Intel Consumer Blog - Inside Scoop

The idea of a bucket list was unknown to me before the 2007 film with Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman in which a list is created of things they'd like to do before they 'kick the bucket'.  That idea now seems to be everywhere.  Even Kathy Griffin was talking about it in one of her most recent...

Intel® My WiFi Technology creates a Wi-Fi hotspot around your laptop that lets you print, share, sync and show wirelessly at home or on the go. This not your normal wireless connection...

Did you see it?! I stayed up way past my bedtime last night to watch The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Why...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo has now come and gone - but the show has definitely returned to its former glory.  I daresay it's even better than before, as the show floor was less like a can of sardines and the line waits were quite reasonable...

... an Acer Aspire to be exact. I was able to snatch it up for the weekend; and decided to take it to friend's barbecue to see what people thought about it.

Inspired by Inside Scoop Maestro Michael Brito -- he did a great video preview of the Viliv S5 back when the mobile Internet device was about to hit the market -- I got hooked on the solid, nifty Viliv MID design.Just prior to Computex, my "i gotta have one" device desire was hijacked by the Viliv ...

Some of Intel’s top researchers are gathered inside the Computer History Museum Thursday to show of their latest projects aimed at helping future gadgets, computers and just about anything that connects to the Internet (cars, schools, homes) harness the ever improving performance of Intel...

According to our Mobile Etiquette Facebook quiz I don't "tech responsibly":"As a Mobile Misfit, mobile etiquette is not in your vocabulary. Mobile devices were created to make life easier for you and others, not to wreak havoc on those around you...

Each year, I get the opportunity to volunteer at our local campus to help setup Kid to Work Day - many companies have promoted this type of activity where the employees can bring their kids to work to see what happens on a daily basis...

Since Intel’s “Sponsors of Tomorrow” ad campaign hit TV, print, online, and on and in-store advertising campaign hit many of our daily visit spots, I’ve seen lots of great responses. Two of the most common came in the form these requests (or demands): ...

Two steps forward and a half step back to see if we’re going in the right direction and bringing forward things that can help us leap into tomorrow. That’s how we’re celebrating the June 24 anniversary of our Intel Insiders social media adviser program...

Week one is done. Week two starts on Monday. I just wanted to give a "shot out" to all the winners of this week's Ajay Bhatt t-shirt giveaway contest. Minus the spam *cough*, you all did an awesome job...

Wow, lots of new innovations on being unveiled at Computex in Taipei during the first few days. I’ve been keeping my eyes on a few people there on the scene, and from there branching out to see the reaction from gadget lovers who aren’t at the show (like me)...

... and I am not referring to my waist size either. Today, the geeks over here at Intel launched some pretty cool laptops powered by the latest Intel® ultra-low voltage processors...

Many eyes are turning to Taipei for this week’s Computex, the largest IT trade show in Asia that runs from June 2-6. Every year, this is where new mobile technologies are unveiled, and this year I’m looking for the latest in laptops, netbooks, mobile Internet devices and WiMAX...

We've all been there - you're inches away from reaching your goal, but then something happens to make you fall flat on your face.  I've had a string of these incidents happen to me lately while gaming - frustration after frustration.  It's like my gaming life has been one big fail blog entry...

As an update to my previous blog, I did take the multitude of responses and added a 2nd video card to my home PC, and the experience only got better! Now the Core i7 has increased input from the SSD, and increased output via the twin video cards! It’s EXTREME...

While high school science whiz kids from around the world are traveling to Reno, NV to compete in this year’s Intel Science and Engineering Fair, a group tech-savvy students at Tisch School of the Arts in New York will hold their IPT Spring Show 2009...

Clever tagline indeed; but it means much more to me personally.  I joined Intel over a year ago and I can genuinely say that my experience here has been fantastic.  I have worked with the most amazing, smart, cool and quirky people within the walls here at 2200 Mission College Blvd in Santa Clara...

This is Moore’s Law in action mixed with the beauty of innovative hardware design and software refinement...

Being a little bit of a technology laggard, I was surprised to recently learn that a lot of the fantastic HD video that I watch online is in part because I have a newer laptop powered by the Intel Core2 Duo processor.  It turns out that a good friend of mine cannot watch his favorite television...

Ya'll know me by now. I usually don't spout out marketing messages on this blog but consider this one exception. I had the Viliv MID (review below) over the weekend and I fell in love with it; mainly because I was able to download and use Tweetdeck, something that failed to work on previous devices...

A week prior to getting Intel Insiders inside the Intel WiMAX labs in Hillsboro, Oregon, Rocketboom's Ellie Rountree took time during her Great Northwest visit to get a more in-depth, inside-the-labs experience of what WiMAX really is, how it works and why they call it 4G...

Intel Insiders Frank Gruber, Cathy Brooks, Sarah Austin, Tom Foremski, Irina Slutsky and her colleague Kevin took over Portland yesterday, making stops at an Intel manufacturing facility (called a "fab") where we make chipsets, Intel's digital health lab and also the Intel My WiFi lab. They're...

On CNN this morning, there's an article about Nettops, another internet device powered by the Intel Atom processor.  In my previous posts, I've talked about wanting a stylish little netbook - to carry around in my purse.  But now, I'm kinda starting to think that I want a nettop on my kitchen...