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Apple is asking movie studios to include iPod-ready versions of their films on future Blu-Ray disc releases. CNN claims Apple - who signed up to support the Blu-Ray standard in March 2005 - is using its membership of the standards-setting body and its CEO Steve Jobs’ Hollywood clout to convince studios to make such a move. Apple new media ally Disney and Blu-Ray standard champion Sony have been approached, the report states.

News source: Macworld UK

Facing for the first time the real possibility of becoming the #2 player in microprocessors, Intel CEO Paul Otellini yesterday revealed that Wednesday’s earnings news was a wake-up call for him and his company.

In earnings numbers released Wednesday, Intel stated that for its fiscal first quarter just ended, operating income dropped a staggering 44% compared to Q1 2005, to $1.7 billion, on revenue that dropped only 5% year-over-year to $8.9 billion.

Source: TGDaily

Yahoo just released its free DVR software where users who have tv tuners can plug their comp on their tv and record tv shows (well theres alot of this out it the market already, some are sharewares some are freewares) but coming from a huge company thats wonderful. Will Google follow?

Link: Yahoo! GO

Advanced Micro Devices is trying to track down and replace as many as 3,000 faulty Opteron processors that could produce “inconsistent results” under an unusual circumstance.

The potential problem affects a number of single-core Opteron 152, 154, 252, 254, 852 and 854 processors manufactured in late 2005 or early 2006, AMD said Friday. The company hasn’t seen the problem in production use, but has seen it in a test that combines high processor temperature, high outside temperature, and a large number of floating-point mathematical computations.

AMD is working with computer makers to track down the chips and is offering free replacements. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker has made PC processors for years, but only in 2003 entered the server market with the Opteron chip. Server chips typically offer higher performance, withstand higher heat, and have circuitry that lets several communicate in the same computer.

News source: C|Net News.com

I know its a bit late but better late than never. Thermaltake has been in the PC cooling business for quite sometime now. They are the makers of the popular Orb cooling fans and Volcano series. I made a decision couple of days ago to get their Big Typhoon for the following reasons: Low noise and Heat pipes. I know some people would suggest Thermalright unfortunately I don’t have enough dough to get their coolers.

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The epic struggle between the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and The Brotherhood of NOD continues…and the third Tiberium War is about to begin. Welcome back, Commander. Electronic Arts today announced that Command & Conquer, the groundbreaking series that put the Real-time Strategy (RTS) genre on the map, is returning in full force with Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. This highly-anticipated next chapter takes the popular series back to its roots in the Tiberium universe and features the fast, fluid gameplay that Command & Conquer is known for and a gripping story that will redefine storytelling in RTS games.

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Opera Software today announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users’ desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites.

“We’re proud to release this Beta of Opera 9 to Web users around the world,” said Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “Opera 9 brings powerful new features to enhance the Web browsing experience and empower Web 2.0 developers. Opera 9 unlocks new levels of productivity for the Internet ecosystem.”

The most noticeable new features include:

• Widgets - Small Web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make your desktop experience more fun. Any Web developer can create their own Widgets and share them, regardless of operating system. Try the Widgets in Opera 9 by pressing F6. Look for further development of Opera Widgets in future releases.
• BitTorrent - Instead of having to use a separate BitTorrent application for downloading large files,
• Users can now simply click a torrent file and start the download
• Content blocker - Choose the content you want to view. Remove ads or images - it is up to you. Right-click on the Web page and choose \”Block content\”

Download: Opera 9 Beta
View: Changelog