Sep 30

Dell adds dual-core SU1400 CPU, other options to Inspiron 11z

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Dell’s 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z just went on sale last month, and already the outfit is opening up the options for those not entirely pleased with the single $399 model. Starting today, a $479 configuration is available to ship with a 250GB HDD and Vista Home Premium (with a Windows 7 upgrade, of course), and if that’s still not enough, prospective customers can soon select their 11z in a variety of colors. We’re talking Alpine White, Ice Blue, Jade Green, New Cherry Red, Passion Purple and Promise Pink, with the latter contributing $5 to breast cancer research. As for optional hardware upgrades, you can slot a dual-core Pentium SU1400 CPU in there alongside 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. As of this very moment, Dell has yet to open up the CTO doors, but we’re guessing an admin is on that as we speak. Right, Dell?

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Dell adds dual-core SU1400 CPU, other options to Inspiron 11z originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 28

Intel’s 32nm processors show off power efficiency in informal preview

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Craving for some cutting edge tech to go with your croissant this morning? Intel’s Clarkdale and Arrandale — the 32nm chips that cram the GPU and memory controller inside the CPU package — have been subjected to the discerning eye of the Hot Hardware investigators, and have shown off some significantly reduced power usage. The entire small form factor system you see above, built around a Clarkdale processor, clocked up an austere 28W when idling, and only went up to around 70W under full load, which you can just about make out on the wattmeter beside it. Limited to two processing cores due to the added complexity inside the chip, these might lack the juice to oust Core i7 rigs, but if the laptop parts reflect similar power savings, it’s difficult to imagine a more desirable CPU for your next mobile computer. Hit the read link for some synthetic benchmarks and further impressions.

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Intel’s 32nm processors show off power efficiency in informal preview originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 26

Exclusive: Apple dictated Light Peak creation to Intel, could begin migration from other standards as early as 2010

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Remember how Intel showed off its new, advanced optical standard — Light Peak — this past week on a Hackintosh? Well it turns out there’s more to that story than you probably know, and it all leads back to some revealing facts about the connection… literally and figuratively. Engadget has learned — thanks to an extremely reliable source — that not only is Apple complicit in the development of Light Peak, but the company actually brought the concept to Intel and asked them to create it. More to the point, the new standard will play a hugely important role in upcoming products from Cupertino.

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Exclusive: Apple dictated Light Peak creation to Intel, could begin migration from other standards as early as 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 24

Video: Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second

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Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7’s optimized startup procedure, that means you’re looking at incredibly short boot times — we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10. It’s pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon — check a video after the break.

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Video: Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 24

Viliv S10 Blade netvertible hands-on at IDF

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Viliv has one of the best-looking convertible tablets we’ve ever seen here at IDF, the new S10 Blade. It’s actually quite striking in person — it’s thin and light, while still offering a convertible touchscreen and a decent keyboard. Sadly the version pictured here has a pretty slow single-touch resistive touchscreen and will be limited to Windows 7 Starter when it launches in November for around $570, but we’re told that a multitouch resistive model will hit early next year with Windows 7 Home Premium for around $700. We’ll see if that one has the functionality to back up these hot looks when it hits — but for now, check the rest of the pics in the gallery.

Gallery: Viliv S10 Blade hands-on

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Viliv S10 Blade netvertible hands-on at IDF originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 24

Video: Intel’s Light Peak running an HD display while transferring files… on a hackintosh

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Intel just did a pretty impressive demo of its new Light Peak optical device interconnect, driving a greater-than-HD display while saturating an SSD RAID all over one cable, but we couldn’t help but notice the monster Frankenstein test rig on stage was running OS X — looks like someone’s violating their EULA! Video after the break.

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Sep 24

Intel announces Atom CE4100 for insanely powerful cable boxes and Blu-ray players

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Intel’s CE3100 media chip has been behind some of the cooler demos they’ve done here at IDF, and it’s just gotten a big brother, the Atom CE4100. As you’d expect, the big change is the replacement of the CE3100’s Pentium M core with an Atom core, but this thing is actually kind of a monster — it can decode two 1080p video streams with various high-end audio codecs, it adds MPEG-4 support and 3D graphics capability, and it can even capture uncompressed 1080p video. Of course, it’s up to manufacturers and cable companies to actually put all this power to use, but Intel’s promised us some hardware demos from partners — stay tuned.

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Sep 23

TabletKiosk rises from the ashes, pops Atom CPUs into hideous new UMPC / tablet line

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Sheesh — whatever happened to TabletKiosk, anyway? Aside from one random slate PC tailored for the medical industry, we haven’t seen anything meaningful from these guys since 2008. And yes, that includes the present day. Oh sure, the company’s newest trifecta of machines — which includes the 7-inch eo a7330D, 7-inch eo TufTab a7230XD and 12.1-inch Sahara NetSlate a230T — may use the incredibly mighty Atom CPU now, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re all uglier than sin itself. In fairness, all three are designed more for the enterprise market than for fashion conscious consumers, but still, we’re struggling to see any design improvements here compared to the wares this outfit was pushing way back in 2007. If you truly believe that beauty’s on the inside, hit the read link for all the dirt.

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TabletKiosk rises from the ashes, pops Atom CPUs into hideous new UMPC / tablet line originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 23

Intel Will Likely Add Electronic Fence Tech to vPro Chipsets

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single-brick.jpgIf a notebook wanders outside the periphery of a corporation, it usually is no big deal. But if a desktop walks away? Well, it’s most likely theft.

Intel’s vPro chipset technology for businesses currently includes a “poison pill” technology, which remotely disables a laptop that has been lost or stolen. Intel also said this week that the company will tweak the feature to kill the notebook’s data, leaving the other applications and operating system untouched.

Intel also said that it would build in so-called KVM (keyboard video mouse) technology, allowing a remote IT person to manipulate the user’s system for the purpose of fixing it. (The screen’s border will flash red and a special icon will appear to alert the user, who will also have the option of canceling the remote support if the tech takes an unhealthy interest in a user’s private photos, for example.

In an interview with Rick Echevarria, vice president of Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, I asked about the future of vPro, which is predicated on security and manageability.

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Sep 23

Video: Intel Tru2way server streams cable all over your house

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Look, Moblin and MIDs and USB 3.0 are all well and good, but the real highlight of IDF is hiding in plain sight: it’s Intel’s CE 3100 Media Processor-based Tru2way DVR server, which has three digital cable tuners that can be streamed over a regular gigabit Ethernet or MoCA to any number of clients, ranging from other 3100-based set-top boxes to DLNA devices like laptops and even the PS3. It’s seriously cool — the clients all see the server’s tuners as their own, so the experience is seamless, and since it all runs on the Tru2way stack, it doesn’t matter what kind of client you plug in — the three clients on the show floor were running interfaces from Intel, Comcast (Rovi), and Digeo. Of course, since it’s a DVR, you can actually add more clients than tuners and have them play back recorded content while your other boxes use the tuners — Intel was demoing XBMC on a Sony laptop connecting over DLNA and streaming a recorded program while a PS3 nearby ran a photo slideshow, all while the three cable clients streamed uncompressed HD video from the tuners. Intel says a number of cable companies are interested in deploying this stuff and that we should see things on the market in the next year — we honestly can’t wait. Check a video after the break.

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