Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running a story on Bell Labs software that will allow cell phone users to limit who can locate them using upcoming location-based services, hopefully removing some privacy concerns….
Read more Your Very Own Vanishing Act
And hello to Azalia, Intel’s royalty-free specifitcation for cost conscious onboard audio. It has some nice features such as 192kHz, 32-bit multi channel audio. Slashdot has a bit more info and links. ETA: Q2 2004…
Read more Say Goodbye to AC'97
Intel has launched a new wireless chip for their Centrino mobile package. The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG supports both 802.11b and g connections allowing for close to five times faster wireless network throughput with g access points over the old b…
Read more Centrino Gets "G"
CNET News wrote up an article covering the delay of Intel’s “Dothan” mobile chip and has information on their Prescott CPU. Dothan is created using a 90-nanometer process which promises energy savings and faster clock speeds. ETA: Q2 2004…
Read more Intel Delays Mobile Chips
Intel has released their “IA-32 Execution Layer” which emulates 32-bit applications somewhat faster than their previous methods on their 64-bit only Itanium processors. CRN covers the story here….
Read more Intel Releases Itanium 32-bit Emulator
AnandTech has somehow managed to get pictures and a few sparse details on a future Intel processor codenamed “Tejas”. Some interesting speculation in this one….
Read more Some Tejas Info
IBM has managed to cram some serious power into a small space with their HS40 blade server set to be released next month. Packing up to 4 Intel 2.8GHz Xeons and 16GB of memory it’s sure to meet number crunching…
Read more Quad IBM Blade Server on the Way
Intel has dropped a considerable amount of cash into a fund which will try and find ways to connect consumer electronics (such as dvd players and TVs) to each other and to PCs. More info from Reuters….
Read more Intel's Digital Home Fund
HardOCP has poured over various spec sheets and rumors to try and figure out which current motherboards will be able to accept Intel’s upcoming CPU codenamed “Prescott”. ETA: Q1 2004…
Read more Planning a Prescott Upgrade?
CNET News is covering Microsoft and Intel’s push for a replacement to the BIOS dubbed EFI, or Extensible Firmware Interface. They also cover Phoenix Technologies’ plans in the BIOS replacement arena. ETA: Mid 2004…
Read more EFI To Replace The BIOS?
New Scientist is running an article covering Intel’s “strained silicon” process which the chipmaker hopes will speed up its current line of processors. ETA: Unknown…
Read more Intel Speeds Up With New Chip Process
