Intel to market personal health system

Intel Corporation has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its personal health system in the United States. The Intel Health Guide is a care management tool for healthcare professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions.

The Health Guide enables caregivers to provide their patients with more personalised care at home, while also engaging and empowering patients to take a more active and positive role in their own care. The company also hopes to market the product in the UK later this year or early 2009.

The Health Guide combines an in-home patient device (see photo below), as well as an online interface allowing clinicians to monitor patients and remotely manage care. The system offers interactive tools for personalised care management and integrates vital sign collection, patient reminders, multimedia educational content and feedback and communications tools such as videoconferencing and email.

The in-home patient device of the Intel Health Guide system

Dell Studio Hybrids

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Dell’s idea of the next generation home desktop:

Some Features include:

• Personalize with 6 interchangeable colour sleeves or bamboo
• Ultra-compact design with Intel mobile technology performance
• Features include slot-load DVD, HDMI, and optional Blu-ray^TM

Its also designed to be Eco-friendly with the environment in mind, almost everything that comes with it can be recycled. Its about 80% smaller than you average PC and uses 70% less power! It weighs around 140 grams. Its pretty damn small too, compared with your average sized CD:

Even though its tiny it doesn’t lack in power, its just as good as your average desktop PC, an average hybrid will set you back around $700USD including a monitor. Where as a high-end one will cost about $1100USD. The only negative thing they cant fit a Graphics card. But that’s not too bad considering the actual cost of a unit and what dell spent in developing the hybrid. I personally think its better than the Mac Mini.

OCZ DDR3-1800 Intel Extreme Memory modules

OCZ Technology Group today announced new 1800MHz Intel Extreme Memory modules, a performance solution that implements a specification predefined and specially tailored for the Intel X48 chipset. Designed to significantly increase performance levels of the entire platform, OCZ 1800MHz Intel Extreme Memory modules, feature Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP), an exclusive set of SPD (Serial Presence Detect) settings that act as an integrated “plug and play” overclocking tool. Configured to Intel’s defined specification, these XMP-Ready memory kits will be configured to run CL8 latencies at 1800 MHz. Furthermore, each OCZ XMP module also features CL7 latencies on a second profile that is qualified by OCZ for the extreme enthusiast seeking tighter timings.

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OCZ DDR3-1800 Intel Extreme Memory modules

OCZ Technology Group today announced new 1800MHz Intel Extreme Memory modules, a performance solution that implements a specification predefined and specially tailored for the Intel X48 chipset. Designed to significantly increase performance levels of the entire platform, OCZ 1800MHz Intel Extreme Memory modules, feature Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP), an exclusive set of SPD (Serial Presence Detect) settings that act as an integrated “plug and play” overclocking tool. Configured to Intel’s defined specification, these XMP-Ready memory kits will be configured to run CL8 latencies at 1800 MHz. Furthermore, each OCZ XMP module also features CL7 latencies on a second profile that is qualified by OCZ for the extreme enthusiast seeking tighter timings.

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Dell Optiplex 755 Desktop PC

Dell’s Optiplex 755 Desktop PC is a high-end machine featuring support for up to Intel Core 2 Quad processor and Q35 chipset. It aimed toward business customers by providing remote manageability, enhanced security system, and energy-efficient perfomance via Intel vPro technology. Other features include up to 8GB of main memory, support for SATA HDD, either an integrated Intel GMA 3100 or 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO (single or SLI mode) graphics engine, and either Windows XP or Vista operating system. The price starts from $567 (after $75 of instant savings).

Intel's CTO Believes Robots Will Leap Past Humans by 2050

Intel’s CTO, Justin Rattner, delivered a pretty phantasmagoric keynote at the IDF in San Francisco. Invariably most keynotes by tech honchos are about future technologies. But Rattner just didn’t concern himself with the imminent future – the Nehalems and Larrabees - but he allowed his imagination take unbridled flight. He pictured what the world might be like in 2050, where computers would be smarter than us frizzled, frayed Homo sapiens.

“There is speculation that we may be approaching an inflection point where the rate of technology advancements is accelerating at an exponential rate, and machines could even overtake humans in their ability to reason, in the not so distant future,” Rattner said.

Rattner even demonstrated a couple of personal robot prototypes, which employ razor-sharp sensing technologies, though only crude precursors to the “2050 machines”. The first robot – a robotic arm actually - was equipped with electric field pre-touch technology that allows it to sense objects before even touching them. And, just for your knowledge, fish are bestowed with this capability. The second robot is capable of recognizing faces and performing simple tasks as commanded.

New Intel design may spur (more) tiny PCs

Upcoming design from Dell (top), existing Hush Technologies ultrasmall desktop (bottom)(Credit: Dell, Hush Technologies)

Update: Ultrasmall desktops aren't new, but an Intel design unearthed in Asia means there may be a lot more on the way.

Ultracompact desktop PC design is tapping into two powerful forces: Low cost and eco friendliness. Tiny Dell desktops (photo) and Atom-powered Nettops are hints of things to come. And Intel motherboards disclosed in Asia may fuel this trend. Hardware site HKEPC has posted photos of two new Intel Mini-ITX-based motherboards, "Eklo" and "Fly Creek."

(Correction: the motherboard is called Eklo not "Elko" as previously reported.)

The original Mini-ITX board design was introduced in 2001 by Via Technologies and has been used in millions of computers sporting Via processors, according to Dean McCarron, founder and principal of Mercury Research. Mini-ITX designs are synonymous with low power and low cost. Intel is adopting the design because of its relative popularity in low-cost markets.

Both Eklo and Fly Creek are targeted at the sub-$200 entry-level PC market.

"The easiest way to think about (Mini-ITX) is that it's not quite a laptop," said McCarron. "But it has much more in common with a laptop than a desktop."

Intel's Fly Creek board is designed for compact consumer desktops that can use more powerful Intel GMA X3500 graphics technology and faster processors than those found in typical Mini-ITX designs to date.

But Via will punch up graphics and processor performance, too. The x86 processor supplier is joining forces with graphics chip giant Nvidia for small, low-cost designs. Nvidia offered a glimpse of a low-cost board design the two companies are working on earlier this month. And Via is coming out with a faster CPU design this summer called Isaiah.

Moreover, Via, on its own, already has a longstanding presence in the Mini-ITX market, shipping hundreds of thousands of boards per quarter, according to McCarron. And Via's C7 has been the processor of choice for low-cost, space-saving designs.

The series of Mini-ITX boards coming from Intel may cover a wider range of performance options, however--a breadth of offerings Via will have trouble matching. Intel's Mini-ITX will accommodate very-low-cost, low-performance Atom systems as well as higher-performance systems based on Celeron or even Core 2 Duo processors.

Intel Sells XScale CPU Line and Mobile Business to Marvell for US$600 Million

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. and Intel Corporation have signed an agreement for Intel to sell its communications and application processor business to Marvell for a purchase price of US$600 million plus the assumption by Marvell of certain liabilities.

Intel says the sale will enable the company to focus its investments on its core businesses, including high-performance, low-power Intel Architecture-based processors and emerging technologies for mobile computing, including Wi-Fi and WiMAX broadband wireless technologies.

Intel’s communications and application processor business develops and sells processors for handheld devices including smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The business’ processors, based on Intel XScale technology, include the Intel PXA9xx communications processor, codenamed “Hermon,” which powers Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry 8700 device. The Intel PXA27x applications processor, codenamed “Bulverde,” is used in the Palm Treo smart phone, the Motorola Q (pictured) and other devices.

Intel’s communications and application processor business includes approximately 1,400 employees involved in a variety of functions, including engineering, product testing/validation, operations and marketing. It is expected that the vast majority of these employees will become employees of Marvell.

Intel currently intends to receive the entire purchase price in cash. However, Intel has the option to take up to $100 million of the $600 million purchase price in Marvell common stock. Upon closing, Marvell may record a one-time charge for purchased in-process research and development expenses. The amount of that charge, if any, has not yet been determined.

After the close of the transaction, Intel intends to continue manufacturing products currently sold by this business for handheld devices and embedded applications, and to manufacture products that are being designed into upcoming devices. This arrangement is expected to continue while Marvell arranges other manufacturing resources. Intel and Marvell do not anticipate disruptions in the supply of these products due to this planned sale.

According to Intel, this planned sale does not impact the ability of other Intel businesses in the networking and storage market segments to continue to use ARM-based, Intel XScale processors. Those other Intel businesses will be able to continue licensing chip designs directly from ARM Holdings PLC and modifying the designs for their needs.

Marvell operates in the development of storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell’s diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions.

A 4.8-inch Atom-based MID viliv S5 unveiled at IDF

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YuKyung Technologies has presented its Atom-based MID ‘viliv S5′ at the IDF(Intel Development Forum) San Francisco 2008. Read more

Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile X9000 on the Dell M1730

Dell Offers Users The Ultimate Mobile Processor - Intel X9000

It has been a long time since I've written about notebooks since I've been busy looking at desktop hardware, but I finally had the time to dedicate to one very nice notebook. What I have here today is the Dell XPS M1730 gaming notebook, which is hands down the fastest notebook I have ever laid my hands on. The Dell XPS M1730 has been around since October 2007, so I won't bore you with a review on a notebook that is now over half a year old. What we are looking at today is the new 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor that you have the option to purchase when you pick up one of beasts. When the Dell M1730 first came out it was offered with an Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 at 2.8GHz. What is the difference then you ask? The Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 is built with a 65nm process and has an L2 cache size of 4MB, while the recently released Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 uses a newer 45nm process technology and has an L2 cache size of 6MB. What stands out the most about the transition though is the power savings. The X7900 has a TDP of 44W, while the new X9000 has a TDP of just 35W. Intel has managed to add cache and manage an impressive power reduction thanks to the die shrink. This processor is hands down Intel's fastest notebook CPU for the performance enthusiast, gaming, and multimedia markets. If you crave speed and don't mind Desktop Replacement (DTR) sized notebooks then you are in luck.

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Scitech DVP-120CP portable DVD player

This upcoming new portable DVD player from the house of Scitech corresponds effectively with the CPRM/VM mode. The mobile utilization level corresponds with a rise in the level of CPRM related DVD possession ratio. It is loaded with a wide liquid crystal of 7 inches and is likely to hit the market in late November. This one-touch DVD player displays images at aspect ratio 16:9/4:3.

The battery comes with a lithium ion that can effectively play for maximum time duration of 2.5 hours uninterruptedly. The weight of the DVD player is around 800gm excluding battery weight. It comes with charge duration of approximately 4 hours. It also has AV output terminal, earphone jack and remote control to create a better environment for itself and its users.

The price of the new portable DVD player is approximately 19,800 Japanese Yen.

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News: Motorola Intros USB WiMAX Modem for Worldwide Use

WiMAX has to be one of the most troubled specifications to have taunted us with dreams of super fast Internet connections in recent years. Sprint first announced WiMAX as it Xohm service only to bleed so much revenue and customers that it had to cut back massively on WiMAX rollout. Then the worst blow came when most mobile service providers bet on a different format called LTE. The fact that the state of WiMAX in America is far from clear hasn't stopped Motorola from announced a new USB WiMAX modem.

The modem might be useful if you live in one of the handful of cities that can get WiMAX. The best part of this modem is that it can offer download speeds of up to 70Mbps, blazingly fast for sure. My pokey home broadband connection maxes out at 5Mbps. Who knows what will ultimately become of the WiMAX specification, but I suspect its days are numbered. The official Motorola name for the modem is the USBw 100 and it is capable of connecting to all frequencies approved for WiMAX use around the world. Perhaps users in Europe will get more use out of it that Americans.

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News: USB Hollywood Film Kit Glams Up Webcams

Most webcams are plainly designed gadgets that don’t look particularly cool or interesting, but they do get the job done. One of the biggest issues with many of them is low light performance, meaning that the user needs to be in a brightly lit room to get the best video quality. The USB Hollywood Film Kit is an interesting set that includes an old school movie camera looking webcam and a separate spotlight. The webcam reminds me a lot of the Retro webcam we have talked about before.

Both the webcam and the USB spotlight are mounted on individual flexible arms and each requires their own USB port for connectivity. All of the power the spotlight needs comes from the USB port and it includes barn door-style flaps to control the light that don't look as if they actually move. The webcam itself has no light and there is no mention of the resolution of the camera. That likely means the resolution is not good, so figure basic recording capability. Compatibility is with Windows XP SP2, Vista, and Mac OS 10.4.8 and up. These gadgets are not available in the US.

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News: Certified Wireless USB FAQ by EverythingUSB

The most significant change to USB itself since high-speed USB 2.0 in 2001, Certified Wireless USB takes the world's best known interface into the wireless world. It promises plug and play simplicity without wires, but new hardware, or wireless adapters, will be required. In this FAQ, we answer the most common questions and concerns about Certified Wireless USB and highlight a few of the early products. We'll also be adding a few more questions addressing the user experience in the future.

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In USB Flash Drives

Review: Corsair Flash Voyager mini 8GB Flash Drive

Corsair's newest entry into the market of slim-line portable and rugged USB flash drives relies on some tried and tested Corsair designs and tries to innovate at the same time. As flash drives become cheaper and the market is saturated with competition, can they pull off a slim-line drive that provides both good value for money, performance and portability? Read on to find out if the new Flash Voyager mini with a rubberized case and a retractable USB connector is the winner.

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Review: Microsoft Arc Mouse

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Available in glossy red or black, the Microsoft Arc Mouse is a rather unique blend of style, portability and functionality. Possessing an artful hinged semicircular shape that allows the mouse to fold to nearly half-size for travel, the 2.4 GHz wireless Arc Mouse boldly claims to be portable while offering the comfort of a full-size mouse. Many manufacturers have tried to make the ubiquitous mouse more travel-friendly, but all to date significantly sacrifice either comfort or features. How does the Arc Mouse succeed at stylishly trying to provide the best of both worlds? Read on.

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Digital high speed cameras available from SciTech

StreamView Digital high speed cameras

SciTech is the supplier of digital high speed Cameras for scientific and industrial applications.

Applications include detecting and eliminating quality problems in production, automotive and aerospace testing, scientific research and development, biomechanical research and capturing slow-motion effects for film, television and advertising.

SciTech is the Australian distributor for Southern Vision Systems, a manufacturer of high speed cameras for slow-motion digital video analysis.

The SVSi cameras reduce even high speed processes to slow-motion video that can be analysed frame-by- frame through a combination of high resolution, long record times, and fast frame-rates.

The low cost, portable, easy-to-use camera systems feature SVSi's proprietary image-cued triggering capability.

All systems come with software for recording and play-back of digital video. SVSi also offer the MemView and StreamView LR range as a lower cost alternative with 640x480 (VGA) resolution.

Applications:

• Sports analysis utilising slow motion
• Industrial inspection and machine vision
• Research and development

Google Chrome: Synaptics Touchpad Issue Solution | The Pocket PC Blog

Those of you who use Google Chrome, Google’s new WebKit based web browser, on your laptops with synaptics touchpad driver installed, may have noticed read more »

Intel unveils new Core processor brand : CORE i7

Intel today unveiled the brand of its upcoming processor: Nehalem, the successor of the Core 2 Duo CPU series, will be introduced as “Core i7” later this year and the company hopes that the new brand will be easily recognized and remembered by customers when they walk into a store to buy a new PC.

Ever since Gigahertz numbers lost their appeal for AMD’s and Intel’s marketing whizzes, both companies seem to have been desperately looking for a decent sequence numbering system for their products.

AMD initially chose a strategy to describe its processors with a MHz-like number that was comparable to Intel’s Pentium chips (of course they did not admit that and said it was only a comparison to the preceding AMD CPU generation) and eventually ended up with processors numbers that are not just inconsistent (Phenom 8000 series), but very few can actually understand. Intel’s sequence numbers across all products have been a mess for several years: We doubt that the average sales person at your local Best Buy will be able to tell you what the important differences between Intel’s 2000-, 4000-, 6000- and 8000- series desktop processors are.

To come up with a new brand back in 2006, Intel’s choice of “Core” was actually smart. Core 2 Duo was always perceived as a simple, trustworthy name that suited the purpose of the mainstream approach of Intel at the time. But, if you think about it, the brand never made sense – Core 2 Duo in essence means “Core 2 2”. Even if you know that Core 2 Duo means that this is a second generation Core processor with two cores, you may ask questions about the name since Core 2 Duo was not the second, but the first generation Core micro-architecture.

Emtec Announces Multimedia Hard Drive: Movie Cube-R

Emtec today announced its new Movie Cube-R Multimedia hard drive. You can get up to 500GB of storage space and the price starts at about $300 for 160GB hard drive. The Movie Cube-R boasts video-in and video-out ports to hook up your TV directly to the drive. You can view and records content on the drive without connecting it to a computer. It also has USB and Ethernet support for hook-up to computer or your network. The audio formats supported by the drive are MP3, WMA and OGG. Video formats supported are MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx and Xvid.

Nikon’s Second Camera with Image Stabilized Lens S700

The second metal-bodied compact Nikon with image-stabilized lens is the S700. The camera has 12-megapixel sensor, 3x zoom, EXPEED image processor, 2.7” anti reflective screen, ISO up to 3200, 21 shooting modes and SDHC card slot. The S700 power-up with in 0.9 seconds and has shutter release time lag of 0.005 seconds. The camera will be available in fourth quarter for 279 pounds.

Intel Release Details About SoC Embedded Processor Tolapai

Intel has released more technical details about its system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor called Tolapai. Tolapai will have 600MHz, 1GHz and 1.2GHz processors and each processor will have 148 million transistors. The TDP will be in range of 13 to 20 watts and the processors will be based on 65nm process. Intel envisions to use the processor in networking related embedded applications.

You can get more details about the processor on Ars Technica

LG To Produce All the LCD Monitors with 5000:1 Contrast Ratio

LG said at IFA that starting from September 1st all the LCD monitors produced in their fabs will have a contrast ratio of 5000:1. LG will be using Digital Fine Contrast technology to get the results. LG will launch two LCD monitors based on this technology the L227WT and L206WU. The L227WT will be a 22” monitor targeted at gamers and graphic designer. The monitor will reproduce 100% of the NTSC color spectrum and will have a 2ms response time. It will be available in November and price is yet not known. The second monitor 20” L206WU lets you connect up to six monitors at once via USB and it has a 2ms response time. It will be available in October and price is not known.

Intel Today Unveiled Newest Intel vPro Processor Technology

Intel today released their newest vPro technology for businesses and IT. The new vPro has the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Intel Q35 Express chipset and several security and management related enhancements. The new vPro has the ability to wake and repair a computer with an inoperative operating system or hard drive. The security features included in vPro are designed to protect against software-based attacks and also filter and defend against viruses and other threats. The new Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) protects data by keeping data in each virtual partition protected from unauthorized access from software in another partition. The improved System Defense Filters in vPro can identify greater numbers and varieties of threats in the network traffic flow. The Intel vPro also offers an embedded trust agent certified by Cisco. This trust agent offers Cisco’s IT customers the ability to mange systems, even if powered off or the OS is down without lowering the security on 802.1x network and Cisco Self-Defending Network products. Intel Active management Technology allows for inventory and repair PCs “out of band” meaning even if the OS has crashed or the PC is turned off. Intel vPro processor technology will be among the first to comply with the Distributed Management Task Force’s DASH 1.0 draft interoperability specification and Web Services Management. Dell, HP and Lenovo will start shipping their vPro based computers very soon.

You can read more about vPro on Ars Technica

New 3G 3D Processors

US : Intel Corporation today announced a new family of processors based on Intel XScale® technology that can handle multiple forms of wireless broadband access with enough computing power to provide cell phones with full motion video conferencing capabilities and PDAs with DVD-quality video playback.

The processors include a set of new technologies designed to meet the multimedia, low power and security requirements of advanced cell phones and wireless PDAs. Intel is also providing key technologies in addition to processing power including the next-generation of stacked packaging for added flash memory, a new multimedia accelerator for 3D rendering, optimized software and reference concept designs that allow cell phone and PDA makers to bring Intel-based mobile devices to market faster.

Atom shortage prompts UMPC delays

If you're going to build a UMPC, you need Atoms but they could be in short supply, if a report in Taiwan's Digitimes is to be believed.

Production of the Intel processor that's currently fuelling much of the UMPC boom seems to have stalled, if LCD orders are anything to go by. With demand for tiny laptops booming makers of 7 to 10in LCD screens were expecting a bumper July but instead they've seen orders fall...

Zalman's newest heatsink, the CNPS9500 AT, is just what you're looking for. It combines great looks, relatively light weight, excellent thermal resistance, and noiseless operation in an affordable package. Compatible with all Intel Pentium dual core, Pentium 4, and Celeron D LGA775 (Socket T) processors, this heat sink will cool your CPU better than stock and be quieter doing it!

The CNPS9500 AT is built from solid copper, and utilizes a patented heat pipe design to give three pipes the thermal capacity of six. The low-noise 92mm fan is PWM controlled, and the heat sink design places emphasis on low weight, maximum surface area, and minimal airflow restriction. With so many great features at an affordable price, how can you pass this heatsink up?

Features:

• Compatible with all Intel LGA775 (Socket T) processors
• Low-noise 92mm PWM-controlled fan automatically adjusts speed depending on CPU temperature
• Copper construction
• Innovative patented heat pipe design maximizes thermal transfer
• Ultra-slim 0.2mm fins reduce air restriction, maximize surface area, and reduce weight
• Designed for silence at startup as well as normal operation

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• Model: CNPS9500 AT
• Material: Copper
• Weigh: 530 grams
• Thermal Resistance (°C/W): 0.12~0.16
• Dimensions: 85mm x 112mm x 125mm
• Surface Area: 3,698 cm2
• Input Voltage: 12V
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  • Speed: 1300 rpm (+ or - 30%) to 2650 rpm (+ or - 10%)
  • Noise: 18 to 27.5 dBA (+ or - 10%)
  • Bearing Type: Dual Ball
  • Controlled By: PWM
• Compatability: Intel LGA775 (Socket T)

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Before its official introduction on the 27th of July the new architecture by Intel, the Conroe, has developed a real hype with hardware enthusiasts all over the internet. More and more benchmarks got leaked onto the web, and it became imminent that the new Intel processor would regain the performance crown.

The reason why this new architecture is so successful is mainly that it is a completely new architecture, Intel seems to have said their farewells to the Netburst architecture, for a complete overview of the new architecture please read this {link} article. The new architecture not only makes the Conroe fast, it also makes it a lot more energy efficient, the new Core 2 Duo’s have a TDP of only 65 Watts, the Core 2 Extreme 95 Watts.