Friday, May 22, 2009

Want a Netbook? You Might Want to Wait a Little Bit

Intel boosts Atom Chip for Netbooks

If you are thinking of buying a new Netbook, you might want to wait a little bit. Intel on Tuesday gave the first preview of its next-generation Atom chip, with a more integrated design intended to improve performance and energy efficiency. Meaning its faster and battery will last longer.

Microsoft to remove 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter

No word yet on whether the other lame limitation--the bizarre inability to change the desktop wallpaper--will be fixed as well. To be honest, this is a bigger issue than the 3 app limit, which sounds horrible but doesn't actually come up all that often if at all.

The RIAA Has Got to Stop

According to a study done by the BBI Norwegian School of Management, those who freely download music from file-sharing sites and elsewhere buy ten times more music (yes, they actually pay for it) than people who do not participate in file-sharing systems.

Google releases a faster Chrome 2

The company has stressed that Chrome 2, which it announced on Thursday, is not a major release with a host of updates. It is named '2' mainly as a metric to help Google keep track of changes internally, it said. Chrome 2 does, however, include some new features and a speed boost.

The Ultimate Twitter Toolkit

Want to be a Twitter ninja? Hordes of new users are joining and dreaming up new uses for it. As they do so, Twitter is maturing into a viable alternative not just to blog platforms but to RSS readers, news aggregators, media-sharing services, and communication tools.

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