IBM unveils world's fastest chip
IBM claims its new POWER6 microprocessor is the world's fastest chip, boasting twice the clock speed than the previous generation, while consuming roughly the same amount of power, reports Business Week.
The company also revealed a new computer server that takes advantage of the chip's technical and energy conservation prowess.
The product is the first to fit in with IBM's announcement last week that it will redirect $1 billion per year across its businesses to increase energy efficiency in IT under its Project Big Green programme.
Facebook welcomes companies
Social networking site Facebook will soon embark on a strategy that will allow other companies to provide their services on pages within its Web site, according to the Wall Street Journal.
These companies will be able to link into Facebook users' networks of online friends. For instance, an online retailer could build a service in Facebook to let people recommend music or books to their friends, based on the relationships they have already established on the site.
A media company could also let groups of users share news articles with each other on a page inside Facebook.
First mobile call from Mount Everest
A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest, reports BBC News.
In the early hours of 21 May, Rod Baber made two calls from the mountain's north ridge. In the first call, Baber described the view, how cold it was and what he wanted to do when back at base camp; he then rang his wife and children.
The calls were made possible when China set up a mobile base station with a line of sight to the north ridge.
Mobile TV will reach 244m by 2011
A new report by Rethink Research Associates predicts TV-enabled handsets will reach a staggering 244 million devices by 2011, says The Register.
This is almost double the number previously forecast, and was reached by a detailed look into the likely mobile TV launch dates and the uptake rate expected in 55 countries.
The report also shows there will be a rapid increase anticipated in handsets annually, with huge leaps during 2009, when 53 million broadcast TV-enabled handsets are expected to ship.
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