processors and then proceeding to threaten anyone who reports on the issue. Here’s what Newegg has to say: More »

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Tags: Allegations, Intel, Intel Processors, Newegg, Online Retailer

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MSI Wind U160 Netbook Claims Aggressive 15-Hour One-Charge Power [Msi]

March 8th 2010

Tags: Gauntlet, Intel, Msi, Nuts, Pine Trail

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Counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs spotted

March 8th 2010

Apparently there are a few counterfeit Intel CPUs floating around the world of e-tail. A NewEgg consumer purchased a Core i7-920 processor and got a big surprise when his CPU turned out to be a fake–the fan was just an image printed on paper, the manual was just some blank pages stapled together, and the [...]

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A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order [Intel]

March 8th 2010

I forgive the dude’s overly snide narration because he just received a fake Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg. A Newegg supplier, D&H Distribution, sent them 300 fake processors in a batch of 2000. And threatened sites who reported it. More »

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Tags: Amp, Bizarre Story, Cease, Intel, Intel Processor, Narration, Processors

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MobileTechRoundup 199 — Mobile Tech Saves the Day!

March 5th 2010

CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.
MoTR 199 is 34:30 minutes long and is a 31.7 MB file in MP3 format.
HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
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Mobile tech saves the day for Matt — he uses Skype on the Nokia N900 to record today’s show.
Goodbye Overdrive, hello Palm [...]

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