Norwegian Opera Software ASA, which has developed the well known Opera browser, has come out with a new version of its browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini 3.0. The company said the new browser can be used in a mobile phone for practically all browsing functions, including uploading pictures and video clips and accessing emails as well undertaking online transactions.
The browser is optimized to cut down on the size of data transferred to the mobile phone, which has been possible through server-side data compression process. This compression enables the processing of web pages on even basic phones and brings down the costs involved in data transfer for subscribers with limited plans.
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Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad T60 widescreen notebook PC, the company’s first-ever 15.4-inch widescreen T Series notebook. Starting at only 5.1 pounds, the ThinkPad T60 widescreen is the lightest 15.4-inch widescreen notebook among the top five PC vendors and continues the T Series’ heritage of innovation and performance.
Widescreen PCs are increasingly becoming popular choices for users. According to Gartner, Inc., “numerous technology transitions during 2006, including widescreen format options, have become more prevalent along with higher resolution.”
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Because many e-mails and documents are printed out for brief viewing and then soon discarded or recycled, Xerox invented printing technology that creates images that last only a day.
The technology, dubbed Erasable Paper, could lead to a significant reduction in the amount of paper used in an office, because once the image fades away, the paper can be used over and over.
“Despite our reliance on computers to share and process information, there is still a strong dependence on the printed page for reading and absorbing content,” said Paul Smith, a Xerox manager, in a written statement. “Of course, we’d all like to use less paper, but we know from talking with customers that many people still prefer to work with information on paper. Self-erasing documents for short-term use offers the best of both worlds.”
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Intel Corp. said on Monday it is making prototypes of computer processors using new manufacturing techniques that further shrink circuitry, making the chips run faster and use less power.
The development is a further sign that the world’s biggest microchip maker is recovering from a series of missteps that caused it to lose market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
The chips take Intel’s latest basic chip design — called the Core microarchitecture — and shrink it down to circuits measuring just 45 nanometers wide, nearly a third narrower than current models.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. unveiled three new high-end computer processors on Wednesday as the chipmaker battles rival Intel Corp. for the “power users” that often set industry buying trends.