Friday Night Fights - Intel Style!!!

posted by Todd Christ on July 02, 2009

$80,000 in prizes are up for grabs.

When gamers get together - great things happen! I’m going to give this site a shot and try my best to frag some of the finest in gaming… that’s right, I’m going to be online - hoping to get some frags!!! Destructoid has brought back Friday Night Fights!

The games are ON, and the competition starts Friday July 3rd (here in the US) I’ve never tried Quake Live - so this should be fun!

Although, I’m not doing very well on the “Cosmic Cannon” game… (no laughs please!)

You can find more data on Friday Night Fights using Twitter #fnf hash tags, or even add @Dtoid into your favorite Twitter apps… plus you can add @Toadster too if you want (I’m pretty chatty lately about technology!)

In the words of Duke Nukem… COME GET SOME!

 

Your Personal Wi-Fi Is Ready To Go

posted by Michael Brito on July 01, 2009

Intel® My WiFi Technology creates a Wi-Fi hotspot around your laptop that lets you print, share, sync and show wirelessly at home or on the go. This not your normal wireless connection. With your Intel® My WiFi Personal Area Network (PAN), you can connect Wi-Fi enabled devices (printers, digital cameras, personal media players, and speakers) directly to the laptop without cables or a wireless access point. And as you wirelessly move your digital content between your laptop and devices, your laptop can simultaneously be connected to the Internet via your home or any Wi-Fi network.

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Acer Timeline Laptop Makes Me Want to Get Back to School

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 29, 2009

After uploading this video earlier today, it really got me thinking how much I’d love to be back in college. No, I wouldn’t trade anything to travel back in time — I like movin’ ahead! — but I get the feeling today’s students are very inspired by all of the industry transformations and problems that need solving.

The video is about Acer Aspire Timeline with Intel Inside, but it also shows scenes of a student using her laptop from sun up to sun down. I bet more people every day turn their laptop on as soon as they get out of bed and keep it running until they hit the sheets. Acer shows it’s now possible to run a thin, full featured laptop as many as eight hours straight on one full batter charge.

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Did You See It? Intel Featured on the Tonight Show!

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on June 26, 2009

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E3 Madness and Bustin' Ghosts

posted by Regina Wu on June 23, 2009

The Electronic Entertainment Expo has now come and gone - but the show has definitely returned to its former glory.  I daresay it's even better than before, as the show floor was less like a can of sardines and the line waits were quite reasonable.

It's really hard to figure out where to start when talking about E3; I saw so many games that it can be difficult to remember all of the awesome titles that were shown.  I'll do my best to capture all the ones that I'm the most excited about here though.

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I got my hands on an Ultra thin laptop

posted by Michael Brito on June 22, 2009

... an Acer Aspire to be exact. I was able to snatch it up for the weekend; and decided to take it to friend's barbecue to see what people thought about it.

 

Viliv X70 MID Pre-Orders July 6

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 20, 2009

Inspired by Inside Scoop Maestro Michael Brito -- he did a great video preview of the Viliv S5 back when the mobile Internet device was about to hit the market -- I got hooked on the solid, nifty Viliv MID design.

Just prior to Computex, my "i gotta have one" device desire was hijacked by the Viliv X70, the slightly bigger, more technically equipped Intel Atom powered) sibling to the Viliv S5.

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Sneak Peek Into Our Tech Future

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 17, 2009

Some of Intel’s top researchers are gathered inside the Computer History Museum Thursday to show of their latest projects aimed at helping future gadgets, computers and just about anything that connects to the Internet (cars, schools, homes) harness the ever improving performance of Intel processors.

On Wednesday, I joined the Research@Intel day set up crew and captured some photos and video interviews (will go on this Intel Labs playlist)with researchers who are working on things I’m very interested in: small mobile Internet devices, Internet browsing, HD video and WiMAX wireless broadband technology.

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I'm a Mobile Misfit...

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on June 17, 2009

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Building a better, faster, multi-core Tomorrow @ Kid to Work Day!

posted by Todd Christ on June 16, 2009

Each year, I get the opportunity to volunteer at our local campus to help setup Kid to Work Day - many companies have promoted this type of activity where the employees can bring their kids to work to see what happens on a daily basis. Well, for the past 6 years - I’ve been lucky enough to host the Technology Showcase and we get to have some fun with new technology! As a member of the site committee, we get a small stipend to showcase new PC technology to Intel employees and their kids… Our Technology Showcase is always a hit, and we usually get over 2,000 visitors in one day.

Usually there are a handful of us working on the setup - and we provide 20-40 Core2 Duo systems for the kids to try out new techologies. But this year, we’ve added the Core i7 to the mix and what a setup! We built a couple Intel Core i7 Workstations setup with quad monitor displays - can you say WOW!?! What’s even more crazy is that this setup can be built for about $2.5k - I’m not kidding!

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