Intel’s new chip design is already getting reviews from many different computer hardware web sites that have been able to test it. The new Intel Core i7 was first used in a desktop computer and showed a 30% - 40% increase in the speed it takes to perform certain tasks. Many of these tasks included rendering three dimensional pictures and video encoding.
Sony’s new TT line of Vaio notebooks was revealed this week. The new computers are ultra portable and equipped with 11” screens and Blu-ray disc drives. The models are available in gold, red, or black and range from $2,100 to $4,345.
Hewlett Packard has just introduced a brand new notebook PC that has the ability to run for 24 hours straight on one single battery charge. In order to achieve this special ability customers will have to purchase an optional battery, a solid state hard disk drive, and a special display.
With those options, the EliteBook 6930p costs about $2,200. After an online discount, the price will be $1,816. The new notebook will compete with Dell’s Latitude E6400, introduced in August, which can run for as long as 19 hours on a single charge.
Dell’s brand new netbook computer called the Inspiron Mini 9 is getting ready to be sold with mobile broadband built-in by Vodafone. Dell has steadily been growing in the netbook market and this new addition is expected to be better then the rest.
It weighs a mere 1 kilogram and is built with an 8.9” LED display. It has been equipped with an SSD (solid state disk) that is used for storage and holds up to 16Gbytes. The broadband connection used in the Vodafone version supports HSPA (high-speed packet access).
CMS Products is a leader in data security, content management technologies, and disaster recovery. This week they announced that the ‘EasyEncrypt’ upgrade kit for laptops with SATA hard disks is now available.
The EasyEncrypt upgrade kit allows notebook computer users to quickly and easily replace existing, non-encrypted disk drives with a state-of-the-art, secure, hardware encrypted disk drive using AES 128-bit encryption and strong password support.
AMD (advanced micro devices) will be releasing their new ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and the 4870 X2 graphics cars. They stated this week that the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card will be available in September for only $399. The 4870 X2 has already shipped out and will be available for $599.
Dell produced their top of the line studio laptops only a few short weeks ago. When this happened we knew to expect the Studio Hybrid to emerge not long afterwards and we were not disappointed. Dell has released details concerning the new ‘eco-friendly’ desktop.
Dell has equipped the new computer with Core 2 Duo option - which will still allow it to keep the power draw below 65W. We are assuming that the system will use Intel’s Centrino 2 notebook platform.
Gateway stated this week that they will cease selling PC’s on its web site. Instead they will be putting all of their attention on selling them through their third party stores and other online retailers that they are affiliated with.
They have been selling their PC computers through partner retail stores since 2004 - but have had to stop this in order to cut down on costs and to align its business model with their parent company Acer.
Apple has filed a suit against Psystar Corporation for alleged copyright infringement, trademark and trade infringement, breach of contract, and unfair competition.. In order to take action against the company they are recalling every single one of the Mac clones that have already been sold by Psystar.
Psystar began selling the Open Computer in April. The Open Computer used a modified version of Apple’s OS X, according to Apple’s suit, and provided unauthorized patches that Apple claimed were simply copied from its own Web site. A similar Openserv server sold by Psystar allegedly used the Mac OS X Server edition.
Scientists at the Los Alamos government weapons lab have managed to build the world’s fastest computer. The computer has the ability to sustain 1,000 trillion operations in a single second.
IBM’s Energy Department announced their new breakthrough Monday and stated that the computer will be used to help maintain the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman says the new computer, named Roadrunner, also will be used to help solve global energy problems and “open new windows of knowledge” in basic research.