Made for Multi-core (The Hindu)
Version 8.5 also recognises the reality of the new multi-core processor environment. In 2006, both Intel and AMD launched dual-core versions of their flagship desktop and server processors. Earlier this year, Intel went quad — and AMD is expected to follow before year end. us.rd.yahoo.com
LaCie Golden Disk 500GB external hard drive (The Register)
Shiny shiny? Review LaCie has been making a selling point out of designer external hard-drives for years, but as many of its rivals have adopted a similar strategy - those not slugging it out on price, that is - the French company been forced to up the ante with ever more outlandish products.… us.rd.yahoo.com
Who Knew? ‘Kewpie Lady’ Had Quite a Colorful Life
I had long dismissed the creator of the Kewpie doll, a kitschy cherubic little figure, as a lightweight forerunner to the perpetrators of the Beanie Baby hype. How wrong I was. nytimes.com