The leading computer equipment producer Inte,l launched six-core Xeon processors on Monday. The new range of processors would provide high end server services. The 7400 series would contain seven CPUs with up to six cores and16MB of L3 cache. The new product range operates at 65W TDP while the old one operated at 50 W. Thus new range is developed for low power consumption. The new product range is expected to give stiff competition to its competitor AMD. The new Xenon series is developed by the Bangalore based team of the company. 

Berlin - Few cities in the world still have atmospheric gas lamps illuminating residential districts. One notable exception is Berlin with 44,000 gas-lit streets.

Many of the German capital's western districts are studded with gas lanterns, though less than 1,700 are found in the eastern half of the city, due to a refusal by post-war communist officials to renew war-wrecked lamps.

The Berliners are fond of their gas lanterns, claiming their gold-and-yellow pools of light create an atmosphere of night-time calmness and a pleasing, nostalgic ambience, much admired by tourists.

London, Sept 18 : An average British adult absorbs 13 facts a day, a new research shows.

According to the study by telecom giant TalkTalk, some knowledge-hungry folk do better still, taking in up to 20 tidbits, ranging from pop gossip to politics, from the hundreds of news items that bombard them every day.

The study found that true ‘infomaniacs’ comb the web for news updates six times a day or more. But the average mind filters it all down to the 13 items it considers most important.

"We''re all exposed to a huge wealth of information every day which makes us better informed than ever about what''s going in the world,” the Mirror quoted TalkTalk''s Dominic Stinton, as saying.

London, September 18 : Electrical cars may soon have their batteries replaced by ultracapacitors that can store much higher amounts of energy, thanks to a new approach developed by Chinese researchers.

Hao Zhang at the Research Institute of Chemical Defence, and research collaborators from Peking University in Beijing say that this purpose can be served by creating nanoscale meadows of fuzzy flowers of manganese oxide (MnO), a material with a much greater capacity for ions than activated carbon.

In model created by the researchers, each flower attaches to at least two of the blades of grass that act like electron superhighways, forming strong electrical connections to the flowers.

New Delhi, Sep 18 : The Union Government has said that it will allow foreign telecom companies to bid on their own without a domestic partner for the 3G spectrum but they will have to find a local player before starting services.

Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura said according to Indian laws, foreign companies can own up to 74 per cent stake and thus they would be required to form a joint venture with an Indian company before starting the services.

‘The foreign telcos can bid for the 3G spectrum on their own but before rolling out services they should find an Indian partner,” he said.