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You thought six cores were nifty? This week, AMD and Intel have begun the multithreaded battle in earnest — if only on the IT front — with chips that have up to double that core density. First up, AMD has officially brought us that Opteron 6000 series leaked last week, a set of 8- and 12-core processors aimed at dual- and quad-CPU servers that it claims have both higher performance and lower cost than Intel’s recent hex-core offerings. Not to be outdone, Intel has just introduced a 8-core processor series of its own, the Xeon 7500, that it envisions deployed in mammoth 256-processor configurations. In bulk orders of 1,000, a single 12-core Opteron costs nearly $1,200, while the cheapest single 8-core Xeon will set you back a cool $2,461 in the same quantity. We don’t doubt they’re powerful, and we’d kill for a pair of either in our gaming rig. At those prices though, we’ll stick to building our supercomputer out of PS3s — oh, wait.

AMD launches 12-core Opteron server chips, Intel counters with the 8-core Xeon 7500 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whether or not you think the iPad is in and of itself a worthy purchase, let’s not forget the investment doesn’t end at the retail counter or online shopping cart. Two little newsbits have popped up to serve as a helpful reminder to just that effect. The first comes way of verbiage from the iPad end-user licensing agreement dug up by MacRumors; in a nutshell, it suggests that while iPad OS 4.x updates will be provided gratis, subsequent releases (5.x, 6.x, and so on) could be offered at a premium, à la how iPod touch handles firmware. This is far from a confirmation, but it’s well within Apple’s right to do so. The second bit is derived by The Consumerist by way a supposed leaked app store video. Comparing the prices of iPad-optimized software with the iPhone equivalents showed quite a hefty uptick in consumer cost — e.g., $4.99 Flight Control HD vs. $0.99 Flight Control. The pool of eight apps seen in the video would cost $53 in all to purchase, while the same set for the iPhone is $27. That screen real estate don’t come cheap, y’know — that is, should the prices seen prove legit. At this point we can’t confirm, and more than likely, we won’t know for sure until the eleventh hour.

Update: The BBC has word direct from developers that iPad apps will indeed be costlier than their iPhone / iPod touch brethren. Multiple devs are cited in the Beeb‘s article saying that their 99 cent apps will grow in price to $1.99 and $2.99 price points for the slate device [thanks, Ben].

iPad’s trailing costs: like the iPod touch, only bigger (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google has just launched a new Toolbar for Internet Explorer with several new and multiple improved features. Given the large portion of our readers who use alternative browsers like Firefox, this new toolbar really won’t be beneficial to you. But, it will give you an idea of what’s to come when they release a new Firefox version. Unlike the “regular” version of this Toolbar, the new Toolbar 5 doesn’t automatically install the Google Updater because it’s in beta which is nice. That’s always been a pet-peeve of mine. If you’d like to take the new toolbar for a test-drive, you can download it here. Before you do that, let’s take a look at what’s new so you know what to expect.

1. Google Gadgets support — add gadgets to your toolbar
   Install different buttons for different services like Google Blog Search, Orkut, Gmail, YouTube, etc.  When you click on the buttons, the gadget pops-down for quick and easy access.
2. Take your Toolbar with you — access toolbar settings, bookmarks and custom buttons from any computer by saving your settings online.
3. Google Notebook integration — easily clip content from around the web and then access it right from the Toolbar
4. Navigation error suggestions — make a mistake while entering a URL? Google will show you suggestions in the toolbar
5. Auto-fill feature – all of those web forms will be easier with an improved AutoFill

Another big change I noticed was that the “Toolbar Options” interface has been completely redesigned and looks quite a bit better.  They tab the different category options to the left so that it’s easier to navigate as shown below.

To learn more about the Toolbar, Google Toolbar product managers put together a video which helps explain what’s new:

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Monday, March 29 was supposed to be a happy day for Fusion Garage — that’s when the first JooJoo tablet pre-orders were scheduled to greet customers. Unfortunately, it’s looking like Tuesday, March 30 will instead go down as yet another day full of unresolved questions for the fledgling company: not only did the 29th come and go without a peep, a new document from the TechCrunch lawsuit sent to Gizmodo suggests that only 90 total pre-orders were made as of February 11, and that 15 of those orders were canceled. Uh-oh. Now, Fusion Garage tells us that JooJoo units are actually in Los Angeles, where they’ve just been released from a paperwork-related customs delay, and that the “absolute worst case” is that they’ll arrive to customers via overnight shipping on April 2nd, although FG is hoping for the 1st. We’re also told that the 90 preorder number is low and the court documents are inaccurate because the company’s relationship with PayPal was terminated over those issues with the terms of sale — but the JooJoo website still lists PayPal as the only payment option. Right. See what we meant about questions?

Oh, and just in case this whole saga wasn’t sordid enough already, the “leaked document” making all these waves today is actually a statement by TechCrunch’s lawyer made in support of a motion to enjoin Fusion Garage from selling the JooJoo, and it’s been publicly available since February 22, when it was first filed — you can check the whole thing in the PDF below. How or why it’s being dredged up now is somewhat curious, if you’re into that sort of conspiracy vibe, but we’d say the more interesting question is whether Fusion Garage actually gets the JooJoo to customers — and whether or not it’s good enough to erase the uniquely contentious circumstances of its birth.

Update: Fusion Garage just called us to clarify their earlier comments: while the relationship with PayPal is ending in favor of a more traditional payment processor, it’s still in place — so that 90 number certainly seems more meaningful, although it is still over a month old. As for the shipment delays, we were also given a screenshot of the DHL manifest showing the customs delay — check it after the break.

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More bad juju for JooJoo: shipping delays, pre-sale questions originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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