Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May
Chipmaker Intel just announced that CEO Paul Otellini, who has been on the job for eight years, will be retiring in May. A successor has not been named.
But the bigger problems stem from the emergence of a fundamentally new computing environment over the last five years. When Otellini was promoted into the CEO job in 2005, Intel essentially set much of the computing industry’s agenda.
http://allthingsd.com/20121119/intel-ceo-paul-otellini-to-retire-in-may/
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Emirates rolls out Windows 8 tablets to on-board staff
Airline Emirates has become one of the first big Microsoft customers to deploy a large number of Windows 8 tablets alongside its own bespoke Windows 8 app.
TechRadar was one of the first to see the new app in action, which enables the on-board flight purser to drill down through information about passengers and crew, as well as receive urgent messages. A purser is responsible for all the crew on board the aircraft.
At the heart of the move over to Windows 8 is the ElitePad 900, announced last month by HP - the tablet will launch commercially in January. Emirates is planning to roll out 1,000 devices in total next year.
The app is designed to give staff members the key information they need; on board a large airliner such as the Airbus A380 there can be as many as 26 members of the passenger-facing crew, so a purser may not always know exactly who will be on board or other details about them, such as what languages they can speak.
"I might have a crew member who is American, but who speaks Filipino," explained purser Yara, one of the staff members who demonstrated the app to us. "This is a great resource to have, to get to know the team immediately. We can also do staff reviews on board and this information is relayed very quickly."
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/emirates-rolls-out-windows-8-tablets-to-on-board-staff-1113634
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Google Nexus 4 is 4G after all... kind of
The chaps over at iFixIt uncovered that the Nexus 4 sports a Qualcomm WTR1605L Seven-Band 4G LTE chip on its motherboard, as well as an Avago ACPM-7251 Quad-Band GSM/EDGE chip for all your 3G activity.
During our Google Nexus 4 review, one of few things which disappointed us was the fact the LG-made handset didn't support the latest generation of mobile network.
Not all good news
There's no 4G antenna or power amplifier, which means the chip is lying dormant inside the handset, with no obvious way of enabling it.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-nexus-4-is-4g-after-all-kind-of-1113610
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Wanted For Murder And In Hiding, Antivirus Software Inventor John McAfee Is...Keeping A Blog
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee is on the run from police in Belize. They say they want to question him about the murder of his neighbor. He says they want to kill him, and that the police were the ones who murdered his neighbor.
You might imagine that, being on the run, McAfee would be keeping a low profile, hoping that the police would just forget about him.
He is actually keeping a blog.
It's called "The Hinterland: The Official Blog Of John McAfee," and the domain is whoisjohnmcafee.com.
http://www.businessinsider.com/wanted-for-murder-and-in-hiding-antivirus-software-inventor-john-mcafee-iskeeping-a-blog-2012-11#ixzz2ChfobF8p
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Xbox 720 to offer Kinect 2.0 and Blu-ray drive, says Xbox World
Microsoft's Xbox 720 will unveil a new version of Kinect, a Blu-ray drive, and an A/V port for watching and recording broadcast TV, at least according to details leaked by Xbox World.
First off, the Xbox 720 will introduce Kinect 2.0.
A Blu-ray drive will also be part of the package, a rumor that's been arou
