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New Xscale powers 'Xbox in a phone'
News The whole system will run with the same battery life as existing voice-only phones, according to Intel, with the SpeedStep management providing up to 50 percent extra life without any need for changes in existing software.
[September 18, 2003, 14:50]
Linux open to backdoor password
News It's unfortunate but certainly not life-shattering," he said. A second flaw, also discovered by Internet Security Systems, could then allow a user to gain full control of the computer. In this second flaw, an intruder working inside the Piranha...
[April 25, 2000, 13:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Gradually, the magazine office is coming back to life. Wonder, balefully, about coding up my recent love life for duplication as an online experience. Everyone knows Moore's Law -- complexity doubles every eighteen months - but its sibling, Moore...
[January 10, 1998, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Gradually, the magazine office is coming back to life. Wonder, balefully, about coding up my recent love life for duplication as an online experience. Everyone knows Moore's Law -- complexity doubles every eighteen months - but its sibling, Moore...
[January 10, 1998, 7:00]
Virtual Teams: Small Business Innovation
Blog While there I met a tourist that told me about a mobile virus that destroyed his handset and that very conversation set about a life altering transition in my life. Conference calls in the middle of the night become second nature, but it is because...
[October 2, 2008, 18:06]
First Android phone enters the smartphone fray
News Our strategy is to provide one phone for your life," he said. Because it lacks corporate email, it is not likely to take significant market share from either RIM, which according to Gartner sold over 55 percent of smartphones in the second quarter...
[September 24, 2008, 8:27]
Intel's low-power Crusoe challenger
News Intel officials concede that Transmeta did wonders for raising industry awareness of battery life. With its low power consumption, Transmeta's low-power Crusoe processor and LongRun power-management software and Intel's forthcoming low-power...
[October 12, 2000, 8:19]
Sony VAIO PCG-TR1MP review
Reviews Performance & battery life Therefore, you’d expect reasonable but not stellar performance, and good battery life -- and that’s pretty much what you get. In the past, Sony notebooks have generally disappointed when it comes to battery life, but we...
[September 10, 2003, 16:05]
New Wi-Fi chips mix standards
News They consume 75 percent less power than other wireless chips, giving notebooks up to 20 minutes more battery life, according to Jeff Abramowitz, senior director of wireless networking at Broadcom. Reducing battery life is part of the company's...
[September 16, 2003, 10:05]
Mitac Mio 339 review
Reviews Mitac offers a few other software extras, including: a backup tool that sends data to a storage card but not to any of the ROM; eMenu, an icon-driven alternative to the Today screen; and Mitac Utility, whose main useful function is to offer...
[December 1, 2003, 10:05]
JVC Mini Note MP-XP7210 review
Reviews The most comparable product to the Mini Note MP-XP7210 is Sony’s 733MHz Crusoe-based VAIO PCG-C1MGP, which also weighs a touch under 1kg, has a slightly larger screen resolution (1,280 x 600), features integrated Bluetooth connectivity but...
[July 31, 2002, 16:48]
Windows Vista RC2 review
Reviews Under Windows XP, our Acer TravelMate 8200 enjoyed a comfortable 3 hours 20 minutes of battery life -- more than enough to watch a DVD of any major motion picture released these days. Under Windows Vista beta 2 build 5384.4 running Aero, the...
[October 12, 2006, 8:05]
The Day Ahead: What happens when analysts stop cheering
News The other factor is that life is too short to focus on companies that can't make the cut -- no analyst is going to make a career out of predicting Theglobe.com's stock price. The lack of analyst coverage also made Theglobe.com's second quarter...
[August 4, 2000, 13:39]
Efficeon nets PC industry backing
News When it launched in early 2000, the company promised that its Crusoe chips would tackle one of the major problems in notebook computing: short battery life caused by processor power consumption. In the second quarter, revenue came to $5.1m (£3.18m...
[October 1, 2003, 15:20]
AMD's chief scientist on smoke and mirrors
News There are a lot of people who use a single notebook for working from various locations, but who do not need long battery life. We expect to be producing chips on the 90-nanometre production process in volume by the second half of 2004.
[September 25, 2003, 15:55]
Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News It could follow a child throughout their life. The second reading of the bill is likely to occur within three weeks, according to Davies. The LSE report on ID cards will be introduced a couple of days before the second reading, as it will take time...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet review
Reviews Performance & battery life Lenovo claims a maximum battery life of more than 10 hours, but this requires an 8-cell battery, solid-state storage and an LED backlit screen. The absence of an optical drive and a touchpad may make the ThinkPad X200...
[January 5, 2009, 15:14]
Dell Axim X30 (64MB, 624MHz processor) review
Reviews Not only does this mean a faster engine speed, but the new chip also features a combination of SpeedStep technology (originally found in Intel's notebook processors), which dynamically adjusts power according to the application, and Wireless MMX...
[May 25, 2004, 16:05]
Intel: Caught with its PIIIs down
News We can take the overall performance up in terms of clock speed [and still maintain battery life ]," Otellini said. We're growing overall capacity to meet higher seasonal demand in the second half of the year," said Paul Otellini, executive vice...
[April 28, 2000, 9:49]
AMD rolls out Duron chip for portables
News It is operating at a thermal power that fits inside a mainstream notebook and will offer a competitive battery life. Notebooks with the chip, which sports a 1.4V core, as opposed to the 1.6V core of the desktop Duron, should deliver two to three...
[January 17, 2001, 11:29]
