Apple’s two new MacBooks - 13-inch & 15-inch
October 15, 2008
Yesterday, Apple released two new MacBooks. The 13-inch MacBook and the new 15-inch MacBook Pro.
The new 13-inch Macbook is powered by 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed, 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB and comes with 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors, 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD-R DL/DVD-RW/CD-RW), illuminated keyboard and 160GB or 250GB hard drive.
Neither MacBook has a button on the trackpad, the new trackpad doubles up as a button, just press down anywhere. The new multi-trackpad supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities and it is made from wear-resistant etched glass.
Computing Heads for the Clouds
July 29, 2008
IBM, Yahoo!, and Google are all putting the power of cloud computing to work. Here’s a short primer on how the new technology works
Researchers seeking smarter ways to tackle the most complicated computing tasks think they’ve found the answer in a cloud—though not the kind that wafts across the sky as masses of condensed water droplets and frozen crystals. Instead, they’re turning to something called cloud computing, which aims to deliver supercomputing power over the Internet.
IBM (IBM) is the most recent company to announce plans to tap cloud computing technologies. On Nov. 15, IBM executives in
Supercomputing for the Rest of Us
Two top Internet companies recently announced similar projects. Yahoo! (YHOO) on Nov. 12 said
“All of these are examples of the frenzy around cloud computing,” says Dan Reed, a longtime supercomputing researcher who will start work as Microsoft’s (MSFT) director of Scalable & Multicore Computing on Dec. 3. Fueling that frenzy, says Reed, is the proliferation of high-speed Internet connections, cheaper and more powerful chips and disk drives, and the development of data centers that house hundreds or thousands of computers to quickly serve sophisticated software to legions of users. “None of this would have been possible a decade ago,” he adds.
Herewith, a primer on how companies—and consumers—might harness cloud computing’s power:
IBM Thinkpad X200 - Specs
June 8, 2008
IBM Thinkpads are fantastic laptops (when they’re not failing) and they have just gotten better. IBM has released preliminary specifications for their all-new X200 laptop. These beautiful details are guaranteed to get your heart pumping.
The Specs:
- 12-inch WXGA panel
- 45nm Core 2 Duo CPUs up to 2.4GHz
- Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology
- SSDs up to 64GB
- WiMAX / WWAN / GPS / WiFi / UWB /
- Bluetooth
- Magnesium alloy top and bottom covers
- 9.6-hours of battery life on the 9-cell pack
- DDR3 RAM
- 1.3-megapixel camera
- DisplayPort connector
- 3 USB ports
- Starts at 2.93 pounds
Reflection HTPC - A Unique Case with taste
June 8, 2008
Reflection HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) built by a modder named Wolverine / Magnus Persson.
“The aim here is to build a case that could be used in any living room without scaring your grandma out of her socks. For me that is a bit of a challenge since I have no experience in this type of design.”
– Magnus Persson
Take a look at the photos and we’re sure that you will be impressed. It’s the most unique design that we’ve seen and we’d like to see this available at major retailers!
Final Specs for Asus Eee Box
June 2, 2008
Via Engadget.com
The week of Computex 2008 has begun, and you’d probably know just by checking out the onslaught of ASUS news here lately. Up next is the hotly-debated Eee Box B202, which we now know the final specifications for — reportedly, at least. HotHardware has it that the mini desktop will exhibit a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, a 80/120/160/250GB hard drive, GMA 950 integrated graphics set, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, optional Bluetooth, a multicard reader, 512MB/1GB/2GB of DDR2 RAM and an Azalia ALC888 audio chip; you’ll also find a pair of USB 2.0 ports, DVI out and a headphone jack, but an optical drive is altogether missing. We’re hearing that US configurations will range from $269 to $299 with your choice of Linux or Windows XP, with availability in mid-July.
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