AT&T today announced that AT&T 3G MicroCell plans to begin its national roll out beginning in mid April, with new markets activating in cities across the continental U.S. for the next several months. AT&T 3G MicroCell is an innovative solution that allows residential customers to route wireless phone calls
and data connections (or sessions) across a home broadband connection. This solution is designed to benefit customers who live in homes that have coverage impediments that consistently interrupt wireless spectrum, such as dense wall and roof construction or unfavorable terrain.
AT&T 3G MicroCell is the only femtocell to support both 3G data and voice services. Developed in conjunction with Cisco and in a public trial in select markets since September, AT&T 3G MicroCell is available for a one-time cost of $149.99.
Consumers with AT&T 3G Micro Cell will be able to easily activate the device the same day it is purchased, thanks to easy, self-install instructions. Technical support is available for customers who need it.
Consumers manage AT&T 3G Micro Cell though their online MyWireless account
at www.att.com/mywireless. Through this online management, only those phones chosen by the customer may use the MicroCell. Customers may define up to 10 lines to have access and up to four may operate on it simultaneously. Minutes used through the MicroCell affect only the account of the phone making the call – there is no requirement to purchase separate service for the 3G MicroCell.
In addition, AT&T will offer a companion rate plan option for Micro Cell customers – especially customers on Family Talk plans — who want to supplement their existing voice plans. For $19.99 a month, individual or Family Talk customers can make unlimited calls through a 3G MicroCell, without using minutes in their monthly wireless voice plan.
Consumers who select 3G MicroCell calling plans at purchase are also eligible to receive a $100 mail-in-rebate toward the purchase of AT&T 3G MicroCell – effectively making the device about $50. Customers who also purchase a new line of broadband service with AT&T (DSL or U-verse 1.5MB or higher) are also eligible for $50 via mail-in-rebate– effectively making the device about $100. If a customer is eligible for both rebate options, the customer will be able to get the device for $0, after mail-in rebate.
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December 30, 2009
Derive 6.1 (Computer Algebra System)
Derive was a computer algebra system, developed as a successor to muMATH by the Soft Warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii, now owned by Texas Instruments. Derive was implemented in muLISP, also by Soft Warehouse. The first release was in 1988. It was discontinued on June 29th, 2007 in favor of TI-Nspire. The last and final version is Derive 6.1.
Since Derive required comparably little memory, it was suitable for use on older and smaller machines. It was available only for Windows and DOS platforms and was used also in TI pocket calculators.
Derive 6 is a powerful system for doing symbolic and numeric mathematics on your personal computer. It processes algebraic variables, expressions, equations, functions, vectors, matrices and Boolean expressions like a scientific calculator processes numbers.
Major New Features:
* display the steps in the simplification of an expression along with the transformation rules applied
* send and receive math worksheets to and from the TI-89, TI-92+, Voyage 200 TI CAS handhelds
* animate parameterized expression plots with slider bars
* automatically label plots showing the expression being plotted
* rotate 3D plots using the mouse
* easily navigate around the on-line help using the table of contents
* customize menus, toolbars, and shortcut keys
* profit from numerous other improvements, including:
1 fully scaleable Derive Unicode font
2 support for Unicode characters and html link hot spots in text objects
3 state variables saved in DfW files
4 optional multi-line editing
5 parentheses matching on the edit line
6 controllable display of 3D mesh lines and data-point sizes
7 function for determining the Gröbner basis of a system of polynomials
http://rapidshare.com/files/149044229/Derive_6.1_www.softarchive.net.rar
December 28, 2009
Digital Storm's Core i5 System Reviewed
When Intel introduced its LGA1166 Lynnfield processors earlier this fall, one of its goals was to introduce Nehalem's advanced technology at lower price points.
To that end, Digital Storm has designed a high-end system around the P55 chipset and Core i5 processor. At a price of ~$1900, the customized system isn't what you'd call cheap, but it's still less expensive than some of the Core i7 PCs we've seen recently, several of which landed between $3100-$4000 dollars. At first glance, the 2.67GHz Core i5 might not seem to be capable competition for Core i7 processors running at 3.2GHz and above, but Digital Storm has a trick up its sleeve. The relatively pedestrian quad-core has, in this case, been punched up to 3.8GHz from the factory. DS claims that the processors it ships in this configuration have been certified to operate "100% Stability and Reliability." We'll test that claim later in the review. It's worth noting that the company doesn't actually guarantee any single clockspeed if you opt to have the processor factory overclocked. For $45, the company will overclock the CPU to 3.3-3.9GHz, while $199 buys you entry in the 4GHz+ club.
December 26, 2009
New Intel Atom Processors: Smaller and More Efficient
Intel unveiled a trio of new Atom processors and a new chipset today. The new Intel chips will enable hardware vendors to create smaller, cooler, more power efficient netbooks and nettops (the desktop equivalent of a netbook).
The three Atom processors include Intel's integrated graphics functionality in the CPU, as well as the memory controller functionality, which eliminates the need for one of the two chips that make up the traditional motherboard chipset. The new Atom CPU's are 60 percent smaller than their predecessors, and consume 20 percent less power--50 percent for the nettops processors.
The new processors, dubbed Pineview by Intel, and the NM10 Express Motherboard chipset, combine to form the Pinetrail platform. It also makes Intel the first to combine graphics processing with an x86 CPU--technically speaking. The resulting Pineview CPU and Pinetrail platform are not really comparable to what Intel has planned for the recently scrapped Larrabee Project, or to what AMD is working on for its Fusion processor.
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The three Atom processors include Intel's integrated graphics functionality in the CPU, as well as the memory controller functionality, which eliminates the need for one of the two chips that make up the traditional motherboard chipset. The new Atom CPU's are 60 percent smaller than their predecessors, and consume 20 percent less power--50 percent for the nettops processors.
The new processors, dubbed Pineview by Intel, and the NM10 Express Motherboard chipset, combine to form the Pinetrail platform. It also makes Intel the first to combine graphics processing with an x86 CPU--technically speaking. The resulting Pineview CPU and Pinetrail platform are not really comparable to what Intel has planned for the recently scrapped Larrabee Project, or to what AMD is working on for its Fusion processor.
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December 14, 2009
Friendster sold to Asian company
Hot on the heels of Friendster's recent face-lift, the onetime social-networking pioneer has found a buyer.
MOL Global, a Malaysian online payment company, has agreed to purchase Friendster, the companies announced late Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not revealed, but rumors last week said a likely asking price would start around $100 million.
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