The Black Series X58B-A “Nehalem” Motherboard with LGA1366 socket support for Intel's all-new “Core-i7” processors is currently the flagship motherboard for ECS Elitegroup. With the Intel X58 Express chipset handling the North Bridge duties and the Intel Intel ICH10R South Bridge handling the rest of the board you know this will be a sound and stable platform. Read on to see how the ECS X58B-A motherboard does on the benchmarks and to see it overclocks.
Yahoo! and Intel announced that they will premiere their joint Internet-enabled TV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Both companies have built a substantial business in the this new media market with their ventures into home connectivity and home theater and see CES as an opportunity to show off their new ventures to the television consumer.
What exactly are they trying to achieve? For Yahoo, it's establishment of the Widget Channel, a software foundation that can house programs for browsing photos, using the Internet's abundant socially connected services, watching YouTube videos, or digging deeper into TV shows–and through which Yahoo will be able to show advertisements. For Intel, it's a foothold in an industry whose microprocessors have typically been cheaper, less powerful, and less power-hungry.
Yahoo! and Intel announced that they will premiere their joint Internet-enabled TV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Both companies have built a substantial business in the this new media market with their ventures into home connectivity and home theater and see CES as an opportunity to show off their new ventures to the television consumer.
What exactly are they trying to achieve? For Yahoo, it's establishment of the Widget Channel, a software foundation that can house programs for browsing photos, using the Internet's abundant socially connected services, watching YouTube videos, or digging deeper into TV shows–and through which Yahoo will be able to show advertisements. For Intel, it's a foothold in an industry whose microprocessors have typically been cheaper, less powerful, and less power-hungry.
Another day, another drop in Apple stock caused by a questionable rumor about the health of CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs’ health has been in question since he appeared at WWDC in a somewhat gaunt condition. However, as Jobs himself said with a slide positioned directly behind him, the “rumors of his death are greatly exaggerated.”The latest set of rumors were from Gizmodo. A post at their site said:Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting
Show off your memories in an elegant picture frame. Better yet, do so with the Synaps 7″ Inch Digital Picture Frame, which is capable of displaying several of your favorite pictures in rotation. The Synaps 7″ Digital Picture Frame enables you to view digital photos from different types of memory cards – including MMC, SD and MS – in a matter of seconds. Measuring 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.3-inches, this classy, black style (frame is not made of wood) frame has an image resolution of 480 x 234 and an aspect ratio of 16:9. This deal ends Wednesday at 12:00pm ET.
Show off your memories in an elegant picture frame. Better yet, do so with the Synaps 7″ Inch Digital Picture Frame, which is capable of displaying several of your favorite pictures in rotation. The Synaps 7″ Digital Picture Frame enables you to view digital photos from different types of memory cards – including MMC, SD and MS – in a matter of seconds. Measuring 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.3-inches, this classy, walnut wooden style (frame is not made of wood) frame has an image resolution of 480 x 234 and an aspect ratio of 16:9. This deal ends Wednesday at 12:00pm ET.
A recent discovery of an exploit of the MD5 algorithm used to check the validity of Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificates (The little lock icon on the bottom right of your browser) may put to question whether your online transaction is in fact valid and secure.CNET reports that an international team of researcher will announce this today.They plan to demonstrate how to forge security certificates used by secure Web sites, a process that would allow a sufficiently sophisticated criminal to fool the built-in verification
There are always a lot of new products that come to view at CES. Sometimes, these products are kept under tight wraps, and other times, companies give us a sneak peek. Today, LG is giving us a look at one of the things they’ll be formally unveiling at CES next week, namely, new entertainment options for its Network Blu-ray Disc players. The new offerings come as a result of alliances with CinemaNow and YouTube. Coming sometime in the first half of 2009, you’ll be able to get your hands on a new LG Blu-ray Disc
Advanced Micro Devices, the second-largest producer of personal-computer processors, will cut about 600 jobs, 100 more than previously planned, as it struggles to return to profitability.
The cuts will result in an expense of about $70 million in the fourth quarter, including $34 million from severance costs and the continuation of some employee benefits, the company said Monday in a regulatory filing. Sunnyvale-based AMD said earlier that the job reduction would cost $50 million. The company, on course for its third-straight annual loss this year, is striving to keep up with larger rival Intel as demand for PC chips slumps. Intel has captured market share by adopting newer technologies more quickly.
BGR is reporting that the long awaited T-Mobile Shadow II will be released on January 28, 2009. This Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Smartphone has been listed as “upcoming” for months.
The FCC approved the Shadow 2 earlier this month. The smartphone will replace the current T-Mobile Shadow and will be the first non-touchscreen Windows Mobile phone to be released in some time. Features are expected to include UMA Wi-Fi call support, a 2MP digital camera, a 2.6-inch QVGA display, and a microSD flash memory card slot (with assumed SDHC support).
Expected price with two-year service agreement: $99-$149.
More details as they are made available.