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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Nissan Motor Co. plans to develop and start selling subcompact electric cars powered by self-developed lithium-ion batteries in about three years, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported on Sunday.
Japan’s number-two automaker also plans to develop and sell gas-electric hybrid cars by 2010 in an attempt to catch up with rivals Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. in the field of eco-friendly vehicles, Nikkei said.
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Frequent visitors to blogs and Internet forums may be particularly at risk of identity theft due to an exploit that prompts the Firefox and Internet Explorer password managers to give away their protected information. Both Mozilla and Microsoft have acknowledged the problem and are working on fixes.
A software security researcher has warned that the password manager features of Mozilla’s open source Firefox 2.0 and Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer (IE) Web browsers could be exploited, placing unsuspecting users at risk.
Users of Firefox or Explorer, both of which may be vulnerable to the attack known as “Reverse Cross Site Request” (RCSR), are not fooled directly by the password theft exploit. (more…)
Scientists turned on a massive telescope built on one of Mexico’s tallest mountains on Wednesday, hoping to get a glimpse of the beginning of the universe.
With a base like a launching pad and an antenna the size of a big Ferris wheel, the Large Millimeter Telescope or LMT, will be used to pick up electromagnetic radiation known as millimeter waves emitted 13 billion years ago, when the first stars burst into existence, astrophysicists say.
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Do you know what the first condition of a perfect console launch is? Releasing enough units so that everyone can get one! Well, if not everyone, at least as many as possible.
Of the three competitors on the console market, Nintendo seems to be the only one to have understood this necessity. Sony would have certainly liked to have millions of consoles available for sale, but problems determined by the incorporation of the BluRay unit didn’t allow the Japanese company such a luxurious release of its product.
Microsoft released Xbox 360 a year ago, however, as it didn’t respect this condition, the unit was sold out shortly after its launch. (more…)
Cingular has announced the Treo 680 will be available in its stores and online beginning Friday, Nov. 24. The Palm Treo 680 will be sold for as low as $199 with a two year contract agreement and an unlimited data plan.
“The Palm Treo 680 will open up the popular Palm experience to a much wider audience of Cingular customers,” said Jeff Bradley, vice president, business data services, for Cingular Wireless. “This next-generation Treo comes with all of the outstanding business features that Palm devotees have come to expect plus rich entertainment capabilities, and all at a very attractive price that will appeal both to businesses and individual users.”
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