Welcome to the Technovations column. Here we will provide you with a daily look at everything that will normally be covered in our monthly publication of Technovations. With the ever changing and very busy world of technology and electronics there are many stories that can’t wait a month for publication. Here we will shed some light on those topics on a daily basis. From news and reviews to the latest tips and tricks we will give you a little bit of everything from the innovative world of technology.
So, without further adieu we’ll get into today news bits.
http://news.com.com/Intel+short+on+3.6GHz+chips/2100-1006_3-5289467.html?tag=nefd.top
Intel has had its hands full with a few technical missteps in the last few days. Failing to deliver good on expected shipments of Intel’s 3.6 GHz Pentium 4 560 flagship desktop processor has forced Dell to remove the option from its Dimension 8400 desktop. Most vendors are reporting lead times of at least 7-10 days before the chip will be available while others aren’t even offering it as an option. Coupled with a crippling flaw in a supporting chip in Intel’s new dual processor servers has prompted chief Craig Barrett to become very vocal about problems inside the company, calling the recent problems with manufacturing and product delays as “ not acceptable”.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-07-29-apple_x.htm
Real Network’s reverse engineering of Apple’s Fairplay technology which protects the iPod from playing music not purchased through Apple’s iTunes store has the MP3 player maker fuming. They’re searching for legal means to stop this hack of their technology. Although most legal experts don’t see Apple winning with it’s current approach of citing the DMCA, and effectively trying to put Real Networks into the same purview as hackers. In a simplistic way of looking at it, a person who defeats copy protection is a criminal hacker while a company that reverse engineers a product and incorporates that technology in order to make a profit is just doing business. No doubt the debate will wage on long after the lawsuit dust settles.
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