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Fifteen years of the Pentium brand came to an end today when Intel formally announced the availability of its 3GHz quadcore Xeon X5365 processor, while quietly confirming the phase-out of the last seven Pentium 4 single-core and Pentium D dual-core chips. (Sniff.) [TG Daily]

Microsoft Xbox 360 XNA Game Studio 2.0 Available, Adds Multiplayer Support

Microsoft XNA Game Studio, the user-creation tool that allows you to make Xbox Live Arcade-quality games for the Xbox 360, has just been upgraded to 2.0. The most interesting improvements in the new version are the multiplayer networking APIs, which means you can actually create games like Jason Chen’s Big Boob Robots that take advantage…

Might Nokia Drop the Lame Proprietary Charge/Data Cable?

Some have noticed that the Nokia 8600 “Luna” phone is the first (or one of the first) to have a single microUSB cable for charging and data, instead of a proprietary cable that almost all Nokia’s have had. (The N95 and N76 have miniUSB cables for Data, but not power.) Sounds like a good idea…for…

A few more cities like LA, SD, Denver, Houston, and two in the Wang of America were added to Google’s Street View. [Google]

How to Comment: Big Monitors

I’m thinking of getting a big 30-inch Dell 3007WFP. It’s pricey, so I’m not sure where to head to for deals. Anyone have any tips? Oh, and this guy does work at native 2560×1600 resolution on a MacBook Pro, right? Don’t know how to comment? Here’s how: 1) Click on the “Register” link on the…

PlayStation 3 Stress Tested, Found Virtually Unbreakable

With all the coverage of how the Xbox 360s are failing left and right in the past few months, there hasn’t been much coverage of how sturdy the PS3 is. PS3 Vault took a PS3 into harsh environments, continuously using it for 108 hours with various games and Blu-ray movies. Their findings? The PS3 is…

Archos 105 Coming September for $90?

Very unconfirmed now, but Archos Lounge is saying the Archos 105 will be coming in September for a tiny $90 each. The 105 will be a small iPod-sized player (unlike the back-breaking Archos units we’re used to) and will have 2GB of memory, a 1.8-inch OLD screen, WMV/MP3 playback and measure 3.3×1.8×0.3 inches. No official…

China to Map Entire Moon in Detail, Send Unmanned Vehicle to Surface

What in the hell is China doing these days? First they install 20,000 cameras in one city to track every single resident, and now they want to make an inch-by-inch map of the moon. They’re launching a lunar orbiter called the “Chang’e One” later this year that’ll take pictures that’ll be stitched together into a…

Screenshots of ACCESS Linux Platform (The Next Gen Linux-Based Palm Treo OS?)

Here are some new ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) screenshots from Linux World. Interesting for the sake of the idea of an alternative mobile OS, like OpenMOKO‘s, but also because Treonauts believes that this’ll run on a Treo arriving in 2008. We’ll see. [Treonauts]

Yamaha’s YSP-4000 Flagship Surround Bar Does Upscaling, HDMI, XM/iPods

Today, Yamaha introduced a new flagship in its YSP “sound projector” faux-surround bars. The YSP-4000 is a follow-up to the YSP-1100, with a similar setup: 40 individual “beam” drivers that have individual amps, and two midbass speakers. The YSP-4000’s main upgrade seems to be HDMI pass-throughs, and analog/720p/1080i upscaling to wonderful 1080p. No word on…

Home-made Steampunk Clock

What’s better than waking up to a face full of steam in the morning? A face full of steam and a loud alarm. This steampunk clock was made by a Boing Boing reader out of a 1910 clock case, some parts from Home Depot, and various car wrecks. It looks pretty interesting, but we would…

Contest Reminder: One More Day For Winning a Gamepod Chair

There’s only one more day left to enter the Flash Gordon home entertainment chair contest. Click the link to see how you can enter and win your own. Only one day left! Contest ends tomorrow! https://gizmodo.com/flash-gordon-contest-win-a-super-comfortable-gamepod-h-285878

Nike Amp+ iPod Watch Appears on FCC Website, More Photos Surface

Here’s are more photos of the Amp+, one of those Nike iPod watches we saw leaked early this year. Recently appearing on the FCC website, the Amp+ gives you normal iPod nano controls along with a scrolling LED that displays information on your Nike+iPod running status. https://gizmodo.com/nike-ipod-watch-details-leaked-230120 The design of the unit is slick and…

The Madness Begins with a 300-Page AT&T Bill for iPhone

Click to view[UPDATED: Check Justine’s interview after the jump] Following this weekend’s Gore Alert post, Justine Ezarik —of JustinTV fame— has just received her first iPhone bill. Three. Hundred. Pages. See her unwrapping the package from AT&T in the video after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/huge-at-t-iphone-bills-destroy-resources-break-postmen-288562 Click to view Come back later to find out what she…

Intel and Orange County Choppers Create Satan’s Motorcycle

Intel and Orange County Choppers combined their mutual know-how and created this monstrosity of a motorcycle—also known as Satan’s ride. This isn’t the Satan you know, this is the bad-ass futuristic Satan from 2046. The bike has four dual V-twin motors and multiple Intel quad-core processors. What are they for? To power two rearview camera…

Yamaha’s YAS-70 Budget Soundbar Might Actually Fit Below Your TV

Yamaha’s YSP line of soundbars are incredible for faux surround. One problem — they’re generally too tall to fit below a TV, unless you wall mounted, which the majority of us don’t. The YAS-70 budget soundbar could be their best one ever, if only because it is merely ~3 to 4 inches tall, fitting under…

Epson Squirts Out Four High-End Stylus Pro Inkjet Priners

Epson’s latest line of Stylus Pro “Print Engines,” better known to us as inkjet printers, have just been announced. The 4880, 7880, 9880 and 11880 all have their share of interesting features, such as the ability to hold a wine bottle’s worth of ink in one cartridge. The three lower models, 4480/7880/9880 all have an…

World’s Most Revolutionary Digital Art Tool Unveiled

Best of all, we think, is its low, low price. [FreeLoveForum via MacEnstein]

New Boston Acoustics Speakers Can Hide In Plain Sight

There are generally two kinds of speakers, the extra-big-ass kind that cost trillions and are meant to be regarded like fine if butt-ugly sculptures, and then the speakers most people actually want, that cost a reasonable amount and blend in, camouflaged with their domestic surroundings. Boston Acoustics today launched several sets of speakers of the…

Today, SCO’s stock is tanking, hitting a 52-week low of ~$0.45. Last week a judge ruled that Novell owns the UNIX copyright, not those SCO bastards. [Ars]