AMD Phenom II 550 x4 :)

Yes, I have one.... AMD Phenom II 550 with 4 cores (after unlock in BIOS). The CPU runs stable up to 3,6GHz, in different Benchmark test even in a 24h CPU burn in Test. I run the CPU with 3,4Ghz that´s fast enough :) I´m lucky one.

So maybe you will try your luck 2 ? Have fun.

Windows 7 is ready now

that is what Microsoft say.
And I´m also sure about that. I tested the MS Windows 7 beta and RC1. And I would rather use MS Windows 7 beta that MS Windows Vista. Windows 7 is much faster and much more comfortable that Vista. And you have tha subjective fealing that your system is running faster than with Vista. I tryed Windows 7 with my Notebook (no further driver needet to install - IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad R61i with 3GB RAM and Core2Duo with 1,5GHz) was fastern than Vista ond my newer Notebook (IBM/Lenove ThinkPad SL500 with 4GB and Core2Duo 2,4GHz).
After that test I downgrade Vista ----> Windows XP .... much better! :)

But I also look forward to use Windows 7. (Of course as dual boot with my Ubuntu system)

Personaly I think Windows 7 is that what Windows Vista should be....

Firefox with 3.5.1

The latest version of Firefox is 3.5.1
Faster, better, newer and easyer to use...... And I´m still with Firefox :) But I miss now some nice plug-in´s which I used in Firefox 3.0.x so I home I can use tham soon again.

Patrone Nürnberg

.... that was (is) my latest project. And that is also the reason why I was so busy all the time. No I hope I will find some time again to write some posts.

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OS3 for your iPhone

Apple released the new OS3.0 for the iPhone. You can update your iPhone for free. There a a lot of new functions like Cut, Copy and Paste - recording voice memo (hmm... so late.... - but better late than never :)
More new features are : auto Wlan-Login, Snyc notes with the pc, you tube-login, shake to shuffle (funny) and some more...

So don´t forget update your iPhone and have more fun!

Firefox 3.0.11

And do not forget to update to the next Firefox 3.0.11 (if you don´t use the auto-update)

AMD with PowerSaving 45nm

The new AMD Opteron is the first 45-nanometer chip made by Advanced Micro Devices. The new processors are being shipped ahead of schedule and promises faster performance while using 35 percent less power consumption.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc is shipping its next generation of AMD Opteron chips ahead of schedule. The new AMD processor offers faster performance with 35 percent less power consumption.

AMD Opteron is a quad core processor which are used in servers. The company shipped the new processor months ahead of schedule to compete with rival Intel Corp. Intel currently has 80 percent of the global market for microprocessors.

The new AMD Opteron is also code-named "Shanghai" which was first unveiled last year. The quad core is the first 45-nanometer chip made by the company. Each core operates independently on the chip. The chip is also smaller in size than the previous generation of processors.

The new processor is energy efficient which can automatically turn off non-working parts which are not in use. Overall, the new chip uses 35 percent less energy.

There are two versions of the AMD Opteron chip available. The second processor is a more enhanced version which will be available at the end of the month. IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Dell are among 25 systems vendors who will be shipping servers this quarter with the new Opteron chip installed.

Dell earnings down!

That is real hard for Dell because they earnings down 64 percent from last year!

The PC maker announced Thursday it recorded a net income of $290 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, and earnings of 24 cents per share, or 15 cents per share when accounting for write downs from severance pay and factory closings during the quarter. That's down 63 percent from the $784 million, and 38 cents per share recorded a year ago. Revenues were also down 23 percent to $12.3 billion.

Analysts on average had been expecting revenue of $12.66 billion, and earnings between 19 cents and 27 cents per share.

"It started out as a slow first (fiscal) quarter. It picked up a bit in the second half of the quarter," Chief Financial Officer Brian Gladden said on a call with reporters Thursday. But he said it was "still a challenging IT demand environment" and emphasized that Dell is not yet ready to say that the drop in demand has yet reached its lowest point.

Dell has been saying for the last few quarters that since its core customer base--corporate IT departments--are being battered by the economy, it would try to focus on internal housekeeping tasks like cutting expenses and operating costs. Gladden said the company's operating expenses had fallen by $101 million from the previous quarter and by $312 million from a year ago.

Despite that, Dell is still facing major challenges. Revenues decreased in every major business unit significantly, though a relatively bright spot appeared to be the consumer group. Consumer revenue was down 16 percent to $2.8 billion, and consumer shipments rose 12 percent from a year ago. It's been spending much more on research and development on products down in Round Rock, Texas, and produced yet another Netbook, and more notebook models--including the high-priced Adamo--during the quarter.