Inside Scoop @ Intel · June 2009 Archive

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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tagged: acer, aspire, laptop, light, mobility, notebook, thin, timeline, ultrathin, ulv, wifi, wimax, wireless

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

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on June 26, 2009

Did you see it?! I stayed up way past my bedtime last night to watch The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Why? Because as part of a new sponsorship deal, Intel and the "Sponsors of Tomorrow" campaign will be woven into on-air and online components of Conan's new show!

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tagged: conanobrien, intel, isef, sponsorsoftomorrow

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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tagged: alan_wake, gaming, ghostbusters, left_4_dead, modern_warfare, monkey_island, rock_band, scribblenauts, star_wars

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.

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tagged: acer, aspire, ultrathin, upgrade, videoreview

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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tagged: 3g, intelatom, internet, mid, mobileinternetdevice, vilivx70, wireless

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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tagged: innovation, intel, intellabs, intelrdday, technologyresearch

I'm a Mobile Misfit...

posted by Kiesha Cochrane on June 17, 2009

According to our Mobile Etiquette Facebook quiz I don't "tech responsibly":

"As a Mobile Misfit, mobile etiquette is not in your vocabulary. Mobile devices were created to make life easier for you and others, not to wreak havoc on those around you. It's time for an intervention!"

This may be true, but I don't think I'm alone here! Come on, we've all seen it, someone holding up the coffee line as they finish a call on their cell, someone hogging an entire table with their laptop, netbook and other gadgets or someone checking out "inappropriate" content on a laptop in a public place!

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tagged: atom, innovation, intel, mobileetiquette, mobility

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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tagged: core_i7, dx58so, extreme, gaming, smackover, sponsors, todd_christ, tomorrow

Give Me What I Want for Tomorrow -- T-Shirt and Song

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 14, 2009

Since Intel’s “Sponsors of Tomorrow” ad campaign hit TV, print, online, and on and in-store advertising campaign hit many of our daily visit spots, I’ve seen lots of great responses.

Two of the most common came in the form these requests (or demands):

I want an Ajay Bhatt t-shirt!
What is that song in the “Rock Star” TV ads?

If you have or haven’t seen the “Rock Stars” Intel Sponsors of Tomorrow TV ad, you can take a look and see why Intel’s fan base wants the T-shirt and more about the song.

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tagged: ajaybhatt, inwindowoutdoor, jimmyhaun, music, rockstars, tomorrow

Intel Insiders Social Media Advisor Program Turns Two

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 14, 2009

Two steps forward and a half step back to see if we’re going in the right direction and bringing forward things that can help us leap into tomorrow. That’s how we’re celebrating the June 24 anniversary of our Intel Insiders social media adviser program.

Last year, my Global Communications teammates agreed that we’d benefit from fresh advice from people who are doing great things in the quickly advancing area of social media. We wanted to get more involved with the inspiration, talent and know-how we saw driving people to communicate and share experiences and knowledge online.

So we pulled together some long time acquaintances, invited a few new friends we admired and created the Intel Insiders.

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tagged: intel, intelinsiders, rocketboomtech, socialmedia, socialmediaadvisors, socialmediaguidelines, wimax

Contest winners for the Ajay Bhatt T-shirt Giveaway

posted by Michael Brito on June 05, 2009

Week one is done. Week two starts on Monday. I just wanted to give a "shot out" to all the winners of this week's Ajay Bhatt t-shirt giveaway contest. Minus the spam *cough*, you all did an awesome job. Thank you for participating; and YES, I will be asking that you send me some pics of you in your new t-shirts (I knew I should have added that to the terms).

Here are the winners and please do consider following them on Twitter.

@syamsulstar, @mrballistic, @Yank, @chuckiem, @boogerlips004, @Trident3, @xolotl, @chesman1, @novah, @hellonirali, @balls187, @Fusic, @PDXsays, @kush64, ankitgdoshi, @mattfromseattle, @johndrossjr, @at1mp, @brijux, @saltlakedave, @kedar_purohit, @dstew40, @sanfordchef, @BuddyJesus, @kayakcafe

Contest starts again on Monday! Be sure to watch out for my tweets between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM PST and be the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th person to respond using the #ajaybhatt hashtag. Peace out and have a great weekend.

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tagged: ajay_bhatt, rockstars, tshirts

Computex Watch -- The Skinny on Laptops, New Mobile Devices

posted by Ken Kaplan on June 03, 2009

Wow, lots of new innovations on being unveiled at Computex in Taipei during the first few days. I’ve been keeping my eyes on a few people there on the scene, and from there branching out to see the reaction from gadget lovers who aren’t at the show (like me).

Gizmodo’s Adrian Covert hit early with “Intel unleashed a flurry of new processors at Computex, including the T9900 Core 2 Duo, which clocks in at a speedy 3.06 GHz—the first Penryn-based Core 2 Duo chip to do so.” and Ubergizmo gave their take, “Intel Makes Mobile More Mobile @ Computex.”

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tagged: benq, centrino2, computex, frankgruber, intel, intelatom, intelinsiders, laptops, midmoves, mobileinternetdevices, moblin, viliv

It's time to get Ultra-thin

posted by Michael Brito on June 02, 2009

... and I am not referring to my waist size either. Today, the geeks over here at Intel launched some pretty cool laptops powered by the latest Intel® ultra-low voltage processors.

They're not only cool-sleek-small-sexy-practical-laptops but they also let you travel light and give you fantastic performance for music, video, photos, and everything else you do online. And thanks to optimized energy-efficient technology, they also enable longer battery life.

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tagged: laptops, ultra_thin, upgrade

Ajay Bhatt T-Shirt Give-a-Away

posted by Michael Brito on June 01, 2009

Yes, they are finally here; "authentic" Ajay Bhatt t-shirts for you to wear around town to express your inner geekness. You wanted em' you got em'. See below for samples of what they look like.

Follow these steps to enter:

Follow @InsideScoopBlog on twitter
Between 12:00 o'clock noon and 2:00 PM PST every weekday from June 1 to June 26, the @InsideScoopBlog twitter account will announce the daily t-shirt giveaway.
Reply @InsideScoopBlog ensuring that you use the #ajaybhatt hashtag and be the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th tweet to win.
@InsideScoopBlog will publicly announce the winners weekly on the Inside Scoop
Inside Scoop twitter account will DM users for mailing address and t-shirt size.
Limit one t-shirt per person.
Here are the official terms.

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tagged: ajay_bhatt, sponsors, sponsorsoftomorrow, tshirts

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