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Stony Stevenson writes
"Researchers in the US have developed a microchip fan with no moving parts that operates silently and generates enough wind to cool a laptop computer. The solid-state fan, developed with support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF), is touted as the most powerful and energy efficient fan of its size. The device produces three times the flow rate of a typical small mechanical fan and is one-fourth the size. The technology has the power to cool a 25W chip with a device smaller than one cubic-cm and can someday be integrated into silicon to make self-cooling chips, according to the researchers."
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Pete writes:
Some HTC users have set up a website claiming that HTC devices which use the Qualcomm MSM7200 and MSM7500 chipsets, including the TyTn II (aka AT&T Tilt) and Sprint Touch, are underperforming due to lack of drivers for the ATI Imageon co-processor. They claim that it is not simply sour grapes about their purchases and have cited as evidence a Youtube video showing a TomTom comparison in which the TyTn II appears to perform worse than the much older HTC Magician. While I doubt it, they claim that they will proceed with a class action lawsuit against HTC if the problems are not rectified. The Register and The Inquirer are among those running stories which mention that the group has established a $3000 reward for someone that fixes the issues.
