It was discovered that Apple's new MacBook and MacBook Pro takes a huge hit in performance when users remove battery running the notebooks off AC power. While Gearlog's Zach Honig benchmarked a 2.53 GHz MacBook Pro using a multiprocessor test called Cinebench R10 with third-party RAM, he noticed an usual 37% plunge in processing power. It turned out RAM was not the cause but the battery he had removed before. Re-benchmarking, the MacBook Pro showed a score of 5,549 with battery, ...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) describes the latest standardization work by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in the mobile network technology tree that promises to deliver a better user experience with ultra fast broadband and very low latency with lowest cost per bit for data services. Motorola claimed it has completed the first over-the-air Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data transfers in 700-MHz spectrum. The demonstration used its LTE Radio Access Test Network and LTE eNode-B platform along with a prototype LTE device. The ...

HP launched its multitouch-capable TouchSmart tx2 yesterday hailing it the world's first multitouch consumer notebook. TouchSmart tx2 boasts a 12.1-inch swivel display (LED-backlit), 3GB DDR2 RAM, an AMD Turion X2 dual-core processor, a bezel-mounted fingerprint reader, integrated webcam with microphone, Bluetooth / WiFi, stereo speakers, a 5-in-1 multicard reader and a LightScribe SuperMulti DVD burner. The notebook comes loaded with Vista Home Premium OS and HP's own MediaSmart 2.0 software. It weighs around 5 lbs and sells for $1149 currently. Here are ...

Google is now following the "Wiki way" to allow users, who have logged in their (Google) accounts, customizing search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. Here is Google’s demo video: Cedric Dupont, Product Manager, talked about SearchWiki on official blog: This new feature is an example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic, giving people tools that make search even more useful to them in their daily lives. We have been testing bits and pieces of SearchWiki for some ...

Blizzard reported they has sold 2.8 million copies of Wrath of Lich King, the second extension of the world's most popular MMO World of Warcraft (WoW), in 24 hours breaking all-time record for the fastest selling PC game. And at $40 a copy, the company would have taken home $112 million on the first day. "We're grateful for the incredible support that players around the world have continued to show for WoW. Wrath of the Lich King contains some of the ...

Better late than never, Microsoft finally confirmed the release candidate for IE8 would be available in the first quarter of 2009 indicating the official release will be shipped a couple of months later. In browser wars, for very long time, Microsoft had just sit back and let Firefox crush the field overconfident in once 95% market share. Today, Firefox is getting more and more ground in both individual user front and enterprise level segment. With IE8, Microsoft focus closely on compatibility with ...

Here are some pictures of another iPhone killer: the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first touch-screen smart phone, which set to be released Friday through Verizon Wireless. [caption id="attachment_76" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Front and back sides"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_78" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Landscape views"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_79" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="BlackBerry Storm: Message & E-mail"][/caption]

Google can answer how much spam is costing your business with a calculator which is part of a marketing campaign for Google Message Security (GMS). The service is based on the Postini technology Google acquired last year for online spam-filtering. There is no rocket science behind the calculator however. Entering a few figures like the number of workers with e-mail account, how much you pay them, how much spam they have to encounter everyday, Google will make out how many days and how ...

Though the PSP has long been hacked traditional methods of obtaining kernel access did not work on the PSP 3000, preventing fans from using pirated UMDs. The new console, therefore, was once considered "unhackable." The (hacking) story did not end there however as yesterday Datel released a new battery peripheral called the Datel's Lite Blue Tool which can boot the Sony PSP 3000 into service mode and allow downgrading to an earlier version where cracked firmware is possible. In response, Sony promptly ...

Some users have reported that they found a new feature integrated into Gmail's settings which allows them to change default Gmail interface to over 30 different themes. Google itself announced they will be rolling out the feature to all users in the next couple of days. Before users had to depend on Greasemonkey scripts or Firefox plugins that could bring some more pleasure to the standard Gmail theme. Gmail's help center provides an interesting piece about the new themes: In some cases, ...