New Intel Core i5 580m processor do drop just in time for school.

School — it’s a time for fall, school supplies, falling leaves, and…processors? Yes, says Intel. In Q4 of this year, a new Core i5 580m processor will debut bringing with it more speed and power. Specifically, the 580m will be clocked at 2.66GHz, up from the old predecessors 2.53GHz. Even better, the super speedy TurboBoost feature that overclocks a single core when multiple aren’t needed will apparently push the 580m up to a rather brisk 3.33GHz compared to the outgoing 540m’s 3.06GHz.

But is it enough?

G1 to see Froyo afterall? Android employees say yes.

It’s one thing for developers to look at Android and say that any updates can easily be ported to older hardware. But it’s an entirely different story if Android employees themselves get caught saying the same thing under the radar. According to the Android Police, a quick chat session they had with Android employees after the I/O event had wrapped up for the day is pretty alarming, if not somewhat common knowledge.

Will Google’s new VP8 video codec replace h.264?

It’s a simple question with a not so simple answer. For the last few years, online video has exploded. With that explosion is the need for a high quality format that can compress all of those bits to the smallest possible sizes while retaining the most pristine quality. So far, h.264 has been the crowd favorite. But in the coming years (near coming years), the free price tag on h.264 will go away as it is a proprietary format. What then?

Android 2.2 (Froyo) revealed!

The day many Android junkies have been waiting for — the revealing of the upcoming Android 2.2 (Froyo). So far we’ve heard very little of the next step in the Android process. One thing for sure though is that Froyo will bring about some serious increases in speed. Just how fast artificial benchmarks translate into real-world experiences remains to be seen. But for now, there’s plenty to talk about, so strap yourself in.

Seagate retrying “hybrid” hard drives?

Remember 2008? The year that saw the birth of the iPhone 3G, citizen journalism begin to take off, and of course, the launch of Android on the G1. But one thing that many have forgotten was that 2008 was also the year in which Seagate was touting their upcoming “Hybrid hard drive technology”.

Essentially, it was a small bit of SLC memory stuffed onboard your standard platter-based hard drive with the intentions of increasing data throughput while also decreasing load times and high costs — as has been associated with SSD’s thus far…

Space Invader toaster is the toaster of all toasters! [Concept]

Geeks may spend an inordinate amount of time geeking around on computers, gadgets, or whatever else it is that we spend time on, but at some point, we’ve all got to eat. The general consensus is that gadget aficionado and the like go for the quick, usually unhealthy meal. But every once in a while, we like to take it upon ourselves and expand our horizons, making our own food from time to time.

That’s where the Space Invader Toaster will seal the deal…

Corsair outs three new models to Force series SSD’s. Top out at 240GB.

Two current arguments against SSD’s are (1) price and (2) low capacities proportional to price. As NAND gets smaller and cheaper, SSD’s will inevitably drop accordingly. While the last couple of years have seen such events, I still find that SSD’s haven’t reached the sweet spot yet. Thanks to Corsair’s new additions to their Force family of SSD’s, we’re one step closer to digital storage nirvana.

Corsair’s latest drives include the F60, F120, and F240 (60GB, 120GB, and 240GB respectively) up the capacity considerably while also retaining claimed speeds across the board. But what’s most important is performance. Earlier generations and even several current SSD’s decrease in performance the higher the capacity. Corsair’s new F-series additions don’t suffer from that same hiccup…