Intel

Intel is introducing a new addition to its lines of motherboards, that will allow a incoming phone call to remotely wake up a computer from sleep mode. The chips will be incorporated in future offerings from companies that have opted to use the new chip. According to Intel the chip will:
The technology does […]

Intel is planning on changing the name of the Centrino Atom name just just plain Atom after five months. Intel feels that this is necessary to avoid confusion as to what the Atom chip processor is. The Atom was designed for use on the new Netbook computers that needed a more power efficient processor for […]

Yesterday I read an article over at the TimesOnline from the UK, which described why Intel and Microsoft attacked the OLPC [One Laptop Per Child] project. I have written several articles about how Intel and Microsoft tried to circumvent this worthy project and basically have limited the ability of the project to function as it […]

Over the years I would venture to guess, that many of us have tried a multitude of software or hardware devices that promised improved speeds on our systems. As much as we hate to admit it, most of these products provided limited improvement to our system performance. So when I read about Intel’s Turbo Memory, […]

Intel has announced it will be releasing a series of new mid-range chips which include a larger L2 cache for better performance. Front side BUS speed will be at 1333MHz and the chips will use 95 watts of power. According to this article, the new chips are already available:
Several retailers already have the new processors […]

Intel has announced a new chip that it calls by its code name of Larabee which has been described as a new GPU. But some are now questioning if this is all that the new chip will offer. It seems that since Intel was somewhat vague as to what the new chip will be and […]

My goodness. How many years has it been since the dispute started between AMD and Intel. It seems like AMD has been claiming that Intel uses dirty tricks to maintain its business dominance, since both companies started back in the late 60’s. But is the world starting to take notice? It seems it may have. […]

On the Japanese model of Apples popular iPhone 3G. the new phones have a loud shutter speed sound, when a picture is taken. The reason is that they are hoping that this loud sound will discourage some people from taking sneak shots up the dresses of ladies. Other companies are also adding this feature to […]

The next wave of small computers is set to hit the market place, with tens of millions being sold during the last half of 2008. But the computer industry is not excited about these new devices, since they view these smaller systems will cut into their already slim profit margins. Since some of these units […]

Asus is blaming Intel, not Microsoft, for a shortage of Linux based Eee PC’s in the UK. The popular Linux based computers are in short supply and have been sold out, while the less popular Windows XP models are still available. It was at first thought that the shortage was a possible plot by Microsoft […]