Archive for September 16th, 2008

Intel launches six-core Xeon 7400, your bank account shudders

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Filed under: DesktopsThanks to Google's Chrome and Microsoft's IE8, discrete processes are the new hotness, and more apps running simultaneously on your desktop is a great excuse to buy a CPU with more cores! On cue, Intel has officially launched its new Xeon 7400 processor, hitting 2.6 GHz on six ...

Zune 3.0 hands-on

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio After a couple misstarts, we've finally got Zune 3.0 running on our computer and that shiny new blue Zune 8 we nabbed yesterday. We had problems with the straight installer, but updating from within Zune 2.5 worked quite well, and after a restart we were able to ...

Logitech introduces new Pure-Fi docks and Z-5 speakers

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio Looks like the 70s are back -- Altec Lansing just shifted its entire branding to black / brown, and now Logitech's going with a similar retro look on two new Pure-Fi docks and the Z-5 speakers. The battery-powered Pure-Fi Express Plus portable system features an omnidirectional sound ...

Google shows off masked Android handset

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones It looks like Google was doing its best to spread Android fever in London this morning, with it taking advantage of its Developer Day event to show off a working Android phone for the first time in Europe. While Google apparently wasn't quite ready to take all the ...