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Intel's six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition 'Gulftown' chip goes on sale in Germany

Monday, March 1, 2010 10:54 AM Posted by Danish Ashraf , 0 Comments

Intel's existing line of Core chips just not potent enough for your tastes? Sicko. For those who just can't sleep without longing for the next best thing, it seems that said "thing" is just a few days away from a proper reveal. Germany's own Alternate has already listed Intel's six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition chip for sale, enabling moneyed consumers to snap up a piece of Gulftown for the princely sum of €1,049 ($1,430). Yeah, that's a stiff premium for a six-core chip that's ready to do more than sit snugly within some under-appreciated server box, but do you have any idea how much more bodacious you'll be than your dual- and quad-core owning contemporaries? Way.

HP spices up New ProBooks with Core Family For 2010 CPUs, ClickPads and caviar paint

10:50 AM Posted by Danish Ashraf , 0 Comments

No offense to the previous ProBooks s-series, but we think HP may have finally removed the last pieces of boring from the line. The new crop of business laptops – if you can even call them that anymore – are available with 13.3, 14, 15.6 and 17.3-inch display sizes, and can be configured with Intel's latest Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. There are too many configurations to list, but the $900 15.6-inch ProBook 4520s with a Core i5 CPU and a 500GB 7,200RPM drive sounds like a deal to us. Fear not graphics mavens, you can configure any of the models with ATI's Mobility Radeon HD 5350 GPU. Specs aside, we were pretty enamored with the externals – all are clad in a brushed aluminum case and a matte surface lid that's available in "caviar" brown or a reddish "bordeaux." Our fingers were big fans of the chiclet keyboard, but the addition of the ClickPad with its integrated mouse buttons makes us a bit anxious, you know, given the issues we've had with those on the Mini 210 and Envys. We'd be remiss if we didn't mention HP's new Day Starter software that lets the workaholics amongst you check a configured Outlook calender while the laptop boots up in the background -- it doesn't work yet with Google Cal, we asked. You should be able to start configuring the lappies in the next few weeks, but hit the break for some hands-on pics and the full PR.

PlayStation Network Update Many PS3s are currently down; possibly date-related issue bug

10:45 AM Posted by Danish Ashraf , 0 Comments

The online PlayStation Network has been down last night, bringing someSony PlayStation3 consoles with it and causing a lot of owners out there to be very frustrated.

According to The Guardian, PS3 users trying to access the online gaming service have been getting this message repeatedly for the last several hours: “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F).”

Gamers have been writing in on the PS3 forums about different issues here and there, namely not being able to log in and losing saved games. However, apparently PS3 Slim owners appear to be are safe from the problem.

Sony is still working on correcting the problem, and you can check for updates on their Twitter account.

The cause for the breakdown hasn’t been clarified yet, but some tech blogs are pointing to the fact that it could be because of the switch from February 28 to March, 1 as PSN has been known to be finicky when it comes to even-numbered years. Maybe PSN still thinks that just because there’s an Olympic broadcast, it must be a leap year.

Anyone out there been affected by this?

(And also related to that date issue, a big happy birthday to anyone born on February 29, since I’m not really sure how or when you celebrate that this year.)

Dell Studio 1558 Touch sneaks into catalog with Core i5

10:44 AM Posted by Danish Ashraf , 0 Comments

Well looky here: an unannounced Studio Touch laptop making its debut on page 5 of Dell's on-line catalog. The Studio 1558 Touch is flanked by the multitouch Studio 17 Touch. You won't find any details about the 1558 on Dell's website or retail channels so what you see above is what you get: Core i5 processor underpinning a Windows 7 Home Premium OS and 320GB hard disk for a $999 starting price. Expect this one to get official soon enough.

Infinitec officially launches IUM ad hoc streaming device which ships in July for $129

10:41 AM Posted by Danish Ashraf , 0 Comments

It's been a long time comin', but the little startup-that-could has just gone official with its first major consumer electronics peripheral, the IUM. First introduced at CES, this ad hoc streaming stick creates a local WiFi network (802.11b/g/n; 2.4GHz to 5GHz) for all sorts of media and data to flow from your PC to, well, pretty much anything. PC to PC, PC to Blu-ray player, PC to printer and PC to console streaming is all within reach, with HD support baked in to boot. We've already given you low-down on functionality, but today the company is announcing a July 1st availability date for consumers across the US, Canada and Europe. We're told to expect it for "under $129 depending on the location," and if all goes well, it'll ship in even more locales in due time. Hop on past the break for the full release and promo video, and be sure to give that Shufflegazine link a visit for podcasts detailing the use scenarios.
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