Intel has just added a new storage capacity to its SSD 335 series by launching the 80GB model. Just like the 180GB and 240GB models, the 80GB model is also packed with 20nm MLC NAND Flash memory chips, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2281 controller and capable of delivering read and write speeds of up to 500MB/s and 450MB/s, respectively. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Intel]
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
We’ve just spotted a familiar friend at Intel’s Innovation Future Showcase in London — its Haswell-powered North Cape laptop / tablet hybrid. As a quick reminder, alongside that fourth-generation Intel Core processor there’s a 13-inch 1080p display that detaches from the keyboard, and now we’ve been given a few important updates on the reference device, battery performance on Haswell and how Intel’s reference design will transfer between tablet and Ultrabook mode. All that and more after the break.
Epson started selling its new sliding style Windows 8 notebook PC “Endeavor S series NY10S” today on their online shopping site Epson Direct Shop.
Sliding the 11.6 inch full HD touch panel screen back and forth, “Endeavor S series NY10S” transforms between being a note PC and a tablet.
It has an Intel Core i7-3537U processor as CPU, 8GB RAM, and 124GB SSD built-in.
It is 19.8 mm thin and weights 1.2 kg when it’s in a tablet form.
Price: About 120,000 yen
OS: Windows 8 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i7-3537U processor
LCD: 11.6 inch full HD (1920 x 1080)
Touch panel: 10 point multi touch (capacitive sensing method)
Built-in battery: 6 hours battery life
Intel has announced that they will be introducing an update to their USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface, where this spanking new update will not only increase the total available throughput via the interface, but will also bump up the power output as well. In a nutshell, this would allow you to transfer data to your USB 3.0 devices at a faster rate in addition to having the potential of powering a bunch of other peripherals connected to it, sans a dedicated power cord. Now we’re talking!
Having said that, USB 3.0 compatible devices have been around for some time already – can you believe it that we are already in the fourth year or so? Somehow it does feel to me that not everyone is jumping aboard the USB 3.0 bandwagon as fast as I would like, but that is just my personal opinion. The new USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specifications is said to be able to boost up the power delivery to 100 watts, which is a ten-fold increase from the current 10 watts, and this is achieved via delivering a maximum of 20 volts at 5 amps. It would be interesting to see how the peripherals world cope with this new quantum leap.
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Intel Media’s Vice President of Engineering, Jim Baldwin, recently left his position at Intel Media, just months before the company is set to debut its Web TV service. An Intel Media spokesperson told GigaOM that “Baldwin left Intel Media to pursue opportunities outside the company.”, however GigaOM discovered through Baldwin’s Linkedin page that he has retired. Losing a key player shortly before its product is set to launch is sure to be unsettling for Intel Media.
Intel Media said to GigaOM that Baldwin will be missed, “but we have a very strong engineering organization in place with a deep leadership bench,” that will make up for Baldwin’s absence. Baldwin played a crucial work for Intel Media’s TV project. He was previously a key player in the Microsoft Mediaroom project, where he stayed for 8 years. He worked on several other TV projects including WebTV Plus, Echostar Dishplayer, DirecTV, and Ultimate TV.
Baldwin was instrumental to making Intel’s dream of launching its new Web TV service a reality. Intel Media’s Web TV service will be a subscription service that will allow viewers to watch live TV, video on-demand, and also watch TV shows/movies that the viewer may have missed. Intel Media plans on launching the Web TV service in the U.S. by the end of the year.
Intel Media says that its Web TV service will be a game changer, but it has received some criticism from all around, mainly due to the camera installed on Intel Media’s set-top box. The camera will be used to monitor whether a user is in the room, if the user is paying attention to the TV content, and the age and gender of the user. It will use the data it gathered to play targeted advertisements for the users, as well as offering suggestions on TV shows/movies the viewer(s) may enjoy. Consumers and critics feel that the camera is an invasion of privacy, however, Erik Huggers, Intel Media’s CEO, defends the camera by comparing it to the Kinect devices millions of homes have, which people have no problem using.
[via GigaOM]
Intel Media VP of Engineering retires shortly before product launch is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Intel is reportedly working on cheap tablets and laptops. These new low cost devices will run on operating systems made by Google and Microsoft. Paul Otellini, CEO Intel, already said that touch devices could come with a price tag as low as $200. Though it does not necessarily mean that such a cheap tablet will run Windows 8, it’ll probably run Google’s OS. Right now a Windows 8 based tablet or laptop costs more than $600 which isn’t exactly in line with the price points Intel has in mind.
According to some analysts there has been chatter about 7-inch tablets powered by Windows 8. These tablets are said to tout Intel Atom processors and price tags as low as $299. The fact remains though, would a $200 Windows 8 touch device be at par in performance with other tablets of the same price range? While it has been rumored that Microsoft has lowered Windows 8 OEM prices in a bid to boost up demand, how much of a profit margin will a sub $200 Windows 8 touch device leave? These are essential questions that haven’t been answered yet, and many analysts too are asking the same questions. Are such products going to be feasible?
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Microsoft Smartwatch Reportedly Being Developed By Ex Kinect And Xbox Teams, Samsung’s Flexible Displays Reportedly Delayed Due To Quality Problems, 
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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week’s tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages
As we scratch our head and puzzle over the almost-daily financial results for the last quarter, this week’s missive takes a slightly sentimental look at how two tech companies were faring a decade earlier. Is it unfair to compare the yesteryear Nokia to Google? Possibly. But it was the same year that a certain Engadget regular claimed a best-selling album — so it wasn’t all bad. Toshiba also unveiled a new pin-sharp Ultrabook to stand up to Apple’s Retina displays, and NASA continued the search for habitable planets.
Microsoft is taking a beating in the computer and tablet market right now. The Windows 8 operating system for desktop and notebook computers has proven to be less popular than Microsoft hoped. The software giant’s Windows RT operating system for ARM-powered tablets has also proven to be less popular than desired.
Some of the reason why tablets running the Windows operating system have not been as popular as Microsoft wanted has to do with price. Windows tablets came to the market at price points that most consumers simply weren’t willing to pay in the face of existing competition at a lower cost. It appears that will change in the future with Intel CEO Paul Otellini promising that future Windows tablets running Atom processors will be cheaper.
According to Otellini, tablets running Windows 8 and Atom processors in the future will start at about $200. That price is roughly half the cost of where your typical Windows 8 tablet starts today. Offering tablets for only $200 will go a long way towards raising consumer interest in Windows 8 powered devices.
Otellini didn’t offer any specific timeframe on when tablets running Intel hardware and Windows 8 software carrying a $200 price point surface, he only said in the near future. Otellini is specifically talking about Intel-based ultrathin notebooks using the Bay Trail processor. The Intel CEO also mentioned that devices running the companies Bay Trail will be as thin as 8 mm.
[via Neowin]
Intel CEO promises future Windows tablets running Atom processors will start at $200 is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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