Wednesday July 16, 2008

- Some information concerning the release of iPhones in France - Lionel - 22:00:00

To start with, (thank you JP for the photograph) it will be on sale as of July 17 in the FNAC and Darty in addition to the Orange shops.
It seems that the number of iPhones available at each sales outlet will be low. Typically an Orange shop can hope to receive only between 11 to 16 units, which in fact are already all pre-reserved (thank you Guillaume). A number of you are thus likely to find their nose in the water (as the French would say).
Note that it will not be possible to buy a naked apparatus at FNAC (thank you Raphael). They will only sell them together with an Orange subscription.
To finish, we are still unaware of the details of the procedure to pass from a iPhone V1 to a 3G. So far, Orange has given the broad outlines of this and its cost, however we are unaware of if it will be possible to make the update in shop, or if it will be necessary to wait and go through a convoluted procedure.

[translation by crispin]

- Microsoft to Release a Revolutionary Mouse? - Lionel - 15:00:59

According to some rumors and sources, Microsoft could launch the following mouse model during the winter:



Entitled ARC, it should be a revolution based on its design (for sure) and its associated ergonomic (still questionable). It should be available for less than 60 USD, for a mouse looking like a stapler one will have to be a fashion victim...


[translation by Linathael]

- Less Mac Power PC, More iPhone - Lionel - 15:00:40

We regularly look at our statistics and analyze the OS and hardware being used by our visitors to evaluate trends and better know our readers. IT clearly shows a clear decrease of Power Pc-based computers among our readers. It represents today only 27.74 % while Intel-based Mac captures 72.26 %. Surprisingly, 1.98 % of our visitors use an iPhone, a higher score than for Linux-based hardware readers.

Hereafter is a compilation of such figures:
- Safari on Mac: 53.22 %, Firefox for OS X: 20.06 %, Firefox for Windows: 12.56 % and Explorer for Windows only 7.45%. Safari for Windows: 1.02%.
- 19.08% of our visitors have a 1680x1050 (20") display; 18.59% with 1440x900 (MacBook Pro and PowerBook); 14.56% with 1280x800 (MacBook); 14.12% with 1920x1200 (iMac, display 23" and MacBook Pro 17" HD).


[translation by Linathael]

- Power 7: 256 GFlops - Lionel - 15:00:08

If Apple dropped IBM CPU, the company keeps developing successfully server- and cluster-dedicated CPUs. IBM unveiled the new Power 7 a true "monster" based on its specification and performance. Engraved at 45-nm, supporting up to 4 simultaneous threads, clocked at 4 GHz, it reaches 256 GFlops. In 2011, the super-computer Blue Water will be powered by 38900 of this CPU and reaches a performance level of 10 PetaFlops.


[translation by Linathael]

- Apple Finally Decided to Sue Psystar - Lionel - 14:59:51

Source : http://espinosaiplaw.com

After couple of weeks of inaction, Apple finally filed suit on July 3 against Florida company Psystar, Inc. The suit alleges counts for violation of its shrink wrap license, trademark and copyright infringement. Psystar's decision to launch a Xserve-like base offer might have been the starting point of Apple's legal action. we will have to wait for months before knowing the end of the story. Psystar and Apple can either find an agreement, implying the first one to stop selling Open Computers, or the judge will decide which company is right.


[translation by Linathael]

- Intel Will Launch Quad-Cores Notebook CPU in August - Lionel - 14:59:11

Source : Electronista

Announced couples of hours ago, Intel will launch its first Quad-Core CPU dedicated to notebooks. A 45 nm, 3.06 GHz Core 2 Extreme mobile processor will be the flagship of 14 Centrino 2 CPUs. With a TDP of 44 W the extreme version will most likely not find its way in MacBook Pro, however, it could be installed in an iMac. Other CPUs clocked at 2.26 GHz, 2.4 GHz, and 2.53 GHz with TDP around 25 W will find their way in MacBook/MacBook Pro, however it is unclear if it will come in September as a revision of the current models, or if Apple plans to delay the introduction of the Centrino 2 platform in our MacBook till January 2009.


[translation by Linathael]