November
4
Samsung has released the RFG299 French Door Refrigerator with a 7-inch touchscreen LCD. The new Refrigerator is the industry’s largest internal storage at 28.5 cu. ft. in a standard footprint. The 7″ LCD touchscreen allows owners to control the refrigerator’s temperature, monitor its water filter status, access integrated calendars, schedules, photos, nutrition facts and unit conversions. The RFG299 Refrigerator uses Energy Star compliant LED lighting for great energy savings and brighter lighting.
The Samsung RFG299 is now available in black and white and stainless platinum colors for $3,099.
Popularity: 17% [?]
October
20
Intel demonstrated the world’s first working Moorestown platform at the 2008 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Taipei, Taiwan.
Codenamed “Lincroft”, the Moorestown is a system on a chip (SoC) that incorporates a 45nm processor, graphics, memory controller, an I/O hub codenamed “Langwell” and other components in a single silicon chip
Intel claims that a large range of wireless technologies will be supported by Moorestown like 3G, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, and mobile TV. Intel also announced that they plan to work with Ericsson to develop HSPA data modules that will be optimized for Moorestown.
Intel claims that Moorestown-based devices will use as little as one-tenth the power than an Atom processor-based mobile devices will use.
Moorestown will be released sometime between 2009 and 2010.
Popularity: 3% [?]
October
9
Mandriva Linux 2009 has been released and is now available for download. Mandriva Linux 2009 edition includes the modern and cutting-edge graphical environments like KDE 4.1.2 and GNOME 2.24. Aside from these desktop environments, Mandriva Linux 2009 includes LXDE, a lightweight and modern desktop that fits like a glove on old computers.
Mandriva Linux is a freely available, community-based Linux distribution based on the RPM package management system.
Below are the download sites where you can download Mandriva Linux 2009:
DVD ISO download
Mandriva 2009 CD ISO download
Mandriva 2009 DVD ISO BitTorrent download
Mandriva Linux 2009 Download Mirrors
Mandriva Linux 2009 will definitely compete with the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 which will arrive on October 30.
Popularity: 2% [?]
October
7
In a sign that AMD is in trouble and is losing from the processor war from Intel, AMD announced a shocking decision that will affect the computer industry.
AMD has decided to split into two in order to stay competitive, one will design chips and keep the AMD name while the other, officially named the Foundry Company, will manufacture chips. The two companies will work closely together, but will stay independent from each other.
AMD will retain a 44.4 percent stake in FoundryCompany while the majority ownership belongs to Advanced Technology Investment Company, a company created by Abu Dhabi government. The Foundry Company will produce chips for AMD and other companies.
With AMD splitting into two, Intel is now the only company left that designs and makes its own chips, a fact that will make Intel stay on the top of microprocessor and chip industry.
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October
1
Nokia according to a report, has signed a deal to acquire OZ Communications, a Canadian-based mobile email and IM application developer. OZ Communications has developed products used for mobile IM and email that allow users to access all major email and IM providers. It has also developed a social networking tool that receives alerts from MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and other social media sites.
“With OZ, Nokia is renewing its mission of Connecting People by enabling consumers to easily connect and communicate using their favorite Internet communities,” said Niklas Savander, Head of Nokia Services & Software. “OZ’s team and technology will help Nokia to address the fast growing consumer messaging market.”
By acquiring OZ, Nokia will enable easy-to-use, fast access to leading instant messaging and email services, including AOL®, Gmail, ICQ®, Windows Live(TM) Hotmail, Windows Live(TM) Messenger and Yahoo!®. With more than 5.5 million monthly paid users, OZ’s solutions have been deployed by leading mobile operators on a wide array of mobile device platforms.
“OZ has been working closely with Nokia since 2003 – joining forces at this point is a natural extension of our partnership,” said Jim Knapik, President and CEO of OZ. “We are excited about taking OZ’s solutions to consumers worldwide by leveraging Nokia’s devices and distribution scale.”
No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close later this year.
Popularity: 2% [?]
September
30
As part of Mozilla’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 3.0.3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux has been released. This version repairs a problem experienced by some users with the Password Manager feature in Firefox 3.0.2
What’s new in Firefox 3.0.3:
- Fixed the problem on saved passwords’ retrieval and saving new passwords.
- Fixed several security issues.
- Fixed several stability issues.
- Fixed the hang and crash problems when using screen readers.
- Fixed Mac-specific issues.
Download Firefox 3.0.3
Popularity: 2% [?]