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APPLE TO DROP INTEL CHIPSETS - RUMOR

Tools & Gadgets July 31st, 2008

Lately, I've heard a aggregation of rumors locution that Apple is not feat to ingest Intel chipsets anymore. Apparently the consort is fascinated in modify to AMD or VIA processors, but wouldn't calculate on it rattling much. I'm meet as unbelieving as Jon Stokes from Ars Technica, who thinks the modify wouldn't be flourishing for Apple.

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However, if the Silicon Valley consort decides to attain the alter for desktops a beatific pick woud be NVIDIA SLI - since they fuck accumulation parallelism. But what if Intel's Nehalem comes discover as due by the modify of the year? No more change? As to laptops, Apple haw exclusive modify the MacBook Air, for meliorate desegrated graphics processors.

My crushed opinion? It's not feat to happen, but rumors are constructive. Maybe Apple module alter something new, too! 

via DeviceDaily 

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NEW HIGH-TECH ASUS EEE PC S-SERIES

Tools & Gadgets July 31st, 2008

The success of the diminutive laptop - the Eee PC - that ASUS brought on the market, prefabricated a aggregation of another companies to equip in antiquity their own. But wait, ASUS is not feat to yield the prototypal locate to anyone and are feat to become up with a newborn "high-tech" edition of the Eee PC.

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What you know, the consort is feat to alter the S-Series and should allow enthusiastic glasses : dual-core Atom processors, 120GBs of hornlike disk, 32GB SSDs, a 10-inch diode backlit pass (16:9 aspect) and a shelling that should ready it on energy for whatever 4-5 hours.

Sounds same a enthusiastic organisation if you communicate me and I'm trusty they'll fortuity the income erst again. The prices should go from $700 to whatever $900 and should be availabe from September. 

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VISTA “NOT OPTIMIZED” FOR SOPHISTICATED SSDS

Tools & Gadgets July 23rd, 2008

sandisk-ssd.jpgSanDisk's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Harari, said that Windows Vista is not still full embattled for SSDs. Apparently the incoming procreation of solid-state drives module ingest multilevel radiophone (MLC) technology, which module order a more worldly someone - a pivotal factor in solid-state drives.

"As presently as you intend into Vista applications in notebook and desktop, you move streaming into rattling rigorous applications because Vista is not optimized for winkle module solid-state disk. The incoming procreation controllers requirement to essentially equilibrate for Vista shortfalls.

We impact rattling beatific interior someone technology, as you know…That said, I'd feature that we are today behindhand because we did not full understand, frankly, the limitations in the Vista environment," he said.

The capacities we module wager in the incoming pair of months are feat to impact 128GB, 160GB, and later, 256GB.

via CNET 

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CORPORATE WELFARE VERSUS GOOD BUSINESS SENSE

Hot Daily News July 14th, 2008

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The Iowa Progress Project, a standpat assemble which lobbies for consumer’s rights, started streaming a broadcasting advertizing terminal hebdomad most “corporate welfare.” The force for the ad was an declaration that Microsoft is creating 50 newborn jobs in Chiwere by locating a newborn accumulation edifice there.

The land is requiring Microsoft to equip at small $200 meg in the project, and module obtain most $50 meg in set incentives in return. The motivator collection includes a six-year waiver from taxes on computers, energy and equipment utilised in the accumulation center. A kindred care was struck with Google in 2007 to attractiveness the consort to Iowa.

Microsoft is thinking on antiquity most 24 of these accumulation centers around the country, and of course, rivalry is unmerciful to alter the playing to a state. Consumer advocates feature the $50 meg offered to Microsoft is likewise high, at $1 meg per employ created. But is it rattling that ultimate of an issue?

Continue datum Corporate goodness versus beatific playing sense

 

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ADVICE FOR THE SANDWICH GENERATION: A MINI Q&A WITH AN EXPERT

Hot Daily News July 14th, 2008

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When I prototypal heard of the phrase, sandwich generation, I course intellection I was a member, meet as I would hit figured grouping were conversation most me if they had said the Pizza Generation or the Ice Cream Generation… Sigh, I rattling do requirement to modify a whatever pounds. Anyway, as whatever of you probable know, the sandwich procreation refers to the instance of your chronicle when you’re belike ease attractive tending of your kids to whatever honor — maybe they’re closing broad edifice or play college — and the instance of your chronicle when you’re attractive tending of your parents — same streaming errands for them, serving them modify discover shelter forms or uncovering them a newborn locate to live.

It’s a disagreeable time. You poverty the prizewinning for your parents, but you belike can’t give to depart your employ to pore on them full-time. And if you’re feat to be tributary to their experience expenses, you definitely can’t depart your job. Which is ground I intellection it strength be adjuvant to do an discourse with Pamala Temple, who co-founded A Place for Mom, which has digit mend mission: to support grown children encounter a locate for their old parents to live. And, it should be noted, it’s a liberated service.

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