Google Buys GrandCentral Phone Service
March 27, 2007
Hollywood (dBTechno) - Google has announced that they have purchased GrandCentral Communications which is a service which allows people to consolidate many voicemail boxes into one web page as well asto forward phone numbers to a single phone.
The new deal is going to raise quite a few eyebrows as it could be showing that Google may be heading into the direction of creating a service which allows you to check your voicemail over the web and possibly on their e-mail service.
Google Product Manager Wesley Chan stated that “We think GrandCentral’s technology fits well into Google’s efforts to provide services that enhance the collaborative exchange of information between our users.”
The company GrandCentral is currently in private beta for its products and has been operating since September 2006.
Intel Goes Extreme On Notebooks
March 27, 2007
Montreal (dBTechno) - Intel Corporation has announced their launch of the Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-processor for mobile computers.
This is a huge announcement as it puts a lot more power under the hood of notebooks and is the first time the Extreme structure of processor has made its way onto the mobile processors of Intel.
Mooly Eden of Intel stated that “Laptops are the fastest-growing computing market segment and there is increasing demand from those who crave the ultimate in video, gaming and design computing performance yet want the freedom and flexibility that a laptop brings.”
It seems that Intel has found a way as the new processor such as the Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 will offer 28% more performance compared to previous mobile processors from Intel which is a huge jump.
The OEM cost of one of these processors is set for $851 and should start shipping within the next two weeks.
