Archive for November, 2007

Firefox 3 Beta 1 Now Available for Download

Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the ninth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and [...]

AMD’s New Quad-Core Chip, Phenom

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released its latest microprocessor, as the struggling chipmaker looks to plug an important gap in its product lineup. The new Phenom processor gives the company a quad-core processor for the desktop PC market, a year after Intel’s first quad-core chips were released.

AMD unveiled its new platform codenamed “Spider”, with the first [...]

Apple Releases 1.2.2 Firmware Update for Fifth-Generation iPod

Apple has released an iPod software update, version 1.2.2 for its fifth generation iPods. This update is supposed to have some ‘bug fixes’. How important these fixes are to the enjoyment of your iPod is still undetermined.

Many users have experienced an issue after installing the update where all the iPod menus are now blank even [...]

Intel to Launch New Generation of Microprocessors

Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of microprocessors today, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new approach that crams up to 40% more transistors onto a chip.
The world’s largest semiconductor company plans to start shipping 16 new microprocessors—which also boast inventive materials to reduce electricity loss—for use in servers and high-end [...]

Google Phone Platform Coming Mid 2008

Google will come out in mid-2008 with a mobile phone platform that incorporates a variety of Google online services and lets outside developers create applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The goal is to make Google applications and services as easily accessible on mobile phones as PCs so that the company can extend its advertising [...]