It may not be due out until early next year, but an engineering sample of Intel’s monster Core i9 processor (the kind we saw benchmarked) ended up on eBay. The 2.4GHz Xeon Westmere Gulftown chip’s auction ended, unfortunately, so all you nerd millionaires can forget about snagging the expensive escapee.
An ad with someone telling you to quit smoking in the cold robotic voice of a mechanical larynx is powerful imagery. This new artificial larnyx could screw up that whole angle for anti-smoking advocacy groups.
I received word this morning from the guys over at Byteside that their Xmas Spectacular – of which your truly will be a part of the panel – only has a handful of places left. If you want to spend next Tuesday night drinking Christmas Cheer (that’s rhyming slang I just made up) while watching me and a handful of other tech and gaming journos talk Christmasy gadgets, then make sure you RSVP today.
