Corsair Expands Flash Voyager Line Up, Begins Shipment of New 4GB Ultra-Durable USB2.0 Drive

Subject: General Tech | November 21, 2005 - 11:39 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (November 21, 2005) — Adding to its award-winning Flash Voyager USB2.0 drives, Corsair Memory today announced immediate availability of a new capacity — 4GB.

Squeezing more from an audio stream

Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2005 - 06:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Streaming any media to anything that can play music just got a lot easier.  The Squeezebox can connect through wires as you'd expect, but you also get to stream on 802.11g, as it will accept that signal as well.  Designtechnica has all the details.

"Slim Devices' newest Squeezebox network music player is turning heads with a stylish look and the

ability to stream digital music and Internet radio stations to a stereo.

Intel Launches High-Performance 90-Nanometer Multi-Level-Cell Nor Flash Memory For Multimedia Handse

Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2005 - 01:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2005 — Intel Corporation today announced it is shipping in volume the industry's first 90-nanometer (nm) multi-level cell (MLC) NOR flash memory device.

Intel Chairman Addresses United Nations

Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2005 - 01:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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TUNIS, TUNISIA — Nov 16, 2005 — Acting as the ambassador for the global information and communications technology industries, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett today spoke at the opening ceremony of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (UNWSIS) about a new era in economic history marked by 'ideas as the new source of wealth.'

'Technology enables businesses and individuals to participate in the global information society,' said Barrett, who as Chairman and former CEO of Intel visits more than thirty countries a year.

First generation replicator

Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2005 - 11:47 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Dan of Dan's Data has posted a look at the state of 3-D printing.  If you can afford one of the printers, you can have just about anything you can imagine.  Or if it works out like he is thinking, a trip to Kinko's or Office Depot may be a bit more interesting in the future.

"In The Beginning of "additive" 3D printing (as opposed to the old "subtractive" milling machines

that cut a shape out of a block of source material), there were stereolithography machines, that

UV-lasered a slowly growing resin prototype o

AMD ADDED TO DOW JONES INDEXES THAT TRACK PERFORMANCE OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES

Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2005 - 11:31 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SUNNYVALE, CA - November 16, 2005 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has been added to the recently launched Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North American) and the Dow Jones Sustainability

3 Million Teachers Help Students Learn To Develop 21st Century Skills

Subject: General Tech | November 16, 2005 - 12:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2005 — A major milestone was reached by Intel Corporation today in its worldwide effort to help students and teachers develop 21st century learning skills. Three million teachers have now completed training through Intel® Teach to the Future, a professional development program designed to help teachers effectively integrate technology with learning.

Mice get firmware upgrades too

Subject: General Tech | November 15, 2005 - 03:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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CoolTechZone has published a brief article on what Razer has done to their mice to fix a tracking problem found in their mice, and Logitech's response to the same issue.

"If you've read our interview with Logitech, you'll realize that Razer remedied much of the

surface tracking problems by issuing a firmware upgrade, which is currently not possible with

Logitech mice due to quality assurance issues, according to Logitech.