Monday, June 15, 2009

Intel Celeron, Core i7, and Atom lineup leaked?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/intel-celeron-core-i7s-and-atom-lineup-leaked/

Intel Celeron, Core i7s, and Atom lineup leaked?
The sun rises, seasons change, CPUs get faster, and Intel's plans get leaked. That's the way it works, so while this report from Digitimes listing out Intel's chip releases through the beginning of next year should be taken with a grain of salt, feel free to make it a small one. Apparently there's a new line of celery-packing Celeron processors coming in Q3 called E3000, starting with the 2.4GHz E3200 and the 2.5GHz E3300. Both feature 1MB of L2 cache, 800MHz FSB, 65W power consumption, and hardware virtualization, meaning either can take you to XP-on-Win7 nerdvana. There will also be a new Core i7 960 chip with a core frequency of 3.2GHz in the fourth quarter, which is also when the nettop-intended dual-core Atom D510 will drop, while the more portable-friendly dual-core Atom D410 won't release until Q1 next year -- bad news for those who'd been hoping for a speedier netbook under the Christmas tree.

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

VAIO P gets whole new lease on life with Atom Z550 processor, SSD and WiMAX

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/13/vaio-p-gets-whole-new-lease-on-life-with-atom-z550-processor-ss/


A whole new day is dawning for the never-ever-a-netbook Sony VAIO P -- those new processor and drive upgrades apparently have the little PC churning through benchmarks at twice the pace of the original. Most of the benchmark help comes from the SSD drive, but the Atom Z550 doesn't hurt. Meanwhile, Japan is getting a WiMAX version to churn through stereotypically Japanese websites in record time. We'd be jealous if only we lived under 1,000 miles from the nearest WiMAX signal.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

What's Your Current Web Browser of Choice? [Browser Wars]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/DAqAazDXGqk/whats-your-current-web-browser-of-choice

Chrome's in 2.0 on Windows and available on Mac and Linux; Apple's beaming with pride over Safari 4; Opera's still innovating with Opera 10; and we're all eagerly awaiting Firefox 3.5. With all these great choices, which do you use?

Earlier today we ran our Lifehacker Speed Tests on the most popular and powerful browsers (and we included IE 8, too), and even there the competition is so stiff that, for most purposes, any browser you choose is wholly capable to handle most of your browsing tasks. There was a time when Firefox was the be-all for most Lifehacker readers, but now that you've got so many impressive options, we're sensing a lot more variety of choice from our readers (even since our recent Hive Five on the subject). So with that in mind, we're curious:

What's Your Current Browser of Choice?(polls)

Give us the specifics of your browser-choice journey in the comments.



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Mozilla Updates JetPack with Three New Additions [Firefox Extensions]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/l6KojHS0kwc/mozilla-updates-jetpack-with-three-new-additions

We recently introduced you to JetPack, a new Firefox project that allows developers and tech-savvy users to extend their browser using regular HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Today Mozilla introduced a new JetPack update that introduces three new enticing features to the fold.

Most notably, JetPack's new Slidebars (a play on sidebar) allow for quick access to both temporary and permanent information at the side of your browser window. Mozilla hopes they'll be used for such things as watching a video while you continue to browse the web. Check out the demo video to the left for more details.

In addition, this release has added a couple of other mostly developer-oriented features called jetpack.future (that lets devs experiment with bleeding edge features) and persistent storage support for keeping settings between browsing sessions. For a more detailed explanation of the above three features, check out the post below.



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ViGlance Converts the Vanilla Taskbar into a Windows 7-like Superbar [Downloads]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/wb9q-XiHaYg/viglance-converts-the-vanilla-taskbar-into-a-windows-7+like-superbar

Windows only: If you've been holding out for the official release of Windows 7 but want to get your hands on that superbar, ViGlance is the one-step answer.

Once installed and running, your taskbar instantly changes form, grouping windows into single, 48x48 icon sections. Hovering over each icon shows a popup telling you the name of each window or the names of the windows in that group. Each group popup is dynamically resized via "glide" animation—based somewhat on the Aero Peek feature in Windows 7—to fit to the size of the text to be shown, making movement across the task bar seamless. And while it doesn't boast every feature of the superbar, it is a nice tweak if you'd like to bring similar taskbar functionality to your pre-7 Windows installations. ViGlance is freeware, currently supports Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.



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