Intel, AMD Both Make Gains Per Fresh iSuppli Report

Blighted chip maker AMD has something to cheer about as it has made some significant gains in the global microprocessor market in the last one year. According to research firm iSuppli, AMD accounted for 13% of the global revenue share, which, although down 1.1% from Q4, is an improvement of 2.2 points from Q1 of 2007. While AMD hangs in there with long term gains, Intel witnessed good growth in Q1, 2008. Intel’s global revenue market share stood a 79.7%, up 1.2% from the preceding quarter. But there is a slight blemish for Intel as it yielded 0.7% share to its archrival over a year’s span. The next twelve months present a huge opportunity to chip makers as the ultra-portables market beckons with its promise of riches. But AMD hasn’t still fully divulged its plans for the lucrative low-voltage processor market

A Brief History Of Extreme Systems

When the chipmaker introduced its first Extreme Edition processor, Intel was forced to fall back on the workstation and server line of products since its desktop parts lacked the performance. When AMD unveiled its Athlon 64 FX-51, Intel was forced to sell a Xeon processor, which contained an additional 2 MB of L3 cache, as a desktop CPU under the name "Pentium Extreme Edition 3.20 GHz". Initially, these CPUs used the Prestonia core but later transitioned to the newer Gallatin design. At the time, switching to a different motherboard or even an entirely different platform in order to use such an Extreme Edition CPU was not necessary, since Intel packaged the CPU as a desktop part.

The Intel Pentium Extreme 3.20 GHz system

This was possible since the server processors used the same front-side bus protocol as the desktop parts. Only since the desktop and server/workstation technologies have drifted apart has the buyer been forced to buy a special motherboard for an Extreme Edition system.













The AMD 4x4 system
AMD was the first to bring dual-socket systems to the desktop with its 4x4 system. Intel, in turn, was the first to market with a quad-core processor, making AMD fall far behind in the desktop processor performance race. To compensate for this setback, AMD decided to put two dual-core CPUs on a dual-socket motherboard. For this approach, AMD used Opterons from the server segment, which ran a mere 200 MHz faster than any of its siblings at the time and were called "Athlon 64 FX70 to 74." The drawback was that AMD was forced to develop a completely new and very expensive motherboard for the CPU design. To make things worse, there was only one manufacturer that made the motherboard. Today, this system has been all but forgotten, and AMD no longer ships the 4x4 processors.
With the introduction of its Skulltrail platform today, Intel is following in AMD's footsteps. Both the D5400XS Skulltrail motherboard and the new Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processor were originally designed for the workstation/server segment.















The Intel Skulltrail test system
The system is not exactly a revolutionary step for the users - more like a comparatively cheap server CPU and a specially designed and frightfully expensive motherboard. Intel is expecting its desktop buyers to spend a good deal of money on this combination so that Intel won't have to develop anything new in this arena. We've already seen once before how this story can unfold with AMD's 4x4 system, and the same fate may also await Intel's Skulltrail. As the saying goes, "Those who do not learn from history..."

Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU Cooler Review

The product we’re testing today is not available as an off-the-shelve retail heatsink, it comes with bundled with Intel’s 45nm Extreme processors (e.g.: QX6850) . Its full name is FCLGA4-S which doesn’t make us much wiser.Intel reference heatsinks haven’t changed much in design since the introduction of the first S478 and S775 processors. They offer a basic performance/noise level, most if not all 3rd party heatsinks offer better performance at lower noise levels so this market has been growing for several years now, we have tested over 150 of these heatsinks here at the site, and even more new CPU cooler solutions are being released at and increased rate.When we first saw the FCLGA4-S we were quite surprised by its size and design, to say the least, it’s quite a step forward from the previous reference coolers:

The unit features a custom size 110mm fan with blue LED lightening (!) which is controlled through PWM (1000~2900rpm). When it comes to weight you might be surprised… ~420gram. If you know that the previous AlCu reference coolers weighed close to 450gram and was smaller in size you know something is up.Our friends at FrostyTech found out what made this new cooler from Intel thick; there is a copper insert alright, but it’s hollow and serves as a heat column; which is a cheaper alternative to the well known heat pipe.
The 41mm diameter copper "thermal chamber" works along a similar principle as a heatpipe, using a working fluid under a vacuum. The low pressure causes the fluid to change states when heat is applied, allowing the vapour to rapidly conduct heat between hot and cold surfaces. A solid metal block by comparison would rely upon the metals conductive properties to move heat from the base and distribute it along the cylindrical walls to which the fins are soldered.

Intel power PC platforms: Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and V8

Review Intel has been dancing all over AMD's financials with its Core 2 processors for the past year and it's keeping up the pressure, most recently with the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and, more intriguingly, it's product-that-isn't-a-product, the V8 platform.

Let's start with V8 as it's something of an odd ball. It consists of an Intel S5000XVN ATX motherboard and two quad-core Xeon X5365 processors, each clocked to 3GHz and capable of operating on a 1333MHz frontside bus. With it, Intel sent us a pair of CPU coolers, 4GB of Samsung FB-DIMM PC2-5300F memory and an 850W power supply from Cooler Master.
So, that's eight physical cores on two sockets all with an estimated value of £2400. Good value as a bundle? It's hard to be sure, as Intel isn't selling the V8 as a system but is instead touting it as a technology showcase.
Or is it? As it happens the Xeon X5365 processor isn't currently available through the usual channels. If you want one, you have to buy a Mac Pro from Apple. The covering letter that came with the V8 refers to an "eight-core media creation PC", which is a pretty good description of the top-of-the-range Mac Pro.
Could V8, or a version of it, be a board supplied by Intel for Apple and now getting a lease of life beyond the Mac platform? Neither Intel nor Apple are saying, of course

VoodooPC's Intel Core 2 Extreme-Based

VoodooPC has announced the availability of Intel Core 2 Extreme-based high performance desktops. Part of the Omen series, the desktops are among the first to make use of Intel's just-announced Core 2 CPUs. As is always the case, being a member of the early adopter club comes at a hefty price, with base configurations starting at $4,400 and going all the way up to $6,000. A mere bag of shells, really. The systems use Core 2 Extreme CPUs running at 2.93 GHz. Other specs include an 80GB, 7,200 RPM hard drive, 16X dual layer DVD burner and 2GB of RAM. Users can choose between ATI and nVidia cards, with the GeForce 7900 GT hovering on the high end.
The Omen series come in aluminum cases with too-cool-for-the-room designer cutouts and so forth. You know, the type of things that are cries for help. – Nicholas Deleon

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770

Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX9650 was the first CPU to use Intel's new 45nm fabrication process. Aside from this, and despite the impressive performance, especially if you run applications that take advantage of SSE4, there wasn't a great deal about the QX9650 to cause much excitement, unless the prospect of 12MB of L2 cache is enough to float your boat.
This was a deliberate policy on Intel's part, a policy known as tick-tock. In a ‘tick' year Intel would move on the process technology, in this case the 45nm process, and then in 2008, a ‘tock' year, the front-side bus would be raised from 1,333MHz to 1,600MHz. Moving one step at a time should keep problems to a minimum and enable Intel to iron out technical issues in an orderly fashion instead of in a terrible rush.
The tick-tock logic makes perfect sense provided Intel has dominance in the processor market and is able to dictate the speed at which it rolls out new technologies and speed bumps. So what were we to make of the arrival of a Core 2 Extreme QX9770?
This is a new quad-core Penryn processor that runs at 3.20GHz on the 1,600MHz front-side bus that we didn't expect to see until some time in 2008. The clock speed increase compared to QX9650 is a relatively small 200MHz. Pricing is the usual USD $999 per processor for a tray of 1,000 units but no-one will buy a thousand of the things, and that's assuming that Intel will ever even make one thousand QX9770s.
The timing of the QX9770 is especially odd as Intel doesn't currently have a chipset that officially supports the 1,600MHz front-side bus as X38 tops out at 1,333MHz and we won't see the X48 chipset 1,600MHz support until early in 2008. This means that the new CPU relies on the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers to add BIOS support for the QX9770, which isn't the sort of thing that we expect from Intel. It rather suggests that AMD's launch of the quad-core Phenom has caused Intel some concern and in response it has launched this new processor in something of a rush

Overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Dusts Core 2 Extreme X6800

While they didn't quite fry an egg over their CPU, the brainy folks over at Toms Hardware did manage to overclock a lowly Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 up to 3.1GHz (from its base 2.13GHz) using only the stock cooler provided by Intel. Further tweaking got the E6400 up as high as 3.3GHz (with the help of a third-party cooler, Gigabyte's 3D Galaxy II liquid cooler).
Their conclusion: "Any cooling upgrade meant to increase overclock ability only becomes a "justified expense" when it takes the lower model processor beyond what the "next model up" can accomplish using its included cooler."

Intel - Core 2 Extreme QX6700

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
quad core CPU also known as Kentsfield or The Quad Father (02/11/2006)
Intel is on a roll after the launch of Core 2 Duo E6700 in July 2006 and here we are, a mere four months later, with the launch of the quad core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 which was codename Kentsfield during development.
No doubt when Intel releases non-Extreme versions of this processor they will be called Core 2 Quadro or Quattro or something to reflect the four cores, provided it can find a name that hasn't been snapped up by Nvidia for professional graphics cards or Audi for four wheel drive cars.
In essence Intel has shoehorned a pair of Core 2 Duo processors on to a single LGA775 die, so the quad core runs on the same 1,066MHz Front Side Bus as Core 2 Duo and is fabricated on a 65nm process. There is 4MB of L2 cache for each pair of cores, so that's a total of 8MB of cache, and the core speed is similar to Core 2 Duo.

Core 2 Duo E6700 runs at 2.66GHz and has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65W while the Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 runs at 2.963GHz and has a TDP of 75W. By contrast the quad core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 runs at 2.66GHz and has a TDP of 130W so it truly is a pair of E6700 CPUs in a single processor socket. Let's not lose sight of the fact that the final versions of dual core Pentium 4 had a similar heat profile, so the technology to keep the processor cool is well established.

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

Intel's latest high-end, quad-core chip, the Core 2 Extreme QX6850, nudges past its QX6800 predecessor rather than taking a significant a leap forward. Moving from a 2.93GHz clock speed to 3.0GHz didn't result in tremendous performance gains on our benchmarks, nor did the switch to a faster frontside bus. Instead, the major appeal here is the price droP

For $999 (~£487), Intel's new chip delivers performance that's on par with the older, much pricier, QX6800. But remember that AMD and Intel each have new product lines coming out by the end of the year that might prove worth waiting for.

The 3.0GHz QX6850's progenitor, the 2.93GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6800, was actually not that widely available as a standalone product. If your PC has one, chances are it's because you purchased a complete system from a high-end system vendor. Still, with a suggested price of $1,200 (~£585) and a street price of $1,350 (~£659) at the time of this review, Intel's previous top-dog chip sat in a new category of expensive high-end CPUs.
For motherboards, the QX6850 uses the same LGA 775 design as the current generation of dual-core and quad-core CPUs, which means that you don't necessarily need a next-generation motherboard to use it. But unless you go with certain Intel G33, P35 or X38 chipset-based motherboards, or a BIOS-updated Nforce 600-series board from Nvidia, you won't get support for the faster 1,333MHz frontside bus. We used both Asus P5K and P5K3 motherboards for our testing, both based on Intel's P35 chipset, but the latter using the newer (and much pricier) DDR3 RAM.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 four-core CPU

At the beginning of November Intel launched its four-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor, where the Q, of course, stands for 'quad'. This Extreme processor has an unlocked multiplier so we reviewers can have fun experimenting with a £650 piece of silicon while the buying public regards Extreme products as a technological showcase and waits for the mainstream versions to arrive...
By that token the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a really big deal as it is the first retail quad-core processor to target the mainstream desktop market and to ship with a locked multiplier. But other than that it's very similar indeed to the QX6700. Well, OK, the clock speed is one bump lower, at 2.4GHz, hence the model code, as the Q6600 is effectively a pair of Core 2 Duo E6600 cores on a single socket with a pair of 4MB L2 caches and a 1066MHz frontside bus.

Intel reinforced the message that this is the quad-core processor for the rest of us by sending the part out with a budget P965 motherboard model DP965LT which retails for about £70. The Extreme QX6700 press kit included the considerably more expensive D975XBX2, which sells for £150. The DP965LT doesn’t require any support for overclocking which makes things simple and cheap, and at the stock 2.66GHz our test results show that the QX6700 had very similar performance on both motherboards.
Satisfied that the DP965LT offered a decent platform we lowered the clock multiplier of the QX6700 to drop the clock speed to 2.4GHz, matching that of the Q6600. Both processors returned results that were essentially identical, so we are completely satisfied that the Q6600 is indeed a slightly slower QX6700 without the option of overclocking

Best Quad Core CPU for the Money (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600)

I just can’t have enough cores! My current main PC is an AMD X2 3800+ due core and while it’s still working great…. I suddenly have developed the urge to build a new PC with a quad core CPU! Do you have that feeling sometimes?
Ok, the real story is that I’ve turned the current PC into a home theater PC and now it’s sitting in the bedroom alongside a shiny new 1080p Philips 42″ LCD that I bought for the wife as her birthday present (evil smile :-)). While it’s a great setup, sometimes I just need to work at a desk and not on the bed… therefore the need for the replacement PC.
It looks like currently the best value quad core CPU is the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, priced at a relatively

affordable $289 from Newegg.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Review

2006 was a very interesting year for the PC market

As some of the older chips will have been benchmarked with older drivers, there will be a small variation in the older results due to drivers; however the differences ought to be small

When Intel replaces the E6300 and E6400 with the upcoming E6320 and E6420, they will stop disabling half the cache on those chips, so all 6xxx series Core 2 Duo's will then have 4MB of L2 cache.
The lower end E4xxx range of processors will be distinguished from the E6xxx series of processors by only having 2MB of L2 cache, 800MHz FSB, and having VT support disabled.

Given that the E4300 has a physically smaller die, runs at a lower default Vcore and having a maximum 9x multiplier, it should be a pretty good overclocker - but exactly how good? We will see, because I'm going to take this E4300 and overclock it to its absolute limit!

Intel Core 2 Duo, Conroe rocks, dominates in games

First INQpressions Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 vs Athlon FX62

INTEL has been a high-end underdog for a while.
AMD has owned that market for years but now the magical Conroe CPU is here and Intel finally has some ammunition to fight. Intel ditched the rotten Pentium 4 Netburst marchitecture and embraced Pentium M marchitecture.
It managed to make the Pentium M core even more efficient by some thirty per cent and that's how we got Conroe and Merom CPUs. Conroe finally got its commercial name Core 2 Duo and is the fastest Intel marchitecture that money can buy today.

Intel Core 2 Duo or Conroe, as we like to call it, has two independent cores each having 2MB of cache. It is manufactured on 65 nanometre marchitecture and the production is ramping up. Intel now can get enough of the CPUs to satisfy demand. The chip has fourteen pipelines stages compared to thirty one on the Pentium 4 EE CPU.
The one we tested works at 2.67GHz and it is branded as Intel Core 2 Duo E6700. Each core works at 2.67GHz and the CPU uses 266MHz FSB.

The CPU officially supports DDR 2 memory up to 800MHz and if you overclock you can get even 1200MHz memory to work on it. The CPU has two times 64KB of L1 cache that it uses for data or instructions - much more compared to Pentium 4 EE which had only 28KB. AMD's Athlon FX has twice as much, totally 128KB of cache memory and uses 64KB for data and 64 for instructions.
The Core 2 Duo supports X86, x86-64, and all SSEs from one to SSE4. This is the first Intel Pentium M based CPU that fully supports 64-bit computing.

Powerful Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

Fully Optimized For Multi-Tasking

The use of an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor allows your CPU to run simultaneous seperate threads of software with ease. Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs include features crucial for optimum digital signal processing performance, including:
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution - enabling more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability - delivering more energy-efficient performance
Intel® Smart Memory Access - optimizing the use of available data bandwidth
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache - providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem, optimized for multi-core and dual-core processing
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost - accelerating a broad range of applications, including digital video, digital audio, image manipulation, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering, and scientific applications

HP Debuts Portable Notebook PCs

The HP EliteBook series incorporate the latest Intel (News - Alert) processors, solid-state hard drives and wireless technologies suitable for traveling business users. The Intel technology supports extended battery life and better system performance. The notebooks also support Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low-voltage (ULV) or low-voltage (LV) processors for optimizing performance and reducing power consumption.

The EliteBook models feature an optional integrated 2 megapixel Webcam with business card software and an integrated HP NightLight which lights up the keyboard for better visibility in low light. A shock-resistant hard drive and spill-resistant keyboard protect data in the HP EliteBook from bumps, drops and spills.

The HP EliteBook 2530p Notebook PC weighs only 3.19 pound with a 12.1 inch diagonal widescreen HP Illumi-Lite LED display.

The HP EliteBook 2530p features a durable HP DuraCase, which is a brushed anodized aluminum casing combined with magnesium alloy chassis capable of withstanding extremes of temperatures, dust and humidity. In addition, the inner magnesium shell of the notebook’s HP DuraCase has a honeycomb pattern that is thermally bonded to anodized aluminum for a solid construction.

The HP EliteBook 2730p Notebook PC is an ultra thin high-performing convertible tablet weighing only 3.7 pounds. Its screen can be twisted so as to convert it into a pen-based tablet. An integrated touch-pad, tablet buttons and a jog dial are new features of the PC. The ultra slim battery accessory offers 12 combined hours of battery life. It has a docking solution with an integrated DVD+/-RW drive.

The HP Compaq 2230s Notebook PC has a 12.1 inch diagonal widescreen display and reflective black surface. The Wi-Fi certified wireless LAN (WLAN) and integrated Bluetooth wireless technology enables users to access the Internet anywhere with a connection.

The EliteBook notebooks incorporate energy efficient features and are made of materials which can be easily recycled. The PCs have an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold rating and feature a mercury-free Illumi-Lite LED display, which is lighter and more energy-efficient than standard notebook display technologies.

Intel's microcore future shown in pictures

AT THE ONE of numerous press briefings happening at IDF, several key figures at Intel were discussing the future of Intel and how will things develop with the changing face of computing as such.
Even though the products aren't even close to coming out the door, the company's marketing department has everything ready - and you will get bombarded with bombastic Tera-Scale Computing marchitecture campaigns.
The Tera-Scale is a nice marchitecture name for orientation on mini-cores and mini-threads, which are set to send current dual and quad-core counterparts into the oblivion.
Abel Weinrib stated that parallelism is "inevitable", and the company is now talking about removing obstacles in order to achieve maximum usability and bandwidth. We'll talk more about Tera-Scale marchitecture in follow-up articles, and just leave you with a picture of the very first mini-core effort from Intel's development team from Far East.

Intel Atom based cellphones to be launched soon

If things go well for Intel, we may soon see cellphones with Atom processors. The Intel Atom processor is being made using the 32nm process technology and would be cheaper. The 32nm technology is based on the x86 micro-architecture and would have the support of most previous Intel based technologies. The Intel Atom has the full power of the Intel ecosystem behind it and negotiations are already underway. We may expect to see an Apple iPhone with Intel Atom as early as in 2009 or 2010. Both Intel and AMD have been trying to enter the mobile world as well.

Kontron's 986LCD-M/mITX

Eching/Nuremberg, Germany, February 14th - Kontron, a leading embedded computer technology company, today launched the new 986LCD-M/mITX high-end Mini-ITX embedded motherboard. Kontron's 986LCD-M/mITX supports the latest dual core low power processors, Intel� Core� Duo T2500 (2 GHz) / Intel Core Duo L2400 (1,6 GHz) or Intel Core Solo processor T1300 (1.6 GHz), with Intel 945GM + ICH7M Embedded Chipset. The Intel Core Duo mobile processor and on-board Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 provides extreme performance for embedded applications with low power consumption. The board is designed for processor and graphics intensive applications such as gaming, medical technology, multi media, point of information, point of sale, data communications and high-end thin clients.

Asus Eee PC 8G

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Asus Eee PC 4G

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Asus Eee PC 4G

Specifications* Internal memory: 4 GB solid state disk* Memory expansion: slot for MMC/SD(SDHC) cards* RAM: 512 MB DDR2* Processor: 800 MHz Intel Mobile CPU* Operating system: Linux (supports Windows XP)* LCD: 7 inches, 800 x 480 pixels* Networking: 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), 10/100 Fast Ethernet* Peripheral connectivity: three USB 2.0* External video: one VGA* External audio: one headphone and one microphone port* Webcamera: yes* Battery: 5200 mAh* Battery life: up to 3.5 hours* Weight: 2 pounds (32 ounces)* Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches

Microsoft Milan Surface Computer Playtable: computing table

Some big news from Microsoft yesterday on a new computer called the Microsoft Milan Surface Computer (or Playtable) which is basically a computing table.

Then you add to that some amazing technology and this is one of the best products I have seen from Microsoft in many years, just look at the photos (IT LOOKS AMAZING) and I am not just saying that because I love technology and gadgets.

With all new computers and phones the designers are talking computer interaction and touch (just look at the iPhone), this is the first product from Microsoft’s Surface Computing group (a tabletop computer code-named Milan).

30-inch horizontal display and 22 inches high, this acrylic table is very similar to a table top Pacman game my dad had years ago but obviously not with the technology that’s in the Milan Playtable.

Microsoft Milan Surface Computer Playtable Features:

• Wi-Fi enabled (put a WiFi digital camera on the table top and the machine downloads the photos automatically)
• Interact with photos much like actual physical photos (pass them around the table)
• Music application turns the table into a virtual jukebox
• Concierge application that helps you pull together an itinerary for a day out in a strange city
• First generation Microsoft Surface Computer aimed at retail and in bars and hotels
• Browse the Web
• Imagine controlling a Media Center PC like this
• Interactive slideshows
  

Revolutionary Pen-Size Computer Uses Bluetooth*Technology

Is this for real?

A revolutionary new miniature computer is being worked on in Japan that comes in the shape of a pen that you can slip in to your pocket. It projects a monitor and keyboard on any flat surface that you can begin using like any regular PC computer. With its Bluetooth technology, it recognizes your key-presses and inputs as per usual.

A revolutionary new miniature computer is being worked on in Japan that comes in the shape of a pen that you can slip in to your pocket. It projects a monitor and keyboard on any flat surface that you can begin using like any regular PC computer. With its Bluetooth technology, it recognizes your key-presses and inputs as per usual. See the photos below. I’m trying to find out more about it and when it is expected to be available to the masses. Stay tuned!

Sony VAIO UX Micro PC

Sony introduced the VAIO UX Micro PC, placing full-size computer performance in a pocket-sized package Weighing just over a pound, the new PC has a Microsoft XP Professional operating system and an Intel Core Solo Ultra Low Voltage CPU for fast processing and long battery life. The UX model also features a 4.5-inch wide SVGA screen with XBRITE technology for viewing that slides up to expose an integrated keyboard. This allows you to access familiar applications easily in the same way you would on a full-sized computer.

The pocket-sized PC also comes equipped with a stylus and Sony's VAIO touch launcher for quick access to functions frequently used such as Internet access, e-mail, various computer applications, games and music. Just push the launcher button located on the side of the unit. "This model is an achievement in ingenious design," said Mike Abary, vice president of VAIO product marketing at Sony Electronics in the U.S. "With this pocket PC, you can have the same functionality as your office or home PC in a device that fits in the palm of your hand."

Keeping travelers connected, the new computer incorporates Sony's SmartWi technology, so you can toggle between wireless WWAN, LAN and Bluetooth technology for convenient access to the Internet and e-mail. WLAN is also available for Wi-Fi connections at home, office or hotspots; Bluetooth technology for peripherals; or WWAN for access to Cingular's nationwide EDGE network, which allows you to connect to the Internet virtually anywhere there is cellular coverage.

The UX model also incorporates two built-in cameras -- one in front for VoIP communication for on-the-go video conferencing and another located on the back for taking photos. A VGA adapter is included to connect the PC to a projector, making it easy to share presentations and spreadsheets with a group.

Security is also a top priority. The VAIO UX PC comes equipped with an integrated biometrics fingerprint sensor, so you do not have to remember passwords. Incorporated G-Sensor shock protection has been added to protect the unit's hard drive and reduces the risk of data loss should it be dropped.

For added convenience, a docking station with three 2.0 USB ports, Ethernet, VGA, iLink IEEE-1394 interface and an AV output comes with the unit, making it easy to connect to peripherals like a full-sized keyboard, display and speakers when back in the office or at home.

The VAIO UX Micro PC will be available in July for about $1,800 and can be purchased online at www.sonystyle.com, at Sony Style stores or at select retailers around the country.

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Computer technology has become so affordable that small business can take full advantage of technology previously available only to the largest corporations. Computer systems can coordinate sales, inventory and accounting into one easy to use, fully integrated business system. Computer automation can free up valuable time for the small business owner to focus more on the big picture.

Based on a life long love of computers and technology and backed by a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Carmen Branje’s extensive technical knowledge will provide the best technological solution possible. Whether it be custom business accounting software, e-commerce, network design or multimedia, it can all be provided to you in a cheap and efficient manner, getting the results that are needed to run a successful business in any competitive marketplace.

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The Technology Guide For Small Business

Todd Norvell is the author of The Technology Guide For Small Business. In this survey of computer technology, Todd provides practical advice about a variety of common business automation problems.

This e-book emphasizes spending money carefully and avoiding the 'bigger is better' approach to buying computer equipment. The e-book then looks at how computer systems are implemented today and how they are likely to change in the future.

Special topics in the e-book include:

• Top 50 Accounting Softwares
• Ten tips for ISO-900x
• Top 10 Reasons for developing custom designed software.
• Plus many more lists, industry sources and expert opinions.

If your business is preparing to spend thousands of dollars on computer upgrades, you owe it to yourself to read this e-book before you spend a penny.