After meeting Intel Insider JD Lasica a few weeks ago in San Francisco, I asked him what he was most interested in seeing happen at the Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas.
In his post Behold the Coming Cinematic Internet, Lasica shared a healthy perspective on the past and present challenges of getting television and Internet to move beyond the dating stage and into a deep, loving relationship inside our living rooms.
Happy holidays! Today is my last working day before heading into the holidays and then a week-long vacation next week. I'm ready for the break.
But before I go...
I spent some time this morning checking out the stories submitted so far to the Intel What's Inside You contest. When I last posted about the contest, "Triple Booting" and "Putting the Band Back Together" were neck and neck for the most community votes. Now we have a new set of top 5 stories and they're great! I encourage you to check them out and I'm listing the top 5 here. And remember, the community voting determines the top 10 entries, which are then judged by a panel of esteemed judges who ultimately determine the winners of the grand, first and second prizes! And these prizes are pretty cool if I must say so... regardless of what place you get, you're getting a new PC - either an Intel Centrino 2 laptop or an Intel Atom-based netbook.
Here are the top 5 stories so far - what's your favorite? Or if your favorite hasn't made it into the top 5 yet, go VOTE!
Here's the other thing that I found to be shocking when I checked the contest stories this morning. There are only 25 stories submitted! The odds of winning right now are pretty good! Come on people - submit your story. The prizes are amazing and require very little effort. Be sure to check the rules (remember the contest is only open to U.S. residents aged 18 and older) first and then just tell us how you use your Intel-based PC to do something amazing. At a minimum, the first 100 qualified submissions get a t-shirt. Get your story in before the January 15, 2009 deadline!
And of course, we're looking for feedback on the contest, too. Are you having trouble submitting or viewing the site? Any other comments about it, please share them with us.
Enjoy the holidays!
It's December 19 and there is less than 3 weeks before thousands of tech geeks congregate in the streets of Las Vegas to attend the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. For Intel, this is a very important show for us because it allows us to showcase our very cool products, talk with real people and share our story. It's one thing to have conversation online; it's another to foster those same relationships up close and personal.
If Black Friday is any indication consumer electronics will continue to be at the top of many people's holiday wish lists this year. For three lucky winners of the "Need a Tech Makeover" contest sponsored by Federated Media, HotHardware and Intel, the holidays came early this year, as they were rewarded with a package of electronics goodies, including a new Intel Centrino 2 processor-powered laptop, digital camera, printer/scanner and more.
The three winners - an owner of a small business coming into the 21st century, a mother reconnecting with the world after battling cancer and a small farm creating a community co-op - all represent different facets of everyday life in the US and around the world. They are you and me - people who use digital technology to enhance their lives and their surrounding communities, families and businesses.
The community voting is active! Last week, we had a run between Andy Poland and lplasch for first place. This week, Triple Booting is racing into the lead. Voting is open through January 22 and only leads into the Official Judge voting. Please read through the Official Contest Rules & Regulations for more information on how the voting and judges work.
Triple Booting is pretty interesting and it seems the lplasch has chimed in through the comments on a little more insight into his entry: "For the curiously minded: I am running OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), Windows Vista, Windows XP. If anybody is interested in the setup process then I can post it as well. Cheers!"
On a side note, I'd like to be transparent that we are finding some technical issues with some stories as they are submitted and we are working through them. If you find that you submit a story and it does not appear, please feel free to pipe up in the comments. Right now, there are two stories that we are actively pursuing bugs with - Andrew Lockhart and BOHN - which will be published later today for all to see.
Centrino 2 laptops are on the line... Submit your story today!
http://www.intel.com/go/whatsinsideyoucontest
The more I think about this question as I'm sitting here stranded in my house today (thanks to the snow storm in the Pacific Northwest), the more I know I cannot live without the Internet. I've been on my laptop several times this weekend, checking the weather and local news sites for updates on road closures and conditions. And when I wasn't on my laptop, I was checking Facebook or Twitter on my cell phone. But really, despite the several inches of snow at my house, my behavior isn't all that abnormal. I do this nearly every day!
So, why am I thinking about life without the Internet?
Intel recently sponsored a survey by Harris Interactive to take a closer look at people's reliance on the Internet in today's economy. We'll officially announce the results tomorrow morning (Dec. 15 at 8 a.m. PST) and you'll find the press release with all of the details posted here. The point of the survey was to shed some light on just how much the Internet and the devices that access the Internet matter to people. Harris Interactive conducted the survey online within the United States Nov. 18-20 among 2,119 adults ages 18 and older.I'll admit it, I'm competitive.I come from a very competitive family and I do like to see a little healthy competition from time to time.
Which is why I'm intensely watching the neck-and-neck race going on right now between the top 2 entries in Intel's What's Inside You contest running now.
As of this morning, Andy Poland's "Putting the Band Back Together" story about how he uses his Intel-based Mac Pro to create a band featuring his kids singing the songs has 42 community votes. Closely Behind Andy with 35 community votes is the "Triple Booting" story from "lplasch" who is running 3 different operating systems on a MacBook, which he says he can do thanks to the power of an Intel processor.
I've already voted, but I'm not going to say which is my favorite. Who did you vote for? Your votes are important because they'll help narrow down the contest entries to the top 10. Then a panel of some very cool judges (including Intel Insiders Sarah Austin and Irina Slutsky) will determine the top 3 stories and the winners get some sweet prizes (laptop, cash, Amazon.com gift certificate, etc.).
Better yet, do you have your own story to tell? Why not enter and put yourself in the running for a great new Intel Centrino 2-based laptop or maybe an Intel Atom netbook? It's so easy (really wish I could enter myself).
Go tell your story here.
This week, the What's Inside You Contest launched!
The current top submission based on community votes is Andy Poland who works with his kids to create music. He uses a Intel® Core™2 Duo processor to power his desktop computer. Listen to his music below:
Go Andy! I love the "a cool pair of shoes is all I need for disco-ing!"
The prize packages include your choice of Intel® Centrino® 2-based Laptop! If you're not sure what kind of laptops this means, shop around...
My advice? Submit your story today!
As you'll notice from my post earlier this week, I love contests! So here's another one for you. November 11th marked the one-year anniversary of Intel shipping its very first processors that incorporated our 45 nanometer manufacturing capability and reinvented transistor formula called high-k, metal gate.
"What did she just say?" you're asking?! Well here's a brief history lesson:
Over the years, Intel has worked extremely hard on innovating the processor and the transistors that go along with it. As transistors got smaller and smaller they became less and less efficient and actually began to leak electrical current. To fix the problem, Intel actually REINVENTED the way a transistor has been built for over 60 years!
Why am I telling you this? Well, to celebrate this milestone, Intel is offering one lucky winner in the US or Canada a $500 (US) amazon.com gift certificate to the person who can guess the exact number of transistors Intel shipped worldwide between January 1, 2008 and October 31st, 2008.
Well, you can always go directly to Engagdget, Cnet, Crunchgear or the CES blog and sift through the hundreds of posts OR (warning: blatant marketing message) you can always go to the Consumer Electronics Insider: an aggregation hub that collects CES related content (blog posts, Twitter conversations, Flickr images, and Youtube videos) from the same resources listed above plus several other technology related blogs.
We are also pulling in content from the Intel Insiders (Cathy Brooks, Justine Ezarik, Tom Forenski, Frank Gruber, J.D. Lasica, Sarah Austin, Brian Solis and Irina Slutsky). Check it out and please bookmark for future reference. The site is dynamic and will be updated with new content hourly. Late.
I just went to the Mass Animation Facebook app and reviewed some of the animations that have been submitted. They are short - about 5 seconds or so - but quite awesome. I am amazed at the raw talent of these folks. In fact, I am pleased to announce our first weekly top rated submission; Arturo Martin's version of "Riff Awakes" Shot #6. In this shot, Sticks, the drummer, comes to life. Arturo will be the winner of the first DELL XPS computer. Congrats to you, Arturo. Here is his animation:
In time for holiday shopping LAPTOP announced its Best Notebooks of the Year. The feature with sixteen portable computers shows just how diverse mobile computing is with a wide variety of shapes, sizes, performance capabilities, colors, price and much more. There's a notebook or netbook on this list to meet just about any computing need from a desktop replacement to grab-n-go netbooks and that fit any lifestyle need from gamers to fashionistas.
With so much diversity you'd think the only thing these notebooks could possibly have in common is being on LAPTOP's best list, but I'm proud to note that they all have another thing in common; they are all powered by Intel processors.
Happy holiday shopping.
Got a creative bone in your body? Share your story with us about how you use your PC or Mac and its processor to unleashed your creativity! Today Intel kicked off the What's Inside You contest inviting ANYONE with the creative bug to tell us their stories about how using an Intel processor-based computer has helped them create some amazing stuff!
There are so many cool things you can do with your computer; maybe you're a budding filmmaker thanks to your processor. Perhaps you're a teacher using an Intel processor to bring advanced technology into your classroom in a unique and engaging way or you're a multi-tasking mom who uses the power of an Intel processor to stay on top of your schedule and stay in touch with family and friends. Maybe you use your high-def video, audio or graphics computer as a digital artist or musician, or maybe you do something even cooler!
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