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We’ve already seen a few
benchmarks of Intel’s new
Core i7 processor, but if you’re still craving some more details about Intel’s latest and greatest you now have plenty more than that to chew on, with reviews, overviews, and yet more benchmarks pouring in left and right. As you might expect, most sites are describing the CPU as a very big deal for Intel, with the folks at Maximum PC even going so far as to call it the company’s “most significant CPU launch in, well, ever.” What’s more, as those early benchmarks hinted at, it doesn’t look like there’s too many folks disappointed with the new processors, with even the “low end” Core i7 920 able to defeat the higher clock speed Core 2 Quad Q9650 “over and over” according to TechSpot, a feat due in large part to the CPU’s on-die memory controller and Intel’s new QPI technology. The first few systems shipping with the processor also look to have been fairly well received, with Slash Gear finding that Gateway’s new Core i7 920-based FX6800-01e delivered a reasonable but not revolutionary upgrade over its Core 2 Quad-based predecessor, and Computer Shopper also finding plenty of things to like in new systems from Falcon Northwest and iBuypower, though the price of each of those systems is another matter. That, of course, is just skimming the surface, and if you’ve got a few hours to spare, you can find plenty more to keep you busy by diving into the links below.
Read – PC Perspective. “Nehalem Revolution: Intel’s Core i7 Processor Complete Review”
Read – Techgage, “Intel Core i7 Performance Preview”
Read – Maximum PC, “Core i7 Dissected and Benchmarked”
Read – Computer Shopper, “Intel’s Core i7 Debuts: Systems, CPUs, and Motherboards Reviewed”
Read – HotHardware, “Getting To Know Intel’s New Core i7, Video Spotlight”
Read – TechSpot, “Intel Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme Edition review”
Read – Custom PC, “Intel Core i7 – all you need to know”
Read – SlashGear, “Gateway FX6800-01e Review”
Intel Core i7 review roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Trafalgar Square has been turned into a giant video gaming lounge as part of the London Games Festival.
Filed under: GPS
It’s hard to say if Amazon’s recent fire sale of the Dash Express was an indicator of all this, but Dash is making some serious changes, regardless. Reportedly, the outfit has slashed 50 employees — or around two-thirds of its workforce — which will leave 30 workers who will operate primarily in engineering and support. According to now-CEO Rob Currie (who has replaced founder Paul Lego by Lego’s choice), Dash “wanted to launch its device in the retail channel, but the economic changes made it rethink its business focus.” To that end, Dash will actually cease making and selling its own hardware, and instead it will “license its platform to makers of automobile on-board navigation systems, smartphones, netbook-style mobile internet devices and other consumer electronics.” So, what does it all mean? It could mean that the connected Dash platform is on the way to an automobile or cellphone near you, but we suppose only time will tell. As for existing Dash owners? Continued software updates and an online Dash Driver Network has been promised.
Dash cuts 50 employees, drastically changing business model originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ll be completely straight-up with you: we don’t believe this for a second. Okay, maybe for a nanosecond, but not a full-on second. An unnamed source close to Motorola has reportedly informed Register Hardware that in order to maintain the AURA‘s appearance of exclusivity, buyers will be required to “sign into a contract that states they can’t sell it on eBay.” As if that wasn’t preposterous enough, this so-called “source” also added that “if an AURA owner wants to sell their phone after they’ve bought it then they’ll only have one option: to sell it back to the manufacturer.” Even if this does miraculously prove true, we can’t imagine Moto actually doing anything should someone decide to sell, and besides, there’s always Yahoo! Auctions the flea market, right?
Motorola to prevent secondhand AURA sales on eBay? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Yachts are usually pretty environmentally unsound, so the DSe Hybrid just debuted by Island Pilot at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show should be a real breath of fresh air (literally) if green is your thing. And apparently it’s really about as eco-friendly as it gets — using a combination of diesel, solar and electric power (when it goes into commercial production it will also boast wind turbines) the vessel can cruise at up to six knots on a sunny day for an indefinite period of time without any fuel and zero emissions. Possibly best of all (for those like us with delicate ears, anyway), it’s virtually silent when not running on fuel. If you need to get somewhere in a hurry however, its Parallel Hybrid Propulsion System in diesel mode will move at up to 13 knots. There are all sorts of “luxury” amenities on board including a 26-inch HDTV and totally ferocious Bose home theater system. Island Pilot is taking pre-orders now (you have to lay down $5,000 just to reserve one) for delivery in 2009, but fair warning: this thing has a price tag of $600,000.
[Via gizmag]
DSe Hybrid yacht is super eco-friendly, totally unaffordable originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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