posted by David Angell on August 26, 2009
Check out this PC World Review:
“On the other hand, a laptop equipped with a 3x3 Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 client card consistently outperformed one equipped with a 1x2 Intel® WiFi Link 5100 client adapter. The improvement was dramatic, too, ranging from 28 to 62 percent overall, so paying the USD 40 or so extra for the higher-end client in a new laptop may be a good investment.” PCWorld.com, Becky Waring, July 2009
To find out what makes the Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 go zoom, read A Smarter 802.11 Draft-N.
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posted by Allyson Klein on August 19, 2009
I may have one of the coolest jobs at Intel. Hosting Intel’s Chip Chat podcast program means that I get to interview some of the brightest technology minds in the industry as they discuss their visions of the future. In the three years of our show’s history, we’ve touched on everything from green computing to I/O technologies, from MID devices to enterprise virtualization. The premise of the show is very simple…bring our listeners closer to the minds of the men and women shaping the future of computing through casual conversation, and in the process tell our listeners a bit about the technologists themselves.
But last week’s interview was a bit different…and was quite special. My guest lived with Aborigines as a child in her homeland of Australia. She came to the US to continue her studies in anthropology at Stanford and joined Intel somewhat by happenstance after talking to a man in a Silicon Valley Bar. She was also recently named an Intel Fellow, the highest designation for the technical leaders that shape the future of computing at the company. This year, her work garnered her recognition as one of the most creative people on the planet by Fast Company. Her name is Genevieve Bell, and if you thought that Intel doesn’t think about the billions of people across the world with “Intel Inside” after a few minutes of listening to her you’d realize you’re sorely mistaken. I have been fascinated by her work for years and so was very excited to sit down with her to talk about how we use anthropology to understand how people want to use technology, and about how technology is shaping our lives our cultures across the globe and the arc of human society itself. The conversation was so interesting that we decided to break up our interview into two portions, the first available here. Come back next week to hear about what technologies are inspiring Genevieve today, what she thinks about Facebook, and why she calls the Internet “feral”.
If you like the Chip Chat program let us know and tell us about what types of topics you’d like us to discuss and what technologists you’d like us to interview. Our episodes are available on the Intel site as well as on iTunes.
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posted by Suzy Ramirez on August 18, 2009
It’s hard to imagine how we used to get our work done before laptops, Google and the Internet came along. Remember when we used to fax documents, send printed mail or use dial-up to access the Internet? I constantly have to remind myself of this when impatiently waiting for my Blackberry to sync or a rich Internet site to load. As WiMAX becomes more pervasive in Portland, the ability to communicate and quickly access technology on-the-go has improved dramatically. Recently, I learned how WiMAX is helping a local case manager become more efficient at work.
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tagged: broadband, Internet, mobile, Portland, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, wireless
posted by Suzy Ramirez on August 12, 2009
You may have seen the recent report from The Wall Street Journal on how many coffee shops in New York City are putting an end to computer usage in their stores. For those of us, especially people who may work from home and want a change of scenery, or students taking a break from the library, coffee shops and laptops go hand-in-hand. In fact, it’s rare to be in a coffee shop and not see someone on their computer and more than likely, on the Internet the majority of that time.
While it is understandable shops are frustrated people will sit in their store for hours, buying only a cup of coffee, there is an alternative to banning laptops from cafes. Like a dog tethered to a leash, consumers are restricted when it comes to Wi-Fi hot spots, normally found inside, when trying to get on the Internet. But here is the shameless plug… mobile WiMAX is just that - mobile!
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posted by Jeff Galinovsky on August 07, 2009
One-to-One learning, where every kid in a classroom has a computer that can interact with a teacher, although rewarding, is a complicated classroom model to implement. Lots of elements must come together to make this a successful transformation for both the students and the teacher. The right technology, the right professional development, the right software, content, and hardware accessories are some of the critical things that are needed. The Intel powered classmate PC category of devices are technology tools that can help make One-to-One learning a reality in a classroom. One way in which we at Intel are helping to close that gap on a successful One-to-One implementation with classmate PCs is by providing Software elements that constitute a basic set of tools for One-to-One. To that accord, Intel recently released an updated version of these tools that are optimized for its convertible tablet reference design. Let me walk you through what some of these major tools are and why they are important.
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tagged: Atom, Classmate PC, education, one-to-one learning, software
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