Intel plans to consolidate various I/O connector interfaces, including eSATA, USB and IEEE 1394, currently found in a number of mobile devices into an ubiquitous connectivity system using optical fiber technology, Kevin Kahn, Intel senior fellow and director of Intel communications technology lab, said recently before the opening of 2008 IDF Shanghai.

he effort is part of Intel's “Carry Small, Live Large” technology development plan, aiming to produce small, powerful mobile devices which are capable of offering multifaceted functionalities, Kahn noted. In addition, Intel will also push for the adoption of 60GHz frequency high-speed wireless networking for short-range wireless connectivity compatible with Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G and UWB, to offer end-users with a seamless connectivity experience, Kahn added.

Opera today released the beta preview of Opera Mini, the newest version of the award-winning browser that works on almost every mobile phone. Opera Mini 4.1 improves the way Opera Mini interacts with your phone to make browsing more convenient, more productive and definitely more fun. Opera Mini is available to download for beta testing at here.

Opera Mini 4.1 is 50% faster than Opera Mini 4.0 when it first launched on November 7, 2007. If you have been using Opera Mini 4.0 consistently since
launch, you probably will not notice a major difference in speed since those enhancements were made on our servers.

If you love the HTC Touch or its CDMA sibling, but you just can’t bring yourself to depend on a touchscreen phone dial, things are looking up for you. HTC has announced that it will begin offering its Touch Dual in the United States sometime in May or June of 2008.

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If you love the HTC Touch or its CDMA sibling, but you just can’t bring yourself to depend on a touchscreen phone dial, things are looking up for you. HTC has announced that it will begin offering its Touch Dual in the United States sometime in May or June of 2008.

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Rumor has it that the Intel’s next generation P45 chipset has hit a snag that will cause boards to ship in June instead of May.“The delay of the chipset is due to problems over compatibility between the chipset’s PCI Express x16 port and graphics cards, noted the sources, adding that Intel has notified them that the problem should be solved and ready to launch 2-4 weeks behind the original launch schedule.”Despite the delay Intel and their partners are still expected to demo or at least display P-45 based boards

And people wonder why we sometimes look askance at the future of the human race.Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.The nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation, which runs the forum, briefly closed the site Sunday to purge the offending messages and to boost security.”We are seeing people affected,” says Ken Lowenberg, senior director of web and print publishing at

When we heard about a Vista Home Premium upgrade edition bundled with OneCare stuffed into a box that looked like it belonged to Hello Kitty, we were naturally wondering if we ate some bad seafood.  Here’s more:“As a special promotion for the Japanese market, an upgrade version of Windows Vista Home Premium is bundled with a year’s subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of a Vista tips and tricks book. If that deal isn’t sweet enough, then you better know it comes in a pink box with little flower

Apple TV users who updated to the new 2.0 software may have already received an update to 2.0.1.“The fix, available through the Apple TV’s own update utility, is not documented by the company and appears primarily to be a maintenance update.However, a preliminary discovery reveals a Genres category under My Movies, letting owners browse by type.”We’ve been unable to discover any other changes at this stage, but we have a feeling that a patch rushed out without a list of changes might contain some fix for a critical

We’re always on the lookout for Asus Eee PC updates and today we’ve come up with some breaking news for you relative to the Windows XP variant that is due to hit the market in April.  Actually, it’s more than just some breaking news; we’ve got one.  Though the machine isn’t due out until sometime mid-next week, we were able to get our hands on a full retail bundle well before they hit store shelves in the US. More here

With the recent sub-2 minute hack of the Air via a Safari exploit, a running string of iPhone hacks, and numerous people finding ways to put OS X on PCs they built themselves, you’d think Apple would have learned not to make security claims.  Of course, if you thought that you don’t know a whole lot about Steve Jobs, who has been using every chance he’s gotten to tout the new iPhone 2.0’s unhackability.Where there’s a will, there’s a way.Not even 24 hours after the release of the latest update for the iPhone