Intel launches the Core i7 960 on the ashes of 965

It is in the utmost discretion Intel launched this weekend a new high-end processor, the Core i7 960. As expected, the chip increases the ranks of the Bloomfield family instead of the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition which has itself been replaced with the current flagship of the founder, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition.

Like the man he replaces, the new processor is clocked at 3.20 GHz with 8 MB of cache. It adopts a socket LGA 1366 and a fine engraving of 45 nm for a TDP of 130 W. It is losing its multiplier unlocked upwards and the link to QPI 6.4GT / s reserved for Extreme Edition, to be content with a link to 4.8 GT / s.

The Intel Core i7 960 is already in the catalog of Intel $ 562 in quantities of thousands. It appears as the same wholesale price as the Core i7 950, clocked him on at 3.06 GHz and sold approximately 500 euros, it seems to have to foreclose.

Office 2010 Public Beta next month

Microsoft announced a test version of its Office 2010 suite will be available to all users in November 2009.

Monday at the SharePoint Conference 2009 taking place this week in Las Vegas in the United States, the CEO of Microsoft announced the availability for the month of November a public beta of Office 2010. For then, this office suite is available for testing as a technology preview with a small panel of users, as recently declination online Office Web Apps.

Office 2010 is available in its final version in spring 2010. Microsoft will then open a new way of selling with marketing a card activation to activate this image in a new computer. And a free version with limited functionality, Office 2010 Starter, where ads appear, replace and Works may be pre-installed on certain new machines.


SharePoint Server 2010 also in beta
But forces SharePoint conference, Steve Ballmer has also indicated the availability of beta version of its platform for collaboration and SharePoint Server 2010 Web. As for Office 2010, the public beta version of SharePoint will be available in November. "When combined with Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 will transform the efficiency by connecting employees across a single platform for collaboration," said Steve Ballmer.

Among the new features of SharePoint 2010 put forward: Ribbon interface, improved integration of Office, the integrated management of multimedia (video, audio, Silverlight) for dynamic websites, new features of Web content management, integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, connectivity services tailored to businesses, rich API and support for Silverlight, REST and LINQ, Services and Excel Services InfoPath forms for use throughout the company, two new references for SharePoint sites open Internet with an offer on site and a choice of accommodation.

Facebook groups will provide up to date

Supplanted by the fans pages in the latest version of Facebook, groups are not abandoned and given new insights into the social network.

Among the approximately 300 million active users of Facebook, several were visibly worried about the fate of groups that have tended to be evicted by the fans pages. Facebook concedes that the activities for the groups were isolated from the top group and it is often difficult to find what is happening within a group. Duly noted, a small percentage of users is entitled to a renewal of Facebook groups, before extending to all users in the coming days.

Facebook ad and a new design for groups to make them similar to other components of the site as profiles and pages. The groups will have a wall that "summarizes all the recent activities of a group of people" and an editor that allows members to share their content. Group activities appear to share equally in the wire news and feature publication of a friend (not all members of a group).

According to Facebook, if the Groups and Pages are similar now, they serve different purposes. Groups linked to the "collaboration between members," Pages are the "best way to broadcast messages to your fans if you are a business, organization, or other public figure." Facebook currently has more than 45 million of which some groups in life sometimes ephemeral that may trigger controversy like neo-Nazis in the past.

According to information from our colleague Wikikou a new formatting more general Facebook is also preparing with the onset of flow and Top News Recent News (a feed split into two), a highlighted dates birthday, a page load faster.

Dell offers its services to migrate to Windows 7

The Texas computer maker announced the launch of services to assist migration to Windows 7 for business.

To migrate a single machine to a new OS and Windows 7 in this case is an operation that does not a priori any particular difficulty. But when we speak of the computer park of a business consisting of hundreds or thousands of PCs, is an initiative that is not taken lightly and requires the establishment of a genuine migration plan.

Even before the mass market of Windows 7 this Thursday, October 22, Dell took the lead in announcing the launch of services to aid the migration to the OS for businesses. And we can assume that as many companies have been deadlocked on Windows Vista, the world will occur for a transition to Windows 7.

However, companies tend to wait for a first service pack before starting such a site. Note however that Gartner believes that for the case of Windows 7, need not wait for the release of SP1 before considering a migration and perform some tests.

Dell has therefore already services for migration from Windows XP and Windows Vista to Windows 7 via including members of its Partner Direct program. In a statement, Dell said to ensure its customers that their systems are capable of running Windows 7, and determine which applications are used and which are compatible with Windows 7. Dell provides an impact assessment and evaluation with its presence in the park, establish a plan to deploy Windows 7 also with the end user training.

The Windows 7 for business
With Windows 7, Microsoft offers Professional and Enterprise editions, which have some advantages over consumer publishing Home Premium, as backup technologies via the network, data encryption, connection to a domain, making Remote Control, the XP compatibility mode.

For large accounts, the Enterprise edition of Windows 7 offers more protection against data theft with BitLocker To Go and BitLocker to removable disks, the Direct Access functionality that Windows Server 2008 R2 allows administrators to give mobile users secure access via the Internet (no VPN) to corporate resources, Branch Cache to optimize the loading time files from the parent (to agencies), AppLocker to prevent the execution of software not authorized federated search or booting from a VHD.

According to a Gartner study recently relayed by our colleague Silicon.fr a business migration to Windows 7 from Windows Vista is estimated around $ 500 (excluding equipment purchases), and $ 1 800 from Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 share the same base and what works on Vista, also works in Windows 7.