Researchers at the University of Michigan have unveiled what is the world's smallest complete computer ever built. Measuring a single cubic millimeter, this tiny device comes complete with a processor, memory, a battery, a solar cell, and a wireless transmitter. All in a device that is dwarfed by a US penny. Whilst this system is just an experimental unit, researchers hope that eventually it will be converted to lower-cost, lower-power derivatives that are viable for use in the real world. ...read more

With the release of Intel's Thunderbolt technology and the subsequent inclusion of that technology in Apple's new MacBook Pros, devices that support the new lightning-fast standard were bound to roll out. Right now, only DisplayPort monitors can be used with the MBP's Thunderbolt port, but Promise aims to be the first company to change that, with the announcement of a 4-bay and a 6-bay RAID enclosure that will ship with Thunderbolt connectivity. ...read more

iFixit has claimed another victim for their teardown process, this time a Galaxy S 4G from Samsung. Aside from all the interesting and difficult methods that must be used to get the tiny phone componenets apart, iFixit also took the opportunity to throw the Galaxy S 4G in a fire. Apparently they didn't really like the phone all that much. Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration....read more

Many of you may not know this, but Intel's longest-running processor line is actually Itanium. When most people think of Itanium, they think of Intel's original Itaniums released in 2001, targeted at the ultra-high-end server market. However, most have not heard from Itanium since. This week, however, Intel has Previewed a new Itanium 9300-series processor, continuing the lineup. Itanium is designed to run only code that is carefully optimized for it, and when it does run well-optimized code, it far-outstrips the performance of any other x86 processor on the market. ..read more

Whilst there were some rumors of a new series of MacBooks coming out, they weren't as widespread as they usually are. However, today the rumors have been confirmed, with Apple releasing a new MacBook Pro 13 inch, 15 inch, and 17 inch. There are a number of interesting new additions to the notebooks. Sandy Bridge is one, with the Core 2 finally being retired from the 13 inch, as was expected, is one of the additions, and, as mentioned before, they are also shipping with Intel's "Thunderbolt" fiber-optic I/O standard. However, there are a few more surprises in the new MacBook Pro configurations....read more

Apple today has released to developers a preview of OS X 10.7 "Lion," which Apple claims has a number of new and innovative features and "takes some of the best ideas from iPad and brings them back to the Mac." Apparently this means that many of iOS's features will see a similar implementation in the latest version of OS X. What features is Apple saying are going to be added in OS X 10.7? Hit the jump to find out! ...read more

Whilst all the demos and technology demonstrations that Intel gave on its fancy fiber optic Light Peak technology were all fine and dandy (and often downright impressive), the technology means nothing to consumers while still in the development stage. Sure, Intel could brag all it wanted about 10Gb/s data, but the problem was that they weren't selling the technology yet. Finally, after months of demos, Light Peak has been released under the moniker "Thunderbolt." Capable of the initially advertised 10Gb/s, Intel is working with several companies to bring the technology to market. So what are the first products to get Light Peak going to be? Find out after the jump! ...read more

OWC is a relatively small company, only really covering the storage market in any breadth. And even then, they only have a few SandForce SSDs and some other miscellaneous storage products. However, they seem to be set on expanding their product lineup, and today they have announced the release of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2. That's a mouthful isn't it? Specs after the break!

At CES, Dell demoed several Sandy Bridge laptops, one of which was the new XPS 17. However, only just this week has Dell gotten around to releasing them. Additionally, Dell is also releasing an XPS 15 with the updated platform. Right now, the XPS 17 is available in North America, Latin America, and Europe, while the XPS 15 is released in the United States, but will move to the rest of Dell's markets shortly. So what kind of changes do the new XPS laptops bring? And what about the Sandy Bridge chipset issue? ...read more

Apple is going to hold an event on March 2, where it is presumed that the highly anticipated successor to the best-selling iPad will be revealed. The iPad 2 is expected to be thinner, include an improved screen and front-facing camera for videochat. So far, very little is known about any successor to the iPad, and Apple is happy to keep it that way, again presumably until March 2. There are a couple other rumors about the iPad 2 circulating as well. ...read more