The telecommunications company Nortel’s patents have now been sold to the Rockstar Consortium which includes Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Research In Motion after U.S. and Canada courts approved the transaction.
Permalink: Nortel Patents Now Officialy Sold To Apple, Microsoft, Sony and RIM
The new MacBook Pro lineup by Apple is just phenomenal in terms of graphics, but there’s an issue on how to manually switch between the two graphics processors, the GeForce GT 330M and Intel’s HD Graphics. The GeForce GT 330M graphics chip is really power hungry on it’s own and sucks up all the precious battery, but there’s a way to switch between the GeForce GT 330M chip and the onboard built-in Intel Graphics chip using gfxCardSatus.
Permalink: How to Manually Switch Graphics Processors on the New MacBook Pros running Intel’s i5 and i7?
Apple has been using Intel chips these days in their notebooks and desktop based Macs, but we might reconsider this now as Apple is sort of falling in love with AMD these days.
Permalink: Apple to migrate towards AMD chips?
Rumors have been floating around everywhere that on April 13th, Apple would announce an upgrade to their current generation of Macbook Pros, adding Intel i5 and i7. 
MacRumors got hold of the screenshot below which appears to be an inventory table of Microcenter. The information on the new systems is quite limited as it doesn’t disclose any facts about the hardware. Previous rumors have shown that the Macbook Pro is getting an Intel i5 and i7 upgrade and maybe a new graphics chipset if we’re quite fortunate.
Permalink: Macbook Pro to be Updated on 13th April?
The solid state drive war has been picking up heat since Intel released their X-25 SSD. Corsair took things a little further with this little speed demon, it’s lightning fast and it’s just for 400 US dollars for the 100GB model!
Permalink: Corsair’s 100GB Force SSD is a speed demon!
What is server virtualization? You must have heard that term used a lot by Microsoft, Intel and the likes, but might not know what it does and why do we need it. Intel have made an interesting video with animation and narration on server virtualization. Although it’s totally focused on Intel’s own technologies, it provides a good understanding of server virtualization as well. A must see if you’re into virtualization!
Permalink: Server Virtualization. What it is and how it works?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet Hardware 2.0 has done a series of benchmarks, not raw ones with exact numbers, but with ratings as results. He took Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7 Beta 1 build 7000 (32 bit and 64 bit), 7 build 7048 (64 bit) and 7 build 7057 32 bit which is the most recent leaked build. He tested the builds on 2 separate systems with these configurations and took 31 tests in total.
Keep in mind that raw benchmark results aren’t allowed under the Windows 7 EULA. Here are the test results from both systems:
Permalink: Windows 7 build 7057 vs. Vista, XP and older 7 builds
