by Thomas De Maesschalck March 18 2009
A new report by Neal Nelson indicates AMD beats Intel in 45nm low power quad-core servers. Here's the full press release: A server configured with new AMD (NYSE: AMD) low power Opteron "Shanghai HE" processors used 13 to 21 percent less power while delivering better throughput when compared to a virtually identical server configured with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Xeon "low power" processors. The test results were collected during extensive testing by Neal Nelson, an independent computer performance consultant. The results have been given the consultant's money back accuracy guarantee. "The AMD based server beat the Intel based server in our tests. We processed millions of transactions against a real database and we measured the total throughput and the total power used by the servers. We are certain of the accuracy of our test results and we provide our customers with a money back guarantee. If a system under-performs in the real world, we will take it back and refund the purchase price." commented Neal Nelson, president of the consulting firm.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
All That Twitters May Not Be Gold, Analysts Say
By Cyrus Sanati March 17, 2009
Twitter seems to have gone from obscure to mainstream in about the same time it takes to send a “tweet” over the network. Despite the fact that the three-year-old microblogging service doesn’t generate revenue — never mind profits — there is already chatter about who might want to buy it. However, analysts at Sanford Bernstein believe that potential acquirers for Twitter should think twice. In a research note published late last week, the analysts argued that the Web 2.0 model of building a product and then figuring out how to monetize it has been largely debunked. The Web is littered with examples of promising but ultimately value-destroying acquisitions, they wrote, citing deals such as AOL’s $4.2 billion acquisition of Netscape, and eBay’s $4.1 billion acquisition of Skype. The analysts said that monetizing Twitter “would be difficult at best and likely unsuccessful.” People who sign up for free services tend to resent a company for trying to wring revenue from the business later. Subscription fees are out of the question, they said, and advertising-based revenues don’t seem to have yielded enough cash flow to make a Web 2.0 property viable.
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Twitter seems to have gone from obscure to mainstream in about the same time it takes to send a “tweet” over the network. Despite the fact that the three-year-old microblogging service doesn’t generate revenue — never mind profits — there is already chatter about who might want to buy it. However, analysts at Sanford Bernstein believe that potential acquirers for Twitter should think twice. In a research note published late last week, the analysts argued that the Web 2.0 model of building a product and then figuring out how to monetize it has been largely debunked. The Web is littered with examples of promising but ultimately value-destroying acquisitions, they wrote, citing deals such as AOL’s $4.2 billion acquisition of Netscape, and eBay’s $4.1 billion acquisition of Skype. The analysts said that monetizing Twitter “would be difficult at best and likely unsuccessful.” People who sign up for free services tend to resent a company for trying to wring revenue from the business later. Subscription fees are out of the question, they said, and advertising-based revenues don’t seem to have yielded enough cash flow to make a Web 2.0 property viable.
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Apple Reveals It Intentionally Crippled Bluetooth in iPod touch 2G
Users who want Bluetooth will have to pay Apple for OS v3.0 to unlock the built in functionality
By Jason Mick - March 18, 2009
When the iPod touch 2G first came out, one feature that was the subject of numerous rumors was Bluetooth compatibility. The addition of Bluetooth would allow wireless stereo headphones and other cool gadgets to connect to the device. Instead, users got Nike+, a curious joint venture from Nike and Apple which used the same 2.4 GHz spectrum. Apple insisted at the time that Bluetooth was not on the iPod touch and that Nike+ didn't use Bluetooth. Teardowns late last year, though, told a different story. The teardown revealed a Broadcom Bluetooth chipset with support for 2.1+EDR. The chipset, not listed on Apple's spec sheet, was apparently being used to implement Nike+. Some argued that there must be some hardware difference; Apple wouldn't just lock out working functionality. Well, they were wrong -- during a Q&A session at the iPhone/iPod touch OS v3.0 press event this week, Apple let slip that Bluetooth is indeed on the iPod touch and that it intentionally crippled it.
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By Jason Mick - March 18, 2009
When the iPod touch 2G first came out, one feature that was the subject of numerous rumors was Bluetooth compatibility. The addition of Bluetooth would allow wireless stereo headphones and other cool gadgets to connect to the device. Instead, users got Nike+, a curious joint venture from Nike and Apple which used the same 2.4 GHz spectrum. Apple insisted at the time that Bluetooth was not on the iPod touch and that Nike+ didn't use Bluetooth. Teardowns late last year, though, told a different story. The teardown revealed a Broadcom Bluetooth chipset with support for 2.1+EDR. The chipset, not listed on Apple's spec sheet, was apparently being used to implement Nike+. Some argued that there must be some hardware difference; Apple wouldn't just lock out working functionality. Well, they were wrong -- during a Q&A session at the iPhone/iPod touch OS v3.0 press event this week, Apple let slip that Bluetooth is indeed on the iPod touch and that it intentionally crippled it.
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HP debuts green batteries
By Tim Conneally March 18, 2009
Boston Power debuted its Sonata battery technology in 2007, as a safer, more efficient alternative to standard lithium ion batteries. Boston Power promises Sonata batteries can charge 80% in 30 minutes, and have an average lifespan of three years. Hewlett Packard took an early interest in the startup, and late last year officially announced that it had adopted Boston Power's technology for its own line of notebook batteries. This week, HP debuted the batteries which have been built upon Boston Power's patent-pending Sonata technology, called the Enviro series. They and can be dropped into 15 different HP notebooks (Pavilion dv4, dv5, and dv6, HDX 16, G50, G60, G61, G70, G71, and Compaq Presario CQ40, CQ45, CQ50, CQ60, CQ61, CQ70, and CQ71,) and are being marketed as the industry's first sustainable laptop batteries. Boston Power's cell technology has received Nordic Ecolabel certification, and certification by the Chinese Environmental Protection Agency.
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Boston Power debuted its Sonata battery technology in 2007, as a safer, more efficient alternative to standard lithium ion batteries. Boston Power promises Sonata batteries can charge 80% in 30 minutes, and have an average lifespan of three years. Hewlett Packard took an early interest in the startup, and late last year officially announced that it had adopted Boston Power's technology for its own line of notebook batteries. This week, HP debuted the batteries which have been built upon Boston Power's patent-pending Sonata technology, called the Enviro series. They and can be dropped into 15 different HP notebooks (Pavilion dv4, dv5, and dv6, HDX 16, G50, G60, G61, G70, G71, and Compaq Presario CQ40, CQ45, CQ50, CQ60, CQ61, CQ70, and CQ71,) and are being marketed as the industry's first sustainable laptop batteries. Boston Power's cell technology has received Nordic Ecolabel certification, and certification by the Chinese Environmental Protection Agency.
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