Intel new Chip Design saves Power, boosts Graphics

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By Duncan Martell

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's latest chip design will conserve more power than its current processors and deliver vastly faster graphics images as the No. 1 chipmaker seeks to push its technology beyond just personal computers as that market slows.
Intel's Core i7 chip, based on a design code-named Nehalem, will start production in the fourth quarter of this year, and ultimately will be used beyond just desktop machines and computer servers that are the backbone of corporate networks.
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Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:20:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce 8200 powers Acer Aspire SFF PCs

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NVIDIA announces that PC makers like Acer are using NVIDIA motherboard GPUs to deliver new lines of consumer-oriented, small-form-factor PCs that have the performance, functionality, price, and visual performance of full-sized desktop machines.
The Acer Aspire x1200 and x3200 line of PCs use the NVIDIA GeForce 8200 GPU to deliver visual performance while solving many of the thermal, noise, and cost issues traditionally associated with designing smaller machines. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:53:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce Power Pack includes Folding@home and Badaboom

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NVIDIA announced new software that uses the processing power of GeForce video cards for other applications than graphics and games. The new GeForce Power Pack includes the Stanford University’s Folding@home distributed-computing, protein-folding client and a trial version of Elemental Technologies' Badaboom video transcoder.
Folding@home is already a huge success on the PS3, now also PCs can leverage their graphics prowness for the good. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:29:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

70-60% of Sony PS3 Power still untapped

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As we know Sony always preaches that the PS3 is going to stay for 10 years. In an interview with game developer Naughty Dog over at the ThreeSpeech, Richard Lemarchand says that the company thinks that they still just use 30-40% of the power of the PS3.
I just hope that is true, as I am still expecting much more to see from the CELL CPU of the PS3. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:21:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

TiVo Launches Power||Watch Ratings

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TiVo launched a new service in conjunction with Starcom called Power||Watch that provides second-by-second ratings services for broadcasters. The service takes demographics segments from 20,000 homes that use TiVo hardware.

The service provides the broadcasters with information on what commercials viewers watch and what commercials they skip. TiVo says that the viewers in the passive panel have agreed to let it use personally identifiable viewing data to compile the findings. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:49:46 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

2K Sports MLB Power Pros 2008 Now Available

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2K Sports and Konomi announced today that the popular Japanese baseball video game called MLB Power Pros 2008 is now available to purchase. The game isn’t like a real baseball game and the players look more like Wii sports characters.

The game does feature real players made into little cartoon characters and real teams though. The game has easy to use controls and let's fans act as general manager of their own team. Players can trade, sign free agents, coordinate practice schedules, purchase new equipment and call players up from minor leagues, or send them back down. The game is available for the PS2 and the Wii. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:11:27 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

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We have partnered with Panther Express to optimize the experience of our site for you. Panther Express is a global provider of high-performance content delivery services (CDN).

By using Panther Express all images and static content on our site is delivered to you faster, wherever you are. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:58:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

InvenSense IDG-600 Powers Nintendo Wii MotionPlus

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At E3 this week Nintendo announced a new MotionPlus accessory that promises much more fluid motion recognition by the Wii console. InvenSense announced today that its IDG-600 multi-axis MEMS rate gyroscope is the brains behind the MotionPlus controller.

InvenSense says that the IDG-600 has started shipping to Nintendo in mass quantities for the production of the accessory. InvenSense says that conventional MEMS gyroscopes are larger size, use lots of power and cost a lot. Its new silicon based MEMS gyroscopes are smaller, low cost and need less power. All requirements for a gaming accessory attached to the Wii remote running off AA batteries. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:34:59 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Samsung Announces new Low-Power Processor for PND Market

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Samsung announced today its latest low-power application processors for the PND market. The processors are built on 65nm process and the line includes the S3C2450 and the S3C2416. Both the processors are built on the ARM9 core with speeds on up to 533Mhz.

PNDs need an efficient and fast processor for storage of large maps and real-time traffic reports. Samsung says the processors support a wide variety of memory types including MLC and SLC flash, low-power SDRAM, DDR and DDR2. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:55:01 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LiveLuggage Power-Assisted Suitcase First Look

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Digital Trends published a first look of the LiveLuggage Power-Assisted Suitcase. LiveLuggage announced their power suitcases two weeks ago.

Quote: "British luxury bag-maker LiveLuggage has done just that with its unique power-assisted (PA) suitcase - a long overdue update on the suitcase that coaxes it into doing the work for you. If you're the type of technophobe who's already envisioning a runaway motorized suitcase careening through an airport with a frantic owner not far behind, think again. One of the most radical aspects of the LiveLuggage PA suitcase's design is its intuitive (and foolproof) control system. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ricoh to install Solar and Wind powered Billboard at Times Square

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Japanese company Ricoh announced to install a solar and wind powered billboard at Time Square in New York by December.

The billboard would be powered by 4 wind power generators and 45 solar cell panels.
The generated "Green" power would surpass 98 kilowatt-hours per day. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:37:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Powerset Aquisition by Microsoft official

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Microsoft announces on its Live Search blog that the company acquired Powerset - a semantic search company.

Powerset's technology breaks down the meaning of words and sentences into related concepts, freeing users from always needing to type the exact words they want to find.
Microsoft highlights that they bought Powerset because of its people. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:24:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RazorBook 400 Powered by Windows CE Launches

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3K Computers has announced a new version if its RazorBook 400 mini-notebook computer that runs on the Windows CE operating system. The tiny notebook uses a 7-inch TFT LCD and has a full size keyboard. The system running on Windows CE retails for $299.

Storage for the small notebook is 4 GB of flash memory and like the other RazorBook 400 systems, the CE powered machine is designed to boot up in 8 seconds. 3K says the small, low-cost notebook is perfect for students or mobile professionals looking for a cheap Internet appliance. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:12:20 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dell Video Chat Application Powered by SightSpeed

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Dell has a new video chat application that is powered by SightSpeed. The Dell Video Chat program is bundled with the new Dell Studio laptops and allows people to chat via the computer and see who they are talking too.

The application isn’t limited to only users of Dell Studio notebooks. The application can be downloaded as an “invitee” client program from SightSpeed. The application allows for free and unlimited video chat, voice chat and text chat with anyone around the world. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

World’s First Power Assisted Luggage Debuts

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If you are traveling on business or with lots of gear, traveling light isn’t really an option. Pulling your bags through the air port or to your hotel can be a real pain. A new bag has been announced today that claims to be the world’s first power assisted luggage.

The bag uses a new pancake wheel technology and an Anti-Gravity handle to distribute a major portion of the weight of the bag over the powered wheels to increase efficiency and make pulling the bag easier. The bag can go for 1.5 miles on a full charge. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:00:52 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Oprah named most powerful Celebrity again

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By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity for the second straight year and for the fifth time ever, according to the 2008 Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List released on Wednesday.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:07:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Iron Man, Indy power Paramount at Box Office

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By Carl DiOrio

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Now we have a horse race -- a box office derby, that is.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:30:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Canon Powershot A580 Review

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PhotographyBlog published a review of the Canon Powershot A580.

Quote from the review: "The new Canon PowerShot A580 camera features a 4x optical zoom lens, brand new Motion Detection Technology with High ISO Auto, 2.5 inch LCD screen and an optical viewfinder. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Spray-On Solar-powered OLED Displays

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This is one of the coolest future products I have heard about in a while: A spray-on OLED display that is self-powered through solar energy.

Japanese Mitsubishi Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical work on spreadable electronics. The molecular soup would have OLED and Solar cell building blocks that could be spread or even sprayed ultra-thin onto walls or gadgets. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:51:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Community powered by Flux officially launched

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We are happy to officially announce our new I4U Community service. We have been running the Flux powered social network platfrom on the Review and Gadget Model sections of I4U News for a while to test and optimize the integration. Now I4U Community features are available site wide.

The most important feature of the I4U Community is commeting. You now can post questions and feedback to every story and review we publish. Read more

Posted on Sat, 10 May 2008 00:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell PowerEdge R905 featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron

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AMD announces that Dell is offering now the Dell PowerEdge R905 featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron.

The Dell PowerEdge R905 featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron is one of the industry’s most scalable virtualization servers. The Dell PowerEdge R905 which set a new standard in VMmark performance testing with 60 virtual machines (more details). Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr