July 13, 2009
Intel cozying up to Google Chrome OS
The Register
Rik Myslewski writes that Intel will be working with Google and its Chrome OS.
“Word of the world’s largest processor manufacturer’s involvement with the world’s largest internet searcher’s purportedly virus-free OS first came by way of a comment by an Asia-Pacific Intel spokesman. And on Friday morning, Intel spokesman Nick Knupffer at the company’s Santa Clara, California, headquarters, confirmed that report, telling The Reg that: ‘We’ve been privy to the project for some time and work with Google on a variety of projects, including elements of this one. We welcome Google’s move here.’”
September launch for Core i7 “Clarksfield” notebook CPUs?
ZD Net
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes that according to DigiTimes, Intel has released an update for its launch for several of its processors.
“Intel’s three Clarksfield CPUs – the Core 2 Extreme XE 2GHz, Core 2 Quad P2 1.73GHz and Core 2 Quad P1 1.6GHz – will be ready to debut sometime around the end of September and October of 2009, the sources noted.”
The Complete Guide To Microsoft’s Office 2010
TechCrunch
Leena Rao provides some insight into Excel in Microsoft’s new version of Office 2010.
“Excel spreadsheets can now run in the browser, and similar to PowerPoint, spreadsheets can be published to the browser via the desktop version. The browser version of Excel has limited features, but offers more in-depth functionality than Google Spreadsheets. Microsoft has added a particularly innovative feature called Sparklines, which gives a visual snapshot image of a data trend over time within a cell. You can also share Excel via the browser with other users and set special permissions on who can access the document.”