Peak Into February CTP Vista Preview
CNET Senior Editor Robert Vamosi shows off new features buried in the latest community technology preview of Vista that may appeal to non-business users.
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25.2.2006 Sneak peak of SharePoint 2010 released
Earlier this year Microsoft announced the next wave of Office products that will "redefine how people work", which included Exchange 2010, Office 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, and SharePoint 2010.
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20.7.2009 Sneak peak at upcoming Windows 7 advertisements
Microsoft has a lot riding on its upcoming launch of Windows 7. With Vista burned by bad reviews, user errors, and a general vibe of negativity, it needs Windows 7 to replace Windows XP as the next rock solid platform.
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8.9.2009 AMD versus Intel, bye bye Intel
You may recall a few months back when AMD took out full-page newspaper ads to challenge Intel to a dual-core server duel. Intel declined to take up AMD on its offer, but the challenge got us thinking: what would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen dual-core CPU AMD systems power ahead of dual-core Intel-based PCs on more than one occasion.
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27.11.2005 Intel going for a new logo(?)
The new Intel processor, codename 'Yonah', announced for the 3rd of January 2006, will according to X86-secret simply be called 'Core Solo' or 'Core Duo'. Depending on the amount of cores (no way! where did they come up with that). It's more than 10 years ago since Intel created ax X86-architecture CPU that wasn't called 'Pentium'. Machines with Centrino CPU's will also get a new sticker-logo from now on, saying only 'Centrino', without the real CPU name. The amount of cores will still be mentioned on the sticker.
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16.11.2005 Intel CPU bugs
Kris Kaspersky, author of numerous books on reverse engineering and software engineering, will be presenting hisKris Kaspersky research on remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs at the upcoming Hack in the Box Security Conference in Malaysia.
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15.7.2008 Intel boosts Atom
Intel on Tuesday gave the first preview of its next-generation Atom chip, with a more integrated design intended to improve performance and energy efficiency.
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20.5.2009 Intel Macs may boot XP after all
Reports spreading across the web that Intel Macs can't boot Windows XP might be inaccurate, reports Dan Warne.
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14.1.2006 Intel Supports Overclocking with New Mainboard
In a bid to further tap into the segment of performance enthusiasts, Intel Corp. has quietly released its Desktop Board D975XBX2 mainboard that not only allows installing three graphics cards (two in ATI CrossFire mode for improved graphics performance and the third one, possibly, for physics), but also can overclock microprocessor and set memory to work at 800MHz clock-speed, something, which was not officially supported by Intel 975X core-logic originally.
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30.11.2006 Intel inside again for new Google servers
Intel, armed with a custom-designed motherboard, has reclaimed Google as a server customer after a year watching the search powerhouse give its business to Advanced Micro Devices, CNET News.com has learned.
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27.1.2007 Intel Readies Merom-L Core
In a bid to make manufacturing of Celeron M 500 CPUs economically more efficient, Intel will introduce a shrunk-down core in the near future.
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9.4.2007 Intel Launches "Santa Rosa"
Intel rolls out the red carpet for its next generation Centrino platform.
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10.5.2007 Microsoft-Intel Capable Collusion?
Microsoft is going to be in a heap of trouble because of the Windows Capable lawsuit—and perhaps Intel, too. Windows Vista Capable certification for the Intel 915 chip set may have violated U.S. antitrust laws.
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29.2.2008 Intel E8500 CPU Review
In the world of CPUs (Central Processing Units) and motherboard chipsets Intel is the number one manufacturer and is the platform of choice for enthusiasts in the PC industry since the launch of the Core 2 series outshined the top CPUs at the time it was launched and they haven't looked back.
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24.3.2008 Microsoft and Intel to Support HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel on Tuesday pledged their support for HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format created by Toshiba. Microsoft had previously remained neutral in the standards war between HD-DVD and Sony-backed Blu-ray, as the company's VC-1 Windows Media Video codec will be included with both formats.
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Intel to take 'Averill' to market as Centrino-like platform
Intel will next year launch its third branded PC platform, after Centrino and Viiv, this time pitched at corporate desktops.
As yet there's no word on the platform's go-to-market brandname, but it will almost certainly be based on Intel's 'Averill' platform. Averill was announced at the chip giant's Developer Forum in March this year for availability in 2006.
Averill is based on Intel's upcoming 'Broadwater' chipset, which will ship primarily as the 965 family, but also as the 946 and 963 product lines, it is believed. The platform also takes in Intel's next-generation Gigabit Ethernet controller, 'Nineveh', and its 65nm dual- and single-core Pentium D and Pentium 4 6xx processors.
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1.12.2005 Intel launches Xeon 7100 processors
Intel is fighting back to recover the performance crown from rival AMD with the launch of a range of dual-core server and notebook processors.
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4.9.2006 Intel Announces Quad-Core Processor
At an early morning keynote address to open the semi-annual Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, CEO Paul Otellini confirmed what hardware industry resources had already known for weeks: A Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor is coming this November for the enthusiast segment of the PC market, with Core 2 Quad processors for the mainstream segment and Quad-Core Xeon server processors soon to follow in the first quarter of next year.
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27.9.2006 Reversal of Fortune for AMD in Intel Case
The special master appointed to hear evidence from both parties in the AMD v. Intel antitrust case has recommended that Intel be compelled to produce documents for evidence that it had previously declined to submit.
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17.12.2006 Intel’s Extreme Processors Coming to Notebooks
There is no news that some companies and individuals install mobile processors into desktops to make them quieter and keep power consumption low, while other are installing high-performance desktop chips into mobile computers in order to run demanding applications faster.
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31.1.2007 Intel waiting for key update before going Vista
If it's not good enough for Intel, is it good enough for you? We're talking Microsoft's Windows Vista, which the chip giant's CEO, Paul Otellini, this week indicated has not won the backing of his technology experts.
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7.3.2007 AMD beats Intel in Vista adoption
Speaking at the Bank of America Technology conference in San Francisco, Intel's Paul Otellini was asked about his take on Vista and whether it could drive demand.
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9.3.2007 Intel says new chips about 40 pct faster
Intel Corp. said a new line of computer processors due out later this year will be about 40 percent faster than current chips when running computer games, videos and other heavy workloads.
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18.4.2007 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 review
Late last year Intel unveiled the world’s first quad-core desktop processor, stealing a bit of thunder from the amazing Core 2 Duo range. For a whopping $999, the new Core 2 Extreme processor would become Intel's new flagship product.
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16.7.2007 Intel 2-way servers to get 45nm boost in 4Q
The 2-way server market can expect a boost of holiday season cheer in the fourth quarter as Intel is lining up to launch 12 new processors based on its latest 45nm designs, according to sources at server makers.
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1.9.2007 Intel Centrino 2 chips coming in two waves
Intel will roll out its first wave of mainstream 45-nanometer "Montevina" Centrino 2 mobile processors by June then follow this up in September with additional chips including the first quad-core mobile processor.
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14.3.2008 Intel to show 8-core Xeon on February
Intel will give its first public look at an 8-core Xeon processor in less than two weeks at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the show's schedule (PDF) reveals.
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29.1.2009 Intel will deploy Windows 7 on employees computers
According to The Register, Intel plans to deploy Windows 7 on its employee's computers. When asked at a Technology Summit with reporters and analysts in San Francisco whether the company would wait until service pack 1 to deploy Windows 7, Intel's EVP and chief sales and marketing officer Sean Maloney said, "This time I think we'll go faster."
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31.7.2009 Apple planning for Intel iBook debut in January
Apple is planning to release its first entry-level iBook laptops with Intel processors next January at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, highly reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret.
It is not known exactly what processors or price points the new models will debut at, but it is thought Apple will expand the iBook line with one additional model and will lower prices?in some cases possibly $200 or more?to entice current Windows users and prove to the market it will be more competitive with the likes of Dell, Gateway, HP and Sony.
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18.11.2005 Dual-core desktop duel: AMD vs. Intel
What would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen dual-core CPU AMD systems power ahead of dual-core Intel-based PCs on more than one occasion.
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12.12.2005Intel shows off light peak...on a hackintosh?
As recently reported by Neowin, Intel has developed a new technology called "Light Peak". With its impressive duplex 10Gps connection it can
transfer data at incredible rates. Today Intel has shown off Light Peak by playing a 1080P video over the connection while also transferring files
using OS X. While incredibly impressive, what was even more interesting was that Intel appeared to be running OS X on a hackintosh computer. The
video, which can be seen in full here, clearly shows OS X on the monitor but no distinguishable Mac can be seen.
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25.09.2009AMD Readies Puma Laptops for Launch
AMD is preparing to show its Puma Laptop Platform to the world, with the launch penned for June during the Computex trade show. Around 100 laptops
based around the Puma platform are being readied in time for the launch
The Puma platform highlights includes:
- AMD Turion X2 Ultra
CPU (Griffin)
- Both Intergrated Graphics & HD3400 Discrete GPU (Using Hybrid technology to switch between the two to save power)
- WIFI
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AMD won’t be alone in introducing a new laptop platform though; their main rival Intel is also set to release its Atom low
power CPU and its Centrino 2 platform at the same event.
VIA is also set to try to take some market share releasing its Isaiah processor,
which is scheduled to be available during the middle of this year.
The consumer market it’s going to be a busy place for the next 6
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29.04.2008Intel shows off new Light Peak 10Gbps optical connector
At the IDF right now, the big talk is about USB 3.0, and for good reason. It's a fantastic improvement to the current USB 2.0 technology, and
it's now beginning to show its head in the consumer world. This may be a great improvement, but it certainly isn't all that technology
enthusiasts have to look forward to in the future. Intel's just unveiled a new form of optical connector, dubbed Light Peak, capable of some
pretty impressive things. What makes this so special is that it can carry 10Gbps of data, both ways, simultaneously.
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24.09.2009AMD lets Puma release date out of the bag
AMD's would-be Centrino-beater, its 'Puma' platform for laptops, will debut in June in notebooks you can actually buy, the chip maker
promised this week.
AMD first began talking about Puma almost a year ago. The platform comprises 'Griffin', a dual-core processor
designed specifically for mobile applications but built using the current Turion core, and the M780 chipset - codenamed 'RS780M' - which will
incorporate a DirectX 10 GPU. AMD will also insist that Puma laptops come with Wi-Fi, but unlike Intel's approach with Centrino, it's not
forcing manufacturers to use and AMD wireless adaptor.
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06.03.2008Intel unveils prices for notebook WiMAX/Wi-Fi modules
Intel has unveiled the prices for its upcoming Echo Peak WiMAX/Wi-Fi and Shirley Peak Wi-Fi modules with volume shipments of the wireless modules for
Montevina-based notebooks to begin gradually from the second and third quarters of this year, according to Intel data and sources at Taiwan
network-equipment makers.
The launch of Echo Peak and Shirley Peak wireless modules is expected to accelerate migration to 802.11n products
and to push down the prices for 802.11n devices as well, said market sources in Taiwan. According to Intel data, the Echo Peak wireless module will
support both WiMAX and 802.11n technologies and will be available in prices ranging from US$43-54, depending on specifications. Meanwhile, the
Shirley Peak module will support only 802.11n technology with prices between US$19-30.
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20.03.2008AMD shows off its Puma platform beating Centrino
Although AMD didn't have a major presence at CES, the chipmaker did have a reference design of its upcoming Puma platform on hand to show how it
out-performs Intel's Centrino platform...
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11.01.2008Intel to add remote diagnostics technology to Ibex Peak chip
Intel's next-generation mainstream and entry-level desktop chipset codenamed Ibex Peak, which will launch in 2009, is expected to feature Intel
Remote PC Assist Technology (RPAT), a technology that could help PC vendors lower their warranty costs while increasing operational efficiency,
according to sources at motherboard makers.
RPAT allows PC vendors to diagnose and repair consumers' PC problems through the Internet.
It also provides data backup, virus checkup and functions to search for system errors.
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14.08.2008HP to Ship Eight Laptop Models Based on Puma
Amidst the Berlin launch of new PCs coming from Hewlett-Packard are several laptop models based on the Puma chip platform from Advanced Micro
Devices.
Eight of the laptop models unveiled by HP this week are based on Puma, including the Pavilion dv4, Pavilion dv5, Pavilion dv7 and
Compaq Presario CQ50. Pricing and detailed specifications of these laptops were not immediately available. Puma, unveiled last week at the Computex
exhibition in Taipei, includes a dual-core Turion X2 Ultra processor, an M780 chipset, and a Wi-Fi chip. The notebooks also come with ATI's Radeon
HD 3000 graphics chips, AMD said.
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12.06.2008Intel Shows Off Origami-Like
Devices
At the Intel Developer Forum
in San Francisco Tuesday, the
chipmaker offered the first
real peak at Microsoft's
much-hyped "Origami"
platform for ultra-portable
PCs. The devices sport a
7-inch touch screen and run
full versions of Windows,
although Microsoft plans to
offer a custom variant of XP
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08.03.2006Intel to tell all about roaring 96GB/s QuickPath interconnec
You horrible cynics out there looked at Intel's mushy Montvale chip and scoffed. "That's the end of the Itanic." Ah, but there's a fresh
monster on the horizon known as Tukwila, and systems based on that puppy should fly if its brand new QuickPath interconnect arrives as expected. Next
week Intel will disclose details on QuickPath at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
What will Intel say?
Well, according to the conference program, showgoers will hear about an Itanium processor is implemented in 8M 65nm CMOS and measures
21.5×32.5mm2. The processor has four dual-threaded cores, a system interface and 30MB of cache. Quickpath high-speed links enable peak
processor-to-processor bandwidth of 96GB/s and peak memory bandwidth of 34GB/s
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30.01.2008AMD's upcoming CPU/GPU platform to catch up with Intel?
At the moment, AMD GPG (former ATI Technologies) could be considered as the only division in AMD that is firing on all cylinders. The 7-series
chipsets, the mobile Puma platform, XGP and the Radeon 4800 series are all fantastic products. The CPU division had less luck with its recent
products, especially if you think about the underestimated competitive threat from Intel, the catastrophic Barcelona B2 revision and a 45 nm
architecture that is about to miss its initial launch target. But things are changing and the company may be able to compete with Intel sooner than
some may think.
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30.06.2008AMD lets cat out of bag with Puma launch
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will uncage its Puma laptop chip platform at events in Taipei and Paris on Wednesday. It's the first new laptop
platform the microprocessor manufacturer has developed since it acquired graphics chip specialist ATI -- and perhaps the last such platform in which
central processor and graphics processor will be separate components. "The next generation is all about graphics and throughput," said Leslie Sobon,
AMD's worldwide director of product marketing. "Nobody needs to open Word and Excel documents faster," she said, so instead AMD is focusing on
speeding up video and video games performance for home users.
There's no "Puma inside" logo to promote it, though: Customers looking
for the latest chips will need to check that they're getting a laptop with an AMD Turion X2 Ultra processor (the "Ultra" is new), the 780
chipset and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series graphics chip -- or maybe two, if they want to profit from one of the platform's power-saving,
performance-enhancing features: hybrid graphics. Some of the graphics chips that work with the Turion X2 Ultra are already on the market, but AMD is
adding a discrete graphics chip at the high end of the range, the 3870.
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05.06.2008Intel to launch Calpella notebook platform in 3Q09
ntel's next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. As with other Nehalem generation
products, Capella will abandon the current northbridge and southbridge chipset arrangement and transfer many typical northbridge components to the CPU
package. A single integrated chipset codenamed Ibex Peak-M will coordinate other features on the motherboard, according to sources at notebook
makers.
Ibex Peak-M will support Intel's next-generation notebook CPUs (Clarksfield and Auburndale), both of which include an on-die
DDR3 memory controller. Auburndale will also have a graphics core integrated in the CPU package.
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05.08.2008Intel delays Centrino 2 to July 14
Sources close to Intel have confirmed to TG Daily earlier reports that Intels Montevina notebook platform, referred to as Centrino 2, will see a
substantial delay. Montevina will not make it to Computex next week and will miss its originally planned debut date later in June. Intel has decided
to delay Centrino 2, providing AMD with an opportunity to pitch its
Puma
platform and Turion Ultra processor.
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28.05.2008Sneak peak of SharePoint 2010 released
Earlier this year Microsoft announced the next wave of Office products that will "redefine how people work", which included Exchange 2010, Office
2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, and SharePoint 2010. All will enter public beta later this year and is targeted for general availability in the first
half of 2010. Over the last few weeks we've seen a ton of information leak regarding the Office 2010 suite, and this week Microsoft has released
a sneak-peak of SharePoint 2010. So what exactly is SharePoint again? SharePoint is an enterprise portal that can be configured to run Intranet,
Extranet, and Internet sites.
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20.07.2009Apple Sets Date for Developer
Confab
Apple has scheduled its yearly
developer conference for early
August, about two months later
than previous years. The WWDC
is often the event where Apple
CEO Steve Jobs offers a peak
at the next release of Mac OS
X, but he used last year's
show to announce a transition
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08.03.2006Intel to shrink Penryn for SFF
With the desktop PC market
heading toward SFF (small form
factor), Intel plans to shrink
down its Penryn processors to
support smaller designs,
according to sources at
motherboard makers. Penryn
will have two versions for its
BGA packaging, LV and ULV,
which will see die sizes
shrink from the 35mm squared
of previous Merom processors
to 22mm squared. This will
assist SFF products in
becoming even smaller, the
sources explained. Penryn will
launch first as a 35mm square
SV version in the second
quarter of 2008, the sources
added, while the LV and ULV
are scheduled for the second
half.
Intel will
launch its next generation
Centrino platform, Montevina,
in the second quarter of 2008.
The platform will consist of
45nm Penryn processors,
Cantiga GM/PM northbridge
chipsets, and the ICH9M
southbridge. The platform will
also support the Wi-Fi/WiMAX
wireless module codenamed Echo
Peak, and the 802.11n wireless
module codenamed Shirley Peak.
Chipsets will support
DDR2/DDR3 memory and the
graphics engine will have
built-in DisplayPort and
HDMI/HDCP support, added the
sources.
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18.07.2007AMD Clinches Quad-Core Price/Performance Lead After First SPEC Results
The first official benchmark test results for Intel's Tigerton series and AMD's Barcelona series were released by the Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation. From a pure prowess perspective, neither the new quad-core Xeon MPs nor the new quad-core Opterons walk away with an
all-around victory, with Intel's X7350 stealing the show in integer throughput, and AMD's 8350 winning the race in floating-point throughput.
Intel tested a Lenovo R630 G7 system with four of each of its new quad-cores dropped in at some point, including its new
top-of-the-line 2.93 GHz Xeon MP X7350. Though it has yet to publish results for all Tigertons across the board in the SPECfp_rate 2006 floating-point
throughput test, a quartet of X7350s scored about 29% better in base rate and nearly 34% better in peak rate than four of AMD's top-of-the-line
Opteron 8350s in the SPECint_rate 2006 integer throughput test.
But in the SPECfp_rate test - for which we only have Intel
results from the X7350 - the Opterons performed somewhat better: by about 15% in base rate and 17% in peak performance. AMD built its own system based
around a Tyan Thunder n4250QE, a four-way Socket F motherboard that uses nVidia's nForce Professional 2200 chipset.
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12.09.2007Intel readying 2GHz, ultra low-power Atoms
Intel is gearing up to launch two new Atom variants next month that will alternately raise performance and lower power consumption compared to
existing chips, a late
leak indicates. The Z550 will boost the maximum clock speed for the ultra-mobile chip from 1.86GHz to 2GHz without affecting the
peak thermal power ceiling of 2.4W, letting it run in the same environments as the older chip. It should likewise keep the same 533MHz bus and 512K
of Level 2 cache.
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20.03.2009Sneak peak at upcoming Windows 7 advertisements
Microsoft has a lot riding on its upcoming launch of Windows 7. With Vista burned by bad reviews, user errors, and a general vibe of negativity, it
needs Windows 7 to replace Windows XP as the next rock solid platform. Posted below are some upcoming advertisements for the Windows 7 campaign
where Microsoft hopes to show off some of the highlights of the new platform, according to istartedsomething.com. Each advertisement shows off a
different feature in a unique way that directly address negativity received over its previous "The Wow is Now" campaign for the launch of Vista.
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