Google Launches Free Directory Assistance

It seems that Google is expanding it’s product offering yet again. They are now offering a free telephone directory assistance service. Basically you call a toll free number (1-800-GOO-G411) and search for any local business by category or name free. You can then be connected directly to the business number free of charge (regular phone [...]

XBOX 360 Elite - The new “Retard Edition”

So after months of speculation and purported spy shots, it’s finally admitted; the new Black XBOX 360 is for real. For months, people have been speculating about a new “Elite” XBOX 360 that will take care of a lot of advantages the PS3 had: Integrated HD-DVD, HDMI output, bigger hard drive, a cooler, quieter [...]

Intel 45nm Penryn and Nehalem - Approaching 1 billion transistors

Intel has spilled some beans on their upcoming 45nm core, codenamed Penryn, while giving a bit of info on the next microarchitecture set to appear in 2008, currently codenamed Nehalem. Check out Intel.com for the full scoop, but here are a few tidbits:

Penryn is expected to have approximately twice the amount of transistors as Conroe [...]