Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Mac OS X Leopard in First Weekend

Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history. Sales included copies sold at Apple’s retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple Store®, under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac® computers. Leopard is the sixth major release of Mac OS X and is packed with more than 300 new features.

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Intel QX9650 Reviewed Up To 4.3GHz

Few days back Intel's first 45nm penryn-based Yorkfield CPU was reviewed by many sites,but today Fudzilla tested its real extremism in terms of its overclocking feature.For the first time Intel QX9650 is being reviewed up to 4.3Ghz with only air cooling.

For the testing purpose the following CPU were considered.The comparison is being made between the new 45nm Yorkfield quad-core with the old Kentsfield quad core.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (provided by Intel)
Intel Core 2 Quad QX6850 (provided by Intel)
Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 (provided by Intel)



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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Intel's First 45nm CPU

Intel’s quad-core desktop Penryn CPU Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (Yorkfield) has been available to a couple hardware sites and their reviews got published today.

The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is the first 45nm desktop processor that Intel will be launching in a couple of weeks.

Highlights of the new Intel QX9650 CPU include better performance, lower power consumption, new high-k metal gate transistors, additional cache and SSE4 instructions set support.

Overall the new 45nm Intel CPU gets a very positive review. If it will be worthwhile to upgrade to the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is now depending on its price. Intel is expected to reveal the price in about 2 weeks.

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NVIDIA Launches Much Cooler GeForce 8800 GT

NVIDIA today launches its newest midrange graphics card part, the GeForce 8800 GT, previously known by its codename G92. NVIDIA guidance states that its newest graphics card will be sold at a retail price in the $199 and $249 price range.

Top-to-bottom, the GeForce 8800 GT fits snugly between NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB, which NVIDIA sets at a retail price of $349, and NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 GTS, which is sold for $149.

The GeForce 8800 GT sports a 100 MHz speed bump over the 8800 GTS, and comes factory clocked at 600 MHz. The 600 MHz clock speed of the 8800 GT is actually 15 MHz higher than the 8800 GTX's default GPU clock, which is set at 575 MHz. The 8800 GT's clock speed also comes within striking distance of the GeForce 8800 Ultra's 612 MHz GPU clock speed.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT features 112 stream processors, 6 less than the 128 stream processors found on the ultra high-end 8800 GTX and 16 more than the 96 stream processors found on NVIDIA's 8800 GTS.

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Leopard vs. Vista: Feature Chart Showdown

The two most advanced Operating System - Microsoft's Windows Vista and Apple's Mac OS X Leopard.No doubt they are advanced with rich feature but which is better and which is not up to the mark based on the feature,user interaction,hardware interaction etc. are to be seen as time progresses.

A small Feature Chart Showdown compiled by Engadget can be viewed from here.
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Crysis Demo Is Available

After several delay,the demo of one of the most waited title of the year is out.The demo features the Sandbox2 Level Editor and the first level from the full game. The 1.77GB file can be downloaded from various links, you can find some of them below.

Note: For Nvidia users ,they need to download 169.01 beta ForceWare drivers which are optimized for the Crysis demo.

• EA Games Server #1
• GamersHell.com
• Nvidia
• Gamespot
• 4players.de
• FileFront
• FilePlanet
  

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Assassin's Creed Reminds POP

Does it reminds anything ??

Many of us would just say its the Prince of Persia.Believe me I also thought the same(I don't know what you would be guessing) but it is not the Prince.It is a upcoming action packed release entitled Assassin's Creed from the same maker "Ubisoft" which is ready to hit the gamer world on 13th November.

Truly speaking when I saw the trailer for the first time (posted below) I was amazed to see that the fighting techniques and many other modes are same as it was in the POP series.So I must say have a look on the trailer and post your valuable comments on what you think.

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Prince Of Persia - New Chapter Added to The Series

The above are in-game screen shots from the forthcoming Prince of Persia 4/0/Ghosts of the Past, currently in development at Ubisoft Montreal.

According to a blog named "Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars" which claims that a prequel of the popular series of Prince of Persia rumoured Prince of Persia 4 is being prepped to ship in the second half of 2008 for the 360, Wii, PC, and PlayStation 3, and will be subtitled "Ghosts of the Past".It will apparently be the first in a trilogy set before Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and will forgo "the dark edginess of the last two titles in favor a fantastical cross between The Sands of Time, Ico, and Zelda," according to the blog.


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5 Megapixel Nokia N82 Live Spy Pics

Pictures of the upcoming 5 mega-pixel Nokia N82 have been leaked on the net way back in May.

Now first live pictures of the upcoming Nokia model started showing up as well.


The announcement for Nokia N82 is expected next Friday, November 02.

The specs for Nokia N82 include:

• Quad band GSM, UMTS and HSDPA connectivity
• 5 mpx camera with Carl Zeiss lens
• Autofocus, up to 20 x digital zoom. Real Xenon flash
• 30 fps VGA video capture
• Secondary CIF camera
• 2.4″QVGA 240×320, 16M colors screen
• Built-in GPS
• FM Radio
• TV-Out
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0
• 100 MB built-in memory
• Micro SD memory card slot
• Dimensions: 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm
• Weight: 120 g
  

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Apple's OS X - Leopard

Apple is to release its latest version of the Mac OSX software Leopard today. The launch was delayed while Apple concentrated on its money spinning iPods and iPhone software but now it seems ready.

Leopard features include playful "iChat" video-conferencing and a "Time Machine" that restores lost data. It allows people to remotely search for files on all computers connected to their network, create "widget" applications and has improved improved text-reading, Braille support, and closed-captioning for people with disabilities.

iChat has been expanded to allow people linked via web cameras to share slide show presentations.

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Dell Unleashes the XPS 420 Desktop

It appears that Dell is making an attempt to take on the likes of HP and Apple with the release of the XPS 420 —a rig focused on the multimedia enthusiast. Features include: Intel Core 2 Duo or Extreme processors, your choice of ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards, a max of 1TB storage, 1-4 GB of Dual DDR2 SDRAM, a 20-inch LCD monitor, and Xcelerator technology —which makes converting video quick and easy. The XPS 420 also comes bundled with Adobe Systems Elements Studio, which includes Photoshop Elements 6, Premiere Elements 4, and Soundbooth CS3. As you might have guessed the XPS 420 won't come cheap, regardless of the options you choose. Prices range from $1500 to $2,500.

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AMD RS780 IGP Details

AMD RS780 IGP released A11 EVT sample in mid Sep has passed the main test items and it will come into market in next Jan.

It is reported that the A11 has passed 3D Benchmark and DirectX 10 Demo games test, DVI, HDMI, D-sub and Display-Port are carrying out and now the important thing is the drivers.



A11 also passed Hyper-Transport 3.0 test, finished PCI-E Gen 2 authentication, Local Frame Buffer supports DDR2 and DDR3. RS780 IGP will add new UVD (Unified Video Decoder) 2.0 which can 100% CPU off-load. A11 can support H.264 and VC-1 now and MPEG-2 support will be added in A12.

According to AMD new plan RS780 will release A12 in Nov. and mass produce in Dec. It will be released in 2008 Jan and the name is AMD 780G

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Wolfdale 45nm 3.16GHz Is C2D E8500

While E6850, the 3.0GHz Conroe, is dropping to €235 as Intel prepares for 45 nm refreshed dual core parts, the Wolfdale dual core 45 nanometer 3.16 GHz CPU will be branded as Core 2 Duo E8500, and this will be the fastest dual core at launch.


It works with FSB 1333 and it will cost US$270 at launch. Currently, Core 2 Duo E6850 at 3GHz currently costs $270 in the US, so obviously Intel will try to get rid of these parts before the new dual core king E8500 joins the game.


The 3GHz E8400 45 nanometer part will drop to US$190, and this will happen in January when Intel expects to launch these parts. Conroes days are certainly numbered.

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CabbageSearch : Get Paid To Search

What is CabbageSearch ?

CabbageSearch is a search engine powered by Google that pays you, the user, for every search you make. Unlike the search to win engines, they give you five cents for every search you make. CabbageSearch is also a community where users can share ideas and have discussions of making money online.

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Need For Speed Pro Street Demo Released for X360, PC version Coming

Today EA issued Need for Speed Pro Street Xbox360 Demo and you can download from Xbox Live now. The sale time is 14th Nov and the PC version Demo will come in Nov and the PS3 version will come in mid Nov.


Need for Speed Pro Street is the new game of this series and it added lots of new factors. It also adjusted the drive feeling and added new game modes and new features.

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Intel Abandoned G35? G45 IGP Chipset Specs

Intel G35 canceled HDMI support and the graphic performances are not as good as expected, many producers abandoned to release G35 products. Currently, Intel showed us the next generation G45 IGP chipset specs.

Eaglelake-G G45 IGP chipset used 65nm technology, new Intel GMA X4500 graphic core and the performances will be three times than G33. It will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0. It is said it can provide the game compatible ability like graphic core. It will build in Digital and Analog display output support. It will provide D-Sub, HDMI, Displayport and DVI ports while the chip built in HDCP Key to be the HD decoding support.

G45 will use new Intel Clear Video technology. It is said it can play HDDVD and Blu-Ray movies without and hardware. According to Intel new plan, G45 chipset will be released in Q2, 2008. It will match next generation ICH 10 Southbridge chip to replace the position of G35. Intel will buy Havok to strength its graphic technology. In addition, Intel promised on the current IDF: Intel will be the leader of the built in graphic technology. IGP in 2009 will be 7 times tan 2006 and in 2010 it will be 10 times.

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GPU-Z Know Your GPU

GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

Main Features

• Support NVIDIA and ATI cards
• Displays adapter, GPU and display information
• Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available)
• Validation of results
• No installation required
• Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported)
  

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Geforce 8400GS / D8M pictured

Nvidia is about to launch another 65nm card and you can expect this low-end model to appear soon, maybe even on the 29th, although we can't confirm the exact launch date yet. The second card is called Geforce 8400GS and it's based on D8M / G98 chip.

The new 8400GS card is budget priced and it will replace the current G84 based chip with one based on a 65 nanometer process.

The card supports PCIe 2.0 x16, VGA, HDTV, dual link DVI-I and HDMI via a dongle. The card is 6.6 inches long and the reference card is low profile. It comes with 256MB of low-priced DDR2 memory and it needs less than 30W.

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New IBM Video Transfer Technology 100x Faster Than WiFi

IBM says they are working together with MediaTek on a new chipset that can transfer HD video between PCs, TVs and other devices at phenomenal speeds:
IBM will do this by teaming with MediaTek to launch a joint initiative to develop these ultra fast chipsets that will let users rid their homes and offices of the cumbersome wires needed to connect their HD-TVs to set top boxes and or other devices.

The companies will be developing millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technology -- the highest frequency portion of the radio spectrum -- 60 gigahertz rather than 2.4 gigahertz -- and digital chipsets that enable at least 100 times higher data rates than current Wi-Fi standards, IBM said in a release. For example, users could upload a 10 gigabyte file in five seconds with the new technology versus 10 minutes using current Wi-Fi technology. mmWave wireless technology can be widely used at home and office for applications such as multimedia content downloads or uncompressed HDTV streaming from your DVD player. Users could wirelessly download and synchronize iPod-like devices with music and videos in seconds.

The companies will integrate IBM's new mmWave radio chips, antenna, and package technology with MediaTek's digital baseband and video processing chips.

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MCP73 Integrated Graphics VS 8400GS

Nvidia's much awaited MCP73 GeForce 7150/630i graphics Chipset is being compared to a low end graphics Card 8400GS and it shows the following results.Have a look on them and then decide.





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Kingston Working On SSD Drive - Available In 2008

One of the most well known names that comes to mind when you speak about SSD drives is SanDisk but several other manufacturers are also working on solid state drives. FUD Zilla reports Kingston unveiled last week at a press event in Taiwan that they will launch their first SSD drives in the first quarter of 2008.

The company believes that that is when the pricing structure of the components will be right for it to enter this market.

The first product from Kingston will be a 32GB 1.8 or 2.5in drive and the plan is to ramp up production and capacity over the next few years.

Kingston admitted that SSD will always have a price premium over traditional mechanical hard drives, although they though that when the SSD drives hits a two to three times price premium over traditional drives, consumers will consider them as a viable alternative.

Kingston believes future notebooks will get two storage slots: one for SSD drives to store the operating system and frequently used software and a second slot for a traditional HDD for data storage.

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AMD Phenom FX To Scale Up To 2.8GHz This Year

Rumour has it that the highest frequency Phenom FX processor from AMD will run at 2.8GHz.

The 2.6GHz and slower parts will launch as socket AM2+ only. These CPUs will be sampled and available in 2007, but probably no earlier than late November.

The 3GHz part will skip to 2008 but the sweet spot for both Intel and AMD is the 2.4GHz part, and this is where the money and volume sales come from. This will probably ignite a new price war.

Obviously, in addition to 2.8GHz FX and 2.6GHz parts, the Phenom X4 also launches at 2.2 and 2.4GHz.

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Verizon's UM150 USB Modem Announced

Verizon has announced, for immediate availability, the UM150 USB modem. The modem will allow mobile broadband access, with support for Mac OS X and Windows (Vista, XP and 2000). The download speeds will hit a maximum of 600kbps-1.4mbps, with upload speeds ranging from 500kbps-800kbp and the connection will rely on Verizon's EVDO Rev. A network.

The UM150 comes complete with a retractable antenna, a Y-shaped extension cable and a microSD slot for mass storage capabilities. The price of the UM150 will be $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and it shall require a two-year agreement at $59.99/month.

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iPhone Installer App Updated to 3.0 beta3 With Many Improvements

The iPhone's Installer.app has been updated to 3.0, and features a much better organizational system than the previous "everything listed in a flat list that takes forever to scroll through". Not only are there sections now, you can "Update All", and the packaging backend is improved as well. You can't install this directly on your phone, but instead you have to install the older version, then update via installer itself. If you have 1.1.1, you'll have to jailbreak first, then transfer it on manually. However, it does detect what firmware version you're running and only displays the apps that run fine on yours.

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AMD DX10 IGP chipset ships in January 2008

The first integrated graphics chipset from AMD with DirectX 10 support - the 780G - will be available in January 2008.

As reported earlier this year, the new family of chipset solutions for cost-effective computers from AMD will feature two product families: AMD 740G and AMD 780G. The launch of both new integrated core-logic offerings will be aligned and is currently scheduled for January, ahead of Chinese New Year on February 7, 2008, though, the exact launch schedule for AMD 740G may be altered.

AMD 780G-series core-logic will feature HyperTransport 3.0 bus for CPUs, PCI Express 2.0 x16 and x1 for add-on cards and DirectX 10-compliant graphics core with universal video decoder (UVD) engine as well as D-Sub, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Additionally, AMD 780G chipsets will support Hybrid CrossFire technology, which is designed to reduce power consumption of systems equipped with high-performance graphics cards. AMD 740G core-logic is projected to feature a new DirectX 9.0-compliant graphics core with Avivo engine as well as PCI Express x16 and PCI Express x4 interfaces in the north bridge.

The 790G chipset, along with new quad-, triple- and dual-core AMD Phenom, Athlon or Sempron processors, will be the base for the company’s code-named Cartwheel mainstream platform, which sports a broad set of multimedia, performance and security features to attract attention of different customers.

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Intel To Phase Out Single-Core CPUs

Intel plans to phase out the single core desktop processors in the first quater of 2008 and they will soon be replaced by dual-core Celeron E1000 series.

The first dual-core Celeron processor, the E1200 will have core frequency of 1.6GHz, 800MHz FSB and 512KB L2 cache with price of US$53 in thousand-unit quantities. Although Intel will enter 45nm process production this November, entry-level processors such as those in the E1000 series will still be fabbed at 65nm using a Conroe-based core, noted the sources.

Many PC makers have started to clear out old, single-core processor inventory in order to avoid overstock problems, the sources added.

Intel will also launch two E4000 series processors based on its 45nm process in the first quarter. The E4700 will have a frequency of 2.6GHz, 800MHz FSB and 2MB L2 cache. The CPU will launch with a price of US$133 in thousand-unit quantities. The model number for the second CPU has not yet been set, but the sources detailed that it will support a 1066MHz FSB and have 3MB L2 cache.

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Google Docs Launches on Cellphones

iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users can go to Google Docs and view all the docs, spreadsheets and presentations (iPhone-only, right image) directly on your phone. No editing for now, but Google's working on it. When they get editing working, this may beat even Mobile Office for ease-of-use and convenience (as long as you're not looking at documents that are too complicated).

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Western Digital Announces Record Breaking Hard Drive Density

Today Western Digital announced that it has achieved 520 Gb/in2 areal density in an actual demonstration using its own perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)/tunneling magneto-resistive (TuMR) head technology. For those of you who are counting, that makes it the highest density ever reached using continuous media. A density of this magnitude produces a 3.5-inch hard drive storing 640 GB-per-platter and single hard drive capacities as large as 3 TB. Compare that to the current leading density of around 200 Gb/in2 being shipped high volume products like WD's 250 GB Scorpio(R) 2.5-inch drive. That's all well and good, but it looks like you will have to wait to get your hands on this technology. Current estimates put the release at around 2010.

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Sony Introduces HDMS-S1D, An 80GB Digital Album

Sony appears to be making a consumer-server play, introducing the $400 80GB HDMS-S1D "photo album" for the high-def enjoyment of up to 50,000 still images. You can import photos via Memory Stick slot—but also SD, CF and xD! (Way to go, Sony!) You can connect the HDMS-S1D to your TV via HDMI, and navigate slideshows using its remote control. It has a CD/DVD burner for getting and saving shots. We also see an Ethernet port, so we're going to assume there's at least some way to push photos to it from your PC (or Mac?).

In addition to letting you edit, rotate, delete and group photos on screen, there are also some unique automated features:
• x-Pict Story HD automatically builds "professional quality" slideshows
• Face detection technology locates faces and frames slideshow transitions around faces
• x-ScrapBook sets photos in templates, using face detection and event-clustering for sharp layouts

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Nokia's S60 Touch Interface announced

Nokia is showing off their new S60 Touch Interface at the Symbian Smartphone Show today. Unlike their last attempt, this effort was demonstrated on a more Nokia-like concept device. The touch-interface supports haptic feedback and accepts both finger and stylus inputs depending upon the display technology used. Feast your eyes on the video after the break until all the details become available.

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Nokia's N95 8GB Released With Pre-loaded Spider-Man 3

Nokia's N95 8GB super-chunk is out for global(ish) distribution today. N95 fans can now take home the larger storage and slightly bigger 2.8-inch (240 x 320) display in addition to the HSDPA, WiFi, A-GPS, and 5 megapixel camera already found in Nokia's existing flagship "multimedia computer." To celebrate the launch, Nokia is pre-loading Spider-Man 3 for Europe and select Middle Eastern and Africa countries. The tie-in? Wait for it... "The Movie sees Spider-Man's suit turn jet-black and enhance his powers and, in its latest incarnation, the Nokia N95 has undergone a similar transformation to emerge as the Nokia N95 8GB." Riiight. Hitting retail today for €560 (about $794) pre-tax and pre-carrier subsidy.

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EA Acquires BioWare and Pandemic Studios

EA adds two new game studios to its portfolio: BioWare and Pandemic Studios. This acquisition gives EA a strong competitive position in key genres in interactive entertainment: action, adventure and role-playing games. The two studios have been recognized for creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry.

BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios have ten franchises under development, including six wholly owned games. BioWare Corp. is currently developing the highly anticipated Mass Effect, which will be published by Microsoft in November, and is in the early development stages of a massively multiplayer online game. Pandemic Studios is redefining open-world games with its upcoming Mercenaries 2: World in Flames and Saboteur, in addition to several unannounced projects.

Pandemic Studios and BioWare Corp. employ roughly 800 people across four studios located in Edmonton, Canada; Los Angeles; Austin; and Brisbane, Australia.

EA will pay up to $620 million in cash to the stockholders of VG Holding Corp. and will issue up to an additional $155 million in equity to certain employees of VG Holding Corp., which will be subject to time-based or performance-based vesting criteria. EA will also assume outstanding VG Holding Corp. stock options. In addition, EA has agreed to lend VG Holding Corp. up to $35 million through the closing of the acquisition.

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Intel P45 and G45 Chipsets Expected In Q2 2008

Intel is working on two new chipsets - the P45 and G45.

These chipsets will replace the current P35 and G35 chipsets in the second quarter of 2008.

As it is a new chipset, it will support the PCIe 2.0, south bridge will also be using a newer ICH10 or ICH10R. The chipset will maintain the suppot of DDR2 and DDR3 memory type.

Eaglelake chipset will be known as P45 (discrete) and G45 (for integrated video with GMA x4500 with DX10 support).

The chipset supports new standards like display port in additional to the DVI, HDMI. It will also have hardware acceleration for HDDVD/BluRay. The chipset is said to officially support FSB1600 processors.

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Make Money Online: WidgetBucks Is Here

If you want to earn more money with your blog, just try WidgetBucks. WidgetBucks is a new e-commerce advertising network that helps bloggers and site owners earn three to four times more money compared to traditional ad networks.This program can get you $3 to $6 eCPM in early test results.So sign up now with WidgetBucks and you will receive a $25 bonus into your account.And you are half way down to your payment limit as you will be paid when you reach $50.

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Asustek P5E3 Motherboard Features Embedded "Splashtop" Linux Variant

Splashtop is a Linux variant that provides basic functionality like wired and wireless connectivity, Firefox, Skype, and simple games. The uniqueness about this software is it that it runs entirely in RAM. That means you don't have to wait for your computer to boot in order to surf or chat on the internet. With the release of the P5E3, Asustek has become the first manufacturer to implement Splashtop in a motherboard.

What does this mean for you? It could definitely be useful if you are extremely impatient and or want to save a few bucks on your energy bill, but the fact that Splastop can't save anything locally could prove problematic. However, future upgrades to the software could this functionality--among other things. In the meantime, the specs on the P5E3 are worth checking out: Intel X38 chipset, DDR3 1800MHz dual-channel memory support, Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 lanes, ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit) allows users to monitor and change CPU power supply, and 802.11n WiFi support.

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Airtel Rolls Out 8Mbps Broadband

With the launch of its 8Mbps Broadband service, Airtel has become the first service provider in the country to offer such high speed Broadband.

Especially when existing Broadband speeds are not more than 256 KBps to 4Mbps.
With 8Mbps, Airtel Broadband customers will now be able to browse multiple windows even as they download heavy files, view streaming videos, enjoy online gaming, chat, email, and so on. Airtel claims customers will no longer need to wait for videos to get buffered while watching streaming videos.

Initially, the 8 Mbps Broadband service will be made available in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, and the NCR region, with a subsequent roll-out planned in Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Airtel is working on price points for its offering, though prices are likely to be roughly in the region of Rs 2,000 per download (7 to 8 Gbs). Besides, for customers who do not want a 24-hour 8 Mbps speed, the company is working out other tariff plans to make the service available for shorter periods of time. And here is the rest of it.

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Sony Ericsson 2008 Lineup Leaked, Pictured

This pretty poster of pretty phones didn't leak with a mess of details behind it—nothing at all on the K860, for instance. The W970 apparently uses a click wheel-like navigation deal and sports a 5MP shooter, along with a memory card slot. The K830, on the other hand, packs a 3.2MP camera. And that's about it, spec-wise, so there's not a lot to chew on for now, other than the eye candy.

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AMD Cuts Desktop CPU Prices

AMD has adjusted prices for its desktop dual- and single-core processors a few weeks ahead of the introduction of its new Phenom dual- and quad-core processors. Also, there are two new 45 watt single-core CPUs in the manufacturer’s lineup.

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Quad-Core Phenom Models & Clocks Revealed

AMD has confirmed the model name and clock speed of the upcoming quad-core Phenom processors and plans to launch them as scheduled in Nov/Dec while Phenom FX will launched in Q1 next year. AMD plans to add higher clocked Phenom FX and Phenom quad-core processors in Q2 next year.

Phenom FX-82 will be clocked at 2.6GHz or higher while the faster FX-8x model could hit 3GHz. FX-82 DVT samples will be available in Q4 while production will kick off in Q1 2008 while FX-8x DVT sample and production is slated for Q2 2008.

Phenom 9600 and 9500 clocked at 2.4GHz and 2.2GHz respectively will be the first quad-core Phenom processors to hit the market in Nov. Phenom 9700 clocked at 2.6GHz will come along slightly later in Dec. A faster iteration of the quad-core Phenom will come along in Q2 2008 while DVT samples will be available in Q1. Most likely, it will be called Phenom 9800 and clocked at 2.8GHz.

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Microsoft Releases New Build of IE7, Pirates Welcome

In n surprise move, Microsoft has issued a new build of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) to customers that can be installed on any machine running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 -- IE7 is already included in Windows Vista operating systems.

IE7 was previously reserved for customers using genuine copies of Windows-based operating systems and was protected by Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation software.

"Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users," remarked IE7 program manager Steve Reynolds on the IE Blog. "With today’s 'Installation and Availability Update,' Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users."

Microsoft is likely using this move to makes IE7 available to the broadest range of customers worldwide. Mozilla's Firefox browser has gained a lot of traction recently, and this move would give Microsoft some additional ammunition.

In addition to the removal of WGA, the latest version of IE7 brings updates to the menu bar, online tour and a new MSI installer for IT administrators.

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Wi-Fi Detector Shirt

The Wi-Fi Detector shirt does everything you'd dream it could do: detect Wi-Fi signals and share them, via your chest, with the entire world. Spotting both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, signal strength is displayed in real time (big animated gif post-jump). After you are done broadcasting your (super ability?) to the world, just slip the AAA batteries out of the built-in pouch and unhook the decal, and you can wash the sweat away of a hard day's work of bandwidth theft.

The Wi-Fi Detector shirt is a Think Geek exclusive and will be available this October for $29.99. We'd like to see support from the mod community on this one. Just imagine the potential hacks if there was some tailor collaboration. Yeah, that's right. We're talking no sleeves. We're talking avatar iron-ons. And we're not even thinking about the potential of puff paints at the moment.

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Nokia Develops Eyes-Free Touchscreen Controls

Nokia has invented a way to let you use a touchscreen on a cellphone or mobile device without looking at it. It's done with this special lid that has a slot in it with slightly raised places on it that you can use as a guide. Working with the software on the screen underneath, certain spots of that slot coincide with various functions on the touchscreen, giving you eyes-free control of that user interface. Notice in the picture there's also a version of the idea with a "rotator lid," apparently with click stops to guide your fingers to certain locations on the touchscreen. These are some great ideas for those who insist on driving while dialing.

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Zune 2 Coming Soon !!

Zune 2 !!

Engadget's claiming that the Zune 2 is coming on Wednesday and bringing a firmware upgrade for your original Zune along for the ride. As you can see from the picture, firmware version 2.1 is clearly running on the old hardware, and is most likely going to make it forward-compatible with the second-gen. Whether this means your current Zune will get all the new Zune's features is uncertain and unlikely, but it probably means the two can at least talk to each other.

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AMD To Cut Prices Next Week

AMD Zone learned that next week AMD will be cutting prices on several of their high end X2 parts.

As we begin a new quarter and prepare for the busiest time of the year, selected AMD dual-core desktop processors will have a reduction in suggested prices effective next Monday, October 8.

This will be a great opportunity to upgrade customers to dual-core, as the AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+, 5200+, 5600+, 6000+ and 6400+ processors all will feature new pricing. Please contact your authorized AMD distributor for specific pricing and availability details.

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