The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Google-sponsored GeoEye-1 satellite, which was launched on September 6, has begun capturing image data from its orbit 423 miles above Earth. The satellite had been undergoing calibration and check out since launch, but transmitted its first, full color half-meter ground resolution images yesterday.Although the first images released from the Satellite are half-meter ground resolution, GeoEye-1 is actually capable of capturing much more precise images. Due to U.S.

XOHM, Intel and WiMAX Partners Celebrate New 4G Broadband Era in Baltimore4G mobile service provides XOHM customers a city-sized hotspot. New Intel-based notebooks, other WiMAX-ready devices on roadmap. XOHM retail push includes Web, area Mall kiosks and select Best Buy stores. Symbolic “wire-cutting” event signifies Internet freedom and mobility. Baltimore – Oct. 8, 2008 – Catalysts of a new 4G wireless broadband era gathered today in Baltimore as Sprint (NYSE: S), Intel and their WiMAX ecosystem partners celebrated

One of the criticized “features” of the iPhone since Day One has been the lack of a user-swappable battery. For any heavy user, the fact that you can no longer rely on being able to carry a spare battery for a long day of use, but rather, a charger, has been a sore point. Of course, with the device’s amazing popularity, many have overlooked that flaw, or worked around it with external battery extenders. However, the EU will likely not be so kind. Current regulation, introduced with the Restriction of Hazardous

ASUS recently started sampling their Intel X58 Express based P6T Deluxe motherboard to partners and reviewers and it seems to have started a fire storm thanks to one little label on the board. With sites across the internet jumping on the band wagon in an attempt to get traffic by striking fear into enthusiasts we clear the air and tell things how it really is.

Earlier this month Steve Ballmer spoke about a cloud-based development environment, though he wouldn’t go into detail, saving it for the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) at the end of this month. However, a look at the PDC sessions on Wednesday would have revealed a possible clue to the name of it: Windows Strata. There were eight sessions tagged with Windows Strata early on Wednesday. If you checked back later in the day, you would have seen that tag vanish from the list of PDC sessions, however. Ooops.

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After months of waiting for the Motorola Q10, we learned that the next device in the Q series will be, in fact, the Q11.  And now, it’s official: the Motorola Q11 does exist and will be released in December 2008.

The Motorola Q11 will run Windows Mobile 6.1 and includes the as-yet-unreleased but updated Internet Explorer 6 Mobile web browser.  Other features include quad band GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1, a microSDHC card slot, onboard GPS and a 3MP camera.  It looks like the Q11 will not include HSDPA, which may be because the device has onboard Wi-Fi.

Although the new Q will debut in December, it’s U.S. release schedule is unclear. [PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION PDF]

Intel says will defend patent rights against AMD SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday it has “serious questions” about a deal announced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to spin off its manufacturing business and focus on chip design, and is ready to defend its patents.Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said that AMD and Intel have a patent cross-licensing agreement under which AMD pays royalties to Intel.”Intel

I just got word from our friends at Toshiba that they have announced a brand new freshly designed Satellite laptop PC the Toshiba Satellite E105, developed in collaboration with Best Buy and its customers. The Satellite E105 is one of the first products to be offered under Best Buys exclusive Blue Label program. With a starting price of $1,249.997, the Satellite E105 is available Best Buy retail stores nationwide or online.

Toshibas aim is to produce high quality laptops with features that consumers look for, and our combined effort with Best Buy has helped us further realize this goal, said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. The Satellite E105 is a special laptop, and we are delighted with the result and the opportunity to bring this impressive machine to market.

Foxconn just released their G45MG motherboard based on Intel G45 Chipset. This is the second model launched in their GREEN Series. Not only does this model brings users high multimedia performance (BlueRay, HDMI, Integrated Graphics X4500, Dual DDR3, and more), but combined with Foxconn's properietary 3G Technology (energy efficient features),an average PC system will have a power savings of more than 68% depending on PC usage. The Foxconn G45MG GREEN series motherboard should be available around end of October to early November in North America.

The G45MG is a highly capable integrated HD graphics platform, ready to play Blu-Ray and HD DVD content without upgrading the onboard graphics. The integrated Intel GMA 4500HD graphics processor not only includes encoding/decoding technologies for HD video, but also provides DirectX 10 graphics for the latest games titles. With 3.0X the 3D performance of the Intel G33 chipset and and 1.7X the 3D performance of the Intel G35 Express chipset graphics, the list of playable games has grown significantly, saving many home users the additional cost of installing a dedicated graphics card.