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Light Peak May Arrive In Early 2010, Maybe In New Apple Products?
2:15AM Jesus Diaz | According to a major Light Peak provider’s plans, products with the ultrafast connectivity standard may arrive as soon as early 2010. Apple helped in its development. Apple is rumoured to adopt it first. Yes, you know where this is going. More »
Computers
Hanvon Slate Packs Windows 7 Multitouch Into Aluminium Shell
9:25PM Danny Allen | It may not be the Microsoft Courier or Apple Tablet, but GottaBeMobile’s Xavier reckons the Hanvon is a pretty slick-looking device. The 8.9-inch multitouch screen supports gestures, and would be great to watch movies or fool about online. More »
Hardware
Man, That’s A Huge Hackintosh
12:00PM Matt Buchanan | Check out the machine Intel used to demo their insanely fast 10Gbps Light Peak optical data transfer tech at IDF: Yep, a hulking freak of a Hackintosh—the only thing that’s more awesome than a super teeny tiny Hackintosh. And hey, if Intel does it, that means it’s totally cool for everybody else, right? [Engadget]
Hardware
Intel Atom CE4100 Is A Beast Of A Media Chip
4:50AM Dan Nosowitz | Here at IDF, Intel introduced the Atom CE4100 media chip, which is likely coming to set-top boxes and Blu-Ray players. It’s got some serious power: We’re talking simultaneous decoding of two 1080p streams, 3D rendering and more. More »
Computers
Viliv’s S10 “Blade” Netbook Tablet Boasts 10 Hours Of Battery Life
11:48AM Dan Nosowitz | Viliv, who’s previously made the S5 and S7, seems to always have a bigger gadget on the horizon, and here at IDF they showed off the S10, a 10-inch convertible tablet running Windows 7. It’s super-thin and looks really promising. More »
Computers
IDF’s Affordable Thin-And-Lights Are Decidedly Not Netbooks
7:33AM Dan Nosowitz | Want the tiny size of a netbook, but the power of a full-size? Intel showed off a crop of ultraportable laptops, all aimed at around an $US800 MSRP, using Core 2 Duo processors, not Atom. Check out our gallery below. More »
Hardware
Intel Light Peak Optical Tech Achieves Insane 10Gb/s Speeds
6:50AM Dan Nosowitz | Today at IDF, Intel unveiled Light Peak technology, a plan for an extremely high-speed optical cable they hope will land on consumer products in 2010. Imagine transferring an entire Blu-ray disk in 30 seconds. And that’s just the beginning. More »
Software
Intel’s Moblin OS Shows Up On Dell Mini 10v
6:40AM Dan Nosowitz | Netbooks’ smaller size can make using a normal OS a little tricky, and though Windows XP is still on most netbooks, there’s definitely room for an upstart OS. Enter Intel’s speedy and slick Moblin, demonstrated on Dell’s Mini 10v. More »
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Asus G60J Republic Of Gamers Laptop: The Budget Alienware
5:35AM Dan Nosowitz | Asus’s new G60J laptop, in their Republic of Gamers line, is the company’s first Core i7 laptop. It’s packing the 1GB GeForce GTS 250M graphics card, dual-SATA HDD support, and a fancypants light-up keyboard like the pricier Alienware M15x. More »
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