Getting a look behind the scenes of DX10 development

Subject: General Tech | June 27, 2006 - 11:48 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ExtremeTech sits down with Chris Donahue and David Blythe to talk about Vista's new Direct X.  Take a peek at the power behind Shader Model 4, which will be used in DX10, the graphics pipeline model, and more.

Sneaking out of Computex to see ECS' factory

Subject: General Tech | June 23, 2006 - 12:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Report snuck out of Computex to get some real work done.  Take a look at the pictures of the ECS factory and what they learned while looking at the process of making motherboards.

Take to the skies

Subject: General Tech | June 23, 2006 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Jump into the cockpit, and get ready for some high-flyin' XBox360 action.  Blazing Angels is the pretty much the only flight sim game for the XBox and [H] thinks they did a fair job on it ... if your thumbs are itching to fly, grab a copy.

"Fly up to 38 planes in single-player and multiplayer missions. Jump right into air combat action in

planes such as the famous P-51 Mustang and the British Spitfire. Grow from an innocent rookie to a

battle-scarred ace as you and your wingmen fight World War II's most legendary air battles.

Intel Opens Third High-Volume 65nm Manufacturing Facility

Subject: General Tech | June 22, 2006 - 02:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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LEIXLIP, Ireland, June 22, 2006 — Extending its leadership in chip making technology, Intel Corporation today opened an advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland.

Getting to know services.msc

Subject: General Tech | June 22, 2006 - 12:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Windows XP has a lot of services the run by default, many with names you may not recognize, or understand what they do.  While disabling svchost is not the best of ideas, maybe you don't need UPnP running in the background.  Drop by PC Stats, they've just published a guide on understanding and tweaking the services WinXP runs.

Intel Helps Expand Use Of Technology In Turkey Through Intel's World Ahead Program

Subject: General Tech | June 21, 2006 - 06:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 21, 2006 — Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced that Intel will increase efforts in Turkey to drive greater technology accessibility, Internet connectivity and enhanced education to advance knowledge and skill development, job growth and quality of life.

Through its World Ahead Program, Intel, together with several local technology companies, will make available a new type of low-cost, fully featured desktop PC to first-time computer users, and the company will significantly increase its work with educators to improve teaching and le

Intel And VMware Launch Virtualize ASAP To Accelerate And Fuel Virtualization Into Data Centers

Subject: General Tech | June 21, 2006 - 05:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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PALO Alto, Calif., June 21, 2006 — Intel
Corporation and VMware*, Inc. announced the launch of the Intel-VMware
Virtualize ASAP*, a global program to further accelerate IT customer
deployment of applications in virtual environments using VMware
Infrastructure on Intel® Xeon® processor-based platforms. The program
also strengthens the collaboration between Intel and VMware around
optimizing Intel platform support for virtualization.

Get a Gremlin in your ear

Subject: General Tech | June 21, 2006 - 02:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Digital Trends looks at a new music service called Gremlin and the MP3 player that goes with it.   By using WI-Fi, you aren't tied to a PC to change the music on the player, by paying the monthly subscription fee, you can connect to their database of songs from anywhere the player can get a wireless signal.