Tech Round Up

Core 2 E6850: The Sweetest CPU of All - Clocking in at 3.0GHz, this sub-$300 CPU runs at a marginally higher clock speed than the original Core 2 Extreme X6800, but is priced nearly 75% lower

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 - The Next Overclocking Wonder - Air-cooled at a rock-stable 3.33GHz, the Pentium Dual-Core E2160 demonstrated that it was more often than not, far speedier than the Core 2 Duo E6850, the highest performing dual-core processor

Intel Sets 'Penryn' Launch Date - Pricing for Penryn-based Intel Xeon processors begin at $209 for the entry-level E5405 to $1,172 for the top-end X5460. The company intends to launch seven new Harpertown based models ranging from 2.0-to-3.16 GHz on November 11.

Researchers use 'ionic wind' to cool computer chips - In the researchers' tests, a chip running at a temperature of 600C with normal cooling equipment saw its temperature dip to 350C thanks to the ionic wind engine.

Final Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Now Available - With Outlook Connector (download), you can use Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free! Calendar, tasks and notes can also be accessed and managed in Outlook for accounts with a paid subscription.

Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits' - A web tool 'reveals' the changes made to Wikipedia pages by the CIA and other organisations

AllOfMP3 man gets off scott free - Evidence, what evidence?

Loremo Turbo-Diesel Car Gets 157MPG, Will Enter Automotive X Prize - In case you missed it the first time around, the LoReMo motor car gets powered by two-cylinder turbo-diesel engine that puts out a measily 15 kw, or about 20 horsepower. But that's okay, because the extremely aerodynamic and lightweight vehicle -- tipping the scales at a mere 450kg -- is capable of achieving 157 miles on the gallon (that's 1.5L/100km for any Canadians in the audiences).

Floating Plasma Balls Are Crazy Like Whoa - Some Japanese researchers have managed to create a device that can project three-dimensional plasma balls in mid-air, effectively getting us that much closer to creating true holograms.

Inorganic dust found with properties of life - Tystovich says it is possible these forms of "life" could exist in space and even evolve over time the way many scientists believe life on Earth has

There's a 20% Chance we're living inside a matrix - ...and an 80% chance that we aren't :-)