Paul Otellini, Intel’s president announced this week that the new quad-core processor will be out by the end of 2006, at first they were planning to get them out on the beginning of 2007.
The new processor code names are Kentsfield (for home - office users) y Clovertown (for servers), and rumors are that these processors will be implemented on the new Mac Pros (2 quad-core processors)
According to Financial Times, Sony is going to release 200000 units of the new PS3 before the end of the month of July. Sony is planning to release 4million game consoles before 2007.
Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it has begun mass producing NAND flash memory chips using the 60-nanometer process, the most delicate technology used in the industry so far.
The numbers in nanometer indicate the thickness of electric wires of the microcircuit inside the chip.
The 60-nanometer flash chip was first developed by Samsung in September 2004. It is the fifth NAND flash memory model introduced in line with the so-called Hwang’s Law
The new 60-nanometer chip has a capacity of 8 gigabits. Samsung will stack eight of the 8-gigabit chips to form one 8-gigabyte module. An 8-gigabyte flash memory module can store around 2000 MP3 songs or 225 minutes of DVD-quality video files.
That Samsung really went ahead and started to ship their Blu-ray Player BD-P1000 gets more startling every day. Sony’s online shop shows now October 25th (via HDBeat) as release date for the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player.
Early June SonyStyle delayed the release date the first time to August. So Sony fans need either wait or for the first time buy something from Samsung to get Blu-ray in their house. Several Blu-ray movies are now available.
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“If you’re chomping at the bit to start watching, editing, and burning HD video, the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G delivers the goods.
If your hedging between this Blu-Ray system and the HD-DVD-enabled Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650, the Sony gets points for its lighter, sleeker design (8.4 pounds versus 10.1 pounds), better graphics scores, and, of course, the fact that the VAIO’s Blu-ray drive can write as well as read discs. However, these advantages don’t quite justify the $500 delta between the Toshiba and Sony. “
Read the full review.
This people at Cowon won’t stop surprising us , this time they bring us the great Iaudio6
MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV, MPEG4(video) playback,
FM Radio Receiver and Recording, Voice Recording, Line-In Recording
built-in 0.85 inch HDD (4GB)
Supports MAC OS (Data transfer only), Supports Linux v 2.2 or higher (Data transfer only)
jetShell (File transfer, MP3/WMA/WAV/AUDIO CD PLAY)
jetAudio VX (Integrated multimedia player software, music/video conversion feature)
Read full specs from Cowon.
Researchers from Nebraska are studying the possibility of giving a human-like sense of touch to a robot using electricity and tiny particles to allow a machine to “feel” surfaces, using nano technology; the point is that these robots can perform minimally invasive surgery.
“There is great interest in developing humanoid robots that can sense shapes, textures, and hardness and manipulate complex objects, which are not readily possible by vision alone.”
Full Story: Extreme Tech
Just for $329 you can buy today the new version of the 30GB U2 special edition, with the same style as its antecessor, black and stainless steel, red navigation wheel and engraved on the back the signatures of U2’s four band members it now has video capabilities, a battery life of up to 14 hours, two more than the older version. It can hold up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos or up to 75 hours of video.
The Apple people also added a coupon for you to download 30 minutes of U2 video footage from iTunes.
Sony press release:
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2006 — Sony is jumping into the digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) camera market with today’s introduction of the α (Alpha) DSLR-A100 system. The system combines advanced SLR features with other Sony digital imaging innovations.
With its 10.2-megapixel APS CCD image sensor, the DSLR-A100 camera is expected to have the highest resolution available in its class. It will be introduced with 19 high-quality Sony lenses, and will be compatible with most of the former Konica-Minolta Maxxum® mount lenses. The system will include a wide range of accessories as well.
Sony developed a new Dynamic Range Optimizer image analysis technology to provide exceptional picture quality and natural color reproduction, along with a new Bionz image processing engine. This new engine supports a continuous burst mode for fast-action shooting and performs intelligent power management. (Read on …)
Sharp introduces the MP-B200 and MP-B300 thin mp3 players with miniSD card slot.
The Sharp MP-B200 has 512MB and the Sharp MP-B300 features 1GB of internal memory that can be expanding with miniSD cards.
Sharp gave their new players a mirrored front and the players are available in four colors. Features of the new Sharp music players include direct audio encoding, FM transmitter, voice recorder, FM Tuner, WMA-DRM and MP3 file format support.
The measurements of the MP-B200 and MP-B300 are 49×87.6×8.9mm. The Apple iPod nano is only 6.8mm thick.
More details in this Sharp press-release (Japanese).
Via: I4U News
A rumor on I4U News just put a big smile on my face 
“New information from Nintendo’s financial report indicates that the price of the Nintendo Wii will be not more than $250 in the United States.”
This is the new Sony Ericsson W710i, a sporty mobile clamshell that has the WALKMAN’s good stamp on it. This unit also supports the new Memory Stick Micro (M2) format and comes with a miniscule 512MB card.
W710i, the phone fits your active lifestyle. Active stereo headset so you don’t miss a beat. Unique fitness applications keep track of the distances you go. Capture and share the moment. W710i has a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability. W710i is a stylish and versatile clamshell mobile phone.
Key features of the Sony Ericsson W710i
* MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ music format support
* RDS FM Radio
* Active stereo headset
* 512MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
* Complete Walkman music experience
* Fitness applications
Press Release
May 12, 2006, Tokyo – Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president: Masamitsu Sakurai) today announced the release of the new Caplio R40 compact digital camera, featuring a 5.7x optical wide zoom (equivalent to 28-160 mm in 35-mm camera format) in a slim body only 26-mm deep.
Available in black, the new Caplio R40 is a more affordable version of the highly successful Caplio R4 (released on March 17, 2006), which featured a 7.1x (28-200 mm) optical wide zoom lens. Inheriting the Caplio R4‘s unique Double Retracting Lens System*, the R40 houses a 5.7x (28-160 mm) wide-angle, high-powered zoom lens in its compact, 26-mm deep body.
* Designed to have part of the lens assembly inside the camera’s body during lens storage, the wide-angle, high-powered zoom lens is more compact.
Ricoh takes pride in manufacturing products based on the concept of Expandability. In addition to its highly versatile wide zoom lens, the new R40 caters for every photographic situation. Thanks to the R40’s enhanced macro capabilities – a specialty of Ricoh – and ultra-quick response, this is a camera that gets results anywhere, anytime. No longer will users miss shooting opportunities as they wait for their camera to power up or the Auto Focus to lock.
The overheating on the new MacBook Pros is getting fixed quietly by an updated in the line’s firmware. However, the company apparently still doesn’t want to take any chances on users getting a little overheated while using the laptops, so they’ve included a warning in the manual (which also appears in the manual for the MBP), advising not to use their laptops on their laps? Apple’s solution to this is to recommend that customers put the laptop on a desk or other flat surface. And, not surprisingly, the word “laptop” does not appear once in the MacBook’s manual.
