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Intel Corp. will make chips with four processing cores in November the world’s biggest microchip maker said on Tuesday as it tries to maintain a lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc..View the Entire Article

A Microsoft programed computer and a washer dryer are networked at the Whirlpool Corporatiton Insperience Studio in Atlanta, Thursday, July 6, 2006. The project hooks a consumers Whirlpool Duet Sport washer/dryer, to a Microsoft programed computer, a Panasonic tv screen, and a cellphone together to allow the consumer to keep up with their laundry remotely.  Microsoft Corp. officials for the first time have confirmed that the software giant is readying a portable music player and integrated service, shedding new
light on a topic that has fueled rampant speculation in news reports and blog postings for weeks.View the Entire Article

Sony Corp’s new digital high-definition video camera ‘HDR-SR1′ is displayed during an unveiling in Tokyo July 19, 2006. The camera, equipped with a 30GB harddisk drive, will be priced around 180,000 yen ($1,532) and will go on sale worldwide from September. Reuters - Sony Corp. is to launch two models of high-definition camcorders that record images onto DVD discs and hard disk drives (HDDs), the first camcorder maker to offersuch products, the company said on Wednesday. View the Entire Article

Reuters - Teenagers and young adults who listen to MP3 players too loudly and too often risk going deaf 30 years earlier than their parents’ generation, a charity warned on
Thursday. View the Entire Article

The continued popularity of iPod personal music players has helped Apple Computer see quarterly profits rise by 48% compared to a year earlier. Read More…

Hewlett-Packard Co. has developed a miniature wireless data chip the company said could broaden access to digital content in the physical world. Measuring 2 to 4 millimeters²—the size of a grain of rice—and could be attached or embedded in almost any object to make available information and content now found mostly on Web devices. Read More..

Intel is set to introduce a long-delayed chip for high-end computers today, hoping to breathe life into a product line that has lagged expectations despite billions of dollars of investment.The chip, the latest addition to Intel’s Itanium processor family, has 1.7 billion transistors — triple that of its predecessor. It also has two processing cores to handle multiple tasks at the same time, and a vast amount of memory. read More…

Desktop computers built around Intel Corp.’s new Core 2 Duo processors, due to be launched July 27, set new high marks for desktop performance, according to exclusive PC World tests — they’re the fastest the magazine has seen by far.With this chip line, formerly code-named Conroe, Intel decisively reclaims the power desktop crown from competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Read More…

Everyone wants a faster computer.  If you play lots of computer games, watch videos on your computer or like to listen to music, these applications use a lot of computer resources.  You may sometimes find that your computer can’t keep up with the demand.  Well there is a little known secret that can help your computer keep up with this extra workload, it is called Overclocking.

Apple has begun manufacturing its new MacBook and should have the laptop in consumer hands in the next 30-60 days, sources report.

The MacBook and it will indeed be called the MacBook, sources have confirmed, as Apple will be dropping the iBook moniker is being built exclusively around a 13.3-inch widescreen display with a 1280×720 WXGA resolution.

According to most of us, Windows XP and other previous Windows versions are unsecure. Microsoft has released many patches and updates for Windows, but the OS has not been sucessful in being completely secure.

Seagate has announced a new 1-inch 12GB hard disk that is substantially smaller and faster than its current top of the line 8GB model. The ST1.3 series 12GB disk is 23 percent smaller, has a 50 percent greater capacity, and consumes 30 percent less power than its predecessor. The disk is designed for use in mobile phones and portable media devices. The drive is the second Seagate model to use perpendicular recording, and the first to do so in the 1-inch category.

The drive’s small size of 40×30x5 mm allows for more streamlined media devices and is suited well for clamshell and candy bar style mobile phones. As part of its G-Force Protection system Seagate will also offer an optional drop sensor which will increase shock resistance 33 percent and help the drive survive a 1.5 meter or roughly five foot fall onto concrete or ceramic surfaces when properly mounted inside a device. In addition, Seagate’s RunOn technology will keep the track heads aligned when the device is in motion.

The ST1.3 begins shipping in the third quarter of this year.

Source: Techtree.com

Google has announced about a Personalized Home for Mobiles. The homepage displays everything from your Gmail inbox to news headlines,weather, stock quotes, and feeds.

The interface is optimized for small screens, says Abhijit Kalamkar, one of Google’s Software Engineer, on his post.

You can read the whole post here.

Apple announced availability of their first Intel based notebooks, MacBook Pro, the notebooks run on Intel’s new Centrino Duo processor, notebooks will be just one inch thin, weighs only 5.6 pounds, includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go.

The notebooks will be made available in February on Apple Store and will be available in 2 models; The 1.67 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro costing $1,999 and 1.83 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro costing of $2,499.

Detailed information with specs can be found on Apple Insider and on Apple’s
MacBook Pro official site

It seems that year 2006 will be year of low cost computers, starting with Google..followed by Apple and now Intel also joining the race.

Intel is working on introducing low cost PCs that will be priced around INR 10,000 (approx $225). The information was officially confirmed at the launch of Intel’s new processor range “Centrino Duo“.

Anand Chandrasekhar, senior vice-president (global sales & marketing), said at a press conference here, “We are working on a low-priced computer with the Indian government and may launch it sometime in the middle of ’06.” IT & telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, who was present at the conference, said this will be the ‘rural PC’ that the government has been working on.

The low cost PCs will be specially meant for rural market of India.

More information on this can be found here

APPLE, the US computing and consumer electronics giant, is to launch a low-cost laptop. Company founder and chief executive Steve Jobs hopes to be able to unveil the device this week in San Francisco along with a new low-cost iPod and some other surprises.

As revealed by The Business last year, Apple has been working to develop a low-cost laptop to encourage consumers using Apple iPod music players to buy its computers.

Despite recent legal attempts by Apple to silence US-based website ThinkSecret, which has been predicting the imminent launch of a cheap laptop, US analysts believe Apple plans to unveil a new laptop this week. Apple has taken ThinkSecret to court with allegations that recent postings on its site outlining planned Apple products revealed trade secrets.

Apple shocked the computer industry last year by announcing it was ditching its long-term loyalty to IBM PowerPC microchips in favour of Intel processors, which have traditionally powered rival PCs running Windows software produced by Apple’s rival, Microsoft.

US analysts believe a low-cost Apple laptop running on Intel processors would enable Apple to capitalise on the success of its range of iPod music players by tempting iPod owners to switch from Microsoft-based computers to Apple machines.

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According to TheStreet.com, Apple may well be on its way to update or phase out the 1 GB version of the iPod Shuffle if the availability of this model at the Apple online store and various Apple Stores is taken as an Indication.

Amazon.com simply says this model is “un-available”. Even on Apple’s online store, this model is out of stock since Mid-December.

According to a survey carried out at 12 Apple Stores, 7 of them didn’t know when exactly they will get new stocks of this popular digital music player.

Can this be taken as an indication that Apple will launch new iPod along with the Intel Macs at Mac World, San Francisco on Jan 10, 2006? Time will tell..