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Submission + - Will New Blu-Ray Suck Your Laptop Battery Dry? (wired.com)

Submitted by damienhunter on Friday February 29, 2008 @06:19AM

damienhunter writes: Watching a Blu-ray movie in all its high-definition glory on your laptop may finally become an affordable prospect this year. Just don't wander too far from a power outlet. With the Sony-backed HD format emerging victorious from a two-year showdown with Toshiba's HD DVD, many laptop manufacturers are now scrambling to add Blu-ray drives in their desktop and notebook lineups. Next month, Dell will even introduce a sub-$1,000 Blu-ray notebook, according to Brian Zucker, a technology strategist for the company. But the promise of viewing an increasing variety of HD movies on your laptop may be overshadowed by ongoing concerns over the technology's vampiric effect on battery life. Indeed, if the first generation of Blu-ray equipped laptops are any indication, you might not get more than halfway through that movie before running out of juice completely, analysts say.

Submission + - Intel Talks Gourmet Jams and Parallel Programming (wired.com)

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scott3778

on Tuesday October 02, 2007 @05:03PM

scott3778 writes: "Over at Intel's Research Blog, Timothy Mattson has a phenomenal post today about what he calls "the single most important paper for programming language designers" and how it relates to the new era of multi-core processors now upon us. Basically, Mattson's post argues that the semi-famous academic study, "When Choice is Demotivating: Can One Desire too Much of a Good Thing?" scribed by two social psychology professors back in 2000 is far more relevant to hardware companies today than anything written by a computer scientist or mathematician. To his credit, he makes a darn good case for this."

Submission + - Intel Researchers Demonstrate 40Gbps Optical Chips (gearlog.com)

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scott3778

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:43PM

scott3778 writes: "Intel Researchers announced they have successfully demonstrated a 40Gbps optical chip on Wednesday [http://www.gearlog.com/2007/07/intel_researchers_ demonstrate.php], an accomplishment the company says will yield cheaper photonic integrated circuits (PICs)."

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by scott3778 on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:36PM

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by scott3778 on Monday June 04, 2007 @02:45PM

Submission + - Xerox Develops New Way to Print Invisible Ink

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scott3778

on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:11AM

scott3778 writes: "Xerox said on Wednesday that its scientists have perfected a new method for printing hidden fluorescent wording using standard digital printing equipment. According to the company, the discovery paves the way for customers and businesses alike to add an additional layer of security to commonly printed materials such as checks, tickets, coupons, and other high-value documents. The hidden fluorescent words and letters show up only under ultraviolet light, said Reiner Eschbach, a research fellow in the Xerox Innovation Group, and the co-inventor of the patented process. What's more, the method for printing them doesn't require the use of special fluorescent inks. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2138431 ,00.asp"