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Sony Ericsson to bring out the Xperia X1 in They UK, Sweden and Gemany on the 30th of September, for those interested theirs a really good review of the Xperia X1, here;

http://smape.com/en/reviews//Sony_Ericsson_XPERIA_X1-prev.html

This mobile is expected to run windows mobile 6 standard, have an astonishing resolution of 800 x 480, 400MB internal storage, MicroSD support and a slide out querty keyboard

There is an interesting article on Wired about how Jack Szostak, a molecular biologist is building protocells from artificial molecules which are very close to fitting the requirements required to be considered a life form. The protocells can trap bits of nucleic acids and use them to replicate. They are built from a fatty acids and using power from either the sun or chemical reactions, they could form a self-replicating system that could be described as life, but unlike anything on earth now. This raises a few questions about creationism. Read the full article;

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/biologists-on-t.html

Register Hardware has acquired some details about the up and coming Commodore Netbook, it will have the model number UMMD 8010/F and be powered by a Via C7-M processor, like the hp mininote rather than an Atom processor that we see powering Netbooks such as the Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind and Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks. Many People have criticised the processing power of the Via C7-M processor but to Commodores credit, this leaves open an Upgrade path to the new VIA Nano line of processors, which are said to be whipping the Atom. The Overall Specs and features of the system Look like this;

* VIA C7-M 1.6GHz Processor
* 10 Inch Screen (1024x600)
* 1GB RAM (upgradeable to 2GB)
* B/G/N 802.11 WiFi
* Bluetooth
* 80GB Hard Disk Drive
* Memory Card Slot (SD?)
* Ethernet and USB ports

Reports are appearing all over the web about the functionality of the new Google Chrome Browser and it’s been getting very good reviews, many people have said that the browser is fast and low on memory usage. Some people have had some problems with it though, problems such as vertical scrolling on laptops and the browsers in ability to execute Java (a client Side scripting language). These Issue will of course be solved with time but the biggest issue for now seems to be the inability to scroll back up web pages, Still I recommend that you give it a go;

http://google.com/chrome

What are your experiences?

Many People seem to have been impressed by google own contribution to the browser market, which they have dubbed chrome. It is currently only available for windows, it's apparently faster than Firefox and you can get it here;

http://www.google.com/chrome

Knowing google versions for mac os and linux will be available soon.

Dell has told Information Week that the Dell Inspiron 910 / Mini Inspiron will be released this week, probably on Thursday. I'm sure that dell can impress us with the specifications, looks and hopefully quality of this beast. Dell has not revealed the specifications of this machine but it is likely to have the following hardware;

* 1.6GHz Atom CPU
* 512 MB DDR2 RAM (Upgradeable to 2GB)
* 8.9 Inch LED lit Screen (1024x600 resolution)
* B/G standard Wireless networking
* Ethernet and 3 USB ports

We Don't currently have any Idea about the capacity of the battery but lets hope they wont let us down on that.

You can read the full article here;

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210300077

As if any proof was needed that every company and its dog is going after a slice of the Netbook market, commodore have come to the market offering a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor, an 80GB hard drive 1024MB of RAM and b/g WiFi. With an optional extra of bluetooth for the price of about $600.

After months upon months of waiting the Pandora gaming handheld has finally told us the ARM Cortex A8-powered device will begin shipping before Christmas 2008 for £199.99 in the UK. The first batch will consist of 3,000 units, chances are all of those will be sold out before the first one is shipped. There's no word on how much it will cost in America, but it should be a little less than $360. Here is the full story;

It is said to be powerful enough to emulate everything from the NES to the Super Nintendo to the Sony PlayStation all at full speed. Full specs are listed below:

ARM® Cortex™-A8 CPU running Linux
800×480 4.3″ 16.7 million color touchscreen LCD
OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Dual SDHC card slots
Dual analog and digital gaming controls
43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
TV output
High Speed USB Host

There are also rumours that it’s capable of running Ubuntu Linux, full story here;

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/Pandora/news.asp?c=8667

I will definitely get one of these.

Raon Digital’s Netbook, the everun note finally has a guide price. As we already know this UMPC is intended to be a high performance Netbook and the price of  $875 shows that it’s not intended to be a budget machine. We now know the price of the Everun note because Raeon Digital has released a brochure which has full details of this Netbook. The machine is a lot cheaper than sonys offerings but still a lot more than most over netbooks

Bill set to fight apples get a mac ads

<quote>Those Apple "Get a Mac" ads have long been an annoyance to Microsoft and to Bill Gates in particular. No surprise as an emboldened Apple with rising market share has continued to ratchet up the venom with quips like, "fear of switching is the foundation of customer loyalty for PCs," found in its latest TV ad. Now Microsoft is fighting back.

Microsoft's new $300 million campaign (one of Redmond's largest ever) is set to launch with a $10 million assist from "key celebrity pitchman" Jerry Seinfeld. Yes, Bill Gates will appear as well -- the once maligned, rich corporate nerd turned adorable, rich humanitarian nerd. The campaign is said to be based on the idea of "Windows, Not Walls," stressing the need to "break down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting." Something we think open-sourcers might have a laugh at. Anywho, the immediate goal of the campaign is to reverse the negative public perception of Vista and thus incorporates elements of the Mojave Experiment. While we have doubts about the latter, the combination of Seinfeld's pithy observations with a bit of that Bill Gates, self deprecating humor seen in "Bill's Last Day" could be a winning combination. Whether that turns the slow moving boat of public opinion remains to be seen.</quote>


http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/microsoft-enlisting-gates-seinfeld-to-battle-get-a-mac-ads/