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No, you're not looking at some high-precision, multimeter-laden kegerator; the above is a picture from a recent AMD event in which things apparently got a little out of hand. The company started by talking up its upcoming Dragon platform (Phenom II X4, Radeon 4800 graphics, and 7-series chipset), took a few moments to discuss how its new 45nm chips will use 30-50 percent less power than their predecessors, and then threw all notions of sensibility out the window in an attempt to see just how fast the darned things could go. A Phenom II X4 managed 4GHz with air-cooling, 4.4GHz with a refrigerated setup, and finally a "stable" 5GHz on liquid nitrogen. That's mighty fast, but will the chips be quick enough to tackle Intel's mighty Core i7 when stripped of their fancy-pants cooling appendages? We'll see when they ship early next year.
[Image courtesy of Legit Reviews]Filed under: Desktops AMD overclocks the snot out of Phenom II processors originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
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Google has adopted OAuth, an open Web authentication standard for controlling privacy, for its widget platform, Google Gadgets.
If a user has personal information stored on one Web site, OAuth provides a mechanism for him or her to authorize that Web site to share the data with another Web site or widget. It also makes it possible to do this without the first site having to reveal the user's identity to the second site.
Google announced in June that it was to adopt OAuth for sharing data through its Google Data application programming interface. The company on Tuesday said it will now also use OAuth for Google Gadgets, which are interactive mini applications for the desktop that show, for example, personalized news feeds or localized weather reports.
"We also previously announced that third-party developers can build their own iGoogle gadgets that access the OAuth-enabled APIs for Google applications such as Calendar, Picasa, and Docs," Eric Sachs, Google's senior product manager for security, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. "In fact, since both the gadget platform and OAuth technology are open standards, we are working to help other companies who run services similar to iGoogle to enhance them with support for these standards."
Sachs added that the new OAuth-enabled gadgets being created for iGoogle would also work on those other sites, including many of the gadgets that Google offers for its own applications. "This provides a platform for some interesting mashups," he wrote.
"It would allow a mutual fund, for example, to provide an iGoogle gadget to their customers that would run on iGoogle, and show the user the value of his or her mutual fund, but without giving Google any unique information about the user, such as a Social Security number or account number," Sachs wrote. "In the future, maybe we will even see industries like banks use standards such as OAuth to allow their customers to authorize utility companies to perform direct debit from the user's bank account without that person having to actually share his or her bank account number with the utility vendor."
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Not that we've any reason to be shocked here, but Samsung's Omnia is indeed coming to Verizon Wireless. 'Course, most everyone with any remote affiliation to Big Red is frenzied over that other phone today, but those with a soft spot for Windows Mobile 6.1 may want to give this one a bit of attention. You know the highlight specs by now -- a 5-megapixel camera / camcorder, full HTML browser and an expansive touchscreen -- but the nitty-gritty details are still being withheld. As of now, the link on Samsung's website tunnels straight to an error page, forcing us to be content with the knowledge that somehow, someday, this phone is destined for a life on VZW's shelves. Enlarged screengrab is after the jump. Continue reading Samsung Omnia makes official Verizon appearance Filed under: Cellphones Samsung Omnia makes official Verizon appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
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Not that we've any reason to be shocked here, but Samsung's Omnia is indeed coming to Verizon Wireless. 'Course, most everyone with any remote affiliation to Big Red is frenzied over that other phone today, but those with a soft spot for Windows Mobile 6.1 may want to give this one a bit of attention. You know the highlight specs by now -- a 5-megapixel camera / camcorder, full HTML browser and an expansive touchscreen -- but the nitty-gritty details are still being withheld. As of now, the link on Samsung's website tunnels straight to an error page, forcing us to be content with the knowledge that somehow, someday, this phone is destined for a life on VZW's shelves. Enlarged screengrab is after the jump. Continue reading Samsung Omnia makes official Verizon appearance Filed under: Cellphones Samsung Omnia makes official Verizon appearance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments |
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