18 Dec 2009

Intel engineers shot out of cannon to recreate “Intel Inside” chimes

No Intel employees were harmed in the making of this film. All characters featured in the videos were played by actors specially trained in silly costumes and Finnish accents. Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to fire anyone out of a cannon.

11 Dec 2009

The Moblin Netbook OS

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Google is not the only major tech company developing a speedy, open-source operating system for netbooks – Intel’s been working on Moblin netbook OS since 2007.

Moblin netbook OS is meant to be a lot of things: user-friendly, Internet-oriented and based on existing standards. BMoblin’s most significant strength is supposed to be how well it runs on Intel’s Atom processor.

Read the full review at [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-moblin-netbook-os-giving-chrome-os-a-run-for...]

8 Dec 2009

The 100 Best Global Brands 2009

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It has been a tough year, but the brands topping the 2009 BusinessWeek/Interbrand list of Best Global Brands have managed to weather the storm admirably. Here, find out more about the strategies of all 100 brands on the list, from Campbell's, slipping in at No. 100, to this year's No. 1, Coca-Cola.

via [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0917_global_brands/index.htm?campaign...]

5 Dec 2009

Mac Pro Upgraded to 3.33GHz - Mac Pro - Gizmodo

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The Mac Pro has been quietly upgraded. Nothing incredibly amazing, but quite a good jump in processor speed to 3.33GHz of Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor.

You can also add four 2-terabyte hard drives from the factory. Unfortunately, this is not an architectural change, just a speed bump.

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