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The IBM Green Power 7 chips, launched today which only use a quarter of the energy used by the Power 6, but this new products offer double the performance.

The Power 7 chips, which compete against Sparc and Niagara processors from Sun JAVA (now part of Oracle) and Hewlett-Packard’s Itanium chips, support the Unix, AIX, and Linux operating systems. IBM also unveiled four new mid-range servers, the first to feature Power 7 chips.

Increasing heap of IT equipment packed into corporate datacenters, firms have been wrestling with spiraling energy costs, prompting companies like IBM and Microsoft to beat an increasingly eco-friendly thump.

IBM Hardware and software giant’s has unveiled the latest version of its Power processors, which will form a foundation for companies green IT efforts . This type of Green power processors help into new revenue streams. IBM is keen to tap into users’ energy concerns while boosting revenue.

The company’s general manager of Power systems, Ross Mauri said that IBM’s Smarter Planet strategy aims to build green technologies, which will require lower-power processors.

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Lenovo has launched a new ThinkPad laptop, ThinkPad Edge. This ThinkPad Edge comes with 13, 14 and 15 inch models are designed specifically for small to medium sized business customers. The ThinkPad Edge 13 inch version will be available starting January with models starting at approximately $549. The 14 and 15 inch versions will be available starting in 2Q 2010.

Series ThinkPad Edge is a new, progressive, and a surprisingly clean look, while maintaining the durability and reliability of the ThinkPad.

Features of ThinkPad Edge as follows:

• Laptops are equipped with a waterproof keyboard
• 13inch model is the first ThinkPad notebook, which offers dual-core AMD processor technology, along with Vision Pro.
• High performance dual-core processor or Athlon X2 Neo Intel SU7300 on Intel GS45
• Optimization for Windows 7 certification by Lenovo Enhanced Experience
• This new notebook designed with an emphasis on attractive design and affordability to meet the needs of current customers clearly prefer advantageous price / quality ratio.
• Modern Keyboard – New keyboard gives the notebook a clean and pleasant appearance.
• Function keys are even designed so that users can use to access multimedia features only one finger. Other rarely used keys, such as System Request, were removed.
• Extended touchpad – Large multi-touch touchpad provides sufficient space for fingers and gestures as reduction, enlargement and scrolling, controls and facilitates Trackpoint.
• Lenovo ThinkPad proposed a series of tailor-Edge SMB to provide these customers with a stylish design combined with high performance, reliability and latest technologies, including:
• Long battery life with more than eight-hour running time.
• Wireless connectivity technologies including WiFi and optional Bluetooth, 3G and WiMAX3. Crisp and clear voice over Internet protocol with Skype software
• High definition speakers, high resolution, low light sensitivity cameras and microphone and camera mute keys.

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Google has released beta versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux. Google makes clear that Chrome Brower is easy to install, and each extension runs in its own process to avoid crashing or significantly slowing down the browser.

Google first unveiled Chrome in September 2008 but it is only for Windows. Chrome for Mac and Linux were released in June, but they did not include Flash support and did not has any other required feature. Google takes great care to make Google Chrome a native application for Mac. Grabowski and Pinkerton said the Mac team was focused on delivering rock-solid depth in a few critical areas for the browser, rather than a breadth of feature that are rough around the edges.

For the Linux Rakowski said the team again focused on speed, stability, and security, but given that most engineers use Linux machines, Google wanted Chrome to be a high-performance browser that integrated well with the Linux ecosystem. Kegel and Martin warned that those who installed the less stable, dev channel version of Chrome for Linux should uninstall that version before downloading the beta version. Google has also made a beta version of extensions available for Chrome in Windows and Linux.

News, Personal, Tech News Google Chrome for Mac and Linux is Now available

Intel’s New CPU With 48 cores on a single silicon chip which marks the future of cloud computing. Intel’s Tera-scale Computing Research Program contains 48 cores on a single silicon chip. Intel engineers envision this multi-core chip as the future of cloud computing. As all 48 cores of this postage stamp-sized chip use 125 watts at their maximum performance, the advent of similar chips could herald a new era of energy-efficient, smaller data centers, making cloud computing less expensive and more portable. Using only as much electricity as a single Intel processor, this experimental chip could enable future generations of laptops.

Intel plans on sharing 100 of these prototype chips with researchers in order to develop software specially honed for the 48-core chip, but details of the prototypes’ availability to industry and academic experts are yet to be released.

Applications for these chips include the rapid processing of images, allowing for new methods of interacting with computers with a camera, rather than with keyboards or mice. Virtual dance lessons and more intuitive controls for video games could become commonplace for laptops. With so much processing power available in a small area.

News, Personal, Tech News Intel's New CPU With 48 cores on a single silicon chip which marks the future of cloud computing

Dell has announced the availability of their ultra-slim premium laptop model Adamo XPS in the Indian market. This newly launched model is considered one of the thinnest laptops in the world, as it is only 340 x 273.9 x 9.99 mm (w x d x h) in dimension. The company claims that Adamo XPS’s innovative design provides strength to the 13.4-inch widescreen. The laptop, which comes with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit edition, is available at a price of Rs 1,50,000.

Features of Dell Adamo XPS:

• It is powered by the 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low-voltage processor.
• 4GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR3 memory.
• 128GB solid state drive.
• It comes with 16:9 HD display and gives the laptop a solid feel in spite of its thinness.
• It includes Metallic key cap, full-size keyboard, integrated 2MP webcam and integrated mono digital microphone.
• It has DisplayPort, 2 USB 2.0, headphone connector and headphone, Standard connectors via external dongle: RJ45, and DVI.
• Dell Adamo XPS is loaded with advanced lithium ion technology, which supports backup of up to 5 hours 17 minutes with optional 40 WHr extended battery.

The main Advantage is: if any case batteries drain out, then you can easily swap out these during sleep mode, without turning off the system.

News, Personal, Tech News Dell Has Launched Their ultra-slim premium laptop Adamo XPS in the Indian market, Dell Laptop

Windows 7’s first weekend among the public looks like it was Microsoft’s most successful OS launch yet.
Microsoft offer deals to students looking to get a copy of Windows, and this time around was no exception. Microsoft offered a Windows 7 upgrade to students for $29.99. Students were able to download the discounted OS from a dedicated Website starting October 23rd 2009.

some students reported problems installing the new OS once they downloaded it. As the weekend progressed, four separate issues surfaced, including Windows 7 installs getting hung up and corrupted download files. Two issues involved users trying to upgrade from a 32-bit operating system to Windows 7’s 64-bit version. Microsoft has posted information and solutions for these issues on this forum thread. Now getting Windows 7 on a netbook using a flash drive was possible before, but Microsoft’s new tool makes it that much easier. The new tool also fits into Microsoft’s goal of getting Windows 7 on as many netbooks as possible.

A good thing of the company’s revenue was attributed to Windows 7 pre-sales worth about $3 billion.

News, Personal, Tech News Microsoft's Windows 7 the most successful OS launch

The Nokia 2220 slider is expected in advent of the New Year.  The Nokia 2220 slider will be of reasonable price $100.
The only con of Nokia 2220 slider is it does not seem to offer a comprehensive multimedia experience. The handset will be made available in black, white, blue, green and violet colors during launch.

Features of Nokia 2220 slider:

• The entry level Nokia 2220 slider mobile phone is based on S40
• It supports dual band GSM connectivity (900/1800 MHz).
• The Nokia handset features 128 x 160 TFT display
• Nokia 2220 slider comes with 10MB of internal memory.
• The Nokia 2220 slider handset packages a 3.5mm headset jack, an FM radio, Opera Mini along with a VGA camera.
• Battery offers up to 8 hours of talktime and around 400 hours of standby time.

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Google’s announcement Chrome OS comes at an interesting time where Microsoft is poised to launch its new operating system Windows 7. Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010. The key aspects of Google Chrome OS will be Speed, simplicity and security.

The operating system, which will run on an open source license, was a natural extension of its Chrome browser. Google already has an operating system for mobile phones called Android which can also be used to run on netbooks.

Last year Google launched the Chrome browser, which it said was designed for people who live on the web – searching for information, checking e-mail, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends.

Google won’t charge for the Chrome operating system, Schmidt said it could easily pay off by driving down the cost of computers so people can afford to buy more machines and surf the Web more often. Google Chrome OS will be aimed not just at laptops but also at desktops for those who spend a lot of time on the web.

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India ended their miserable Twenty20 World Cup campaign on an embarrassing note with  a 12-run defeat against South Africa –their third straight loss in the tournament– in a low-scoring Super Eight match here.

India’s star-studded batting order failed yet again as they could not chase down 131 runs that would have spared them the ignominy of finishing their Super Eight campaign without a single win to show.

In the end, 118 was all they could manage losing eight wickets.

This was after India’s disciplined bowlers — eight of them were pressed into action — had restricted South Africa to 130 for five on a sluggish track, last night.
Going by their start, a defeat never looked like a possibility for India. With Gambhir wasting precious little time in imposing himself and his aggression rubbing off on Rohit, India were off to a flying start till the mid-innings collapsed happened

Gautam Gambhir (21) and Rohit Sharma (29) gave India a strong start but it was Yuvraj Singh’s run-a-ball 25 that actually rekindled India’s hopes of a win in their swansong tie before the defending champions faltered.

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The Life Tools that Nokia is planning to roll out include agricultural and educational services for mobile users in rural areas, after achieving great success in the India market.

A company executive from Nokia informs that following a successful pilot program in India, the brand plans to roll out its Life Tools group of services to more emerging markets.

The emerging markets in Asia are seen as an important source of growth by Nokia as the number of mobile subscribers increases and many come to rely on their handsets for Internet access.
Offerings under the category of agriculture in Life Tools include local weather forecasts, information on crop prices at local markets, advice on growing crops, as well as pricing information for pesticides, seeds and fertilizer.
Educational services on the other hand include English lessons and advice on taking exams, while sports scores and music are available for entertainment.

News, Personal, Tech News Nokia to launch More Life Tools