Typically used in medical or signage applications, the DM8148′s clock speed was increased from the usual 400-600 MHz range to 1 GHz for the FX1 and can run 1080p video at 60 fps or deliver up two three 720p video streams at 30 fps at just 3 watts.

“We’re seeing widespread interest in the ARM SoC processor for the thin client platform segment, signaling high demand from a variety of industries,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “It’s a cost-effective solution for the delivery of improved performance and energy efficiency in an enclosed, fanless system. Leveraging the high-definition user experience capabilities of Citrix HDX, the FX1 provides an excellent experience for demanding users who require multi-monitor support and high-definition video at a low cost.”

“The FX1, operating with TI’s powerful DM8148 ARM applications processor, offers high-performance Internet and application capabilities with dual digital video capability at a very attractive price,” continues Makoid. “Devon IT’s goals have always been anchored in driving innovation to develop high-performance products that use less energy and reduce IT costs across the board. We are excited to work with our customers and our industry partners, including Citrix, to deliver the enterprise-wide benefits of the FX1 to customers needing high-performance, low-cost IT solutions.”

Devon says that the FX1 is designed to serve as “the endpoint for user access to virtual desktops” and ships with the company’s own DeTOS or Microsoft’s Windows 8 Run Time (RT). The client will include optimized versions of Citrix Receiver for access to desktops, applications and data delivered via Citrix XenDesktop, the company said.

“The ability to deliver a high-definition user experience for virtual desktops is a key requirement to drive enterprise-wide adoption of desktop virtualization. Citrix innovations around incorporating market-leading HDX capabilities into standards based SoC processors allow partners like Devon IT to offer new products with unmatched performance at dramatically reduced price points,” said Aimee Catalano, vice president, alliance marketing at Citrix.

Yahoo! has confirmed that CEO Scott Thompson is to step down. The news comes after an error that claimed Thompson had a degree in computer science when in fact he did not.

The mistake was first spotted by Dan Loeb, who is CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Third Point, which owns nearly 6 percent of Yahoo! common stock. Loeb stated in a public letter that Thompson’s bios on both Yahoo! and eBay claimed he had a degree in computer science and accounting from Stonehill College. However, Stonehill College didn’t actually offer computer science degrees until four years after Thompson graduated. What’s more, the same claim also appeared in Yahoo! regulatory filings.

After a little over a week of investigating, Yahoo! this past weekend announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing Roy Bostock, and Ross Levinsohn as interim Chief Executive Office. The Board also revealed that it has reached an agreement with Third Point that will see the company nominate three people to sit on Yahoo!’s board. This piece of news is a win for Dan Loeb, who has been lobbying for seats on Yahoo!’s board for a while.

“The Board is pleased to announce these changes and the settlement with Third Point, and is confident that they will serve the best interests of our shareholders and further accelerate the substantial advances the Company has made operationally and organizationally since last August,” said Fred Amoroso, Chairman of the Yahoo! Board of Directors. “The Board believes in the strength of the Company’s business and assets, and in the opportunities before us, and I am honored to work closely with my fellow directors and Ross to continue to drive Yahoo! forward.”

Also leaving Yahoo!’s Board of Directors are Patti Hart, VJ Joshi, Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson. Dan Loeb, Harry Wilson, and Michael Wolf will join the Board as part of the Third Point agreement.

SOURCE via Yahoo

Both quad-core CPUs use the 45 nm Clarksfield core of the Nehalem micro architecture, and were originally launched in June of 2010.

According to a product change notification, the processors have a last order date of November 9, 2012 and will ship until supplies are depleted. Both mobile CPUs use the Socket G1, are rated at 45 watts TDP and support DDR3-1333 memory. The 740QM runs at 1.73 GHz and the 840QM at 1.87 GHz.

To make room for Ivy Bridge, Intel had removed both processors some time ago from the official pricing sheet, which does not list any 45 nm notebook desktop and notebook processors anymore, aside from Atom chips and the Celeron T3500.

SOURCE via Intel

Dreamweaver, first released by Macromedia in 1997, was the first WYSIWYG HTML editor that produced clean HTML code and set itself apart from, for example, Microsoft’s Frontpage, or Symantec’s Visual Page, by bringing easy WYSIWYG web page creation to the graphic design community.

Muse is taking a similar route, but isn’t so much based on the idea of how Photoshop works, but rather integrates a process that is reminiscent of the layout software InDesign. Muse feels like a multimedia creation tool that takes away the pain of learning and writing code to a certain degree, and clearly targets users and developers that are used to Adobe’s design tools. For example, Muse site structures are created via master pages and set page styles that work similar to the master pages in InDesign. Adobe says that the software comes with tools for interactivity and access to more than 400 Web fonts via Adobe Typekit.

“There have been more than 700,000 beta downloads of Adobe Muse to date. We have incorporated feedback from our beta users into the first release of Muse and the response has been very positive,” said David Wadhwani, a senior vice president at Adobe. “Adobe Muse gives designers the freedom to build sites without having to learn code, which will help them expand their businesses and offer their clients more cost effective, professional websites.”

Adobe does not offer website designers to purchase Muse outright. Instead, the software is offered as a service for $14.99 per month (annual subscription) or for $24.99 (month-to-month). Muse is also offered as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud $49.99 per month based on annual membership and $74.99 on a month-to-month basis. Owners of Adobe’s CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.5 are offered the Creative Cloud service for $29.99 per month (annual subscription).

SOURCE via Adobe

The company apparently is building a flexible OLED screen production line for about $176 million. The factory will reportedly produce 730 × 460 mm displays, but there is no information about when production will start. Some reports put the production beginning at the end of this year, but more conservative estimates state that LG will not be able to manufacture flexible OLED screens until 2013 or even 2014.

Unbreakable OLED displays could be used in future gadgets such as smartphones and tablets, wearable electronics as well as custom shaped consumer electronics such as a new generation of TVs. In separate news, LG is rumored to soon be launching 55-inch OLED TVs in the U.S. At $8,000 or $9,000, the TVs may be insanely expensive, but a bargain for those who value being the first to have their hands on new technology. Remember Sharp’s 108-inch LCD TV that was shown at CES and shipped in small numbers to selected customers? That TV went for $180,000 initially.

It is unlikely that we will be seeing those flexible OLED displays in any application at least until 2013, but there is reason to believe that there is considerable room for product innovation that could ring in a new era of consumer electronics.

While we are hoping that we can get our gas-guzzling SUVs from the mid-teens to the 20s of miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency, there is a team of students at the University of Michigan that is hoping to break the record of 3,169 MPG.

The goal is more than 3,300 MPG for this year’s SAE International Supermileage Challenge, which will be held from June 7-8 at the Eaton Corporation Marshall Proving Grounds in Marshall, Michigan. Of course, calling the single-passenger vehicle a car could be called an exaggeration, as the model is neither practical nor safe, or comfortable even, for its driver. It is unlikely that a vehicle like these supermileage competition cars will ever be seen in mass production. However, they are amazing because of the insane fuel efficiency they achieve.

The 2012 model will use a four-stroke lawnmower engine as well as improved aerodynamics to aim for the fuel efficiency world record. Despite the absent utility of such a vehicle, the research team believes that the work can have significant implications on vehicle development.

“Since those single-person vehicles are the primary mode of transportation in many third-world countries, it could have a resounding impact on emissions,” said Brett Merkel, a senior in mechanical engineering at University of Michigan’s Supermileage Team. He believes that at least some of the technologies that is currently developed for the vehicle could be used in production “within a few years”.

Business has been good for Ferrari. Thanks in no small part to expanding its activities in developing markets, the racing team turned automaker raked in 556 million euros in revenues to generate 42.1 million euros in profit in the first quarter of this year alone – an increase of 13.2 and 17.2 percent, respectively. Those figures are driven by increased sales that amounted to 1,733 units produced and delivered in the first quarter out of an exciting model range that includes the 458 Italia and Spider, the recently revised California, the innovative FF and the brand-new F12 Berlinetta. But the House that Enzo built is not about to stop there.

Buried deep within the company’s financial report (which you can delve into after below the fold should you be so inclined) comes confirmation direct from the company’s affable chairman (and possible next Italian prime minister) Luca di Montezemolo: “At the end of the year, we’ll also be unveiling the new Enzo, a limited series model and our first ever hybrid car.”

So there we have it, straight from the proverbial lion’s mouth and in no uncertain terms. Before we flip the calendar to 2013, we’ll have the latest in the long line of earth-shattering supercars that started with the 288 GTO, continued with the legendary F40, through the open-top F50 and on to the radical Enzo. And yes, it will be a hybrid, coupling an electric motor to a revised version of the V12 in the new F12 Berlinetta, as Ferrari revealed at the Beijing Motor Show.